Apartments being demolished to clear way for Midtown Euless

Demolition is underway on the three run-down, vacant apartment complexes along Texas 10 and Industrial Boulevard to make way for the Midtown Euless mixed-use development.

Planning and Economic Development Director Mike Collins said the Shadow Creek, Concord House and Concord Terrace complexes will be demolished in the next several months. But it will take a while before commercial development starts because that area is in the floodplain.

“The level of activity that we want to see isn’t going to happen overnight,” he said.

The developer, Centurion Properties is working with the Army Corps of Engineers on the floodplain, which is a complex process because it involves relocating waterways that requires approval from the corps and Federal Emergency Management Agency, he said.

The section of the development where town homes and single-family homes will be built is not in the floodplain, he said.

Collins previously told the Star-Telegram that Midtown Euless is a “significant” development south of the Airport Freeway and a major step toward revitalizing the area.

The boundaries of Midtown are east of Industrial Boulevard, north of Texas 10 and south of Airport Freeway,

The 57-acre development will feature retail shops, restaurants and residential including urban lofts, town homes and villas. No commercial tenants have been named, Collins said.

Besides the Midtown development, the 14-acre Oakcrest Estates with single-family and senior housing is also being built south of the Airport Freeway, and the two developments represent the largest private investment in that area in the last 25 years.

The Midtown Euless project is also near the area where construction will take place to widen Airport Freeway. That project is called Midtown Express.

Texas 10 and Airport Freeway will be the gateway in to the development. The area will also get a makeover with decorative light poles and landscaping, he said.

This story was originally published December 24, 2015 at 9:06 AM with the headline "Apartments being demolished to clear way for Midtown Euless."