Oak Lawn Committee
A new year deserves some updates to previously reported projects. Since the December Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) where Caven Enterprises with developer and former Mayoral candidate Mike Ablon presented their vision for their holdings on Cedar Springs Road, a few things have happened. Time for an update. Ablon and Caven Gayborhood Plan First, the project did…
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Beyond the academic arguments of how historically gay neighborhoods are changing and specifically how Oak Lawn’s gay epicenter will evolve, there are the buildings themselves. Tuesday night, Mike Ablon and Caven Enterprises will present to the Oak Lawn Committee. Honestly, the renderings and numbers that’ll be shown (and have been presented elsewhere) offer little to…
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Sexy rendering, right? The Oak Lawn Committee saw two presentations last night. Let’s get the quickie out of the way to give us plenty of time breaking down this beauty. Back in September, the Oak Lawn Committee saw a proposal by the owners of a vintage single-family home at Knight Street and Rawlins wanting to…
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As predicted, Lincoln Property Company is back with their Lincoln Katy Trail project on Carlisle between Bowen and Hall Streets. From the get-go, this action tells us that (a) Turtle Creek Terrace has not received any better offers, hinting that Lincoln overpaid for their option on the land; (b) investor-owners of Turtle Creek Terrace will…
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After skipping a month, the Oak Lawn Committee saw two projects last night. One was a fine-tuning of the long-delayed addition to The Melrose Hotel and the other is at Fairmount and Cedar Springs (making its third appearance). Since we’ve all waited years for The Melrose to get going, let’s start on Fairmount. Back in…
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