$1.35B AT&T Headquarters Advances Through Plano Planning
AT&T’s proposed Plano headquarters would bring a major corporate campus to the former EDS property, with a $1.35 billion minimum investment commitment and further planning steps to track.
Plano’s headquarters development pipeline includes a substantial new home for AT&T at 5400 Legacy Drive. The approximately 54-acre property is intended to bring the company’s Dallas–Fort Worth administrative operations together on one campus.
A September 21 report from KERA placed the site plan before the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission that evening. That report preceded the meeting, so it does not establish the outcome of the vote. The project is progressing through planning; a completed approval should not be inferred from the meeting preview.
Project at a Glance
- Site:
- 5400 Legacy Drive, Plano
- Minimum investment commitment:
- $1.35 billion in real-property improvements
- Planned campus:
- Approximately 2.3 million square feet
- Developer:
- KDC
- Status:
- Planning and redevelopment; latest site-plan vote outcome not verified
A New Use for the Former EDS Campus
The city’s February announcement established its support for redevelopment of the former Electronic Data Systems headquarters. Plano’s incentive agreement ties support to investment, employment and AT&T’s continuing presence in the city.
The distinction matters for construction readers: the investment commitment describes the scale of the redevelopment. It is not the value of a single general-contractor award.
What the Plans Include
KERA describes a combination of workplaces, retail and employee amenities, including child care and a pedestrian connection to the Shops at Legacy. The proposal also includes a communications tower, with a separate rezoning decision already addressed by the City Council.
For a campus of this kind, construction planning has to connect individual buildings with roads, utilities and public-facing spaces. Those interfaces will be useful indicators of how the work is eventually divided into packages; they are not announced subcontract opportunities.
The Schedule Still Needs Firm Milestones
Reporting on the development identifies KDC and points to possible employee occupancy in the second half of 2028. That is an anticipated move-in window, not a guarantee that every building or amenity will be delivered at the same time.
The next useful updates are the recorded site-plan decision, the permitted building scope and a confirmed construction timetable. Until those are available, bidders should distinguish the proposed campus from individual packages that have actually been released.