Lewisville Texas Construction: Old Town Transit and Castle Hills Growth

Lewisville’s Old Town is a reminder that the city existed long before the freeways, lakefront neighborhoods and modern retail centers that surround it. Settlers arrived in the 1840s, and rail service in the 1880s helped shift commercial activity toward Main Street and the depot. Today the district’s brick storefronts, older homes and public gathering spaces form a recognizable historic center. The city has invested in the Lewisville Grand Theater, public improvements and incentives while using Old Town design rules to protect the area’s traditional character. Restoring a storefront or adding housing here requires attention to the existing streetscape rather than simply finding an empty parcel.

Just east of the historic blocks, Lewisville is pursuing a new kind of downtown around the DCTA Old Town A-train Station. The city and transit agency’s updated transit-oriented development vision brings together an intermodal hub, offices, housing, restaurants and improved pedestrian connections on land near the rail corridor. In 2025 DCTA solicited developers for a mixed-use building and related station-area development, with planning and procurement work continuing into 2026. These are important steps toward an expanded urban district, but the illustrative plans and proposed investment should not be mistaken for completed buildings or confirmed tenants.

Lewisville’s municipal map changed significantly when it annexed Castle Hills on November 15, 2021. The addition of roughly 18,000 residents and dozens of park sites brought an established master-planned community into the city’s service and development framework. Along State Highway 121, places such as The Realm at Castle Hills and the Crown Centre area introduce office, retail, residential and mixed-use opportunities unlike those in Old Town. The annexation also added responsibilities for streets, parks and utilities. A project in Castle Hills now belongs to Lewisville’s municipal development story, even if its neighborhood branding remains distinct.

Beyond those two growth centers, Lewisville must reinvest in corridors and public spaces built during earlier waves of suburban expansion. Interstate 35E and Business 121 remain major commercial routes, while Lewisville Lake, Lake Park and the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area shape recreation, open space and nearby land-use decisions. The proposed Lewisville 2035 vision plan, under review in 2026, examines housing choices, mobility, redevelopment and long-term public investment. Texas Construction Media follows Lewisville Texas construction through adopted plans, council actions, site plans and verified project milestones, distinguishing future concepts from funded improvements and construction underway.

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