Magnolia Square: A 59-Acre Mixed-Use Plan Still Under City Review
By The Magnolia Standard · July 17, 2026
The Magnolia City Council picked its review of the Magnolia Square proposal back up in June. The 59-acre plan on the west side of town would mix stores, restaurants, a grocery, and homes. The council has not voted.
A large tract on the western edge of Magnolia could become one of the bigger commercial and residential projects the city has weighed in some time, if it clears review. The proposal is called Magnolia Square. At its June 16 meeting, the City Council continued its review of the plan. No vote was taken. The review is still going.
As filed, Magnolia Square is a 59.2-acre mixed-use development near where FM 1488, FM 1774, and Goodson Road meet, on the west side of town. The plans call for retail, dining, grocery, and service options, plus additional housing meant to support the local workforce. The developer describes it as a regional destination for both shopping and living, a place that would draw from Magnolia and the towns around it.
A project this size does not get decided in one sitting. Mixed-use plans on this scale commonly raise questions during a public review: how dense the housing runs, what the added traffic does to nearby roads, and how a big new development sits alongside a town that still thinks of itself as small. Those are the kinds of questions a city review exists to work through. They are not a verdict on the plan. They are the process doing its job.
Here is where it stands. As of the June 16 meeting, the council had not voted, and the review continues. More meetings come before any decision. Those meetings are public. A resident who wants to follow the proposal, or speak on it, can do so at the council's regular sessions. The City of Magnolia posts the council meeting schedule and agendas.
Nothing about Magnolia Square is settled. A continued review means the council is still working through the plan, not that it has signed off. We will report what the council does as the review moves, and we will point readers to the next public meeting when the date is set.
Editor's note: We chose straight reporting because this piece lays out the proposal as filed and where the public review stands. The council has not voted, and residents can weigh in at the public meetings.
Sources: Community Impact's Tomball-Magnolia reporting on the Magnolia Square proposal and the City Council's continued review at its June 16, 2026 meeting; and the City of Magnolia for the council meeting schedule and agendas. Corrections to newsroom@themagnoliastandard.news.