CityLine to bring long-term benefits, Richardson officials say (DFW, Job Fair on 1/15/15)

The Dallas Morning News Communities ^ | January 1, 2015 | Wendy Hundley

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The $1.5 billion CityLine development, which will begin opening this year, will bring more dining, shopping and entertainment options to Richardson, but officials say it’s also the kind of project that will bring long-term economic benefits to the city.

By September, the mixed-use project, which will be anchored by State Farm Insurance and Raytheon Co., will have a daytime population of 10,000 people, according to KDC, developer of the project on the southeast corner of Central Expressway and the Bush Turnpike.

This month, workers will start moving into the first of State Farm’s four office towers. Several restaurants, including Coal Vines, Jasper’s and Tom+Chee, have announced they’ll be opening in the spring and summer.

Apartments, a hotel and Raytheon’s 489,000-square-foot office complex will add to the mix before the end of the year.

Shuttles will transport workers from DART’s adjacent Bush Turnpike station to offices around the 186-acre development....

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Jobs, jobs and more jobs, with a reasonable cost-of-living thrown in.