Jun 10, 2025 SPIN Town Hall Forum

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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RYAN FIRESTONE, AND I AM YOUR HOST FOR THE SPIN MEETING TONIGHT.

[1. Call to Order: Video Introduction of SPIN Program by Southlake Mayor Shawn McCaskill ]

SPIN IS AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND NO VOTES ARE TAKEN.

SPIN IS STREAMED LIVE THROUGH SOUTHLAKE TV ON THE CITY'S MAIN WEBSITE WWW.CITYOFSOUTHLAKE.COM .

NEXT, WE WILL SHOW A BRIEF VIDEO INTRODUCTION OF SPIN PROGRAM BY SOUTHLAKE MAYOR SHAWN MCCASKILL.

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS SHAWN MCCASKILL, THE MAYOR OF SOUTHLAKE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO TONIGHT'S SPIN MEETING.

FIRST OF ALL, SPIN STANDS FOR SOUTHLAKE PROGRAM FOR THE INVOLVEMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN. THIS IS THE FIRST STAGE IN OUR VERY THOROUGH AND EXHAUSTIVE REVIEW PROCESS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN SOUTHLAKE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING PART OF THAT PROCESS.

TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT WHO'S LOOKING TO DO POSSIBLY A NEW DEVELOPMENT HERE IN SOUTHLAKE.

YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY VOTES TONIGHT THAT, WILL COME LATER WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS AND GETTING A REPORT ON WHAT IS DISCUSSED TONIGHT.

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS REVIEW PROCESS AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL LEVELS.

YOUR INPUT, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS ESSENTIAL AS WE LOOK AT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS THINK WHEN WE'RE MAKING OUR DECISIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT AND BEING PART OF OUR PROCESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

WE DEVELOPED AN ONLINE SPIN FORM FOR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, I WILL READ THROUGH ANY OF THOSE SUBMISSIONS AFTER THE RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK.

AFTER THE APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS, THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WITH QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CAN USE THE MICROPHONE IN THE AISLES FOR THE Q&A PORTION OF THE MEETING.

WITH THAT, LET US GET TO OUR APPLICANT PRESENTATION.

[2. SPIN2025-06 - An applicant is proposing a mixed-use development including retail, restaurants, office, hotel, and single family residential at 1900 N. White Chapel Blvd. ]

GOOD EVENING. LET ME MAKE SURE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING, OKAY.

IT'S WORKING. SO I'M TERRY MONTESI, I'M FOUNDER AND CEO OF TRADEMARK PROPERTY COMPANY.

WE'RE BASED IN FORT WORTH AND WE'RE WORKING ON A DEVELOPMENT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AT WHITE CHAPEL AND 114.

SO JUST GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME REAL QUICK STUFF ON TRADEMARK.

SO WE'RE BASED IN FORT WORTH. I FOUNDED THE COMPANY 33 YEARS AGO.

Y 'ALL CAN READ, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS. BUT TODAY WE'VE TOUCHED 56 PROPERTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE'RE FOCUSED ON VERY HIGH QUALITY RETAIL AND MIXED USE PROJECTS.

WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THOSE. AND TODAY OUR PORTFOLIO, OUR ACTIVE PORTFOLIO THAT WE OPERATE IS 18 PROPERTIES.

SOME LOCAL PROPERTIES YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ARE LIKE THE GALLERIA DALLAS.

WE ARE THE LEASING AND MANAGEMENT REDEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR THAT.

WE'VE CURRENTLY GOT 75 PEOPLE. OUR HEADQUARTERS IS, LIKE I SAID, IS IN TARRANT COUNTY IN FORT WORTH AND TOTAL OF 210 EMPLOYEES.

BUT A LOT OF THOSE 135 PLUS ARE ON PROPERTY, WHERE WE HAVE LARGE STAFFS AT PROPERTIES, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE GALLERIA HAS 30 SOME ODD PEOPLE.

I WILL KEEP GOING. WE'VE WORKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE GREEN STATES ARE THE PLACES THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE WORKED ON REAL ESTATE, LEASING, DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENTS. AND THE BLUE IS WHERE WE HAVE CURRENT PROPERTIES AND STILL AN AWFUL LOT IN TEXAS, AS YOU SEE. AS YOU SEE HERE, WE'VE DONE GROCERY ANCHORED, WE'VE DONE POWER AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, WE'VE DONE LIFESTYLE AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, INVESTMENTS, REDEVELOPMENTS, AND AT TOTAL, WE'VE SPONSORED ABOUT $1.6 BILLION OF INVESTING AND DEPLOYED $500 MILLION OR SO OF EQUITY.

AND WE'VE HAD A GOOD TRACK RECORD TODAY. WE DO DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT IS IS A GROUND UP DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OF ALL OF THAT.

WE DO RETAIL MIXED USE, WE ALSO DO MULTIFAMILY.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PICTURES IN HERE ARE PICTURES OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED.

