In The Zone
After several painstaking years reimagining parking minimums and devising an update to the city’s comprehensive land use plan, Dallas officials are embarking on their next great effort: zoning reform. The city is putting out a call for residents and stakeholders to get involved in the process, scheduling a number of public engagement events this month…
Dallas leaders recently took on the tasks of overhauling a 35-year-old development code, drafting a comprehensive future land use map, and digitizing boxes of paper records. It’s a long, arduous process, but the end result will be well worth it, according to the city’s director of planning and urban design. Julia Ryan has worked in…
Frank Conrad can’t do anything to speed up the building permits or zoning applications at Dallas City Hall, but he can save time for those interested in local development. In February, the 28-year-old architect quit his job and began working in earnest on Ultraground, an incorporated business that monitors permit issuances, zoning boards, and planning…
A multi-story, mixed-use development has been proposed for the blocks bordered by Armstrong and Buena Vista avenues and Travis and Knox streets. The parcels, which are inside the boundary of PD-193, include the building that formerly housed Wild About Harry’s, as well as the block that is currently occupied by Village Baking Co. The building…
When Jim Lake purchased the Ambassador Hotel in 2015, the goal was to take the existing historic structure and transform it into chic apartments. The building, which was built in 1904 as the Majestic Hotel, was the victim of a blaze in 2019 that gutted the building. Unlike the legendary phoenix, the Ambassador’s plans for…
