Overview
- The Dallas City Council voted 9–6 on Tuesday to approve the roughly $800 million project at Preston Road and Royal Lane, which includes a 19‑story hotel and an 18‑story apartment tower.
- The approval authorizes rezoning that departs from the area's long‑standing roughly 54‑foot limit after the developer reduced an earlier proposal for a taller tower from about 299 feet.
- Large numbers of Preston Hollow residents spoke against the plan during public comment, and a local coalition called Preserve Preston Hollow organized signage and threatened a recall of Councilmember Gay Willis.
- City staff and the City Plan and Zoning Commission recommended approval under the city's ForwardDallas 2.0 goals, but specific traffic and design concessions were not finalized and attempts to cut the height to 12 stories or delay the vote failed.
- The decision is likely to produce near‑term fights over traffic mitigation, construction impacts and design details and could set a zoning precedent that affects other low‑rise neighborhoods in Dallas.