Pepper Square

Could the Struggling Preston Plaza Office Tower Become Multifamily Housing? It’s Possible

By Shelby Skrhak / November 24, 2025 /

With Preston Road lined with aging retail redevelopments and new apartment proposals, one question seems inevitable: Could Preston Plaza become multifamily housing? The Far North Dallas office tower at 17950 Preston Rd. — long challenged by rising vacancy — went to auction earlier this month. No winning bid has been reported, but a new state…

Pepper Square Opponents Drop Zoning Lawsuit, but New State Law May Make Their Fight Moot

By Charles Grand / August 21, 2025 /

The years-long Pepper Square saga appears to have come to an end this week after Far North Dallas neighborhood activists dropped their lawsuit to stop the controversial development. But the new Senate Bill 840 may have rendered the residents’ legal battle for less housing density irrelevant by giving developers broader rights to build more housing.…

Last Day of Early Voting for Dallas City Council Runoffs

By Charles Grand / June 3, 2025 /

Today is the last day of early voting in the runoffs for Dallas City Council Districts 8 and 11, the last bits of unresolved May election business for the Big D. Council members will certainly have their work cut out for them heading into the summer, with a projected budget shortfall and questions over the…

McKinney Mayor’s Race Heads to Runoff as Airport Concerns Loom Overhead

By Charles Grand / May 6, 2025 /

No mayoral election has highlighted the tensions surrounding growth in North Texas more than that of McKinney, and since a majority of the city’s voters couldn’t get behind one of the four candidates on the ballot, the race is heading to a runoff. Looming over Saturday’s election was the planned expansion of McKinney National Airport,…

Pepper Square Fight Gears Up for Jury Trial

By Charles Grand / May 2, 2025 /

It looks like the fight over Pepper Square will be going to trial in October, and developer Henry S Miller has tentatively agreed not to break ground on the project until then. SAVE Pepper Square Neighborhood Association filed a lawsuit last month seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the city from advancing the development…