A new transit-oriented development project is going up on a former lumber yard south of Downtown Plano.
Dallas-based apartment builder Trinsic Residential Group is poised to begin work on the Aura Northline development, a 325-unit rental community located within a quarter mile of DART’s (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) CityLine/Bush Station in Richardson and about half a mile from the forthcoming Silver Line connection in Plano, the Dallas Morning News reported. The planned complex also lies along the path of a new hike and bike trail.
The 26-mile Silver Line will extend from Shiloh Road in Plano all the way to DFW Airport. There will be multiple stops along the way, including 12th Street, the University of Texas at Dallas, Addison, Knoll Trail, Downtown Carrollton, and Cypress Waters.
“No place outside of downtown Dallas is better served by transit,” wrote Trinsic Residential’s Adam Brown in a letter to the city, per DMN.
Aura Northline is scheduled to open in early 2026, roughly the same time as the Silver Line is anticipated to begin its service, about late 2025 to mid-2026.
The $50 million rental community will span 475,355 square feet and include two “five-story wood-framed buildings wrapped around a 5-tier concrete parking garage,” according to details provided to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Dallas-based Womack + Hampton Architects is designing the rental community. Its portfolio boasts several Aura projects and others in North Texas, such as Aura Four44, Armstrong at Knox, Aura One90, Alexan Las Colinas, Aura Prestonwood, Aura Wycliff, Lincoln Las Colinas, Trinity Bluff, and Alta Lakeshore Lofts.
Trinsic Residential has become one of the more prominent apartment builders in North Texas. The company built another Plano multifamily community, Aura One90, which it sold in 2017, according to the company’s website. The company currently has 7,000 apartment units across DFW, with another 2,000 units in the development pipeline, including projects in McKinney, Grand Prairie, and Lewisville.
Plano planning officials said they envision the redevelopment of the area to “provide a welcoming, attractive gateway to downtown that supports the transformation of the larger area into the civic and cultural heart of the city,” DMN reported.
