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Deal Tracker October 7, 2026 – CC June 9, 2026 – ZC May 13, 2026

District: 10 | Far North

Deal Tracker 10/7/26

Endeavor Real Estate Group, the Austin investment and development firm that built along Fort Worth's Left Bank, picked up a Far North site plan that never got built and won approval for 396 apartments on 17.12 acres at Championship Pkwy and Outlet Blvd, south of Texas Motor Speedway at I-35W and SH 114. The plan the previous developer walked away from mixed cottage townhomes with four-story buildings at the center; Endeavor's has ten three-story walk-ups, keeps every waiver Council granted the site in April 2025, and asks for no new ones. Zach Johnston, the Endeavor principal who presented it, told the Zoning Commission, "This site never got built and we've picked the site up and are working with the owners." The land belongs to Roanoke 35/114 Partners, which Bill Boecker represents on the case.

The Zoning Commission recommended approval 10-0 on May 13, 2026, and City Council approved it 11-0 on June 9, 2026. No one spoke against it at either meeting. Johnston's schedule puts construction at the end of 2026 or early 2027 and first delivery 12 to 15 months later, in 2028.

Four months after Council's vote, Endeavor has its utility and traffic studies through the City and its street and utility plans in review, but no building permit. KFM Engineering & Design, Endeavor's civil engineer, filed water and sewer studies for 396 units in April, and the City accepted the water study on May 6. The traffic study, filed August 28, was accepted September 21, with a rough proportionality determination of Endeavor's share of road improvements still required. On October 6 KFM filed express plans for the site's public water, sewer, paving, storm drain and street lights.

KFM filed the final plat for the 17.12-acre lot on April 15; eight of the City's reviews came back with corrections by May 14, and the plat has waited on Endeavor's reply since. Endeavor's late-2026 or early-2027 start needs the plat recorded and the public improvement plans approved first.

City Council 6/9/26

Council Member Chris Jamieson, who represents District 10, moved approval on the support the plan had gathered:

Council Member Macy Hill seconded, and the motion carried 11-0.

Zoning Commission 5/13/26

Johnston made the economic case for the redesign. The cottage townhomes "aren't really viable in today's market, at least not for us economically," so Endeavor moved to typical flats and dropped the four-story center buildings, which need elevators and a corridor product. "It would require higher rents, but those rents don't exist in that market," he said. After meeting with the neighborhood association, Endeavor pulled its buildings back from the golf course on the west edge and set amenities between them; the North Fort Worth Alliance and the Beechwood Creeks HOA each sent a letter of support.

The unit count drew the questions. The applicant's written description puts the old plan at 282 units, which makes the new one 40% larger; Johnston told the Commission it went from "352 units to 396 units," or "10% more from where we started." Commissioners questioned "the huge increase in the units," the loss of the four-story buildings and the northwest building's view into neighbors' backyards, and Johnston offered to look at redesigning that building.

Commissioner Jacob Wurman, who represents District 10 and whose case it was, credited the added open space and then laid out the district's worry:

He said he would rather keep commercial land where the City can, closed with "I just wish it was less units," and moved approval anyway. Commissioner Danny Rodgers seconded, and the motion passed 10-0 with Vice Chair Rodney Mayo absent.

One-bedrooms make up 65% of the mix, and the swap to smaller flats is how 114 more units fit in 2.5% more building area. The ten apartment buildings sit under a 36-foot height limit with a clubhouse, cabana, pool, dog park, co-work space and fitness center, and the site plan provides 623 spaces against 622 required at 1.5 per unit. Open space comes in at 45.21% against the waiver's 45% floor, and density at about 23 units per acre against the planned development's cap of 24. Park fees in lieu of land are set by the year Endeavor pulls building permits and are due before any certificate of occupancy.

Council zoned the tract in April 2025 as a planned development for medium-density multifamily plus detached multifamily, with relief on open space, parking, height, tree preservation and the multifamily site plan submittal; all of it carries into this plan. The land to the east took its own high-density multifamily zoning in August 2025, while heavy industrial zoning holds the land to the north and south.

Developer: Endeavor Real Estate Group

Owner: Roanoke 35/114 Partners

Representatives:

Staff Report: SP-26-006

Project Plans: Champions Circle MF Plans

Permit Visualization: Champions Circle MF Deal Tracker

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