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TCU completed their second practice of fall camp on Thursday and following practice offensive coordinator Kendal Briles met with the media.

Briles is in his first season as offensive coordinator, taking over from Garrett Riley, who departed for Clemson after the Frogs’ 13-2 season. Briles brings one of the top offensive minds in college football and his stats speak for themselves.

Briles’ most recent stop was a three-year stint at Arkansas, where the Razorbacks had one of the top offenses in the nation. In 2022, Briles led Arkansas to the 7^th best rushing offense in the nation as they averaged 236.7 yards per game in arguably the toughest division in college football; the SEC West.

As an offense, Arkansas ranked No. 15 in the nation in total offense, averaging 471.4 yards per game.

Briles will have his work cut out for him in his first season with the Frogs as they lost a bulk of production including quarterback Max Duggan, running back Kendre Miller and receiver Quentin Johnston, who all received All-Big 12 honors. The Frogs must replace three interior offensive linemen from a year ago including 2^nd round NFL pick Steve Avila.

Luckily, the Frogs return talent at every position and could be even deeper in some spots than they were a year ago. Briles discussed his offense and how the players have adapted, players that have stood out and what he hopes to accomplish this season.

Picking up where they left off in spring – 0:00 – 0:45

On quarterback Chandler Morris – 0:46 – 1:32

On Oregon State transfer quarterback Chance Nolan – 1:40 – 2:28

The receiver position battle – 2:30 – 2:58

On Arkansas transfer receiver Warren Thompson – 3:00 – 3:45

Installing the rest of the offense – 3:47 – 4:45

On tight end Jared Wiley – 4:55 – 5:40

Early impressions of Cordel Russell – 4:57 – 6:20

Why he thinks TCU can be successful running the football – 6:35 – 7:45

What Jaylon Robinson brings to the offense – 7:47 – 8:15

Live updates of TCU fall camp: Practice No. 3

TCU will hold their third practice of fall camp on Friday morning and HornedFrogBlitz is there to give you all the action!

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TCU football has their third practice of fall camp on Friday morning and once again HornedFrogBlitz will be there to take it all in for the loyal Frog fans. It is the third straight day for the Frogs to practice.

The Frogs are coming off one of the most memorable seasons in program history in 2022, making it all the way to the CFB National Championship. The Frogs finished the season 13-2 and a final No. 2 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls. They also became the first team in the Big 12 to win a playoff game and make it to the national championship.

The 2023 season will look different with many names off last year’s roster gone, especially on offense. The Frogs return 5 starts on offense and 7 starters on defense. There will be plenty of position battles on offense and defense and key newcomers to keep an eye on.

If you haven’t joined HFB, now is the time to do so! There have been plenty of highlights in the first two practices with analysis on where some players are standing out. There are position battles brewing and HFB has the latest.

Practice starts at 7:45 a.m. and HFB will give "real-time" information on how practice is going (during media availability). Make sure to follow along!

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More power to OKC's Mazaheri Properties — another multimillion-dollar retail power center, anyway.

Memorial Square at N Pennsylvania and Memorial Road − Marshalls, P.F. Chang’s, Red Robin, Carters, OshKosh, DSW, Charles Schwab, Party City, Petland, Qdoba, other prominent national stores and restaurants − is the third investment in the past year by Fred Mazaheri, Champ Patel, and business partners.

They paid $24.6 million, or $199.10 per square foot, for the 123,557-square-foot center on 14.5 acres in a deal handled by Philip Mazaheri, the group's acquisition and disposition adviser, who also is a retail investment specialist with Oklahoma City brokerage Price Edwards & Co.

The seller was Inland Real Estate Group, which had owned it since 2007. Inland, based in suburban Chicago, acquired Memorial Square in one of the last major retail investments here before the Great Recession and commercial credit freeze.

Inland acquired 240 Penn Park the same year. A year ago, Mazaheri Properties paid $38 million for the first phase of 240 Penn Park, 241,831 square feet of national name brands on 22.2 acres at S Pennsylvania Avenue and Interstate 240.

Last November, the investors added a Texas retail center, Chisholm Trail Ranch, in Fort Worth, to their portfolio.

In all, the purchases totaled $120 million, Philip Mazaheri said.

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Memorial Square, at 13700, 13710, 13800, and 13810 N Pennsylvania Ave., shadow anchored by the state's highest-volume Super Target — "shadow," meaning it has a separate owner — is a great addition to the portfolio, he said, even though it needed a little leasing up.

"At the time of the purchase the property had 89.04% occupancy. The buyers are working on finalizing a lease with a national tenant for the former Bravo’s restaurant space, which will bring the occupancy to 96.05%," he said.

North Oklahoma City and Edmond's appetite for national stores and eateries remains strong, Mazaheri said, which bodes well for the new owners.

The area "benefits from densifying neighborhoods and high local spending power with an estimated annual consumer spending of over $2 billion" he said. "The submarket boasts a strong average household income of $110,000, and the strong consumer spending has supported a retail market marked with consistently high occupancy and exponential rent growth."

