Oak Lawn Committee

Hillwood Buzzkills Helipad Upon Oak Lawn Committee Return, Alliance Residential Falls Short

By Jon Anderson / August 2, 2017 /

In April, Hillwood presented their conceptual renderings to the Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) for a 16-story office building on the empty corner of Cedar Springs and Turtle Creek.  You know the lot … the one you’ve been wondering why nothing had been built on it for over 30 years. Nods and smiles turned to WTF…

Toll Brothers’ Oak Lawn High-Rise Gets Unanimous Approval From City Plan Commission

By Jon Anderson / July 24, 2017 /

After a session going well past 5 p.m. last Thursday, the City Plan Commission finally heard the case for Toll Brothers’ desired residential high-rise at the corner of Welborn Street and Congress Avenue. In the end, there were fewer fireworks than most expected. Dallas Cothrum from Masterplan set out Toll Brothers’ case. In a nutshell,…

Knox-Knox. Who’s There? Oak Lawn Committee Gets Glimpse of Fab Retail, Hotel and (sigh) More Apartments

By Jon Anderson / July 12, 2017 /

It was a busy evening for Cole Avenue at last night’s Oak Lawn Committee meeting. There were a pair of unrelated projects proposed on the Knox Street and Armstrong Avenue cross streets.  First up, was Restoration Hardware … oops, they’ve gone all upmarket and now just use initials … RH. Oooh-la-la. For those not in the…

Oak Lawn Committee Gets Buzzed by Starbucks and Hillwood

By Jon Anderson / April 12, 2017 /

Tuesday night’s Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) meeting might not have had armed police in attendance, but there were some interesting goings on.  The two worth chatting about were Hillwood’s evolving plans for 3001 Turtle Creek (corner of Turtle Creek and Cedar Springs) and a proposed Starbucks at Oak Lawn and Congress (southeast-ish corner). I call…

Teixeira Duarte Pulls Plug on Neighborhood Negotiations for Oak Lawn High-Rise Project

By Jon Anderson / January 13, 2017 /

On July 26, Teixeira Duarte and Masterplan had what would be their final meeting with the neighborhood to negotiate a better plan for their lots on Hood and Dickason tentatively called Turtle Creek Haus.  The following week, Masterplan presented to the Oak Lawn Committee about the progress being made.  All seemed to be progressing well.…