Summary: 1,000 multifamily units, 1,000 townhomes and 650 single-family homes - Fort Worth Zoning Commission approved a plan to develop the Beggs Ranch property on the western edge of the city. Developers of the 240-acre site at the intersection of Old Weatherford Road and FM 3325 are looking to build a mixed-use development of 1,000 multifamily units, 1,000 townhomes and 650 single-family homes.
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Beggs Ranch, five miles east of Willow Park, is bringing 3K family homes.
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The Fort Worth Zoning Commission approved a plan to develop the Beggs Ranch property on the western edge of the city.
Developers of the 240-acre site at the intersection of Old Weatherford Road and FM 3325 are looking to build a mixed-use development. The number of residential units estimated for the area would include a maximum of 1,000 multifamily units, 1,000 townhomes and 650 single-family homes. [2]
In 2013 Barron-Stark Engineers awarded 12,000 acre master plan west of Fort Worth, TX Over four generations of ranchers including the Beggs, Boswell and Dean ranches came together to hire Barron-Stark Engineers to masterplan their contiguous 12,000 acre jewel in Aledo, Texas. The entire masterplan is in anticipation of the next great movement west of Tarrant County and is adjacent to the Walsh Ranch. [1]
For four generations the Beggs family ran the Beggs Ranch and the Beggs Cattle Company [Facebook]; the Beggs Ranch was most recently run by George Beggs III, who passed in 2011. [4] His wife passed in 2023 [3]. And as modern life often has it, their children are now making money out of the family property by real estate and not by cattle.
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1. Willow Park Civics Blog > Go east, young man: The Ranch Development East of Willow Park, updated 24 July 2023; posted 16 February 2023
In 2013 Barron-Stark Engineers awarded 12,000 acre master plan west of Fort Worth, TX Over four generations of ranchers including the Beggs, Boswell and Dean ranches came together to hire Barron-Stark Engineers to masterplan their contiguous 12,000 acre jewel in Aledo, Texas. The entire masterplan is in anticipation of the next great movement west of Tarrant County and is adjacent to the Walsh Ranch.
2 Beggs Ranch property rezoned with aim of increasing walkability, Fort Worth Report, 15 February, 2024, Excerpts.
The Fort Worth Zoning Commission approved a plan to develop the Beggs Ranch property on the western edge of the city.
Developers of the 240-acre site at the intersection of Old Weatherford Road and FM 3325 are looking to build a mixed-use development. The number of residential units estimated for the area would include a maximum of 1,000 multifamily units, 1,000 townhomes and 650 single-family homes.
The developers, listed on the documents as Phoenix Property Co., Dallas, are looking to provide a more walkable and pedestrian-friendly project, according to Travis Clegg of Westwood Professional Services, who presented the plans to the commission. The ownership is listed in the documents as George Beggs Aledo Ranch LP and Rockriver Partnership Ltd.
The zoning commission unanimously approved the change. The Fort Worth City Council is scheduled to vote on the zoning change at its March 19 meeting. The city annexed the Beggs Ranch land in 2022.
[3] Fort Worth resident remembered for love of fashion, flowers and fearlessness, Fort Worth Report, 03 October 2023
Fort Worth resident Janie Martin Beggs lived a life full of color, laughter and love…Beggs died in the early hours of Sept. 12, 2023. She was 97… Early in her career, she worked selling jewelry for Fort Worth’s Stein family. And it was through client Francine Capera Beggs that she met her future husband, George Beggs III.
[4] Like Father, Like Sons, Western Horseman 24 September 2019
The year 2011 came in on a somber tone for the Beggs family. George Beggs III, who ran Beggs Cattle Company with a steady hand for 69 years, died in early January. Respected in Texas ranching and business circles, Beggs and his wife, Janie, raised their sons and two daughters on the ranch’s headquarters in Parker County, Texas, near Aledo.