Standard Shoreline

Dallas Public Facility Corporation Closes on Shoreline Church, 300 Mixed-Income Apartments in The Works

By April Towery / November 6, 2023 /

A controversial Garland Road apartment complex is moving forward, as officials with the Dallas Public Facility Corporation announced recently they’ve closed on the property. Keith Pomykal, president of the Dallas PFC shared the news with board members in an Oct. 27 email.  “This afternoon the DPFC closed on ‘The Hayden,’” Pomykal said in the email. “This…

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Developer of East Dallas PFC Project Standard Shoreline Says He’s Waiting on City Permits

By April Towery / October 2, 2023 /

The Standard Shoreline multifamily project attracted a lot of attention back in 2022 when it became one of the first proposals to be approved under the Dallas Public Facility Corporation financing structure. Residents in East Dallas’ Lochwood Neighborhood Association raised concerns about what they called a 75-year tax break. They were worried that the 60-foot…

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Violent Crime is Low in East Dallas District 9, But Residents Remain Concerned About Public Safety

By April Towery / May 1, 2023 /

Many residents who live along the Garland Road corridor and near White Rock Lake in Dallas City Council District 9 have lived there for decades and love their neighborhoods.  They host neighborhood block parties and are thoroughly engaged in local zoning and development matters. They don’t talk a lot about crime, and for good reason:…

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Are Public Facility Corporation Projects Adding Value or Just Taking Assets Off The Tax Rolls?

By April Towery / December 5, 2022 /

It seems most everyone supports the idea of affordable housing, and more housing in general — although there’s always going to be an argument about where it should go and what it should look like. But are public facility corporations the answer to Dallas’ affordable housing crisis? Dallas has embarked on the relatively new public…

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Missing Middle Concept Could Breathe Life into Dallas Housing Crisis, Experts Say

By April Towery / November 28, 2022 /

A housing crisis has been declared, and many piecemeal efforts are in place to solve it, but one big call to action looms before Dallas: What is missing middle housing and how do you fix it? Missing middle housing is defined as a range of multi-family or clustered housing types compatible with single-family neighborhoods. It’s…

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