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Center City
The reimagining of downtown DeSoto into a vibrant center city at Hampton Road and Pleasant Run Road.
- Market
- DeSoto, TX
- Asset class
- Grocery-anchored / urban infill
- Status
- Completed
- Role
- Developer
- Size
- Multi-parcel corridor
- Total investment
- Confidential
- Delivered
- Completed
- Partners
- City of DeSoto, Global Fund Investments
Anchors & key tenants
- Tom Thumb
- ALDI
- Smoothie King
- Dunkin'
- Baskin-Robbins
- Legacy Dental
The challenge
A fragmented downtown intersection with a former Texaco service station and an aging grocery center.
The approach
- 01
Redevelop the former service station site — Dunkin' Brands opened its first Generation-i store in the country there.
- 02
Partner with the City of DeSoto and Global Fund Investments to revitalize Tom Thumb Center.
- 03
Develop a new Smoothie King / ALDI grocery and rebrand the intersection as Center City.
The transformation
A rebranded, reinvested downtown core with expanded grocery and daily-needs access.
The legacy
Urban infill that gives a growing city everyday convenience without asking residents to leave it.
- Intentionality
