Fort Worth selects developer to oversee construction of Texas A&M downtown campus
A committee of representatives from the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas A&M and the business community selected a developer to oversee construction of A&M’s downtown Fort Worth campus.
A joint bid from Virginia-based infrastructure and real-estate firm Edgemoore and Dallas-based developer KDC will spearhead construction of the plaza, the Research and Innovation building and the Gateway Conference Center and offices, according to a city of Fort Worth report.
Five other firms will work under Edgemore and KDC managing design, construction and commercial leasing, the report said.
Edgemore’s previous experience includes the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport and helping to build the University of California San Francisco’s Sandler Neurosciences Center.
KDC’s work includes a new campus for rideshare company Uber in Dallas’ Deep Ellum.
Texas A&M is building the law school and education buildings with construction expected to start this summer and wrap up in 2025.
The university’s board of regents voted Feb. 9 to increase the budget of the law school building from $85 million to $150 million, a 76% increase.
Construction of the plaza and two other buildings will be funded by city-issued bonds backed by leases to the A&M system and private sector development firms.
Despite the increased cost, city and university leaders have touted the project as a huge opportunity for Fort Worth.
Developer John Goff, who served on the developer selection committee, called the A&M project, ”the single most impactful thing to happen to Fort Worth this entire century.”
“Companies like XTO come and go. Universities never leave,” Goff told the Star-Telegram in a May 2022 interview.
After completion, Fort Worth campus will no longer be the largest Texas city without a significant presence by a large public research university.
A construction timeline for the two other buildings and the plaza hasn’t been released.
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