A $1.1 billion north Fort Worth development between Interstate 35W and U.S. 287 promises to be the area’s urban destination.
The North City project sits on 300 acres of land and has unique exposure to drivers travelling on the busy roads that surround the property: North Tarrant Parkway, Interstate 35W and U.S. 287.
Developer Steve McKeever of Fort Worth said though the process has been elongated multiple times, he doesn’t mind because he wants the end result to last a lifetime. With this being his first big project as a developer, he’s been picky with which retailers he approves as tenants.
“The opportunity with this was to create something special and lasting,” McKeever said. “And so I didn’t want to be the transactional developer that is looking for a three-to-five-year exit, which is normally the case. I want to keep a lot of this stuff long term. I mean decades, not years. And so it’s been a real patient approach to the development.”…