Preston Center

Laura Miller, Steve Wolens & Mitchell Rasansky Throw Weight to Postpone Highland House Hearing at City Hall

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2014 /

Well, maybe everyone down at City Hall just wanted to get out of town for Memorial Day early. And STAY away, what with more than a thousand residents now angry over that proposed Sams Wholesale Club over near Cityplace, and then the Highland House project for Preston Center which has freaked out University Park residents,…

Highland House Heads to Plan Commission Hearing Thursday, Crosland Shaves Off Three Stories

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2014 /

Crosland Development’s Highland House heads to the City of Dallas Plan Commission Thursday, and the developer has already agreed to shave off three stories in response to last week’s Town Hall Meeting. At least, that is what he has told District 13 City Councilperson Jennifer Gates he is willing to do: reduce his original story…

Guest: Why I Support Highland House in Preston Center – It’s Far Better than the Alternative

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2014 /

Guest post by Claire Stanard At the Town Hall meeting hosted by Jennifer Gates last week, I tried to explain in three minutes why I support Crosland Development’s Highland House project to the large group of neighbors gathered at Northway Christian Church. I was brief , out of respect for the imposed time limits, unlike…

Highland House Town Hall Meeting Was Timely, Informative, Civil… Except for a Certain Ex-Mayor

By Candy Evans / May 14, 2014 /

Update, 12:05 pm: Susan Cox verified her information on Mark Cuban’s 5 parcels of land, his 8.681 acres at Preston and Northwest Highway — they are NOT zoned commercial as she had been told. They are still residential. Update, 10:48 am: I’ve added the names & titles of scheduled speakers as provided by Jennifer Gates’…

An Analysis of the Committee Highland House Petition, Graph by Graph

By Candy Evans / May 13, 2014 /

The Crosland Group is proposing a 29-story apartment building near the core of Preston Center shopping center (right behind Hopdoddy Burger restaurant).  At present, a 3 story medical building sits on the Westchester Drive site. Current zoning allows for a 6-7 story building. The proposed building  would be higher than any building in Preston Center. The Highland House is…