Tellus Group LLC – the developer of award-winning Windsong Ranch – has announced initial plans for its newest master-planned community coming to Celina. Mosaic, the 663-acre, $300 million master-planned community, is slated to open this summer. The community is located immediately to the north of Windsong Ranch in Denton County, just off Frontier Parkway, 9 miles southwest of downtown Celina and approximately a mile from the Dallas North Tollway.

“The North Dallas area is a highly sought-after primary home destination,” said Craig Martin, president and founding partner for Tellus Group. “Mosaic is already a remarkable property and it holds significant potential to be one of the best new master-planned lifestyle communities to come to this area since Windsong Ranch.”

Mosaic will feature a nature-inspired lifestyle theme designed to encourage residents to connect with the world around them. Plans state that every homesite in the community will be situated within a five-minute walk of a greenway or park.

Over 100 acres of the property will be preserved for open spaces and parks. Lakes with fishing piers connected by miles of hike-and-bike trails are central to the community’s plans, along with restorative landscapes that conserve and enhance the native plant species, conserve water resources and enrich wildlife.

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The community will also feature a major amenity area with a lazy river and pool complex, numerous indoor and outdoor social gathering areas, a creative play structure and a fitness center.

Mosaic will offer an array of homesites ranging from 40- to 70-foot lots with homes and townhomes from some of the area’s top builders. Home prices are expected to range from the low $400s to over $1 million.

“We were drawn to this property because it fit within the core values of our company,” said Martin. “We seek to develop high-quality assets in fundamentally excellent markets. We have a long track record for developing residential communities of the highest quality, while maintaining a commitment to environmental stewardship, value investing and thoughtful land planning that will ‘wow’ families that choose to make their home in a Tellus community. Mosaic will be a perfect example of a ‘wow’ residential community.”

For more information on Mosaic, visit www.mosaiclivingtx.com.

Just like Frisco and Plano before, Celina is next in line to become one of North Texas’ boomtowns. As previously reported by Local Profile, Celina’s exponential population growth over the past couple of years is changing its landscape, and in turn, the new residents are attracting new businesses.

Part of Celina’s advantage is its strategic location — only a 15-minute drive away from Frisco. The Collin County town is near major commercial centers connected thanks to Preston Road running through the city. This perk will only be favored by the new Dallas North Tollway expansion and last year big brands like Cotsco tried to get ahead of the curve by securing a spot in the up-and-coming town.

It’s not just retail companies that are eying Celina, real estate firms have big plans for the city. In April 2022, Centurion American Development Group broke ground to begin the construction of a 3,200-acre community with 7,000 single-family homes and another 4,100 multifamily units. Now Rockhill Capital & Investments teamed up with Toll Brothers, the Pennsylvania-based building company behind several developments across Collin County, to bring The Ranch a new residential community to uptown Celina.

According to the Dallas Business Journal, The Ranch, located two miles east of the future Dallas North Tollway, will feature 450 single-family units that are expected to be available in 2024.

“Uptown Celina will be an extension of downtown, offering ‘backyard’ access via its trails,” said in an official statement Ryan Griffin, principal at Rockhill Capital & Investments. “We are excited to advance this project alongside talented builder partners, Taylor Morrison and Toll Brothers, starting with The Ranch at uptown Celina.”

When asked about why Celina, Griffin told WFAA that he believes it’s poised to become another Frisco. In addition to masterplanning the city, the government in Celina is willing to invest in its community. “Their EDC focuses on their downtown area in a very similar way to how McKinney did their downtown area over the last 20 years through both private-public partnerships and to some extent organic growth,” added Griffin.

According to Griffin, Taylor Morrison and Toll Brothers’ plans are close to being approved, and they hope to start working on the first phase in the next 60 to 90 days. At full buildout, the project will hold a 2,500-lot community.

The road construction in front of Celina City Council chambers was a fitting exhibit for the city’s first town hall meeting of 2023.

As Celina residents approached the chambers for a town hall meeting focused on city streets, there was no missing the work underway on Colorado Street — the project marks phase one of a downtown inner loop project slated to update downtown Celina’s streets, walkways and parking infrastructure. It was also a hallmark of the work being done now as Celina looks ahead to its future.

“The whole idea is as we grow, we want to continue to have the downtown as the heart and soul, the center of the city,” Celina City Manager Jason Laumer said during the city’s first town hall meeting of 2023, which was focused on streets. The presentation included visioning and updates regarding Celina’s downtown area.

Work began on phase one of the inner loop project in June 2022 and is slated for a December 2023 completion date. Laumer said Phase 2 would likely include work on parts of Ohio and Pecan streets and would coincide with work on Celina’s square.

The inner loop improvements include enhancements like pavers, landscaping, lighting and parking, as well as water, wastewater and stormwater enhancements, according to the presentation.

