Robert Dozier
A mixed-use development at Preston Center West that will include 180 housing units was recommended for approval Thursday by the City Plan Commission. Residents have voiced concerns about traffic, parking, and alleged incompatibility with an area plan, but you wouldn’t know it from the lack of discussion at the CPC meeting, as just one resident…
Developers with Ramrock Real Estate unveiled plans for redeveloping Preston Center West into a mixed-use concept with retail, office space, and 180 housing units — and insisted it’s compatible with the Northwest Highway/Preston Road Area Plan approved in 2017. About 70 people attended a community meeting Wednesday to express concerns about the proposal. Chief among…
We’re not surprised to see more pigs at the trough of the Preston Center Garage plan, as the greed is expected, though not astonishing. Last week I wrote about the final Preston Center Garage plan delivered to the city by Walker Consultants and the later filing by Robert Dozier’s Ramrock Real Estate LLC. As a…
As April Fools’ jokes, I’ve written about the Crespi estate becoming a Costco, a green high-rise with dirt floors for farming, and this year’s tram system running along Turtle Creek. You might think this column is also a “gotcha.” But, it ain’t April. Yesterday I wrote about the city’s final report concerning options for the…
Preston Center is as out of place in Preston Hollow as a Hershey’s kiss on a Ritz-Carlton pillow. The land occupied by the Preston Center parking garage is the city’s biggest chance to fix that. Since the 2016 area plan recommended an expanded underground garage with a park on top, District 13 Dallas City Council…
