\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlanning is underway to expand an existing one-story office building at 225 E. Virginia St. in downtown McKinney.<\/p>\n
The overview<\/p>\n
McKinney\u2019s Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan for the project during a March 24 meeting<\/a>. The applicant is proposing to add an additional 13,181 square feet of office space to the existing building, according to a proposed site plan<\/a>. The addition will be one story ranging between 18-20 feet in height.<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n The commission\u2019s approval was required since the applicant requested several design exceptions, City Planner Kyara Robinson said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe exceptions are generally [for] building form, facade composition and transparency standards,\u201d she said. \u201cAll design exceptions support efforts to extend the current office use and rehabilitate the building.\u201d<\/p>\n City staff recommended approval of the site plan with the requested design exceptions, according to a city document<\/a>.<\/p>\n More details<\/p>\n John Tedesco, a civil engineer with Kimley-Horn, said company officials were planning to relocate its McKinney office to the building after it’s been expanded. Kimley-Horn\u2019s McKinney office<\/a> is currently located at 260 Davis St.<\/p>\n “><\/p>\n \u201cThis would be for our office to relocate over here,\u201d Tedesco said.<\/p>\n