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A rendering of the town center at Tallgrass, a 4,000 home development planned for the Chisholm Trail Parkway and FM 1902. The Burleson City Council approved the project on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.
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Another master-planned community is coming to Burleson’s western edge, featuring 4,000 homes, 1 million square feet of commercial space and an elementary school.
The development known as Tallgrass was unanimously approved during Monday night’s City Council meeting.
Tallgrass, with an investment of over $1 billion, is a partnership between Burleson and Groundwork Development Partners, and it spans 621 acres at the Chisholm Trail Parkway and Farm Road 1902. Tallgrass is the second major housing development announced in the city in the past four months.
The city of 54,000 has added 16,000 people since 2010.
Alex Philips, Burleson’s economic development director, said construction on the 20-year project should start in 2027 or 2028.
Tallgrass will feature condos, single family homes and apartments.
“We truly want this to be a multi-generational community,” Philips said. If someone buys a starter home and then gets a job paying more money and want a larger home, they don’t have to move out of Tallgrass,” he said. “It will be a destination to celebrate art and nature.”
Besides various residential options, Tallgrass will have 5 miles of trails and 90 acres of parks.
Tallgrass will also offer 1 million square feet for commercial development including a town center and an elementary school.
The elementary campus will be in the Joshua school district, Philips said.
Tallgrass will be near Chisholm Summit, a planned community near Alsbury and County Road 914, about two miles from the Chisholm Trail Parkway.
When completed, Chisholm Summit will feature over 3,000 homes, a commercial town center, an office park and the first campus for Craftmasters, a trade school created by Jonathan Phelps, the founder of Florida-based Full Sail University.
Tallgrass is also at the heart of significant transportation improvement projects in northern Johnson County: the four-lane expansion of the Chisholm Trail Parkway and the widening of FM 1902 to a four-lane divided roadway.
Steven Spears, principal of Groundwork, said in a news release, “The vision for Tallgrass is a true legacy effort that interconnects the needs of social, environmental, educational and economic values. We are excited about what Tallgrass will bring to the city of Burleson, north Johnson County and the Parkway corridor.”
This story was originally published October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM.
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