THESE AREN'T JUST STOCK PHOTOS. YOU'LL NOTICE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD LOOKING PROJECTS WITH SOME REALLY GOOD LOOKING PUBLIC SPACES.

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WE HAVE A PAGE HERE ON PLACEMAKING BECAUSE WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT ON THE OLD SHIVERS FARM TRACK, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING.

BOTTOM LEFT YOU'LL SEE WHERE WE BUILT A PROJECT WITH A WHOLE FOODS ANCHORED PROJECT IN FORT WORTH.

IT'S THE ONLY WHOLE FOODS IN FORT WORTH. AND WE BUILT THE PROJECT AROUND THESE TWO MONSTER LEGACY TREES.

OUR CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE TOLD ME WE SPENT ABOUT AN EXTRA $500,000 SAVING THOSE TWO TREES.

SO, YOU KNOW, GRADING THE SITE AROUND THE TREES AS OPPOSED TO HOW YOU WOULD IF YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO SAVE MONEY, AND THEN YOU SEE, SOMETHING ELSE YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE VICTORY, WHICH IS ALL THE PROPERTY AROUND THE AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS.

WE REDEVELOPED ALL THE RETAIL GROUND FLOOR PLANE THERE ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS AGO.

AND YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE CHANGED ONE WAY STREETS INTO TWO WAY STREETS.

WE TOOK MEDIANS OUT OF THE ROAD, WIDENED SIDEWALKS, ADDED A LOT OF PLACEMAKING, AND THE BOTTOM MIDDLE PICTURE IS ONE OF THOSE AS WELL.

OTHER PLACEMAKING INITIATIVES. ANOTHER ONE THAT I THINK IS FUN IS THE VICTORY SIGN THAT YOU SEE KIND OF TOP, MIDDLE, LEFT. THAT'S THE CHURCHILL'S VICTORY SIGN FROM WORLD WAR TWO.

AND I FOUND AN ARTIST THAT HAD THAT PIECE AVAILABLE, AND WE PUT THAT DOWNTOWN AT VICTORY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE OTHER AREAS ARE PUBLIC SPACES, PUBLIC ART, ETC., THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED. OUR LEASING TEAM.

THIS REALLY ISN'T THAT RELEVANT TO Y'ALL. BUT YOU CAN SEE WE DO BUSINESS WITH A LOT OF VERY HIGH QUALITY RETAILERS AT F&B CONCEPTS. THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE TYPE OF TENANTS THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH REGULARLY ON A DAILY BASIS.

OUR CURRENT PORTFOLIO , YOU'LL SEE HERE EVERYTHING FROM POWER AND COMMUNITY CENTERS LIKE ALLIANCE TOWN CENTER, WHICH ISN'T THAT FAR FROM HERE, TO ANNAPOLIS TOWN CENTER, WHICH HAS A WHOLE FOODS IN IT, TO THE BIGGEST PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN NAPA TO GALLERIA ON AND ON.

A LOT OF THESE ARE MIXED USE. ALMOST ALL OF THEM HAVE PUBLIC SPACES.

IF WE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. AND YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP THAT RECORD GOING.

SO SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK IN THE WOODLANDS, WHICH IS A LARGE HIGH QUALITY SUBURB IN NORTH HOUSTON WE DEVELOPED GROUND UP 20 YEARS AGO, A PROJECT CALLED MARKET STREET WOODLANDS, WHICH IS THE SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE OF NORTH HOUSTON.

I WAS FRIENDS WITH BRIAN STEBBINS BEFORE HIS DEATH.

WHO'S THE DEVELOPER, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, OF SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE, AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES OF OUR TWO PROJECTS.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE PHOTOS BUT WHAT THAT PROJECT HAS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MULTIFAMILY IN IT, BUT WE HAVE OFFICE, WE HAVE HOTEL AND WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF F&B AND RETAIL AND A GREAT PUBLIC SPACE, AND VIRTUALLY EVERY TENANT THAT HAS EVER WANTED TO EXPAND IN HOUSTON, THAT WE WANTED, WE GOT THERE, INCLUDING A LOT OF LUXURY TENANTS LIKE LOUIS VUITTON, TIFFANY, GUCCI, ETC.

AND EVEN THOUGH THIS PROJECT IS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD.

THE LEFT SIDE IS THE BEFORE AND THE RIGHT SIDE IS AFTER.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE A MAJOR PUBLIC SPACE REFRESH ABOUT.

OH, GOD, I THINK ABOUT, IT OPENED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND YOU SEE, WE THINK GREAT RETAIL PROJECTS HAVE TO CONSTANTLY EVOLVE, YOU KNOW, RETAIL, FASHION, ETC. TASTES EVOLVE. WE THINK GREAT DEVELOPERS CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THEIR PROPERTIES.

