Behind The Pink Wall

Boos, a Scolding by Lee Kleinman: Preston Hollow East Makes it Clear How They Feel About Transwestern’s Project at Ground Zero

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2015 /

Update 6:34 p.m: Lee Kleinman tells me that the Rudners sent flowers to his office staff. Now that’s the Preston Hollow way! If the last meeting in Fellowship Hall at Park Cities Baptist Church was leaning more towards conciliation, it was back to square one Thursday night. This was a different group, a crowd comprised…

Transwestern’s Proposed Development in Preston Hollow: Single Fam Versus Multi Fam

By Candy Evans / August 24, 2015 /

I was more than a little amazed with Jon Anderson’s report on Thursday’s Plan Commission hearing down at City Hall, the meeting to approve the latest Transwestern blueprints for the development they would like to build, multi-family luxury apartment housing, at the corner of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. We thought that after MONTHS of conversations…

Another Perspective: For Preston Road, It’s Time to Let Go of The Task Force Fantasy

By Jon Anderson / August 14, 2015 /

Last night Candy and I, both Pink Wall property owners, attended the (hopefully) final neighborhood meeting with Transwestern on their proposed complex on the northeast corner of Preston and Northwest Highway. It goes before the City Council on Aug. 20. While the proposed structure will not win any design awards, it’s inoffensive. And of those…

Quieter, More Conciliatory Laura Miller at Transwestern’s Meeting Behind the Pink Wall: Plan Commission Hearing Set for August 20

By Candy Evans / August 14, 2015 /

We have written about the shenanigans behind the Pink Wall ’till we are blue in the face. We mentioned in March that Transwestern had come back to the sellers, the united owners of Townhouse Row and the Preston Center Apartments smack at the corner of Preston and Northwest Highway, tweaked their plans down to way fewer residences…

Smoke on the Wall-ter: More Real Estate Plots Behind the Pink Wall

By Jon Anderson / August 7, 2015 /

Several sources have overheard that some of the “natives” are getting restless behind the Pink Wall. Specifically that the two neighboring condo buildings at 6307 and 6306 Diamond Head Circle (Royal Orleans and Diplomat) were seeking an agent to market the properties to developers. One source said a developer (Providence, folks who brought us Preston…