{"id":280257,"date":"2026-05-05T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280257\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:59:38","slug":"plano-commission-approves-antenna-structure-site-plan-for-att-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/280257\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano commission approves antenna structure, site plan for AT&#038;T headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA new 280-foot antenna sculpture is planned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.att.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AT&amp;T<\/a> headquarters coming to Plano.<\/p>\n<p>Plano\u2019s Planning and Zoning commission unanimously approved setbacks for the sculpture and new property boundaries for the headquarters at a meeting May 4.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>The new sculpture will be located on the southeast corner of Parkwood Boulevard and Legacy Drive with the possibility of a stealth commercial antenna at any height within the structure, per city documents.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Dahlstrom, a Dallas-based attorney, spoke on behalf of the project developers May 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think this is a great project for a great campus for a great city,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plano Senior Planner John Kim said all structures above 200 feet must also receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. He said flashing, strobing, rotating and chasing light effects from the tower will be prohibited between 10 p.m.-6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture will be located at a public plaza planned at the headquarters with hike and bike trails and 7-foot sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p>The background<\/p>\n<p>Plano City Council approved two economic development agreements <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/plano\/government\/2026\/02\/24\/plano-oks-20m-in-economic-incentives-for-new-att-headquarters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 23<\/a> to provide $20 million in financial incentives for AT&amp;T to establish the company\u2019s global headquarters in the Legacy District.<\/p>\n<p>If AT&amp;T meets the required benchmarks of the economic incentives, the company would become Plano\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/content.civicplus.com\/api\/assets\/58356543-0b06-4005-b7b4-464e6e000d80?cache=1800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second-largest employer<\/a> behind JPMorgan Chase, per previous reporting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new 280-foot antenna sculpture is planned for the AT&amp;T headquarters coming to Plano. Plano\u2019s Planning and Zoning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[6861,103344,103340,103345,84709,103343,103341,160,162,103342,161,38985],"class_list":["post-280257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-att","tag-att-antenna","tag-att-global-headquarters","tag-att-tower","tag-eds","tag-electronic-data-systems","tag-legacy-district","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-legacy","tag-plano-news","tag-ross-perot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}