Preston Center

City Plan Commission Delays Vote on Preston Center West to May 2, Community Meeting Set For April 10 

By April Towery / March 21, 2024 /

City Plan Commissioners responded Thursday to demands from the public that a community meeting be held before a vote is taken on development plans for Preston Center West shopping center.  District 13 Plan Commissioner Larry Hall, who was appointed in September, acknowledged the public criticism over a lack of feedback opportunities on the project.  “Perhaps…

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Preston Center West Zoning Case Was Originally Scheduled March 7, But CPC Will Hear it Thursday

By April Towery / March 20, 2024 /

The matter of rezoning the Preston Center West shopping center to allow for a high-rise office building and apartment complex is set for the Dallas City Plan Commission’s Thursday, March 21, agenda.  The development proposal — which drew criticism from former District 13 Plan Commissioner Claire Stanard — was set for a CPC agenda two…

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Preston Center Garage: It Gets Worse

By Jon Anderson / July 6, 2020 /

We’re not surprised to see more pigs at the trough of the Preston Center Garage plan, as the greed is expected, though not astonishing. Last week I wrote about the final Preston Center Garage plan delivered to the city by Walker Consultants and the later filing by Robert Dozier’s Ramrock Real Estate LLC. As a…

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City Being Bamboozled By Preston Center Landowners

By Jon Anderson / July 1, 2020 /

As April Fools’ jokes, I’ve written about the Crespi estate becoming a Costco, a green high-rise with dirt floors for farming, and this year’s tram system running along Turtle Creek. You might think this column is also a “gotcha.” But, it ain’t April. Yesterday I wrote about the city’s final report concerning options for the…

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Preston Center Parking Garage Study Issues Final Report

By Jon Anderson / June 30, 2020 /

Preston Center is as out of place in Preston Hollow as a Hershey’s kiss on a Ritz-Carlton pillow. The land occupied by the Preston Center parking garage is the city’s biggest chance to fix that. Since the 2016 area plan recommended an expanded underground garage with a park on top, District 13 Dallas City Council…

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