Pepper Square
Dallas City Council was on break again this past week, but other municipal bodies and staff were hard at work. Here’s some of what’s been going on at City Hall since our last roundup: Tolbert Secures Meeting With Saks Global City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert’s tease of a “financially beneficial” opportunity appears to have gotten…
Following a years-long battle that pitted Far North Dallas residents against City Plan Commission members, elected officials, and a former councilman who now works for Masterplan zoning consultants, the controversial Pepper Square mixed-use development is headed for the city council. On Thursday, the CPC unanimously recommended approval for Henry S. Miller’s mixed-use development proposed at…
A mostly vacant shopping center at Preston and Belt Line roads is not any closer to becoming a mixed-use development with up to 984 housing units, after yet another deferral by the City Plan Commission on Thursday. The Pepper Square project, proposed by developers with Henry S. Miller Co. was already recommended for approval by…
The past year brought us two big elections: a $1.25 billion bond issue in May and 17 charter amendments in November. We saw residents storm City Hall over zoning cases, erroneously issued building permits, and a conservation district proposal. A city manager left Marilla Street and several high-ranking officials followed him to Austin. But nothing…
About one month after a judge ordered developers with Henry S. Miller Company to re-advertise a mixed-use project at Preston and Belt Line roads, the Pepper Square project was back before the Dallas Plan Commission Thursday — and again deferred, this time to Jan. 23. Neighbors have loudly opposed the project since its inception more…
