Cypress Creek at Forest Lane
The owners of a Lake Highlands office building next to a planned affordable housing development said they were going to file a lawsuit, and they did just that. The Cypress Creek at Forest Lane Class A project will offer 189 units in a high-opportunity area of North Dallas, according to advocates for the project. It…
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When the polls closed on Saturday, May 6, Kathy Stewart was ready to roll. Her first order of business as the council member elected outright to represent Lake Highlands was no small task: take a deep dive into the city budget and housing crisis. Stewart sat through a marathon council meeting on June 14 with…
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It’s official: An affordable housing project is coming to North Central Expressway in District 10. The project took on a life of its own as developers with Sycamore Strategies fought through prohibitive deed restrictions, one of the most contentious town hall meetings in recent memory, a failed attempt to use Public Facility Corporation financing, and…
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The Dallas City Council on Wednesday authorized City Manager T.C. Broadnax to move forward with closing and land acquisition for the Cypress Creek at Forest Lane project in the Lake Highlands area, while remanding a lease agreement to the Housing Committee for consideration May 22. Following a lengthy debate over racial equity, legal ramifications, and…
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Cypress Creek at Forest Lane, a mixed-income apartment complex proposed most recently as a Public Facility Corporation project, is going before the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, but the PFC funding mechanism won’t work, city officials say. The 189-unit project is being developed by Zach Krochtengel of Sycamore Strategies and was the subject of a…
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