GALLERIA, I MENTIONED GALLERIA DALLAS THAT WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR METLIFE NOW FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

AND WE JUST BOUGHT THEM. RIGHT. WE JUST INSTALLED A PUBLIC GREEN AT A MALL, AND WE DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH WHEN WE GOT INVOLVED, AND THE BIGGEST THING WE HEARD FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WAS WE'D LIKE IT TO BE MORE INSIDE OUT.

WE'D LIKE IT TO BE MORE GREEN. SO WE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND WE FOUND A WAY TO DO THAT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE. AND WE'VE ADDED A NORTH ITALIAN RESTAURANT.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER RESTAURANT COMING RIGHT THERE AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO GALLERIA IN A WHILE, YOU'LL NOTICE IT'S REALLY TURNED AROUND AND WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON.

YOU WON'T RECOGNIZE BY THIS CHRISTMAS, YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE GALLERIA.

WE'VE DONE A TON OF LEASING SINCE WE TOOK OVER.

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WELL, THAT'S THE PUBLIC SPACE I TOLD YOU ABOUT.

INCLUDING THE ONLY THE SECOND NETFLIX HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY.

IT'S GOING TO BE THIS BIG RETAIL EXPERIENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPT THAT'S TAKEN TWO FLOORS OF THE OLD BELK SPACE.

JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME OF OUR KIND OF IDEATING AND INNOVATION.

THAT'S THE EXISTING SKATING RINK EVERYBODY KNOWS AT THE GALLERIA, AND ONE OF OUR IDEAS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT IS WE WOULD LITERALLY MOVE THE SKATING RINK OVER SHRINK IT BY ABOUT 5 OR 6%, AND WE'D ADD AN INDOOR PUBLIC GREEN.

THERE'S SO MUCH NATURAL LIGHT IN THERE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE INTERESTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING AN INDOOR PARK, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS IT GETS PRETTY HOT.

AND WOULDN'T IT BE FUN TO HAVE AN INDOOR GREEN TO GO HANG OUT AT? SO THIS IS THE ONE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. WE'RE WORKING ON NAMES RIGHT NOW.

I THINK YOU'D LIKE THE NAMES. WE HADN'T PICKED ONE.

WE'RE DOWN TO TWO. I'M GOING TO RUN THEM BY REBECCA TONIGHT.

THE SELLER WHO'S BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE LOCATION, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF WHITE CHAPEL, 114.

AND IT IS. REMIND ME HOW MANY ACRES? 40. I THOUGHT SO.

OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY 40, AND THEN I WAS JUST NOT SURE, BUT IT'S BEST TO BE SURE.

40 ACRES. IT'S GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL AND OFFICE AND HOTEL.

SO YOU'LL SEE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BY LISTENING, MEETING WITH PEOPLE, LISTENING TO PEOPLE. WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SOUTHLAKE.

AND SO WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD ADVICE. DON'T DO THIS.

WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE REALLY WANT THAT. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE OUR PLANNING HAS INCORPORATED THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY EXTRAORDINARILY WELL.

SO HERE'S THE SITE PLAN I WOULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT PRETTY SOON. OKAY.

SO OUR ORIGINAL SITE PLAN AND YOU'LL SEE, IT HAS MORPHED.

WE HAD ORIGINALLY. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN SOUTHLAKE BEFORE WE EVER TALKED TO ANYBODY.

ALL WE'D DONE WAS MEET WITH ARCHITECTS. AND WE SAID, OKAY.

SO THERE'S RECENTLY BEEN SOME TOWNHOMES IN SOUTHLAKE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME 5800 FOOT LOTS ACROSS THE STREET.

WHY DON'T WE INCORPORATE 5800 FOOT LOTS AND TOWNHOMES? WE HAD SOME YOU'LL SEE NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAD 10,000 FOOT LOTS, BUT THEN WE HAD SOME SMALLER AND THEN SOME SMALLER.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE A BIG GROVE OF TREES WITH A HOTEL AND A NUMBER OF F&B AND RESTAURANT CONCEPTS AROUND IT.

WE WENT TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND THEY SAID WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE TOWNHOMES.

AND WE SAID, OKAY. AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THOSE 5800 FOOT LOTS ACROSS THE STREET, WE DON'T REALLY WANT ANY MORE OF THOSE.

WE WANT ALL YOUR LOTS TO BE 10,000FT. SO WE SAID OKAY.

SO I'M GUESSING THE NEXT SLIDE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT.

SO THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH.

AND WE ALSO HEARD WE REALLY WANT OFFICE ON THIS SITE.

WE REALLY WANT IT TO BE A TRUE MIXED USE PROJECT.

AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH SMALLER IN SCALE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE PARKING GARAGES. IT'S GOING TO BE EASIER TO USE ALL SURFACE PART.

BUT WE WANT IT TO BE MIXED USE. WE WANT REBECCA, WHO CURRENTLY OWNS THE LAND, SAID, I REALLY WANT YOU TO SAVE SOME OF THE LEGACY TREES.

