Fulgent Therapeutics gets approval for 10,020‑sf storage addition at Gateway Business Park

The Planning and Zoning Commission approved a site plan amendment allowing Fulgent Therapeutics to add a 10,020‑square‑foot single‑story storage building to its existing two‑story office building at 1111 South Freeport Parkway.

Planner Matt Steer said the addition lies fully within the highway‑commercial district and preserves required landscape area; the site will retain 458 parking spaces, exceeding the ordinance requirement of 346 spaces. “The site will have 458 parking spaces, which exceeds the required 346 parking spaces,” Steer said. He added the applicant plans to plant mitigation trees and pay tree‑mitigation fees for removed trees.

Applicant representatives described the addition as long‑term storage for pathology materials: embedded tissue blocks and glass slides retained 20 years for regulatory and diagnostic purposes. “We receive about 1,300 specimens... the tissues are embedded in paraffin wax and the glass slides are stored for 20 years,” said Jason Bonaventura, operations manager for the lab at the Coppell facility.

Staff recommended approval subject to standard conditions: additional comments may arise during detailed engineering and building review, a tree‑removal permit is required and a replat must be filed prior to building permits. The commission approved the site plan amendment without opposition.

Next steps: the applicant must obtain tree‑removal permits, file the required replat showing the extended fire lane, and respond to any detailed engineering comments during plan review. The applicant said construction will use materials and colors consistent with the existing building.

Meeting context: the item drew limited public comment and moved quickly as a technical site‑plan amendment for a permitted commercial use.