Christian Chernock

The Top 10 Dallas City Hall Newsmakers of 2024

By April Towery / December 27, 2024 /

As 2024 comes to a close and we look back on the hundreds of stories about new real estate projects,  City Hall shenanigans, and developers with innovative solutions to the affordable housing crisis, a few names stick out. Some were heavily criticized; some were hailed as heroes. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, here are your…

Jimtown Celebrates Historic Initiative to Allow Accessory Dwelling Units By Right

By April Towery / December 2, 2024 /

Editor’s Note: The Jimtown rezoning, allowing accessory dwelling units by right, was approved by the Dallas City Council on Jan. 22. In an effort to embrace density and affordability while also preserving the character of a 10-acre North Oak Cliff neighborhood, Jimtown residents last week cleared a big hurdle five years in the making. Pending…

Christian Chernock Wants to Protect Bishop Arts Hotel But Will The Plan Commission Support It?

By April Towery / September 30, 2024 /

Local real estate developer Christian Chernock has two zoning cases pending before the City Plan Commission on which he serves. The question his fellow plan commissioners will be charged with determining next month isn’t one of ethics or personal integrity, Chernock told CandysDirt.com. It’s whether hotels are an appropriate land use for the touristy Bishop…

Melissa Kingston on ForwardDallas Land Use Plan: ‘We’re Just Pissing Everybody Off, and For What?’ 

By April Towery / July 16, 2024 /

Dallas plan commissioners spent four hours last week hearing resident commentary and discussing amendments to the city’s controversial ForwardDallas land use plan, but there were several meaningful conversations that weren’t reported in the local media.  One such discussion was District 14 Commissioner Melissa Kingston’s support of updating the plan’s language to reflect the wishes of…

No Pitchforks in Sight at District 1 Councilman Chad West’s ForwardDallas Meeting 

By April Towery / June 26, 2024 /

All the elements were in place for a perfect storm of a town hall meeting Monday evening. More than 100 people gathered, many wielding signs displaying their aversion to the Dallas comprehensive land use plan known as ForwardDallas. The meeting was called by District 1 Councilman Chad West who, with his appointed Plan Commissioner Christian…