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FORT WORTH, TX - KWA Construction, a leading general contractor specializing in multifamily developments throughout Texas, has topped out on The Settler Apartments in Fort Worth, Texas. The 397,435-square-foot, 362-unit luxury community is being developed by Toll Brothers Apartment Living®, a rental subsidiary of Toll Brothers, Inc., the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. Completion is expected in September 2024.

“Fort Worth is a booming city, particularly the River District where The Settler is located,” said Brian Webster, President of KWA Construction. "Hitting these milestones and the progression of The Settler is a testament to the thoughtful and well-planned development by Toll Brothers Apartment Living. We look forward to adding another successful completion to our portfolio of their communities next summer."

Designed by Hensley Lamkin Rachel, Inc. (HLR), a three-time ‘Top 100 Architects’ honoree by Multi-Housing News, The Settler Apartments consists of one four-story structure that wraps around a five-story precast parking garage. It will offer residents more than 13,000 square feet of amenity space, including a grand lobby, leasing office, clubroom featuring a bar and gaming lounge, resident lounge, co-working lounge, social mailroom and package storage, fitness center and yoga studio, and pet wash. Outdoor amenities will feature a resort-style swimming pool with a pool deck and private cabanas, rooftop lounge, outdoor fire pit, courtyard with lounge seating, hammocks, and gas grilling stations.

Located south of White Settlement Road along Athenia Drive and Deavers Lane, The Settler Apartments are ideally situated in the heart of Fort Worth’s River District, offering residents easy access to the Central Business District, Cultural and Medical districts, and the historic Fort Worth Stock Yards. The community is also steps away from the scenic Trinity River’s hike and bike trails and near the city’s top museums, Colonial Country Club, the Fort Worth Zoo and Botanical Garden. The Settler Apartments is one of five Toll Brothers Apartment Living communities that KWA Construction has been selected to build in North Texas, including Mirra, Kilby and Remy in Frisco Square and Lyle in North Dallas.

About KWA Construction: KWA Construction is a Dallas-based construction firm specializing in multifamily developments throughout Texas. As general contractors, our team of experts remains dedicated to passionately developing our people, building great places and creating better futures. Founded in 2004, KWA has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing mid-sized companies in North Texas by the Dallas Business Journal and recognized by the Better Business Bureau for our exemplary ethical conduct. For more information about KWA Construction, visit www.kwaconstruction.com

About Toll Brothers Apartment Living: Toll Brothers Apartment Living is the apartment development division of Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), an award-winning Fortune 500 company, and the nation's leading builder of luxury homes. Toll Brothers Apartment Living brings the same quality, luxury, and service for which Toll Brothers is known to its exceptional rental and mixed-use communities in select markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, DC. Toll Brothers Apartment Living communities combine the energy of vibrant locations with unparalleled amenities, resident services, design, and the expertise of America’s Luxury Home Builder®. In 2023, NMHC ranked Toll Brothers Apartment Living the 6th largest apartment developer in the United States. The firm has developed nearly 8,900 units, has more than 5,000 units under management, and controls a national pipeline of more than 17,500 units. For more information visit TollBrothersApartmentLiving.com

Following years of speculation about the future of real estate development on Panther Island, residents are getting their first peek at what’s to come for 500 acres between downtown Fort Worth and the Northside community.

Panther Island’s original development strategy, which focused heavily on downtown housing, came into focus in 2003. Twenty years later, consulting firm HR&A Advisors was tapped to create an updated, long-term blueprint — what government officials call “Vision 2.0” — for partners like the city of Fort Worth and the Tarrant Regional Water District to follow.

Based on interviews with 20 Fort Worth organizations affected by Panther Island, HR&A’s initial findings were published Aug. 3. The firm identified four core themes for the project moving forward: vision and identity, urban design, strategic implementation and connections to community.

“We’re pleased with the quality of the report and how HR&A has integrated all of the various issues and viewpoints,” assistant city manager Dana Burghdoff said via email. “The four core themes that they identified through their initial work will provide a strong foundation for the next phases of the project.”

The report makes the distinction between the $1.16 billion Central City flood control project, which will create a 1.5-mile bypass channel and reroute part of the Trinity River, and the riverfront development that the channel will generate on Panther Island. Armed with $423 million in federal funding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will construct the channel and remain uninvolved with development plans.

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Project partners have expressed a desire to transition away from residential-heavy development to a mix of retail, housing, restaurant and office space, according to the report. This approach will likely require the city of Fort Worth and other groups to revise policies regulating building height, density and land uses across the district, HR&A wrote.

Creating a positive pedestrian experience is also a key priority for Fort Worth leaders, according to the report. In addition to expanded trail systems and the possibility of a Trinity Metro streetcar running through the island, HR&A highlighted the opportunity to build “high-capacity transit,” or a light rail system, to connect the island with the Historic Southside and Northside neighborhoods.

