Pink Wall
During the early morning hours of March 4, the Preston Place condominiums were destroyed by fire that had seven firefighting companies and over 170 first responders using hoses carrying water from nearly a half a mile away. The building is now moving forward with its next chapter … demolition.
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Shortly after the deadly March 4 Preston Place fire, I wrote about several options for redevelopment within current restrictions. To recap, Preston Place is within the Planned Development District 15 (PD-15) that is subject to its own development limitations, outside city zoning. The PD-15 documents were most recently updated to reflect the added units for…
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Over 100 residents were displaced Friday night, and the skeleton of Preston Place still smoldered on Sunday. And yet, as the flames ignited their neighbors’ belongings, ultimately claiming the life of one, several commenters immediately leapt to the prospect of redevelopment on the lot. “Too soon,” leapt to my mind as I read those comments. …
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The Athena is an odd duck of a high-rise. Built in 1966 by the same Hal Anderson who developed Preston Tower, the Athena was originally marketed as a luxury property. The units are large — four center 2/2 units with 1,543 square feet and four corner 3/3 units with 1,899 square feet (there are a…
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It was just over a month ago that surveyors were spotted measuring the Diplomat condominiums in Pink Wall turf. Today we see an Alpha Testing drilling rig seemingly gathering core samples to test for new foundations. The Diplomat continues to be mum about what’s going on.
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