It was the kind of vote that shows how closely this community is paying attention to what is being built and where. On May 19, 2026, Grapevine's City Council voted 4-2 in favor of a zoning change that would allow a major mixed-use development near Grapevine Mills, but five votes were needed to override the planning and zoning commission's earlier denial. The project did not pass. Two weeks later, on June 2, the council revisited the measure at the request of two council members, and this time it was approved unanimously.

The project in question is the Trammell Crow Mixed-Use Development - Grapevine Mills Area, a 28.7-acre site at 2800 and 3421 Grapevine Mills Parkway, proposed by Trammell Crow Company, a commercial real estate company and subsidiary of CBRE Group. Plans include a 248-unit multifamily apartment complex, a six-story Sandman Signature Hotel owned by Northland Properties (whose CEO is Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi), and two additional hotel lots that could bring the total to approximately 750 hotel rooms. Projected annual tax revenue for the city: $2.9 million. Building permits are expected as early as summer 2026.

What Residents Said at the June Meeting

The June 2 meeting drew a crowd. Several residents spoke against the development, voicing concern that more apartments would damage Grapevine's small-town feel and would not add value to the city. That sentiment reflects something many long-term Grapevine residents hold close: the belief that what makes this community worth living in is not its growth numbers but its character. The vintage charm, the quiet lake, the walkable historic district. Those are not things that appear in a tax revenue projection.

Mayor William Tate spoke in support of the project, noting the site's proximity to DFW Airport and the constraints that creates. "They're entitled to a reasonable use, to the highest and best use of the property," Mayor Tate said. "And what's out there is hotels and apartments." The council also cited the site's location near existing apartment complexes and the noise zone associated with the airport as factors supporting the approval.

Trammell Crow had brought a version of this project before the council in July 2024 and been denied then as well. The company returned with updated designs, increased parking, and a reduced unit count before reapplying.

The Bigger Question for a Growing City

Grapevine has spent decades building an identity that is genuinely unusual for a city of its size: a working historic district, a heritage railroad, local wineries, and a year-round community calendar that serves both residents and 12 million annual visitors without losing itself in the process. Every major development decision carries some tension with that identity, and this one is no different.

The airport noise zone argument is real. Land adjacent to DFW has genuine limitations on residential use, and the city's case that apartment and hotel density is the appropriate fit for that corridor is not without logic. At the same time, the residents who showed up at the June meeting were raising a question that does not have a clean answer: at what point does growth change the thing that made the place worth growing in?

Both sides of that question deserve to be heard. Grapevine is a community that has navigated big-city-adjacent pressure for a long time, and it has mostly done it well. This project will be one more data point in that ongoing story.

Learn more about the Trammell Crow Mixed-Use Development and follow permit and construction updates through the City of Grapevine's planning and development pages at grapevinetexasusa.com.