AND WE DO THAT. AS I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, WE WERE WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT ANYWAY.

AND WE SAID, SURE, THAT'S EASY. BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR PLAN.

AND SO THIS, THIS PLAN HAS THE OFFICE THAT THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY SAID THEY WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT HAS THE PUBLIC GREEN, THE TREES THAT ARE SAVED.

AND ALSO FEEDBACK WAS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THERE'S PARKING ALONG THE FREEWAY.

SO WE HAD TO HAVE SOME RETENTION. SO WE SAID, HEY, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LANDSCAPING AND A POND.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PARKING ALONG THE FREEWAY. SO FROM LISTENING.

SO ALL THESE LOTS ARE ARE MINIMUM 10,000FT. AND SO THIS PLAN IS EXTREMELY OR COMPLETELY RESPONSIVE TO EVERYTHING WE HEARD FROM WHETHER IT'S CITY COUNCIL, P&Z, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE AT LEAST NEGOTIATING IN THE GROCER 35.

YEAH. WE'RE NEGOTIATING A LEASE WITH A NATIONAL ORGANIC GROCER THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT IN THE MARKET.

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AND THAT'S OKAY. SO WE'RE AT LEAST WITH THAT NATIONAL ORGANIC GROCER.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH FOLKS AT THE CITY, THEY'LL KNOW THE NAME AND THAT'LL BE PART OF THE DEAL.

SO WE JUST CAN'T GIVE ANY MORE DETAILS TODAY.

YOU'LL SEE. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME REALLY ATTRACTIVE SHOP SPACE NEXT TO THE GROCER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SPOTS WHERE WE HAVE A CLUSTER OF RESTAURANTS, EITHER ON THE POND OR AROUND THE GREEN, AND AN OFFICE BUILDING. I'LL SHOW YOU. YOU'LL SEE SOME PICTURES AND THEN A SITE FOR A HOTEL ON THE FREEWAY, ALL OF THAT RESPONSIVE TO PLANNING AND ZONING, CITY COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEEDBACK.

THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO ARCHITECTURALLY.

IT IS CURRENTLY THE OLD SHIVERS FARM, AND WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE TO DO COMPLEMENTARY RETAIL, NOT JUST COME IN AND COPY. LIKE, YOU KNOW, BRIAN DID AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB HERE, AND FRANK, BOTH FRIENDS OF MINE, THE DEVELOPERS HERE AND THEY DID IT FOR GREAT REASON, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO COME IN AND JUST KNOCK IT OFF.

I WANT TO COMPLIMENT IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO.

THIS IS SORT OF CONTEMPORARY, SOPHISTICATED, FARMHOUSE INFLUENCED ARCHITECTURE IS WHAT THE ARCHITECTS HOW THEY WOULD DESCRIBE IT.

AND REALLY LIKE THE DIRECTION IT'S GOING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW LITTLE DETAILS I'D CHANGE, BUT GENERALLY THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE LIKE AND THAT THAT SHOP SPACE TO THE RIGHT OF THE GROCER, THAT IT GENTLY CURVES FROM EACH FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT, GENTLY CURVES TO THE SIGN THAT SAYS BIERGARTEN.

AND SO IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE LIKE YOU'RE JUST A STRIP CENTER.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A A LOT MORE INTEREST. AND THEN UP THESE ARE THE TWO BUILDINGS UP ON THE POND, THE TWO F&B BUILDINGS THAT'LL HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING FACING OUT OVER THE POND.

THOSE AREN'T FULLY DEVELOPED ARCHITECTURALLY, YOU CAN KIND OF TELL, BUT THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE BIG, TALL, STRONG STRUCTURES, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE LOWER STRUCTURES, SIMILAR SCALE TO THIS.

I MENTIONED OFFICE, AND YOU SAW ON THE PLAN WHERE THE OFFICE WAS GOING TO GO.

SO THIS IS THAT OFFICE BUILDING ABOVE RETAIL, AND WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH QUALITY BANK THAT'S INTERESTED IN TAKING HALF OF THE OFFICE BUILDING. BUT AGAIN, WE WANT THE OFFICE BUILDING TO BE A LITTLE MORE FRESH, INTERESTING CONTEMPORARY AND NOT, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC SORT OF ARCHITECTURE THAT THIS PLACE HAS DONE SO WELL.

AND THEN THIS IS A REPRESENTATION, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS PICTURE, THOSE TREES ARE GHOSTED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS BEHIND. BUT THAT'S THE BIG GROVE OF TREES THAT WE PLAN TO SAVE.

