Plano’s growth over the past two decades is largely the result of its pro-business attitude and enthusiastic accommodation of industry. Growth trends in the residential, commercial and manufacturing construction markets have continued in 2000 and into 2001. The city issued 1,905 single-family permits in 2001, with an average valuation of over $200,000. The average home was 3,787 square feet in size, and over 75% of the permitted houses were larger than 3,000 square feet in size.

In 2000, the city issued permits for non-residential construction valued at $476,804,943. Major projects under construction in the city, both public and private, include:

• The Shops at Willow Bend, a 1.6 million square foot regional mall at the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and W. Park Boulevard, scheduled to open in August, 2001.
• Granite Park Phase II, a 10 story office tower at the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121 with 260,000 square feet of space.
• Lacerte Software Corporation’s headquarters, a 165,000 square foot building located in the Legacy business park.
• A campus for Flextronics, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, with 500,000 square feet in the first phase. Flextronic’s campus will be a major addition to the city’s Research Technology district.
• The Courtyard Theatre, a renovation of a 1930’s school gymnasium into a 360 seat performing arts theater.

Two new urbanism developments combining residential, retail, restaurant and office uses are also under development.

• Legacy Town Center, which includes a Marriott Hotel, office buildings, retail shops, apartments and restaurants, will serve as the commercial center of the Legacy business park.
• Plano Transit Village, located in Plano’s historic downtown, will offer apartments, restaurants, retail shops and “live/work” space immediately adjacent to a planned light rail stop. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s rail service will begin in 2003.

Information Courtesy of The City Of Plano

Population: 222,030

Elevation: 674 feet

County: Collin

Land area: 71.6 square miles

Zip codes: 75023..75026, 75075, 75074, 75086, 75093, 75094.

Median resident age: 34.1 years
Median household income: $78,722
Median house value: $162,300

Races in Plano:

White Non-Hispanic (72.8%)

Hispanic (10.1%)

Black (5.0%)

Chinese (4.3%)

Other race (3.9%)

Asian Indian (2.8%)

Two or more races (2.3%)

Korean (0.8%)

Vietnamese (0.8%)

American Indian (0.8%)

Other Asian (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)