ROWLETT, TX—Bayside is a $1 billion master-planned development encompassing 262 acres that is planned to feature a variety of retail, restaurants, residential units, recreational amenities and a resort hotel in the Lake Ray Hubbard area on Interstate 30, less than 20 minutes from Dallas. Designed as a pedestrian-friendly, open-air resort destination, Bayside will encompass more than 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, 3,000 residential units, 1,000-slip marina and 700 hotel rooms.

The master-planned community is being developed by Bayside Land Partners LLC. The development will feature the first Crystal Lagoon in Texas, as previously reported. Construction on the lagoon will start in March and the project is expected to be open by spring 2019. Architectural firm Lifescapes International has been selected to design the landscape environment for Bayside.

“The Bayside master-planned development will be the ultimate destination,” says Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs, president of Lifescapes International. “The development team of Kent Donahue and Wilks Development are bringing beachfront property to a Dallas submarket, and doing so in a way that is iconic. Guests and residents will enjoy the 8-acre crystal lagoon and fountain, as well as over four miles of lakefront trails, an open-air trolley and a Town Center Park, all surrounded by the most high-quality office, retail, residential and hospitality product in the market.”