AND WE'RE JUST REALLY GOING TO BUILD A NICE CASUAL, ORGANIC, PUBLIC GREEN ANCHORED BY THOSE TREES WHERE YOU'RE SITTING AT A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS LOOKING OUT OVER THE PUBLIC GREEN, THE KIDS CAN BE RUNNING AROUND, PEOPLE CAN BE PLAYING CORNHOLE AND JUST A JUST A SOFT, ORGANIC GREEN, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT A NOT A STRIP CENTER WITH A BIG PARKING LOT.

JUST ANOTHER LOOK OF THAT SPACE. YOU'RE KIND OF STANDING UNDER A PORTION OF THE TREE HERE, AND THERE WILL BE LITTLE SEAT WALLS WHERE YOU CAN SIT OUT AND WATCH THE KIDS RUN AROUND.

IT'S REALLY BEEN INTERESTING THE LAST FEW YEARS TO WATCH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHERE PEOPLE JUST BUILD THIS LITTLE SQUARE GREEN WITH A SEAT WALL AROUND IT AND NOTHING.

IT'S JUST A FLAT FAUX TURF AND A SEAT WALL AROUND IT.

I CAN THINK OF 3 OR 4. AND THERE'S KIDS EVERYWHERE RUNNING AROUND.

JUST A FLAT PUBLIC, NOTHING IN IT. SOMETIMES THEY'LL BRING A SOCCER BALL, BUT GENERALLY JUST A PLACE TO, JUST TO RUN AROUND. AND SO THIS WILL BE A, A LITTLE SOFTER, MORE ORGANIC VERSION OF THAT.

JUST ANOTHER LOOK FROM THE GREEN UNDER THE TREE BACK TOWARD THE OFFICE BUILDING.

WHY DON'T YOU COME TALK ABOUT THE SINGLE FAMILY? ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS TRAVIS FRANKS, WILLOWTREE CUSTOM HOMES.

W E GOT ASKED WITH TRADEMARK TO KIND OF HELP WITH THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

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IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE JUST GOT USED TO WITH CARILLON PARC. AND I'M IN CARILLON PARC AS WELL.

BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AND WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE DONE HERE WITH THE COMPLEMENT OF THIS COMMERCIAL PIECE IS KIND OF A PERFECT TRANSITION FROM METAIRIE, WHICH IS ABOUT 12,500FT² AND UP 13,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS KIND OF TRANSITIONING DOWN TO BASICALLY DOUBLE THE SIZE LOTS OF CARILLON PARC.

SO THESE AREN'T GOING TO BE CARILLON PARC SIZES, THESE ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE LOT SIZE.

AND WHAT THIS IS ALSO GOING TO GIVE ANOTHER PRODUCT IN SOUTHLAKE WHICH WE'RE ALREADY LACKING ALREADY .

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LOTS CURRENTLY AT THE AT THE MOMENT.

BUT WHAT THIS IS DOING WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS DESIGN OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND YOU'LL SEE IN A VIDEO SHORTLY THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS KIND OF THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY LOCK AND LEAVE, BUT MAYBE A DIFFERENT CHAPTER OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES IN SOUTHLAKE.

THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS WE NEED MORE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN SOUTHLAKE.

THERE'S ALSO LOTS OF REASONS WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGHER DENSITY THAN JUST YOUR STANDARD HALF ACRE TO ONE ACRE IN SOUTHLAKE.

PARTLY SCHOOL DISTRICT, PARTLY KEEPING FAMILIES IN SOUTHLAKE, ESPECIALLY RETIREES OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CHAPTERS IN LIFE IN SOUTHLAKE. BUT WHAT THIS COMMUNITY IS DOING AS A WHOLE IS COMPLEMENTING THE COMMERCIAL PIECE OF RESTAURANTS, THE SHOPPING, THE REALLY ONE STOP SHOP, THE GOLF CART, DRIVE AWAY, THE WALKABILITY TO EVERYTHING.

AND IN MY OPINION, WITH THE DESIGN, THE HIGH END DESIGN THEY HAVE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WITH OUR HIGH END DESIGN OF THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THESE STILL WILL BE CUSTOM HOMES. THEY STILL WILL BE VERY NICE CUSTOM HOMES. IT'S GOING TO BE US AND ONE OTHER LOCAL CUSTOM BUILDER IN THE MARKET AT THE MOMENT.

AND THERE MIGHT BE INTRODUCED A FEW MORE, BUT OUR GOAL HERE IS TO TO REALLY MAKE A HIGH END QUALITY PRODUCT, BUT YET NOT HAVE THE MAINTENANCE OF WHAT A TYPICAL HALF ACRE, ONE ACRE LOT WOULD DO.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A HOME RUN.

AND JUST BY VERBIAGE, JUST BY BEING OUT IN A LITTLE BIT, WE'VE BEEN OUT SO FAR IN THE PUBLIC.

IT'S GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE REVIEWS AND REACTIONS FROM CLIENTS ON MY END THAT ARE LOOKING TO DOWNSIZE.

