If I were developing this property, I would be very pleased to see the opposition sign reading: "No Skyscraper Rezoning". By common definition, a skyscraper is a minimum of 100 meters - 328 feet - taller than the 325 initially proposed. I imagine the developer underwrote to a high rise structure (240 feet) to begin with so they can present their proposed zoning changes as playing ball with the neighborhood while still getting approval. By no sense of the word is 240 foot a skyscraper - the oppositions rhetoric soon becomes meaningless.
As a lifelong visitor to the center, I hope this development get's approved - the center can really benefit from the high density housing. It was a solid argument that you make on traffic being a non-issue - I would guess that traffic is the root of the opposition.
Kirk you have presented an excellent analysis for building this project. If my parents had lived in Preston Hollow, this is exactly what they would have chosen to do. They lived in a single family residence in Houston (the city with the communicable disease) for over 40 years. Where did they move when it was time to sell? Down the block less than a quarter mile away to a mid rise apartment building. They kept all their routines in place and they loved the view from their apartment in the sky.
If I were developing this property, I would be very pleased to see the opposition sign reading: "No Skyscraper Rezoning". By common definition, a skyscraper is a minimum of 100 meters - 328 feet - taller than the 325 initially proposed. I imagine the developer underwrote to a high rise structure (240 feet) to begin with so they can present their proposed zoning changes as playing ball with the neighborhood while still getting approval. By no sense of the word is 240 foot a skyscraper - the oppositions rhetoric soon becomes meaningless.
As a lifelong visitor to the center, I hope this development get's approved - the center can really benefit from the high density housing. It was a solid argument that you make on traffic being a non-issue - I would guess that traffic is the root of the opposition.
Kirk you have presented an excellent analysis for building this project. If my parents had lived in Preston Hollow, this is exactly what they would have chosen to do. They lived in a single family residence in Houston (the city with the communicable disease) for over 40 years. Where did they move when it was time to sell? Down the block less than a quarter mile away to a mid rise apartment building. They kept all their routines in place and they loved the view from their apartment in the sky.