McKinney senior living project advances, could bring 222 units near US 380
McKinney's zoning commission backed a 222-unit senior project near US 380, putting fixed-income affordability and North McKinney growth on the May 19 council agenda.
For longtime McKinney seniors living on fixed incomes, the real question behind a new North McKinney housing proposal is whether it will cost less than the market-rate apartments pushing farther out along US 380. The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously April 28 to recommend zoning for a roughly 10.5-acre tract near the northeast corner of Lake Forest Drive and US 380, clearing the way for a 222-unit senior living project with commercial space if City Council gives final approval May 19.
The rezoning case, 26-0011Z, would change the property from PD to PD, MF36 and R5, a mix that would generally allow multifamily residential, single-family residential and commercial uses while modifying development standards. The filing ties the development to Storm Guard Franchise Systems and lays out three residential buildings on the site, making this more than a simple apartment project on the edge of the US 380 corridor.
What “affordable” means in dollars will determine who can actually live there. In the Dallas-area income limits used for housing-tax-credit programs, 60% of area median income is $49,320 for one person and $56,340 for two people. Texas housing tax-credit rules say those reduced-rent units are meant for qualified households with incomes under the program limit, so a retiree on Social Security, pension income or both could qualify only if total household income stays below that ceiling.
The project also lands in a part of McKinney where growth has outpaced the roads. The city’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan says it guides where new homes, businesses and amenities are built, and the city’s US 380 Bypass materials describe the corridor as an eight-lane freeway with frontage roads because traffic volumes have exceeded capacity as Collin County has grown. McKinney’s population estimate reached 227,526 on July 1, 2024, up from 195,308 in the 2020 census, and 10.3% of residents were 65 or older.
McKinney has already been moving on more senior housing. In February 2025, city leaders backed a separate 110-unit affordable senior project in south McKinney with 74% of units below market rate, and in March 2026 the McKinney Community Development Corp. approved $2.5 million in infrastructure funding tied to a 109-unit senior living project with 72 low-income senior units. Against that backdrop, the Lake Forest and US 380 rezoning is another sign that McKinney is trying to add housing for older residents without slowing the development pressure reshaping its northern edge.
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