Architect Michael Bennett said he was pleased to see HR&A introduce the idea of bringing more transit options to Panther Island, which would reduce the number of parking garages necessary to accommodate visitors. Bennett serves as chairman of Downtown Fort Worth Inc. and is a member of the founders council of the Greater Real Estate Council of Fort Worth, both of which helped to fund the HR&A study.

“They highlighted the need for connectivity to other parts of Fort Worth from Panther Island,” Bennett said. “I think the connectivity issue was, sort of, not the point of focus of the original plan. We’re recognizing that we need to have it be more integrated into the rest of the city.”

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How can Panther Island develop responsibly?

Most of the land on Panther Island is owned by public entities, with the Tarrant Regional Water District laying claim to about 125 acres of developable land on the island. Tarrant County College owns about 21 acres.

HR&A’s strategy will focus on developing the interior of the island first and then move on to the waterfront parcels that will be ready for development after the channel is built by 2032.

“The strategy will need to balance the need for near-term revenue generation with the opportunity for patience to leverage the value that will be created through the final completion of the flood control project,” the report reads.

Making development economically feasible for developers will be a challenge, since early commercial development is likely to be the most costly and risky for investors, according to the report.

Another challenge is meeting the expectation of project partners who want Panther Island to be a welcoming destination for people of all backgrounds and income levels — especially the majority Hispanic community that has called the Northside home for generations.

“We spent a good amount of time in our meeting (with HR&A) talking about how to make sure this is a place for everybody and that people who do live nearby can stay if they choose,” Bennett said.

Residents of the Northside are primarily concerned about displacement created by property tax increases and the risk of safety and noise issues from a busier Panther Island, according to HR&A’s findings. Dennis Chiessa, a Northside native and UT-Arlington architecture professor, echoed these anxieties at a Fort Worth Report event on Panther Island in June.

“I think the city will have some challenges and maybe some responsibility in providing mechanisms to allow some of these residents to be able to stay in their neighborhood,” Chiessa said. “That means not just development, but policies that encourage and incentivize people to stay in their neighborhood.”

HR&A found that Northside residents want Panther Island to facilitate opportunities for public art, small business incubation for local entrepreneurs and programming representative of their community. Fort Worth leaders must recognize these dynamics now and take action to prevent displacement of current residents, HR&A wrote.

“To make Panther Island a development that adds to the existing rich cultural fabric of Fort Worth, rather than erasing it, public and nonprofit partners should develop anti-displacement tools and prioritize housing affordability to prevent disruptive impacts on existing communities,” the report reads.

Questions of funding, governance still unanswered

Beyond the development possibilities on Panther Island, HR&A’s report also digs into key questions dogging the project’s future. How can the city’s infrastructure be prepared for an influx of development? Who will govern the project and find new ways to pay for upfront costs?

HR&A acknowledges the need for major infrastructure upgrades, especially to the city’s water and wastewater systems on Panther Island. While initial layouts for those improvements have been determined, funding sources have not, according to the report. Agencies also haven’t figured out how to split the bill for construction of the island’s canal system, public spaces or removal of the existing flood levees once the channel is constructed.

Cities often turn to tax increment financing districts to use property taxes within a defined area to pay for structural improvements and enhanced infrastructure. In this case, however, funds from the Panther Island taxing district are already set to pay off Central City flood control project debt.

HR&A’s team will explore alternative means to fund infrastructure improvements. The sale or lease of public land could go back into Panther Island, such as the water district paying for construction of a canal system, according to the report.

Determining a structure for how the project will be governed remains an open question as well. HR&A presented a number of potential options that groups involved with Panther Island’s development will consider, ranging from a fully private organization running daily operations to an entirely new public agency dedicated to the island.

“We agree on the need to address long-term governance and funding necessary to support implementation of the renewed Panther Island Vision, particularly for infrastructure,” Burghdoff said. “This project has a history of multi-agency collaboration and we expect to build on that, but haven’t discussed options yet.”

Over the next several months, HR&A plans to bring its initial findings to the public through a series of meetings and an online survey. All information will be shared on the project website, which was redesigned in coordination with HR&A’s phase one report, Burghdoff said.

“We want to engage the districts and neighborhoods surrounding Panther Island in addition to the property owners, businesses, and residents on the island,” Burghdoff said. “We will host a series of meetings catered to those communities and the broader public to learn about stakeholders’ priorities to inform the updated vision.”

The firm has also committed to looking at case studies in other cities and finding the best path forward for implementing a real estate development strategy in Fort Worth, Bennett said. The third and final phase of HR&A’s study should be completed this fall with a public announcement of the project’s vision.

“I find it totally fair to say after this first phase, where you’re doing the investigation and findings piece, to say: We understand this is something we still have to figure out,” Bennett said.

Haley Samsel is the environmental reporter for the Fort Worth Report. You can reach them at [email protected].

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