White Rock Lake--350 New Apartments Along Bike/Hike Trail on Lawther

[whiterocklakefan]

Sounds like a very bad development choice for a very nice location. So many better uses for the site.

http://wrvna.org/hot-topic-apartment-development/

http://www.lakehighlandstoday.com/in...ts_on_lawther/

[DKW]

I think it would be nice for them to build a apartments there, as I always welcome TOD around transit stations, but the design is awful. The apartment buildings and parking garage are all merged into one monolithic structure with no room in-between. They should lower the parking requirements, divide this development into three or four blocks, and have any and all parking underground.

[Hannibal Lecter]

^ Even if they build up ground level for the apartments, constructing underground parking in a flood plain is neither trivial or inexpensive.

[metrosteve]

Typical Texas builder mass crap. I swear, that's all 90% of these dumb 'f's want to build. MAXIMIZE PROFIT--screw the land. How many years before this place is another section 8, run-down crime-invested hell hole in the W.R. Lake Highlands area. No matter how hard the neighborhood groups and the park lovers try to make this beautiful section of the city a natural oasis, Dallas's mindset always comes into play...."TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH!"

[CasperITL]

That area floods a dozen times or more per year. Like....float your car off the road and smash it into a tree kind of flooding. They already quietly chopped down many trees up the DART ROW north of Lawther to work around the tree ordinance.

[whiterocklakefan]

Does anyone have current info as to the status of this project and when the public hearing will take place?

[krockech]

Over the past several months the Board of the Merriman Park/University Manor Neighborhood Association along with representatives of University Terrace Neighborhood Association has been watching activity regarding development at Northwest Highway and Lawther.

There is a current application to rezone the area by Winston Capital. Their plan calls for a five story apartment complex with up to 350 high end units. The first 4 stories would be apartments with the parking garage being on the top, at grade with the DART Station.

The Board met with Winston Capital a few months back and were briefed on their plans. The concerns that have been raised to date include:

* Chances for Long Term Success
* Traffic and Parking
* Floodplain Issues
* Green Area Maintenance/Destruction
* Tax Implications
* Apartment Density
* Security
* Developer History
* Property Management

[Double Wide]

parking garage on top?

[L_Streets]

I noticed yesterday that the closed Duncans and mower repair place had a fence around them and a piece of heavy machinery like they were about to start demo.

[CasperITL]

The old Centennial is now Liquor Mart, that was quick. The Lakehouse looks packed every night too, which is nice to see. I have not been inside of it yet, maybe more of a bar instead of a restaurant?

[profbarium]

The Lakehouse looks packed every night too, which is nice to see. I have not been inside of it yet, maybe more of a bar instead of a restaurant?

That was my impression. I was there last Tuesday with friends. The food was good, but the menu was limited--mainly sandwiches, salads, and "flatbreads."