District 10
What does one do with a dilapidated Lake Highlands office building in an area where empty nesters are demanding more homes for sale? They tear it down and build some homes. A zoning application filed earlier this month revealed that Dallas-based The Javelin Group LLC is requesting to rezone 10405 East Northwest Highway, currently developed…
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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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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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Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of responses to CandysDirt.com questionnaires issued to all candidates running for office in the May 6 Dallas City Council election. We’ll be revealing their responses over the next several days. Candidates in the races for Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 did…
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