North Dallas Bank & Trust Co. opened its Frisco Fields Legacy multi-use campus last week, planting its sixth North Texas banking center on land that once belonged to a sprawling cattle and wheat ranch owned by one of the bank's own founding directors. The 51,000-square-foot campus, located at the southwest corner of Legacy Drive and Fields Parkway, opened September 14, with a celebration held two days later at the site in the Fields district of Frisco.
The campus sits on 3.9 acres that NDBT purchased from Bert Fields Jr. in 2018, according to Community Impact. Fields, who served as a founding director of the bank, inherited the land as part of the larger Fields Family Headquarters Ranch, a 2,544-acre spread in north Frisco where cattle roamed and wheat grew for more than 70 years before the property was sold for development in 2018, per Local Profile. The three-story project was designed by global architecture firm Gensler.
A Campus Built to Tell the Fields Story
The Fields Legacy campus includes a 30,000-square-foot multi-tenant office building anchored by NDBT's own banking center, though the multi-tenant space remains under construction and the bank has not yet announced its future tenants, the article notes. What has already taken shape is a community greenspace behind the banking facility featuring statues, installations, and an original oil field truck honoring Bert Fields — a nod to the ranching, oil, and cattle heritage the family brought to the region.
The greenspace includes bronze sculptures highlighting local ranching, oil, cowboy, and banking history, according to Local Profile. Jay Henry said the property highlights banking, ranching, and oil and gas industries that helped shape the Texas economy, per the same account. Miller said NDBT views banking as stewardship of resources, relationships, confidence, opportunity, and trust, per Community Impact.
A $500,000 Gift and a Growing Balance Sheet
At the ribbon-cutting, NDBT presented the Baylor Scott & White Dallas Foundation with a $500,000 donation. The gift arrives as NDBT reports solid underlying financial health: as of June 30, the bank held $1.81 billion in total assets, $1.56 billion in deposits, and $1.26 billion in net loans across its branch network, according to FDIC data.
NDBT's roots trace back to 1961, when the bank opened.
Betting on Brick-and-Mortar While Others Retreat
NDBT's decision to build a prominent physical campus comes as some banks shrink their physical footprints. The bank acquired the Frisco site from FHQ Development Partners back in July 2023, part of a strategy of maintaining a visible physical footprint in fast-growing corridors, as reported by the Dallas Business Journal.
The bet is landing inside one of North Texas's biggest real estate stories. The surrounding 55-acre Fields West urban village secured a $425 million construction loan in July 2025 from Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Prosperity Bank to fund its initial phase, according to Dallas Innovates. The district was also backed by $70 million in municipal bonds issued in 2025 for public infrastructure.
Retail Momentum Builds Around the Bank
Fields West's commercial developers reported in November 2025 that retail and dining space in the village had reached 70% pre-leasing, landing major brands including Bloomie's, Sephora, Crate & Barrel, and Mastro's Steakhouse, per Dallas Innovates. Dallas Innovates describes Fields West as including 360,000 square feet of retail, dining, and entertainment space and 350,000 square feet of office space, while broader development figures total 13,500 residences: 8,500 multifamily and 5,000 single-family.
The mega-development, which also hosts the PGA of America headquarters and Omni PGA Frisco Resort, has also drawn a Hoodline report on a fitness studio buildout permit filed within the same district. For now, NDBT's Fields Legacy campus stands as both a working bank branch and a monument to the ranch that once occupied the ground beneath it — its address, 4961 Fields Parkway, marking the spot where cattle once grazed and where a $10 billion vision for north Frisco is now taking shape.
