{"id":317895,"date":"2026-06-01T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/317895\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:16:07","slug":"construction-progresses-march-2027-opening-slated-for-allen-pds-97-1m-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/317895\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction progresses, March 2027 opening slated for Allen PD\u2019s $97.1M HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConstruction is progressing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allenpolice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen Police Department<\/a>\u2019s new headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen<\/a> Police Department\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofallen.org\/police_news_detail_T44_R196.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$97.1 million headquarters<\/a> is on track to be completed in March 2027, Public Information Officer Alexus Birmingham said.<\/p>\n<p>A closer look<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coreconstruction.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Core Construction Services<\/a> team is close to completing the roof, exterior windows and waterproofing the building, Birmingham said.<\/p>\n<p>Interior sheetrock is almost complete and wall tile is being installed in areas of the main building, she said. The construction team is also currently running data cabling in the structure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had favorable weather that has not caused any significant delays,\u201d Birmingham said in an email. \u201cThe police department is very grateful for the support our citizens have shown us, and we are excited about the opportunities our new headquarters will bring us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How we got here<\/p>\n<p>Allen voters passed an $83 million bond in <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.allentx.gov\/en\/pages\/2023-bond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2023<\/a> to fund the project. The 103,000-square-foot, three-story facility will be located on Century Parkway, between Allen City Hall and the Allen post office, according to city documents.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Police Chief Kyle Taliaferro said the department has grown in size along with the city and outgrew its current facility several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The new headquarters will include:<\/p>\n<p>A large community room for public eventsAn expanded property and evidence roomA larger crime scene labSecure parkingStrategically organized workspacesA human performance center dedicated to officer wellness.A spacious training roomThe building will also have visitor parking in the front of the building with a spacious lobby, Taliaferro said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction is progressing at the Allen Police Department\u2019s new headquarters. The Allen Police Department\u2019s new $97.1 million headquarters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[114057,114059,114062,114054,109594,114061,114058,114056,114060,114055,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-317895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-allen-bond-projects","tag-allen-city-government-news","tag-allen-police-department-facility-upgrade","tag-allen-police-department-headquarters","tag-allen-police-headquarters-construction","tag-allen-police-headquarters-opening","tag-allen-police-station-expansion","tag-allen-public-safety-projects","tag-allen-texas-development","tag-allen-tx-police-department","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317895","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=317895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}