The battle over the site of the former Fairfield Lake State Park reached a pivotal moment Tuesday when the private developer who bought the land declined the state’s final offer.
Now the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will have to decide whether or not to move forward with the condemnation process and involve the attorney general’s office.
Dallas developer Todd Interests — which purchased the roughly 5,000-acre tract from energy company Vistra in June — has repeatedly said it will continue with its planned development of a luxury gated neighborhood even as Texas aims to use eminent domain to regain the land. The property in Freestone County, about 80 miles southeast of Dallas, includes the former park, Fairfield Lake and hundreds of additional acres.
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