AND THIS LIKE I SAID, THE PROXIMITY OF THIS PROJECT AND THE TEAM FROM TRADEMARK, IT REALLY COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS LATER ON, BUT WE KEEP GOING ON THE PRESENTATIONS.

OKAY SO YES. SO THIS WAS THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE FROM THE DENSITY STANDPOINT.

PARTLY ASKED BY SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF THIS SIZE.

AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT THIS, AND THIS IS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE WHOLE PART OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE VALUE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AND DENSITY IN SOUTHLAKE.

I'M NOT TALKING APARTMENTS, I'M NOT TALKING CONDOS OR EVEN REALLY CARILLON PARC STUFF AS FAR AS DENSITY, SIZE. BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS POSSIBLY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS ALLOW A LITTLE MORE DENSITY.

AND THERE'S BEEN TALK EVEN POTENTIALLY MAKING IT A COMMUNITY OF 55 AND OLDER.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WATERMERE IN SOUTHLAKE, WATERMERE IS THAT COMMUNITY OF DIFFERENT CHAPTERS IN LIFE, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS, WHERE THIS IS NOW A TRUE LOCK AND LEAVE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL. THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, LEAVE YOUR HOUSE FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS AND COME BACK AND IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT IT'S THE CONVENIENCE OF REALLY NEVER HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE OF THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGIES WE CAN SAY ABOUT THIS. THIS, TO ME, VALUES ITSELF NOT ONLY FROM THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE HOME AND HOW WE CAN BUILD NOWADAYS WITH ALL THE EFFICIENCIES WHICH IS BIG FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO A NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME, BUT ALSO THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE, I MEAN, THESE LOTS ARE STILL PLENTY GOOD SIZE AND THESE LOTS ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE REALLY ANY SIZE HOUSE YOU WANT ON IT. I WOULD CONFIDENTLY SAY THESE HOUSES COULD PROBABLY START ANYWHERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, 2500, 3000 SQUARE FOOT, UP TO 6000 TO 7000 SQUARE FOOT IF YOU WANTED IT TO.

SO THESE THINGS CAN REALLY HAVE WHATEVER SIZE HOUSE AND COMPLEMENT ANY STYLE OF HOME PEOPLE WOULD WANT.

SO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO KIND OF PLAY WITH.

WE WANT TO KIND OF HEAR BACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE CITY ABOUT WHAT THEIR TOLERANCE IS, WHAT THEIR APPETITE IS FOR THESE LOTS.

BUT WE FEEL THAT IT'S A WIN FOR BOTH PROJECTS.

ALONG OUR OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO. BUT OPTION TWO DOES GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUYER IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE REALLY, REALLY DESPERATELY NEED. AND WE ALSO DESPERATELY NEED YOU KNOW, NOT TO HARP ON THIS, WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL LATER ON, BUT, YOU KNOW, MORE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL.

I MEAN, WE REALLY NEED THIS IN A WEIRD WAY, THIS THIS HELPS.

IT GETS PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF THEIR HALF ACRE LOT INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, POTENTIALLY OPENING UP A HOUSE FOR A FAMILY TO BUY,

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I MEAN GO AHEAD, I JUST WANTED TO. SO WE GOT SOME RENDERINGS TO SHOW AND I THINK SOME VIDEOS AND GO FROM THERE AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF GUYS HAVE ANY.

SO BLAKE BICKMORE WITH TRADEMARK, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME THIS EVENING.

AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR WITH THE TWO SINGLE FAMILY OPTIONS, THOSE ARE JUST THE TWO OPTIONS THAT AGAIN, LIKE TRAVIS MENTIONED, WE THINK, YOU KNOW, BOTH WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON BOTH OF THOSE.

ONE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY, THE FIRST OPTION IS THE, YOU KNOW, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM WITHIN THAT SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.

AND THE IDEA REALLY IS, AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT BACKS UP TO METAIRIE, THOSE LOTS ESSENTIALLY MATCH THOSE LOTS.

AND THEN AS YOU STEP DOWN TOWARDS 114, THE LOT SIZES ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT STILL LIKE LIKE WE MENTIONED AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, TWO TIMES THE SIZE OF WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.

SO WITH THAT, WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST, WE SHOWED YOU A LOT OF PICTURES AND IS PROBABLY HELPFUL TO ORIENT YOU A LITTLE BIT ON JUST A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU HOW THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION PROJECT MOVES TOGETHER.

SO WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT WILL PULL UP SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A GLOBAL FEEL HERE [MUSIC] AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUICK VIDEO TO KIND OF GET YOU A FEEL FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION [MUSIC] SO I THINK FROM THERE I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR.

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WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BREAK GROUND? AND HOW LONG FROM START TO FINISH? SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE NATIONAL ORGANIC GROCER THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE, THEY HAVE VERY STRICT DELIVERY TIMEFRAMES FOR US. YEAH. AND SO WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO START IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON THAT COMMERCIAL PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.

