Downtown Plano
Even before the DART
line opened in December
2002, downtown Plano had
a lot going for it. Now
there’s no stopping its
urban-like coolness.
Yes, in Plano. Picture a
mass-transit depot, West
Village-like apartments
and condos, and a beer
garden. “It has a
European feeling over
here,” says Jörg Fercher,
who owns Jörg’s Cafe
Vienna. “When people
leave the restaurant,
they walk around the
stores, walk to the
theater. It’s something
you hardly find
anymore.” Along with the
apartments and nearby
homes, town houses and
condos are in the works.
Fifteenth Street Village
digs are pre-selling for
$300,000 for a
2,000-square-feet town
house; 950- to
1,400-square-foot condos
start at $150,000. Homes
around the downtown area
were built generally in
the ’60s and ’70s, with
a section of Victorian
and earlier era homes
just north of downtown.
Home prices range from
about $80,000 to
$200,000.
