Tiny Wilmer Considering Massive Mixed-Use Development
A southern Dallas County town with a population of just fewer than 6,300 residents could be home to a 70-acre development that would include more than 243K SF of hotel, retail, and office and warehouse space, as well as almost 1,000 new housing units.
The Wilmer City Council met late last week to review plans for an unnamed mixed-use project that would sit on just over 69 acres on the east side of Interstate 45, north of Beltline Road and directly adjacent to the Copart online car auction facility.
The property is zoned for single-family use only, and developers are seeking a rezoning that would make way for 18 single-family homes, 70 townhome units, 864 apartments, a hotel, 78K SF of retail and 142K SF of office and warehouse space.
The community has been on a commercial real estate growth spurt of late, The Dallas Morning News reported, pointing to a spate of new industrial deliveries and the town’s proximity to highway and rail. Wilmer markets itself as “America’s Logistics Hub,” having scored a Union Pacific global intermodal facility in 2005, which helped attract heavy hitters like Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Whirlpool, Ace Hardware and Medline.
More recently, the town landed the 565K SF Sunridge Industrial Park in March.
The 70-acre tract slotted for development is owned by Venetian Place LLC, while ROC Design Engineers is the engineering firm behind the site plan, the DMN reported.
The council will revisit the proposal at its August meeting.
