East Dallas

Plan Commission Approves 60-Foot-Tall Apartment Development on Shoreline City Church’s Garland Road Campus

By April Towery / September 15, 2022 /

The Dallas Plan Commission voted unanimously on Thursday in favor of rezoning the Shoreline City Church property on Garland Road, making way for a four-story apartment complex adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood. The project will go before the Dallas City Council in late October. Plans presented by Ojala Holdings have changed dramatically since discussions about…

Even With Updates, Few Lochwood Residents Support Ojala’s Plans For Garland Road Development

By April Towery / September 9, 2022 /

More than nine months ago, developers with Ojala Holdings proposed a high-rise apartment tower on a lot currently occupied by Shoreline City Church, which is adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood of East Dallas.  Dozens of neighborhood meetings have been held since then. Extensive changes to the original plan have been made. The need for affordable…

After 15 Years in East Dallas’ Casa View Haven, The Only Constant is Change

By Joanna England / September 2, 2022 /

This was the year it happened. Mark it down in your history books and alert the media, because 2022 was the year that Casa View, an East Dallas neighborhood that had been fighting to reinvest in itself for the better part of the last two decades, has finally arrived. How do we know Casa View…

After Catastrophic Rainfall, East Dallas Apartment Tenants Claim Developer is Refusing to Address Flooding

By Mike Albanese / August 26, 2022 /

Tenants of a Lower Greenville complex say Monday’s rainfall damaged apartments and the developer is not assuming responsibility. Tenants of an apartment complex in Dallas’ Lower Greenville say the developer and property manager are trying to not compensate anyone for damages related to Monday’s flooding.  The ELE apartments, located on the 5700 block of Richmond…

Norman Alston: What Happens Next For Marquita Court Says a Lot About Dallas

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / August 4, 2022 /

Karen Eubank: When I heard about the roof collapse at Marquita Court, a wave of dread washed over me. I rang CandysDirt.com photographer Mimi Perez, and we met at the corner of Matilda and Marquita on Tuesday to see the damage. We were worried, but determining whether or not a damaged historic building can be…