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This week, Fort Worth's growth wave got real. Billions in new projects. A skyline that’s finally changing with a 20 yr old plan. And a packed room that fought back.

Big money always comes with big trade-offs. So here is what is actually being built, and what it could mean for your home.

When you know more, you win more.

Let’s dig in…

Kirstine

The biggest office project Fort Worth has seen in 40 years recently broke ground on the Cultural District edge.

Westside Village is a $1.7 billion build on 37 acres at University and Westside Drive. Phase I lands in 2028. It includes a 100,000 sq ft mass-timber office building (now leasing through HPI), The Shed entertainment hub inside an old meat locker, a below-grade jazz club, two restaurants, and 308 luxury homes with shops built right underneath them.

💡 Kirstine's Take: When a project this size lands on the Cultural District edge, it pulls value up around it. Jobs, shops and walkability all support nearby home prices over time. The names are not public yet, and that is exactly the window. Insiders watch the dirt. Everyone else reads about it in 2028.

🔗 Source: WFAA

For twenty years it meant delays and broken promises. Last week, that discreetly changed.

On June 9, the City Council approved incentives for the first major private build on Panther Island. Austin's Seco Ventures will build a 12-storey, 290-unit tower at 508 N. Main, with shops on the ground floor. The developer puts in $75 million and must finish by the end of 2030. Site work could start late this year.

💡 Kirstine's Take: This one tower matters far more than its 290 units. City leaders call it the test case. If it works, it sets the rents and proves tall buildings sell on the island. That could open the door to a whole new district just north of downtown, on land we have watched sit quiet for two decades.

🔗 Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Permits are the earliest signal of what gets built, long before the cranes show up.

Recent DFW permit filings include a new data center in North Fort Worth, filed right alongside major apartment projects. When data centers and homes file together, it tells you investment and population are both pointed up. The Alliance corridor keeps pulling in jobs, roads and rooftops.

💡 Kirstine's Take: The cranes show up last. The paperwork shows up first. If you want to know where Fort Worth grows next, follow the permits, not the headlines. More employers and new housing nearby tend to support home values and bring fresh retail and roads with them.

🔗 Source: Community Impact

The data center gold rush just met its first real speed bump out west.

A $1.1 billion data center near I-20 and Chapin School Road asked the city for an $18.2 million tax break over 10 years. Residents packed City Hall over water, power and noise. The pushback worked, and the developer pulled its tax break application on April 30. A second project, worth billions, is drawing the same heat.

Here is the twist: these projects can move ahead even without the tax break.

💡 Kirstine's Take: Projects this size shape an area for years. They move land values and change what gets built near you. That is the real trade-off: jobs and tax base on one side, strain on water, power and quiet streets on the other. The lesson for buyers and owners is simple. Know what is planned near a property before you sign, not after.

Because finding out after - means its too late for you.

🔗 Source: Yahoo News

Texas wants to house millions of new people. But the workers who wire those homes keep accepting other, better paying jobs.

Data centers pay electricians about $35 an hour, plus overtime. Home builders manage $20 to $25. One Texas builder watched his timelines slip two months. The data center industry could have 340,000 unfilled jobs by 2026, while only about 81,000 new electricians join the trade each year.

💡 Kirstine's Take: When crews chase bigger pay, your home takes longer and costs more. This is one of the silent reasons new-build prices stay firm even when the market cools. If you are thinking of building, plan for longer timelines and budget for it up front. Know this before you build or buy. (Building? Be sure to ask for our Top 5 Mistakes to avoid when buying a new build home)

🔗 Source: Texas Tribune

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He built the homes. Now he funds them. #FoundationToFunding

Clive's Take: Growth like this changes how you fund a home, so here is the lending angle.

Two things are worth watching right now. First, rising building costs mean new-construction prices are holding firm, so the gap between a new build and a resale home is worth running the numbers on before you fall in love with either. Second, if you are buying near one of these big projects, get your financing lined up early. In fast-moving corridors, the strongest offer often wins, and a clean, fully underwritten approval makes your offer stronger than a higher bid that is not ready.

I do VA, FHA, Conventional, DSCR, Profession-Based Loans and more. Let's find out what you qualify for at today's numbers.

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🏡 I'm Kirstine Openshaw, Top 250 Fort Worth Texas Realtor. Clive and I own the Openshaw Realty Group, your insider guide to Living in Fort Worth. I get you the home. Clive gets you the loan. Fort Worth's been in our blood since 2006. I believe when you know more, you win more. That's why I track the pulse, so you always have the edge. Let's get you home. 🏡 🔑 NMLS #2639452 & 2821824

Clive is my husband, a custom home builder and a One Real Mortgage Loan Originator.

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