Herbert A. Gears Mayor of Irving, Texas

The Location
Message From the Mayor

Working in cooperation with surrounding landowners – the University of Dallas and Southwest Premier Properties – the City of Irving hired RTKL Associates, an international architectural firm, to sketch out opportunities for the Crossroads DFW site in 2005.

Capitalizing on the site's unique location, RTKL mapped out a variety of planning scenarios. Transportation engineering specialists Kimley-Horn worked in partnership with RTKL to develop the preliminary considerations from a transportation standpoint. Each option featured extensive use of the site's transportation features, direct connections to the Trinity River Park system and integration of transit-oriented principles designed to capitalize on the DART light rail line that will pass through the revitalized district.

The development capacity within the total acreage is substantial, especially if developed to prime urban densities. It makes sense from a land-planning perspective to consider the opportunities that exist with intense urban development because the infrastructure is already in place to accommodate it. Additionally, more than $700 million in transportation investment is committed for the expansions of State Highways 183 and 114, as well as Loop 12, to include light rail, bridge reconstruction, roads, ramps and more. Work has already begun on all of it.

Herbert A. Gears
Mayor, Irving, Texas