In The Zone
A new Texas housing law targeting big cities allows developers to build multifamily on commercially zoned land by right, and it’s now in effect. While more apartments will go up that maybe wouldn’t otherwise, municipalities like Dallas are losing zoning authority over where and how those projects will be built. Senate Bill 840 was one…
A proposed H-E-B at the southeast corner of LBJ and Hillcrest Road has some neighborhood residents up in arms over the potential traffic implications. Back in January, the San Antonio-based grocer announced it had purchased 10 acres of land where three sets of low-rise medical office buildings are situated. H-E-B hopes to replace the structures…
The years-long Pepper Square saga appears to have come to an end this week after Far North Dallas neighborhood activists dropped their lawsuit to stop the controversial development. But the new Senate Bill 840 may have rendered the residents’ legal battle for less housing density irrelevant by giving developers broader rights to build more housing.…
Zoning is one of the most powerful tools a city can wield. It not only determines where buildings can go but also how neighborhoods grow and function — or don’t. No wonder folks in Dallas are engaging with the issue as the city embarks on a historic overhaul of its land use policies. The Dallas…
Another controversial rezoning request was approved by the Dallas City Council this week, marking another instance in which the drive to redevelop trumped neighborhood concerns at the horseshoe. However, officials mitigated the ordinance with additional stipulations, a move that will soon be outside their scope of power in a lot of cases when Senate Bill…
