What was once a vast industrial oasis, West Vickery Boulevard is on the verge of a new epoch.
Over the past few years, the roughly five-mile stretch starting at the interchange of Interstate 30 and Chisholm Trail Parkway has seen in a shift in the types of businesses that are locating there. With locally owned interior design companies, clothing brands, boutiques, art galleries, and other similar crafts quickly conglomerating in the area, the corridor appears as if it’s becoming something of a design district.
Long-time tenant — as well as real estate developer and property manager with Witcher Properties, Ltd. — Jill Black identifies recent developments in the surrounding areas as a catalyst for growth on West Vickery. The construction of the Chisholm Trail Parkway and improvements along Montgomery Street, such as Dickies Arena, cultivated the perfect storm when property prices began to surge.
“A lot of the nearby areas priced out artists,” Black says. “Vickery was a place that was centrally located and still affordable.”
While Black’s family has owned property on the boulevard for decades, she founded a collective workspace on the strip where she houses her own shop, Amada.
“I’d seen a lot of businesses come and go, start up and fail, so I got into the concept of coworking and shared resources,” Black says.
At roughly 3,000-square-feet, 76107 Collective features 10 office spaces where local entrepreneurs, artists, and small businesses have found a home.
Where before West Vickery was not known for much other than harboring large warehouses, the industrial designs have proven to be a perfect fit for the types of businesses that are now locating there.
Paige Casey and Amanda Galati, co-owners of children’s boutique Lila + Hayes, spearheaded a concept similar to 76107 just down the corridor. LOCAL Design Studio + Gallery serves as the headquarters for several women-owned businesses — Lila + Hayes, children’s accessory line The Bow Next Door, jewelry designer Kori Green Designs, home furnishing shop RM Rynd Interiors, purse and accessory boutique Clearly Handbags, paper type and printing company Fort 52, handmade boot shop City Boots, and fur store C+B Furs.
The project grew out of a need for offices and warehousing, The Bow Next Door owner Emily Lee says. LOCAL originally opened in a 2,880-square-foot-space but has since expanded into the neighboring storefronts, almost tripling in size.
“West Vickery is turning around,” Lee says. "It’s not what people thought it was five or 10 years ago. Everyone is updating new buildings, and it's looking amazing.”
While on a smaller scale than the entire strip, LOCAL and 76107 demonstrate the benefits of like-minded businesses conglomerating.
“We are able to bounce ideas off of each other,” Lee says. “We all kind of know what we’re going through. If we have a question about something, someone there is going to know the answer. We all want to see each other succeed and do well.”
Since locating to West Vickery, Lee has seen an explosion of Fort Worth brands popping up in the area, opening more opportunity for collaboration. About two years ago, she says, a few shops came together to organize Venture to Vickery, a pop-up event featuring food trucks, face paint, and more to build community and attract customers to the corridor.
Lee estimates that about two or three new shops are opening each year along the boulevard, but the area is also drawing some of the city’s staples.
In late 2019, Fort Worth Billiards Superstore, one of oldest billiard retailers in Texas, moved less than one mile from its location on Montgomery — where it had been for about 30 years — to West Vickery.
“Over time, we’ve seen smaller, specialty shops opening up in the area," Fort Worth Billiards Supply Co. president Albert Trujillo says. “It’s a much higher-trafficked area than Montgomery Street and brings a lot of curiosity to specialty shops.”
Fort Worth Billiards Superstore has provided furnishings for pool tables, shuffleboard, foosball, air hockey, skee-ball, various arcade games, and a selection of stools for almost 70 years. As the business grew, it started looking not only for a place where it could expand but also a property it could own instead of rent.
The company remodeled a former 10,000-square-foot garage space while retaining certain elements, including the overhead doors and the open concept for its showroom.
“There’s a lot of growth in this area,” Trujillo says. “When moving, we felt that we needed to stay in this area based on where we were before and that there was going to be a lot of growth west and southwest.”
Design/Home-Related Business Along West Vickery
Amada – 3930 W. Vickery Blvd.
ANR Glass – 5136 W. Vickery Blvd.
Ardent Creative – 707 W. Vickery Blvd., Ste. 103
Brooke Wright Designs – 3986 W. Vickery Blvd.
Brushstroke Gallery – 4400 W. Vickery Blvd.
Buzz Custom Fence – 5104 W. Vickery Blvd.
C + B Furs – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Cabbage Rose – 3905 W Vickery Blvd.
Casa Dueno a dueno – 4114 W. Vickery Blvd.
CCs Touch of Nature Inc – 3912 W. Vickery Blvd.
Champion Glass and Mirror – 7337 W. Vickery Blvd.
City Boots – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Clearly Handbags – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Cowtown Clay – 5348 W. Vickery Blvd.
Durango Doors – 4015 W Vickery Blvd.
Fly Low FPV – 7355 W. Vickery Blvd.
Fort 52 – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Fort Worth Billiards Superstore – 3970 W. Vickery Blvd.
Grove + Coop – 3986 W. Vickery Blvd.
Heather Essian (76107 home, artist) – 3930 W. Vickery Blvd.
JAG Jewelry and Goods – 3924 W. Vickery Blvd.
Kori Green Designs – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Lila + Hayes – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
LOCAL Design Studios + Gallery – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Past Perfect – 4318 W. Vickery Blvd.
Pierce Fine Hardware – 4030 W. Vickery Blvd.
PPG Paint Store – 3600 W. Vickery Blvd.
Rainbow Advertising – 3904 W. Vickery Blvd.
RM Rynd Interiors – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
Rob Dauis Fences – 3805 W. Vickery Blvd.
Simple Things – 7401 W. Vickery Blvd.
Slater Flooring and Design – 5360 W. Vickery Blvd.
Standpoint Promotions – 7256 W. Vickery Blvd.
Susan Semmelmann Interiors – 4372 W. Vickery Blvd.
The Bow Next Door – 3610 W. Vickery Blvd.
The Welman Project – 3950 W. Vickery Blvd.
Thomas Diel Designs – 3801 W. Vickery Blvd.
Tile Marble & Granite Works – 7201 W. Vickery Blvd.
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