Posted Dec 19, 2016, 5:49 PM
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Via DallasTowers:
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Gables Cityplace updated:
- One 20-story building
- One 16-story building
- One 12-story building
- One 4-story building
- 93,000 square feet of green space, including a public plaza and rooftop parks
- Reconstructed Travis Street with landscaping
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But Gables now proposes one 20-story buildings, a 16-story building, and a 12-story building toward Lemmon Avenue, and a four-story beside Blackburn.
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Limiting development along Blackburn was of particular concern. Gables Residential also agreed to avoid any vehicular entry to or from Blackburn. There will be three underground parking garages spread across the complex
Other significant concessions include more green space. Initially, the size of a public plaza positioned to face West Village was 21,000 square feet. It has increased to 27,000 square feet. Other open green spaces throughout the development increased from 75,000 square feet to 93,000 square feet.
Gables hired The Office of James Burnett (OJB Landscape Architecture) to design the plaza and other green spaces. OJB is a renowned national firm known for its work on Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, The Park at Lakeshore East in Chicago, and the Arboleda in Monterrey, Mexico, among others.
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(This sketch of a section of Travis Street at Blackburn illustrates the concept of an exclusive, landscaped drive.)
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