Southern Gateway Deck Park
Details are scarce, but it looks like the first phase of the Southern Gateway deck park is finally in the works. The $82 million project over Interstate 35 will connect East and West Oak Cliff and serve as a “park with a purpose’ adjacent to the Dallas Zoo. McCarthy Building Companies and EJ Smith Construction…
Read MoreSometimes a park does more than provide shade trees and a place for children to play. Occasionally — once in a lifetime, some say — a park presents a rare opportunity to connect communities and create a gateway to a better life for residents. That’s the goal of the Southern Gateway Park, deemed “a park…
Read MoreThere’s a real hot little area over in Oak Cliff that’s getting hotter by the minute. It’s Beckley Club Estates and Cedar Oaks. It’s off Interstate 35 and it’s literally 10 minutes from downtown Dallas. It backs to the Dallas Zoo. There are wild peacocks roaming the streets and you’ve likely heard this all before. …
Read MoreDallas rent prices took a small dip in a recently-released report for October, Mesquite breaks ground on a new mixed-use community, and the Southern Gateway deck park moves forward, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Dallas Rent Prices Decline Slightly This Month A very slight decrease in Dallas rents was reported for…
Read MoreDallas’ landscape is crisscrossed with interstate highways that cut through and divide our city’s neighborhoods. The lasting effects of these high-speed thoroughfares on our city have been felt for years, but until recently, the only option was to grin and bear it. With an acute lack of will to remove them, urban planners had to…
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