Editor’s Note: This story has been revised from a previously published version.
After years of delays and roadblocks, construction is poised to get underway on the commercial portion of Rouzan, developer Tommy Spinosa’s Traditional Neighborhood Development off Perkins Road in Southdowns.
Spinosa’s contractor, Glenn Jarrell, applied for commercial permits on May 19 with the Department of Public Works to begin commercial construction. DPW is currently reviewing those plans. Meanwhile, a giant crane is now visible on the site of the former Ford family property, which for years was a grassy expanse of farmland along busy Perkins Road.
Rouzan’s permit application is for 222,439 square feet of mixed-use space in Rouzan’s Village Center. According to the application, the structures include a 175,883-square-foot parking garage, 13,002 square feet of retail space and 32,000 square feet for 21 multifamily units. A separate permit application is under review for the building that will house the Village Center’s anchor tenant—an Alamo Drafthouse Theater.
Last month, the Planning Commission cleared the way for commercial construction at Rouzan to begin when it approved the final development plan for the TND by a 5-2 vote. Residential development at Rouzan has been underway for several years. The TND’s Mimosa District is complete. Construction in the Creekside District is underway.
—Stephanie Riegel
