DTX-GCS: Impact 11/6/2025

Take a look at some of the newest housing developments in the Grapevine, Colleyville, Trophy Club and Southlake areas that are estimated to be completed within the next year.

Oak Alley 
Project: This housing project dates back to preliminary approval in 2019 and final approval the following year, according to previous reporting. The 34-lot development sits on 43 acres off John McCain Road. 

Update: Realtor Randy White said there are five lots still left to be sold, four of which are close to Big Bear Creek on the back portion of the development. One of the remaining lots is the largest at 1.4 acres. 

• 7233 Oak Alley, Colleyville

Spending time with their grandchildren turned into a new career venture for Melanie and Steve McBride. A trip to the Plano-Frisco area last year led to a stop inside Play Street Museum. It sparked an idea for the couple, a former teacher and soccer coach.

“I enjoyed it as a grandpa,” Steve McBride said.

Now, they will bring a franchise to the Southlake Marketplace shopping center.

The details: The business offers an indoor play area that has self-directed play, stimulates children’s imaginations, encourages them to problem solve and allows them to refine their social skills, according to the company website.

What else? The facility is for children ages 1-8 years old. The space on weekends can be rented for special events, holiday events and birthday parties, Melanie McBride said. Each of the locations has a different theme and Southlake is only one of three with the farm theme, along with locations in McKinney and Cypress.

• 2001 W. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 127, Southlake

Fresh Align co-owners Kem Lira and Laura Franco offer decluttering and organization services around the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The details: Franco and Lira use their backgrounds in healthcare and culinary arts to shape how they organize their clients’ offices and homes, Fresh Align’s website states. They also help clients with moving into a new home and getting rid of any unneeded items, according to their website.

Fresh Align offers life-transition services for when children move out, a loved one passes away or when merging households, per its website. During the holidays, Lira and Franco will also help put up or take down decorations, Franco said.

A typo is at the forefront of an issue at the Tarrant Appraisal District.

A special meeting was called Nov. 3 by Chair Rick Barnes, who is also Tarrant County’s tax assessor-collector, regarding vote misallocation in the 2024 entity election.

A four-hour meeting ended with the board voting to hire an independent third-party to investigate any irregularities surrounding the 2024 and 2025 elections.

A motion was made to terminate Chief Appraiser Joe Don Bobbitt, but without a second, that motion died.

What happened? Eric Crile, a candidate last year who failed to earn a board spot, discovered an error in June. A firefighter for the city of Dallas, Crile chose to run again and noticed the taxable value for the Tarrant County Hospital District, or JPS Health, was pasted in the cell for Tarrant County College.

Tarrant County College had 307 during the 2023 election but had 505 in the 2024 election, according to the TAD website.

“I didn’t check that as closely as I should have,” Bobbitt said.