Apr 12, 2023 - Things to Do

Anna is getting a resort-style lazy-river shaped like Texas

Michael Mooney

An illustration of an apartment complex built around a Texas-shaped swimming pool — Ready for pool toys shaped like tiny, fragile power grids. Illustration: Courtesy of Beall Development

Like most people, you've probably dreamed of swimming from the top of North Texas all the way down to the Rio Grande Valley.

Yes, but: There's just so much darn land in the way.

Well, bust out the flippers and water wings because a local real estate developer has a solution.

Driving the news: A luxury apartment community being built in Anna will include a dog park, a putting green and — because why not — a resort-style lazy-river pool shaped like Texas.

Colleyville-based Beall Development broke ground last month on a 317-unit, four-story apartment complex called The Quinn.
The apartments are the first phase of a planned mixed-use development called Anna Village, which will feature restaurants as well as office and retail space.

Context: Anna's population is expected to more than double — to 45,000 people — by 2030.

Between the lines: There are actually a few Texas-shaped pools around the state, including one at a hotel in Houston and one in Plano.

Meanwhile: Another development in Anna is planning to build a 2-acre lagoon.

The bottom line: We'll meet you in El Paso for a game of Marco Polo.

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Anna is getting a resort-style lazy-river shaped like Texas

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