TAMU sells 163 DFW acres to home builder

DALLAS – The Texas A&M University System has sold 163 acres of farmland north of Campbell Rd. on Coit Rd. in North Dallas.

The tract is adjacent to the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center. The sale of the acreage is expected to help Texas A&M AgriLife kick off plans for a new state-of-the-art research center on the school’s remaining 80 acres in northern Dallas County.

Dallas-based Centurion American Development purchased the land with plans to bring hundreds of homes to the area.

Centurion Development’s proposed plan for the tract includes 720 single-family homes and 180 townhomes, according to the city’s planning and zoning department.