Preston Center
By the end of yesterday evening’s town hall meeting, the tenor of the discussion regarding Transwestern’s plans for a 220-unit luxury apartment complex at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Northwest Highway had become much more nuanced. After a brief presentation from Transwestern’s attorney, Bill Dahlstrom, outlining the development’s updated stats, Kleinman allowed nearby…
Read MoreThe Crosland Group is proposing a 29-story apartment building near the core of Preston Center shopping center (right behind Hopdoddy Burger restaurant). At present, a 3 story medical building sits on the Westchester Drive site. Current zoning allows for a 6-7 story building. The proposed building would be higher than any building in Preston Center. The Highland House is…
Read MoreWe SAY we want people to move to Dallas, right? Our governor spends oodles of time and tax dollars cutting deals to get businesses to move here, promising them the world if they relocate to Texas. We recently celebrated a major coup when Toyota announced plans to build its North American headquarters here, well in…
Read MoreGot word yesterday from City Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates that she is hosting a town-hall meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at Northway Christian Church, giving homeowners a chance to learn more about the proposed luxury high-rise apartment community called Highland House that Luke Crosland wants to build in the heart of Preston Center, hear about…
Read MoreAs we have mentioned, Luke Crosland, the man who developed The ilume, a mixed-use retail/residential project at Cedar Springs and Knight Street in Oak Lawn, is hoping to build an extremely high end, $100,000,000 residential apartment community into the very heart of Preston Center, south of Northwest Highway. Crosland, principal of The Crosland Group, developed the 316-unit…
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