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Land owned by homebuilder Lennar Corp. could be turned into a retail center anchored by a grocery store near where the company is building houses in far north Fort Worth.
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission on July 10 recommended approval of a request by Michael Clark, president of civil engineering firm Winkelmann & Associates Inc., to rezone 20 acres at the northeast corner of Sendera Ranch Boulevard and Rancho Canyon Way for general commercial uses. It's currently zoned for medium-density residential.
According to the application, the change would allow for a grocery-anchored shopping center with a nearby fueling station. In total, the new zoning would allow for 122,912 square feet of development.
The rezoning request will head next to the Fort Worth City Council, which could vote on Aug. 13.
The land is owned by LNR AIV LLC, according to the application, which lists an email contact for Annie Hepner, an entitlements manager at Lennar.
The retail center would be next to the Sendera Ranch community, where Lennar is selling homes for $322,999-$501,999, according to the builder's website.
Lennar declined to comment. But Clark said during the commission meeting that he and a client were working with Lennar on the project.
"My client has this under contract for what we believe to be a much-needed grocery-anchored shopping center here at the northeast corner of the two major intersections," he said.
Clark did not identify the client and did not respond to a request for comment.
Roughly 6,000 single-family lots are planned at Sendera Ranch, which covers more than 3,000 acres, according to the website of the Sendera Ranch Homeowners Association. The community is near the fast-growing Haslet and Alliance areas. Haslet's population grew an estimated 31% from 2022 to 2023, according to a report by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.