A rezoning that would let a mixed-use project rise as high as 240 feet at the southwest corner of Preston Road and Royal Lane is back on the Dallas City Council agenda for Tuesday, Nov. 10, after the council deferred it at an Oct. 14 hearing.
The case, Z-26-000007, covers about 7.27 acres in District 13, north of Orchid Lane. The site now holds one retail building and open land; a city case report says earlier retail and office buildings there were destroyed by the 2019 tornado. Leland Burk's RLA-PRDA Investments and JPMorgan Chase Bank are listed as owner and applicant.
What the zoning would allow
The property's current Community Retail zoning caps buildings at 54 feet. The proposed planned development district would add hotel, multifamily and retirement housing uses and set height zones across the site.
Under the proposed conditions, one building could reach 185 feet, or 210 feet with a mixed-income housing bonus; a second could reach 200 feet, or 240 feet with the bonus; a third tops out at 190 feet. Heights near the south property line stay at 54 feet, and a restaurant area is limited to 45 feet.
CandysDirt.com, which reported Monday on the hearing, describes the plan by Burk Interests and Greenway Investment Company as an $800 million development with a 19-story hotel and condominium tower, an 18-story apartment building, a 12-story office building and a restaurant village.
To earn the extra height, the developer offered to set aside 5% of apartments for households at 81% to 100% of area median income. City staff recommended that the reserved units instead go to households at 51% to 60% of median income, and the City Plan Commission adopted that version when it voted 10-4 on Aug. 6 to recommend approval.
The commission also required 150 site trees and banned drive-through banks and restaurants, gas stations and car washes. A move to cap every building at 75 feet failed 13-2.