SO WE'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS GOING THROUGH REZONING WILL TAKE PROBABLY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE BEGINNING OF Q4. AND, AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK GROUND AS SOON AS Q1 OF NEXT YEAR.

YOU'RE FULLY FINANCED? AHA. YEP. YEAH. AND IT'S ONE OF THE PRACTICAL QUESTIONS.

SO NORTH WHITE CHAPEL THERE IS BEING PUT INTO A DUAL LANE ROAD GOING UP TO I THINK ABOUT THE SIDE OF KIRKWOOD, IS THE PLAN TO MAKE THAT DUAL ALL THE WAY TO THE ROUNDABOUT AT DOVE? I BELIEVE WE, AS PART OF OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE STUDIED WE ARE WE ARE INCREASING THE WIDTH OF WHITE CHAPEL.

I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR THAT GOES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DOVE, THOUGH.

WE CAN CHECK WITH OUR CIVIL ENGINEER ON THAT.

YEAH. KIRKWOOD. TO KIRKWOOD. YEAH, YEAH. AS OF RIGHT NOW IT STOPS AT KIRKWOOD.

SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP GOING? YEAH. YEAH.

YEAH. GREAT. GOOD LUCK WITH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. HI. I LIVE IN CARILLON, JUST RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I'M ALSO CHAIR OF THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMISSION.

SO I LISTEN A LOT TO WHAT OUR SENIORS ARE ASKING FOR.

WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WISH THEY HAD A SENIOR COMMUNITY THAT'S GATED.

AND TRAVIS, I SEE THAT TO THE SOUTH, THAT AREA TO THE SOUTH.

IT LOOKS LIKE ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT. AND IF THAT BECAME SENIOR HOUSING, THEN SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAVE A GATED COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'D BE POSSIBLE OR NOT, BUT CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING IS MAINTENANCE FREE IS POSSIBLE.

I LOVE THE IDEA. WE DO HAVE A GROWING SENIOR POPULATION.

APPROXIMATELY 33% OF THE POPULATION OF SOUTHLAKE ARE 55 YEARS AND OLDER.

AND SO THEY ARE EMPTY NESTERS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT THE GREAT BIG GIANT HOUSES, THEY REALLY WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AS A SENIOR MYSELF, I'M 70, MY HUSBAND'S 80.

SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADDRESS SOME SENIOR ISSUES.

AND THAT IS AS WE GET OLDER, WE DON'T DRIVE SO WELL.

SO HAVING HOUSING NEXT TO RESTAURANTS AND THE GROCERY STORE.

AND I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING A GROCERY STORE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 114.

THAT WOULD HELP KEEP US, YOU KNOW, THIS GROWING POPULATION, HELPED KEEP US OFF OF THE FREEWAY, IT WOULD HELP KEEP US OFF OF 1709. IT WOULD KIND OF CONSOLIDATE, CONSOLIDATE THINGS THERE.

SO I LOVE IT. I THINK THAT THE WHOLE ARCHITECTURAL, THE LANDSCAPE AND THINGS THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TONIGHT MY BRAIN JUST WENT TO PARKING LOT AND EVERYTHING AT CENTRAL MARKET AND TRADER JOE'S AND AT TOM THUMB, AND THAT IS SO MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE AROUND ANY GROCERY MARKET AREA THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOME RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA. SO I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I REALLY BELIEVE WITH ALL OF MY HEART THAT THIS IS A NEEDED PRODUCT.

AND CERTAINLY IF YOU DECIDED TO TAKE AT LEAST A PORTION OF IT AND ASK CITY COUNCIL TO START THINKING ABOUT OUR AGING POPULATION AND START DESIGNATING SOMETHING AS A SENIOR AREA.

WE'VE HAD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DEVELOPERS COME IN AND PRESENT COTTAGES AND DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEY JUST KEEP GETTING SQUASHED, BUT I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT SOMEBODY STARTS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS, TO THE CHANGES AND START ADDRESSING THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE IN SOUTHLAKE AND PROVIDE GOOD QUALITY.

TO ME IT'S NOT ABOUT THE SIZE AND THE QUANTITY, IT'S ABOUT THE QUALITY.

AND JUST BRING SOME GOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS TO OUR CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY LIVE AT THE METAIRIE.

AND SO MY QUESTION WAS, OVER ON THE WEST KIRKWOOD, WHERE THAT WILL BE OPENED UP.

RIGHT NOW IT'S A DEAD END AND IT WILL BE OPENED UP INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

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AND WHAT WE'LL BE SEEING IS A LOT OF THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TREES OVER THERE. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, A LOADING DOCK AND A BUNCH OF DUMPSTERS.

YEAH. AND WE AGREE WITH YOU. WE DON'T WANT YOU LOOKING AT THAT EITHER.

