For a town that spent the last five years arguing about whether it was rural or suburban, Northlake quietly answered the question this spring. The center of gravity moved east of I-35W. If you live in Pecan Square, Harvest, Canyon Falls, or The Ridge, your Saturday is about to look different than it did last June, and the change has very little to do with what the home builders did and almost everything to do with one parking lot off Highway 114.
The short version is this. Three openings, one already live and two arriving inside the next few weeks, mean a Northlake family can spend a full summer Saturday without crossing 35W. That wasn't true twelve months ago. Here is what changed and how the rest of the calendar is reshuffling around it.
The anchor everyone keeps driving past
The Children's Health StarCenter Multisport Northlake opened at 13850 Chadwick Parkway on March 31, 2026. The number that matters for residents is not the price tag. It is the square footage and the floor plan.
