A 46-acre mixed-use development planned along the 2400 block of South Highway 75 would give Sherman a convention center about twice the size of other meeting facilities in the area, Nate Strauch of the City of Sherman told KTEN.
The project, called The Ridge at Stone Creek, would be built around a hotel with an attached convention center of about 40,000 square feet. Strauch told the station the plan also calls for close to 100,000 square feet of commercial space for shops, restaurants and offices, along with roughly 500 homes that could mix single-family houses, townhomes and possibly apartments.
"The coolest aspect about this project, from the city's perspective, by far, is the convention center aspect," Strauch said. He also cautioned that the plan is far from construction: "This is just a concept right now."
What the zoning would allow
City records show the request came from property owner SSCGC Holdings, LLC and applicant Land Value Partners, LLC. It asks to rezone land now split between multifamily and retail zoning, inside the Blalock commercial overlay, into a planned development district.
The development standards attached to the request divide the site at Gaba Drive. Land west of the street would follow multifamily rules, with build-to-rent houses, townhomes and apartments for residents 55 and older among the permitted uses.
Land east of Gaba Drive would follow retail rules and allow a convention or conference center, a food hall, restaurants with outdoor dining, a health club and a hotel.
