Toll Brothers
The fate of the proposed Toll Brothers high-rise in Oak Lawn remains stalled for another month. A bus load of Plaza residents showed up to voice their concerns without actually admitting their issue is view blockage and that the rest was just a smoke screen. Several gave themselves away in saying that a midrise would…
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Yesterday’s Dallas City Council meeting saw Toll Brothers present their project that has wound its way for 18 months through the Oak Lawn Committee, an Oak Lawn Committee sub-committee, and back to the Oak Lawn Committee before last month being unanimously passed by City Plan Commission. Throughout, we’ve seen various arguments against the project thrown…
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After a session going well past 5 p.m. last Thursday, the City Plan Commission finally heard the case for Toll Brothers’ desired residential high-rise at the corner of Welborn Street and Congress Avenue. In the end, there were fewer fireworks than most expected. Dallas Cothrum from Masterplan set out Toll Brothers’ case. In a nutshell,…
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Tuesday night’s Oak Lawn Committee (OLC) meeting might not have had armed police in attendance, but there were some interesting goings on. The two worth chatting about were Hillwood’s evolving plans for 3001 Turtle Creek (corner of Turtle Creek and Cedar Springs) and a proposed Starbucks at Oak Lawn and Congress (southeast-ish corner). I call…
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I have to thank the Dallas Builders Association (DBA) for a very good “last meal” before a business trip to Orlando last week. With 63 categories, it certainly wasn’t a small, small world that packed the Westin Galleria. This year’s festivities were kept on track by former Good Morning Texas host Amy Vanderoef who did…
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