Dallas City Council
An underutilized Dallas Area Rapid Transit parking lot is destined for a walkable mixed-use development with about 300 housing units, greenspace, and recreational opportunities. Southeast Dallas Councilmember Jaime Resendez liked the project — presented by local developer Palladium USA — so much that he promoted it in two languages from the horseshoe on Nov. 13. …
From Staff Reports A multifamily real estate developer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bribing two former Dallas City Council members in exchange for support on loans and tax credits for affordable housing projects, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton announced this week. Sherman Roberts, 70, the former leader of City Wide…
From a church to a hotel and now a vacant historic icehouse, Proxy Properties owner A.J. Ramler is proving he’s unstoppable in his efforts to complete revitalization and adaptive reuse projects in Oak Cliff. The local developer was recently awarded about $2.7 million in tax increment financing funds to repurpose a 1915 icehouse into leasable…
A fraction of Dallas’ 3,500 active short-term rentals are functioning as party houses in local neighborhoods, but Code Compliance staff reported again last week that their hands are tied in enforcing the law due to pending litigation. A majority of the Dallas City Council agreed in June 2023 that STRs should not be allowed in…
A district judge ruled Friday that developers planning to build a high-density mixed-use project at Preston and Belt Line roads must delay their plans for at least a month and repost signage about the project. The case will be presented again before the City Plan Commission, a local news station reported late Friday. District Judge…
