Behind The Pink Wall
I have been thinking a lot about my late mother lately, not that I ever don’t think about her, but in particular her real estate comings and goings. It’s the goings I’m musing. Like me, my mother got one shot at building what was her dream house, or as close as she could get to…
The nearly two-acre property at Preston and Northwest Highway in the multi-family enclave known as “Behind the Pink Wall,” has finally sold. The property has changed hands almost five years after the tragic fire that decimated Preston Place Condominiums, killed one resident, and left owners homeless while still making payments. All that remained of the…
Closing in on four years since fire destroyed the Preston Place condos in March of 2017, news reaches us that a deal has been struck between the owners of Preston Place and developer Hanover Company. In case you forgot, Preston Place is within Planned Development District 15 (PD-15), where controversy lives out its days. Hanover:…
Yesterday I detailed how development plans for the Pink Wall’s PD-15 had been upended for two parcels months after the city council granted new development rights in a contentious battle. Today, we have more news to put under the tree: the Diplomat’s deal has also gone sour. Why? Fire lane width. Earlier this month, I…
It seems the years-long process for changing PD-15 didn’t end at City Hall, as expected. And the residents of Preston Place won’t have a buy-out check under the Christmas tree, at least not from Provident. Preston Place, which burned down to the parking lot garage, is the main reason the whole painful PD process occurred.…
