Mansfield officials took a first step toward a film studio development expected to bring more than 2,000 jobs to the fast-growing city south of Arlington. The city’s staff have been working with an entity named Super Studios Mansfield LLC for several months on a mixed-use development along the city’s western border, according to city documents.

Along a dry patch of empty land, Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans sees the potential for new growth. "We’re in the garden spot of Texas,” Evans said as he stood in the middle of 72 acres of undeveloped land along South 7th Street and Easy Drive. That’s where the city will break ground on Mansfield Super Studios beginning 2023.

Just south of the Tarrant County portion of the city, Mansfield is preparing to install a massive new addition in a move the mayor called a big step toward the community’s long-term goal of being an entertainment destination. And it’s coming in the form of the film and TV industry. Angel Garcia says Mansfield, though at first glance an unlikely home for the epicenter of an expansion of the film industry into North Texas, is the perfect location for just that.