Southern Dallas
City officials are gearing up to implement the zoning and land use guidance from the South Dallas Fair Park Area Plan that city council members adopted this summer. The final plan was the culmination of years of work by officials, neighborhood residents, and other stakeholders who set out to develop a five-year strategy to revitalize…
In a city where new housing can mean displacement in some neighborhoods, Dallas developer Swede Hanson is trying something different: getting buy-in from the community before breaking ground. Hanson has developed a reputation for listening as much as building in his pursuit of delivering attainable workforce housing south of the city center. In carving out…
In a move that shows what parking reform aims to accomplish, Dallas City Council voted to authorize $14.5 million in incentives for a transit-oriented mixed-use development just outside Pleasant Grove. Dallas-based Palladium USA Inc., a multifamily housing developer, wants to turn some underutilized surface parking at DART’s Buckner Light Rail Station (8008 Elam Rd.) into…
From Staff Reports Dignitaries and business owners gathered Jan. 27 at The Shops at RedBird to celebrate the grand opening of a 15,000-square-foot childcare facility. Dallas-based nonprofit Vogel will operate the Rita Sue and Alan Gold Child and Family Center, named in honor of the Golds’ longtime support and service to Vogel. Priority enrollment at…
Very little progress has been made since former District 3 Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas declared from the horseshoe in December 2022 that a plan for 6,800 new homes in a $390 million master-planned community at Hensley Field would be his “legacy project.” Those homes have not been built, and the project was inherited by…
