In an attempt to make Oak Lawn even more unlivable, real estate developer UDR announced the FAA has approved its plan for a 25-story residential tower at 2743 Turtle Creek Blvd. FAA approval is needed because the proposed building is on the glide path to Love Field and is taller than 200 feet. Should the city issue a building permit, construction should interfere with traffic along Turtle Creek Boulevard beginning in June 2025 and should create traffic nightmares through the end of 2026.
According to the Dallas Business Journal, UDR purchased the property in 2022 for $90.2 million.
Within a block of this monstrosity, a 21-story residential tower is under construction and plans for a second 20-story tower have been filed. A Four Seasons Hotel that will have 233 hotel rooms and 118 condominiums is also planned. A couple of blocks away, on the corner of Hood and Brown streets, a 30-story tower is threatened to further destroy the neighborhood.
Virtually no public transportation runs through this Oak Lawn neighborhood and even if it did, it’s unlikely residents who can afford these residences would use it. So streets designed to handle cars from about 10 single-family homes will now be lined with 30-story towers. You thought traffic in Oak Lawn is bad now? Just wait.
— David Taffet
Don’t mess with gay bars in oaklawn!!!! The gay or hood is our baby! I, started going there in 1987 and it was my refuge from a small Texas town.
David; The 30 story tower is 40 feet from the front door of my 1899 house. After 38 years here, I have already found a new place and will sell my corner as I cannot live with 2 -3 yrs. of heavy construction. The real problem was that the city allowed this neighborhood to be MF-3 zoned way back in the 90’s never dreaming this would happen. There is utter lack of regard for liveability (and safety) as well from the Oak Lawn committee. The zoning board was all dewey eyed at the prospect of family living in this new, admittedly well thought-out, structure. As if families will move into an $8,000.00 /month two bedroom with no good schools nearby. Traffic is also a big problem now even before the four highrises within 1/2 mile are occupied. The zoning folks were even told that no traffic study was planned. The city only cares for the tax revenue at the expense of a lovely neighborhood. Embittered but looking for a developer to piece together my corner. Adieu.
The residents/voters of Oaklawn have no one to blame but themselves for this. YOU are the ones that kept voting these inept politicians that made zoning for this stuff possible in the first place, so reap what you have sown. If you want a nice quiet neighborhood, I hear Gunter is nice!