Tarrant County College to Explore Options for Former TXU Plant
June 20,2014
Reposted from the Star-Telegram
Photo: Star-Telegram Archives/Rodger Mallison
BY SANDRA BAKER
sabaker@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — The Tarrant County College District has decided to explore selling, leasing or using the century-old abandoned TXU power plant building on north Main Street, which it bought a decade ago as part of its plan for a stunning downtown campus that would span the Trinity River.
TCC trustees voted Thursday night to issue a request for qualifications from developers and other real estate professionals to help the college district in its decision. The document is being drafted and will go out shortly, said Louise Appleman, TCC board president.
“People have presented us with ideas” over the last decade, Appleman said. “It’s time to take the lead on this.”
The decision to move forward on the property comes two months after the college and the Tarrant Regional Water District completed a land swap deal that began three years ago. Under the deal, TCC gave the water district access to land for its $910 million Trinity River Vision flood control and economic development project. In exchange, TCC received land along the Trinity River, including near its Trinity River Campus, for expansion.
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