Panther Island

More than 15 years after the Tarrant Regional Water District began acquiring land to build Panther Island, the agency has taken its first step toward selling its holdings to developers.

The Tarrant Regional Water District will host an online auction for LaGrave Field memorabilia beginning Oct. 22, before the stadium’s anticipated demolition in mid-November.

Mayor Mattie Parker indicated her support for creating a community-led action committee to prevent gentrification and displacement of residents in Fort Worth’s historically Hispanic Northside on Tuesday.

As part of a city effort to prevent gentrification in Fort Worth’s Northside amid rapid Panther Island development, a panel of national real estate development experts have tasked Fort Worth leaders and community members with reinvesting in the predominantly Hispanic area.

As shovels hit dirt to pave the way for Panther Island, the Tarrant Regional Water District plans to spend $45 million on a canal system to support flood control between downtown Fort Worth and Northside. In total, the district anticipates spending about $85 million on the federal flood control project.

Several board members of the Tarrant Regional Water District cited ongoing safety concerns at LaGrave.

A decade after LaGrave Field hosted its last Fort Worth Cats game, Tarrant Regional Water District board members will vote on whether to demolish the baseball park as part of the agency’s plans for Panther Island.

As developer interest in Panther Island increases, the city is creating a plan to allow buildings of up to 20 stories or 324 feet in certain areas along North Main Street in the project.

More than 20 years after Fort Worth leaders envisioned a waterfront development that would transform hundreds of acres between downtown and the Northside community, government agencies have a new roadmap for developing what will become Panther Island.

Before the Panther Island project is considered complete, a segment of University Drive must be raised 10 to 15 feet, or about the height of a full-grown giraffe.

Shanna Granger alleges personal conflicts between Tarrant Regional Water District leadership and the Grangers are central to her lawsuit over a 2022 Oktoberfest event that went all the way to the district appeals court this week.

Before unveiling the latest version of the strategy for developing Panther Island, project leaders convened for a panel discussion on the project’s past and potential future with members of the Urban Land Institute.