I DON'T EITHER. YEAH. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER RENDERING THAT I THINK WE FAILED TO PUT IN HERE, BUT WE DO PLAN TO LANDSCAPE THAT REALLY NICE AND SCREEN IT SO THAT YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AT THE BACK OF YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, TRUCK THAT'S COMING HERE TO LOAD UP FOR GROCERIES.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC. RIGHT. AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC GOES WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN RESTRICT THOSE DELIVERIES TO COME OFF OF 114 AND COME DOWN THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO LARGE BACK HERE, THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE, IS SO THAT THE TRUCKS CAN PULL OUT, DO A U-TURN RIGHT HERE, TAKE A LEFT AND THEN TAKE A RIGHT BACK ONTO 114.

SO THERE WILL NOT BE ANY COMMERCIAL LARGE TRUCKS COMING DOWN KIRKWOOD.

WE DO HAVE TO CONNECT KIRKWOOD FROM WHITECHAPEL UP TO DOVE THOUGH.

SO THE ONLY TRAFFIC THAT YOU WOULD SEE DOWN WEST KIRKWOOD WOULD BE TRAFFIC.

BASICALLY JUST RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC COMING TO THE RETAIL CENTER RIGHT HERE.

AND I THINK, RIGHT NOW I THINK PEOPLE ARE CUTTING THROUGH METAIRIE TO GET OVER TO WHITE CHAPEL.

YEAH, BECAUSE THE ROAD IS ALL SCREWED UP. THIS TAKES ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION AND PUTS IT ON THE ROAD THAT'S INTENDED TO BE HERE.

OKAY. YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT. AND THE SIDEWALK, WILL THERE BE A SIDEWALK DOWN? RIGHT NOW IT ENDS, SO ON WHITE CHAPEL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 114, WOULD THEY LOOK AT EXTENDING THAT DOWN AS WELL? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT JUST STOPS. DOWN WHITE CHAPEL? YEAH. THERE WOULD BE A SIDE WALK THERE. AT THE METAIRIE STOPS. AND, AND OUR VISION HERE IS THAT THIS IS WALKABLE.

OKAY. AND SO WE WANT TO CREATE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR WALKABILITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT HERE.

GREAT. BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE AND THE COMMERCIAL.

YEAH. I'M EXCITED. IT'D BE GREAT. AND IF YOU CAN GET ALL THE RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS IN THERE IT'LL BE WONDERFUL.

WELL, WE'VE GOT THE GREAT LIST OF RESTAURANTS THAT I CAN ASSURE YOU YOU'D BE SUPER HAPPY.

I'D BE SUPER HAPPY TO HAVE INTERESTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT INTEREST THERE. GREAT. YEAH, WE CAN WALK RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BACK OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE MORE POINT ON THOSE RESTAURANTS THAT TERRY MENTIONED.

THE TYPE OF RESTAURANT THAT'S COMING HERE, IT'S NOT LIKE A $1,000 STEAK DINNER.

I MEAN WE HAVE THAT IN SOUTHLAKE AND WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT DRIVE THRUS.

AND SO THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL GREAT GOING ON A DATE NIGHT TOO.

LIKE YOU LOVE TO DO THAT, BUT THEN YOU CAN ALSO TAKE FAMILY TO IT AS WELL, WHICH IS THE POINT OF HAVING THE RESTAURANTS FLOWING OUT ONTO THE PUBLIC SPACE SO THAT IT'S A COMMUNITY GATHERING SPOT. AND OUTDOOR SEATING WOULD BE GREAT.

8 OR 9 RESTAURANTS IN HERE. WONDERFUL. AND RIGHT NOW THE LIST IS A VERY HIGH QUALITY, YOU'D BE SUPER HAPPY.

GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. WHO ELSE? WELL, I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING I BEEN FORT WORTH 37 YEARS AND HAVE A TON OF FRIENDS IN SOUTHLAKE. LIKE I SAID, WATCH SOUTHLAKE TOWN SQUARE GET DEVELOPED AND HAVE ADMIRED IT AND HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS HERE AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH REBECCA AND TO BE BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS FUN COMING UP HERE DELIVERING SOMETHING THAT I'D WANT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOT SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO GO TO BATTLE WITH THE NEIGHBORS OR THE CITY ABOUT.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO DELIVER SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL THAT WILL BE A GREAT ASSET FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU TO ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN SPIN.

REMEMBER, SPIN REPRESENTS THE FIRST STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

A SPIN MEETING REPORT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AFTER THE MEETING TAKES PLACE.

WE WILL INCLUDE THE SUBMITTED SPIN QUESTIONS WHICH THERE WERE NONE IN THE MEETING REPORTS.

THESE REPORTS ARE GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE FORUM AND THEY ARE NOT VERBATIM.

INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO FOLLOW THE CASE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. MEETINGS ARE RECORDED AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE APPROXIMATELY 24 HOURS AFTER THE MEETING TAKES PLACE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.