East Dallas
The Dallas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved Ojala Holdings’ Standard Shoreline, a once-contentious Garland Road rezoning request, allowing for the construction of a 300-unit, four-story apartment complex adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood. The rezoning request approved at the Wednesday Dallas City Council meeting was initiated by Ojala Holdings and involved the purchase of a…
By Thomas BuckSpecial Contributor In what retired Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze calls “today’s weakened media environment,” many have not noticed a storm brewing in far East Dallas. At the intersection of Garland and Centerville Roads, a seven-month “Fight The Height” battle has pitted Lochwood and nearby neighborhoods against the City of Dallas. A developer —…
“We don’t talk about project financing” was the drumbeat of often-heated discussions during a nine-month-long zoning process, but the topic of a 75-year tax exemption is now on the table as The Standard Shoreline proposal is slated for a Dallas City Council vote next month. The City Plan Commission approved Ojala Holdings’ rezoning request on…
The Dallas Plan Commission voted unanimously on Thursday in favor of rezoning the Shoreline City Church property on Garland Road, making way for a four-story apartment complex adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood. The project will go before the Dallas City Council in late October. Plans presented by Ojala Holdings have changed dramatically since discussions about…
More than nine months ago, developers with Ojala Holdings proposed a high-rise apartment tower on a lot currently occupied by Shoreline City Church, which is adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood of East Dallas. Dozens of neighborhood meetings have been held since then. Extensive changes to the original plan have been made. The need for affordable…
