Fehmi Karahan is going all in on Fields, the sprawling master-planned community rising in Frisco that already counts the PGA of America headquarters and a kid-focused Universal theme park among its calling cards. The developer behind Plano’s Legacy West says Fields could ultimately reach $10 billion to $15 billion in value, and the mixed-use retail core known as Fields West has now moved into full-on vertical construction. For D-FW, the project pulls homes, offices, hotels and attractions into one concentrated bet along the north Dallas North Tollway corridor.
Karahan’s unlikely rise
Born in Istanbul, Karahan arrived in the United States on a scholarship and settled in Dallas in 1979. He worked early jobs as a waiter and bartender before earning an…..