Laumer said the vision for the inner loop project includes providing one lane for traffic and another multipurpose lanes for bikes, scooters or possibly golf carts. The vision also includes providing back-in angled parking along the street, which Laumer said is safer and gives drivers more visibility when exiting.

During the meeting, Laumer said design work was set to begin soon on expansion of the downtown square. An older plan presented Thursday showed such elements as enlarged and enhanced civic space, community gathering space, a water feature and space for small and large events. Laumer said the design process for the square expansion will include community input opportunities.

“We want to hear what you have to say, what you think it should be,” he told town hall attendees.

The planning comes as part of a greater vision for Celina’s downtown that includes building a new three-story library and administration building on Colorado Street next door to the current Celina City Council Chambers building. Construction on the building is slated to begin in late 2024 or 2025. The building would also come with a parking garage.

Thursday’s presentation included a rundown of capital improvement plan projects that are under construction, under design or that have been completed in the downtown area.

Completed projects include drainage and concrete improvements at Cedar Street and part of Utah Drive, drainage improvements on Maryland Street, asphalt improvements on Kentucky Drive, asphalt improvements on west Main Street, asphalt improvements on South Arizona Drive and parking lot paving.

Projects under construction include work on Colorado Drive and Beech Street as part of the inner loop project, work on Oklahoma Drive northeast from Malone Street; concrete and drainage improvements on parts of Arizona and Colorado drives and construction on Celina’s new senior center.

Projects in the design phase include work on North Florida Drive, North Oklahoma Drive, the intersection of Maple Street and Ohio Drive, New Mexico Drive, Oak Street, Arkansas Drive and Sunset Boulevard.

See the map and the full presentation at tinyurl.com/2p9yy5s3.

“Our plan really is over the next five to 10 years, basically every street in downtown will be redone,” Laumer said.

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Celina is moving forward on plans to bring a new government center to the area that will include a new library space.

During its regular Tuesday meeting, the Celina City Council unanimously approved an agreement for master planning services for the project. The agreement, made with Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED), was in an amount not to exceed $242,937.

The agreement covers visioning for phase one of the project, which comprises the development of a master plan for a roughly 65,000-square-foot building that will include a 12,000-square-foot library as well as space for city departments like utility billing, development services, engineering, finance, procurement, geographic information systems, information technology, human resources, the city secretary and city management. Phase one is also slated to include up to 4,000 square feet of retail incubator space on the first floor and up to 4,000 square feet for a restaurant and public patio on the top floor, according to city documentation.

Celina Assistant City Manager Kim Brawner said the site is also slated to include a roughly 350-space parking garage behind the building.

During the meeting, Brawner presented a rendering of the building, which shows the project located next to the current City Council chambers at 112 North Colorado St.

“It is what we kind of think it’s going to look like, but this is why we’re hiring architects who do this much better than we do,” she said. “We’ll come up with some visionings.”

Brawner noted that the master planning process will include looking at square footage needs and space planning blocking. She added that the process would include the city’s engineering and finance departments and the city manager’s office.

A presented timeline for the project indicated that work on a concept plan would go from May to December of 2023. Brawner said the expectation is to come before the city council in September or October to present a contract for full design of the project.

According to the presentation, the design process is expected to begin in January 2024 and go through January of 2025, with construction beginning in August 2025 and lasting through December 2026. The city projects that the building will be occupied by spring 2027.

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A college softball tournament is coming to Celina this month.

The 2023 Tracy Beard College Classic is scheduled to take place at Old Celina Park from Feb. 17-19.

The tournament features softball teams from the University of North Texas, the University of Kentucky, McNeese State, Sam Houston State University, the University of Texas at Arlington and South Dakota State University.

Celina Mayor Sean Terry said the event marks the first NCAA Division I softball tournament to be hosted at Old Celina Park.

“When we built those fields out there, those astroturf fields, we knew it would get a lot of attention because they can be played on all the time,” Terry said. “And I think not only does it bring recognition to our outstanding softball fields (...) but also it helps our restaurants and local businesses. People come here, they’re going to have to shop and eat and everything else, so we’re really excited to showcase what we have at Old Celina Park.”

The event comes after Celina Field No. 4 was named “Softball Field of the Year” by the Texas Turfgrass Association in 2022.

Terry said the event also brings an opportunity for local athletes to get a front row seat to the next level of athletics.

“Just bringing these caliber Division I schools here to showcase not only our city but also some of our kids that can really interact with those kind of athletes and see, ‘Hey, man, I can make that next step, too,’” Terry said.

Terry applauded the city’s Parks and Recreation department, including Director Cody Webb and Assistant Director Jeff Davis.

“Cody does a great job with organizing that kind of stuff and really rolling out the red carpet when they come into town and making sure that every need’s met, whether it’s help with scheduling, whether it’s helping with the local restaurants, catering meals, whatever it is, and I think it’s just we’re in the spotlight, and I give a lot of credit to our Parks and Rec department,” Terry said.

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