Drive State Highway 26 past Colleyville Boulevard and for years you passed a vacant patch of mowed grass. The city turned down a gas station proposal, and the lot remained empty for years. That changed on June 16, when the Colleyville City Council voted 6-0 to rezone the site for Garages of America, a luxury vehicle storage concept, paired with two retail and restaurant buildings. In a Community Impact report, Mayor Bobby Lindamood said: "We got the opportunity to bring something that's really special into the city. When we denied the gas station, it sat there for years."
That lot is not an isolated story. Look at almost everything landing in Colleyville this year and the pattern repeats: much of it moves into an existing commercial space or an established site.
A 33-year restaurant chose a former Mexican grill
Lucile's Stateside Bistro has served Fort Worth from the same Camp Bowie Boulevard building since 1993. Thirty-three years without a second location, and when owner Bob McLean finally decided to open one, he picked 5204 Colleyville Boulevard, the address that used to hold Zafiros Mexican Grill y Cantina before it closed in late 2024. According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the buildout runs around $275,000, with construction slated to start in late July and wrap by late September. Council approved the special use permits for parking and alcohol sales on June 16, the same meeting that green-lit the Garages of America project down the road.
The Colleyville location will give the restaurant a presence beyond its longtime Fort Worth home.
New businesses in an existing retail center
The retail suite at 5615 Colleyville Boulevard tells the same story on a smaller scale. Loveria Caffè occupies Suite 410, opened by Andrea and Stefania, a husband and wife who worked as architects in Italy before deciding to run a restaurant instead. Their handmade pastas and Roman pinsa earned Loveria the Best Authentic Italian Restaurant in Texas and Best Lasagna in Texas titles for 2026 from Five Reasons to Visit. A few doors down in the same building, Smoothie King was scheduled to open in late August, and Tick Tock Taco, a fusion-taco concept with a drive-thru, is planning its second location for later this year.
Colleyville's commercial growth right now looks less like new square footage and more like new businesses using existing space.
Even the memorial got bigger instead of new
Heroes Park follows the pattern too, just with a civic twist. The city already had a small memorial corner next to City Hall. In 2023, a citizen-led committee of residents, veterans, and community advocates decided that corner deserved more than a name plaque, and set out to expand it into something people would actually use, not just walk past. The result opened June 26, folded into Colleyville's annual Stars and Guitars concert, with country artist and Army Reserve veteran Craig Morgan headlining. The grand opening program started around 7:30 p.m., with the concert following at 8.
What's there now includes an eternal flame at the center and a dedicated section on Colleyville's own history, tied to the families and civic milestones that shaped the city. City planners were explicit that this wasn't meant to be a once-a-year backdrop for one concert. It was designed for daily use, a park you walk through on an ordinary Tuesday, not just the night the fireworks go off.
Colleyville didn't clear a field for this. It took a corner everyone already knew and made it worth stopping at.
The Acuff Lane parcel has a tentative agreement
Not every reused address has settled into its next chapter yet. The city bought a parcel at Acuff Lane and Colleyville Boulevard back in 2021 for $2.6 million, and it sat undeveloped until January 2026, when the City Council approved a purchase-sale agreement that could eventually bring restaurant and retail buildings to the site. In a Community Impact report, Mayor Lindamood said: "There is nothing that is set in stone that's going to be on this property." The agreement gives a developer room to bring tenants forward, but any specific plan still has to clear council in a public meeting.
The parcel remains a planned site, not a confirmed business opening.
Business openings and updates near Colleyville Boulevard
If you just want the practical rundown, here are the planned openings and status updates for Colleyville Boulevard:
- Lucile's Stateside Bistro, 5204 Colleyville Boulevard, construction through late September, opening later this year in the former Zafiros space
- Tick Tock Taco, second location with a drive-thru, opening later this year
- Smoothie King, 5615 Colleyville Boulevard, previously scheduled to open in late August
- Loveria Caffè, 5615 Colleyville Boulevard, Suite 410, already open and carrying two statewide 2026 awards
The year's larger theme is visible in these examples: Garages of America is planned for a vacant lot, Lucile's for a former restaurant space, and Heroes Park expanded a familiar corner.
Colleyville isn't short on new things to try this fall. Much of what is opening or planned in Colleyville this year uses existing commercial spaces or established sites.
If you're watching these changes because you're weighing a move within Colleyville, or just curious what a stretch of Colleyville Boulevard looks like from the inside of a listing, Ritz Group knows this corridor block by block. Contact us when you're ready to talk specifics.
