City of Excellence.
Plano is one of the largest thriving cities in North Texas, located only 20 miles from downtown Dallas, providing easy commuting. The city offers excellent shopping, dining, and entertainment options with areas including the $3 billion Legacy West mixed-use development. Buyers appreciate Plano for its tranquil neighborhoods, tree-lined streets, and strong schools. Plano is known as the “City of Excellence,” and its meticulously-planned infrastructure and amenities certainly live up to its billing. Analysis from finance website SmartAsset recognizes Plano as the best place in the United States to build wealth. Plano’s eclectic real estate mix ranges from townhouses and affordable single-family homes to stunning mansions.
Plano is a convenient and well-connected city with access to the Dallas North Tollway, Sam Rayburn Tollway, and light rail services. Plano offers some of the area’s finest shopping, dining, and golfing and is ranked as the #1 city to build wealth, #2 best city for jobs in the entire country, and #2 best city to raise a family. The city is a major hub of the DFW Metroplex supported by a strong industry of top-ranking companies in Finance, Telecommunications, IT, Medical, Digital Media, commercial real estate, and more providing a tremendous amount of residential choices to enjoy quality of life. Plano has some of the best golf clubs in the metroplex with Gleneagles Country Club named one of the Best Country Clubs in DFW (Avid Golfer, 2015) and The Clubs of Prestonwood has served members for over 50 years.
Legacy West is a 250-acre development featuring many premier retailers and restaurants including Legacy Hall. Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse is a classic American eatery serving USDA Prime steaks, chops, Australian cold water lobster tails, and other seafood specialties alongside an award-winning wine list. Legacy West’s eclectic international dining choices include authentic Spanish cuisine and inventive cocktails at Bulla Gastrobar, flavorful Mediterranean fare at CAVA, Brazilian churrasco-style grilled meats at Fogo De Chao, innovative Asian dishes at Kai, mouthwatering Tex-Mex at Mesero, and sublime Italian cooking at North Italia. Stores here include brands such as Bonobos, Coach, J. Crew, lululemon athletica, MAC, Tommy Bahama, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, West Elm, and Tesla. The Shops at Legacy offers many more restaurants and retailers, combining brands such as Kendra Scottand and Urban Outfitters with stylish boutiques like Joni’s, Scout & Molly’s, and Travis Mathew. Highlights of The Shops at Legacy’s extensive restaurant selection include seasonal dishes and international wines at Seasons 52, Japanese hibachi at Benihana, Mexican Sugar, and sophisticated steakhouse dining at The Capital Grille. The Shops at Willow Bend rounds out Plano’s exceptional shopping and dining options with tenants such as Anthropologie, Banana Republic, Crate & Barrel, Neiman Marcus, and Restoration Hardware and restaurants like Terra Mediterranean, Mexican Bar Company, Knife Steakhouse, and Maggianos Little Italy.
The Heritage Farmstead Museum features an original 1891 farmhouse and a working 4.5-acre farm. The farmhouse is furnished with more than 10,000 objects and farm tools dating back to the Victorian era. The Interurban Railway Museum is housed within a historic train station in Downtown Plano. The museum has many interactive exhibits and a model replica of Downtown Plano as it looked in the 1920s. The Crayola Experience at The Shops at Willow Bend is a family-friendly attraction packed with fun activities for kids. Plano also offers lots of parks and green spaces, including the scenic 800-acre Oak Point Park, which has 26 trails spanning 8.5 miles. The Plano Balloon Festival takes place at Oak Point Park each year with tethered balloon rides and performances from local community groups on the main stage.
The Shops at Legacy is surrounded by luxury townhomes and offers residents a walkable lifestyle. One cannot miss the Texas Longhorns bronze sculptures featuring the work of native Texan Mr. Robert Summers whose works can be seen all over Dallas and throughout the United States. Nineteen bronze steers, three cowboys, the trail boss, a vaquero and a black cutter meander their way through Baccus Plaza as a part of the “Trails of Legacy”.
Plano is served by the Plano Independent School District and known for their top-rated public schools, prestigious private schools options, and Collin County Community College.
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