Ambassador Hotel

Jim Lake Asks City to Scrap Historic Overlay of Burned Ambassador Hotel

By Joanna England / November 10, 2021 /

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…

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BREAKING: Ambassador Hotel In Flames, Appears To Be Fully Engulfed

By Bethany Erickson / May 28, 2019 /

Although it’s currently unclear just when the blaze began, reports began to appear around 2 a.m. Tuesday that the currently vacant Ambassador Hotel was in flames. Dallas Fire and Rescue arrived to find the second and third floors burning, and by 2:15 a.m., the structure was fully involved. It appears that more than 45 units…

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Long-Awaited Redevelopment of Ambassador Hotel May Finally Start

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 12, 2019 /

By Deb R. Brimer Redeveloper Jim Lake can write a book about red tape. Another year has come and gone since Jim Lake Companies (JLC) purchased the historic Ambassador Hotel in 2015 to redevelop into chic apartments, and the only visible sign of progress is that the once-grand 115-year-old landmark just got another year older. According…

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