Far North Dallas

‘We Need Housing Desperately’: Pepper Square Mixed-Use Passes CPC, Headed for Council

By April Towery / February 7, 2025 /

Following a years-long battle that pitted Far North Dallas residents against City Plan Commission members, elected officials, and a former councilman who now works for Masterplan zoning consultants, the controversial Pepper Square mixed-use development is headed for the city council. On Thursday, the CPC unanimously recommended approval for Henry S. Miller’s mixed-use development proposed at…

Rezoning for Far North Dallas’ Pepper Square  Deferred Again to Feb. 6

By April Towery / January 24, 2025 /

A mostly vacant shopping center at Preston and Belt Line roads is not any closer to becoming a mixed-use development with up to 984 housing units, after yet another deferral by the City Plan Commission on Thursday.  The Pepper Square project, proposed by developers with Henry S. Miller Co. was already recommended for approval by…

Dallas Spends $13.65 Million to Acquire Adventure Landing Amusement Park

By April Towery / December 17, 2024 /

All Cara Mendelsohn wants for the holidays is to preserve Adventure Landing in her Far North Dallas district. The Dallas City Council member got her wish at a Dec. 11 meeting when her colleagues voted unanimously to spend $13.65 million to acquire the site near Coit Road and the George Bush Turnpike in Collin County.  Mendelsohn…

Vote on Controversial Pepper Square Project Delayed Again to Jan. 23

By April Towery / December 6, 2024 /

About one month after a judge ordered developers with Henry S. Miller Company to re-advertise a mixed-use project at Preston and Belt Line roads, the Pepper Square project was back before the Dallas Plan Commission Thursday — and again deferred, this time to Jan. 23.  Neighbors have loudly opposed the project since its inception more…

Pepper Square Rezoning Signs Must Be Reposted, Case Remanded Back to Plan Commission

By April Towery / November 9, 2024 /

A district judge ruled Friday that developers planning to build a high-density mixed-use project at Preston and Belt Line roads must delay their plans for at least a month and repost signage about the project. The case will be presented again before the City Plan Commission, a local news station reported late Friday. District Judge…