Arlington Comprehensive Plan Update Adopted 3-17-2015 | Page 162

Central Arlington (between Fielder Road, Collins Street, I-30 and I-20)
The area of central Arlington has similar land uses as other areas of the city, but
includes a concentration of particular uses not found in other sections.
Downtown Arlington is a broad mix of institutional, office, government and
retail uses. Primarily centered on the intersection of Abram Street and Center
Street, the area includes City Hall and other municipal offices and the Tarrant
County Sub-Courthouse.
Immediately adjacent to Downtown is UT Arlington. The University
encompasses 420 acres and includes more than 100 buildings, some dating
from 1919. Apartment complexes are common in the area surrounding the
campus.
There is a heavy concentration of retail development along I-20 between
Cooper Street, Matlock Road and the proposed Center Street extension. This
area includes The Parks at Arlington mall and the Arlington Highlands shopping
areas, comprising over 2 million square feet of retail, office restaurant and
entertainment space. Lincoln Square, a 415,233 square foot shopping center,
is located in the Interstate 30 corridor between North Center Street and North
Collins Street.
Cooper Street runs the entire north-south length of central Arlington. The
corridor is dominated by strip center development containing office, retail and
service uses. Most of the properties are shallow in depth and have no direct
connections to the adjacent neighborhoods. These neighborhoods have the
typical suburban design of most other areas in Arlington.

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