Elm Thicket
One of the most important historic properties in Dallas is about to hit the market. This is the kind of opportunity that makes my heart skip a beat because I can clearly see what the F.A. Brown Farmstead could become if it lands in the right hands. Built around 1880, it is the oldest unaltered…
Home builder Danny Le appeared before the Dallas Board of Adjustment on Tuesday for the sixth time since August and was granted permission to finish out his three-story in the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood even though it violates the City’s zoning regulations. The builder was told in November that he had to change the roof pitch…
For the second time in as many months, the Dallas Board of Adjustment considered the appeal of an Elm Thicket builder who failed to follow zoning regulations due to an erroneously issued permit. But while Board members appeared to show grace to builder Akber Meghani last month, the outcome was drastically different in Tuesday’s hearing…
Residents of the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood won the largest downzoning case in Dallas history in 2022, but now after a controversial Board of Adjustment ruling last month, they fear allowing one builder to continue construction will have precedent-setting implications. This month, the Dallas Board of Adjustment ruled that Akber Meghani, who violated the years-old zoning…
The Dallas Board of Adjustment on Tuesday reversed the decision of a city building official who earlier this year issued a “stop work order” for a construction project on Tyree Street in the Elm Thicket/Northpark neighborhood. The Board stopped short of doing the same for a second Elm Thicket builder who has poured thousands into a…
