Details emerge on 1,700-acre housing development plan off Chisholm Trail Parkway
A Fort Worth-based engineering firm and Houston-based real estate company are moving forward with a master plan that will develop almost 2,000 acres along Chisholm Trail Parkway in southwest Fort Worth, records show.
Westwood Professional Services filed a commercial grading permit at 10599 Brewer Boulevard with the city this week for the second phase of a multifamily housing project. Those permits are a small part of the Rock Creek Ranch master plan, one of the largest commercial and residential development proposals in Fort Worth. This week’s filings are the latest sign that even more development could be coming in the future.
Real estate company Walton Global approached Fort Worth zoning commissioners in May 2024 to rezone parcels of their 1,756-acre property along Chisholm Trail Parkway for a data center and higher-density housing than what existing designations allowed. That proposal was met with vehement opposition from residents of the Panther Heights neighborhood. They feared the projects would strain the area’s infrastructure and spoil the community’s landscape. Fort Worth City Council members eventually approved the plan in a 7-2 vote in September 2024.
Rock Creek Ranch is a master-planned community that features about 3,800 single-family homes and 3,000 multifamily units. The project also includes extensive commercial office and school spaces, plus a 355-acre public park expansion near Benbrook Lake. The property is 14 miles southwest of downtown and just northeast of Tarleton State University’s Fort Worth campus. The property straddles both sides of Chisholm Trail Parkway. Walton owns two residential communities along the freeway, each spanning hundreds of acres.
Walton has described the Rock Creek Ranch master plan as a future growth hub on Fort Worth’s rapidly growing outskirts. Details of what the company’s master plan is have not yet been fully fleshed out publicly. Fort Worth created a specialized property tax zone, called the public improvement district, to help bankroll the project’s infrastructure costs.
Most of the farmland in Rock Creek’s master plan is zoned to be redeveloped as single-family homes with minimum lot sizes of 5,000 square feet. Most of the land lining the highway is set aside for apartment and commercial construction.
In January 2025, Meeks + Partners, a Houston-based architectural firm, filed documents to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to move forward with parts of the Rock Creek Ranch master plan — specifically a project called Rock Creek Apartments. The estimated completion date for the apartments was listed on the records as May 30, 2027.
The filings show the apartments would cost an estimated $50 million, and feature 10 residential buildings, one standalone clubhouse with pool amenities, six detached garages and 14 carports.
Walton has not yet filed permits with the city for other aspects of its master plan.
The Fort Worth City Council approved a 121-acre data center project, a keystone of the 1,756-acre Rock Creek Ranch development, during a September 2024 meeting. Residents of the nearby Panther Heights neighborhood passionately opposed the project, claiming the data center would endanger the environment and aesthetic of the surrounding area. Walton countered that the center would pose no threats to its neighbors, and it would be a great economic boom for the cities. Most Fort Worth leaders agreed with Walton.
