In The Zone
A little over a year after approving a controversial compromise for a new temple proposed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, officials in the Collin County town of Fairview are launching a public campaign aimed at convincing church leaders to voluntarily reduce the height of the building’s spire. Construction is actually already…
Representatives for the controversial mixed-use project proposed at Preston Road and Royal Lane unveiled updated renderings Friday evening to a packed crowd of neighborhood residents, many of whom remained skeptical despite revisions to the plan. The community engagement meeting, hosted by Council Member Gay Donnell Willis (District 13) at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on Royal…
A majority of the Dallas City Council voted late Wednesday to approve a controversial application to rezone undeveloped land in North Oak Cliff from single-family to multifamily, with developer and former city plan commissioner Christian Chernock securing authorization to build apartments on the site. The land in question, some 3.5 acres between Plymouth Road and…
A years-in-the-making rezoning case filed by former city plan commissioner Christian Chernock is coming before the Dallas City Council on Wednesday. Unsurprisingly, single-family residents who are opposed to the application plan on having their say. Chernock wants to rezone around 3.5 acres between Plymouth Road and the north terminus of North Boulevard Terrace in North…
Critics of a controversial development in Preston Hollow said they collected almost 1,800 signatures in opposition to the proposed $650-million mixed-use project that would see a 28-story hotel and 24-story apartment tower proposed for a small shopping center at the intersection of Preston Road and Royal Lane. Preserve Preston Hollow, a non-profit neighborhood group seeking…
