A plan to add restaurants and an upper-level pedestrian bridge on the north side of Stonebriar Centre is headed back to Frisco's Planning & Zoning Commission, and this time city staff is recommending a yes.
The preliminary site plan, filed as The Bridges at Stonebriar Mall, Block A, Lots 1A and 8, is item 10 on the consent agenda for the commission's Tuesday, Oct. 27 meeting, which the city posted Wednesday. Stonebriar Mall LLC and Nordstrom Inc. are listed as the owners of the 57.8 acres on the south side of Gaylord Parkway, about 330 feet east of Parkwood Boulevard.
What changed since the last round
When the same plan was set for the Oct. 12 meeting, the staff report recommended denial until fire lane, utility, landscaping and parking-table problems were fixed. The applicant withdrew it before a vote.
The new one-page staff report lists no outstanding issues. It says access comes from Gaylord Parkway, Parkwood Boulevard, Preston Road and State Highway 121, that parking is adequate, that no protected trees would be removed and that the plan conforms to the mall's planned development zoning. It ends with a recommendation for approval as submitted.
Landscape and facade plans will be reviewed later, when a full site plan is filed.
The report also notes that the property is covered by a reciprocal easement agreement among the mall's owners that governs access, parking and common areas around the center.
What the drawings show
Revised drawings by Kimley-Horn, dated Oct. 20, still show three restaurant buildings around the space between the main mall and the Nordstrom store, plus a proposed pedestrian bridge connection at the upper level only. Building B, a one-story restaurant, is now drawn at 7,433 square feet with a 1,790-square-foot patio, down from 8,398 square feet in the September version.
