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CBS News
2 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Dallas delays West Oak Cliff rezoning vote after residents express fears
The Dallas City Council on Wednesday postponed a long-anticipated vote that would have rezoned parts of the West Oak Cliff neighborhood, following strong opposition from residents concerned about displacement and gentrification. Dozens of residents packed the council chambers late Wednesday afternoon, many holding a press conference beforehand to voice their opposition to the proposed changes along the Hampton and Clarendon corridor. Residents fear gentrification impact "Sidelined," "redlined," and "forgotten" were among the words used by residents to describe the city's proposed rezoning plan. Jerry Figueroa, owner of J&E Express Auto Service on Clarendon Drive, said the plan would disproportionately affect Latino-owned businesses and longtime residents. "Now that we speak up, the city chooses to ignore us," Figueroa said. "There's no protection from the city to help businesses, landowners, or residents from price hikes or development speculation. We've seen what happened in Bishop Arts and West Dallas." City cites error, seeks feedback The proposed zoning changes are part of the West Oak Cliff Area Plan, adopted in 2020, and aim to bring new residential development and improve walkability and traffic flow. However, a city representative said the vote was delayed due to an error on community reply forms and a desire to ensure the process is done correctly. District 1 Council Member Chad West noted that the upcoming state law SB840, which takes effect Sept. 1, could accelerate residential displacement. He said the delay would allow time to address community concerns and find common ground. Call for anti-displacement measures Jennifer Rangel, a local resident and co-founder of RAYO Planning, said the community supports more housing but wants safeguards in place. "We're not saying we don't need more housing — we absolutely do," Rangel said. "But we need to do it with fair housing in mind. With SB840 coming, it's time to put protections in place." Supporters say growth is needed Supporters of the rezoning argue the plan is necessary to accommodate future growth in West Oak Cliff. Temple Anderson, a local resident, said the proposal has backing from three neighborhood associations and has been formally opposed by fewer than 11% of notified property owners. "No plan is perfect, but what has been brought to you today is a good, balanced plan for this corridor," Anderson said. The council is now scheduled to vote on the rezoning proposal on Aug. 13.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Private investor pays €3.35m for large land bank near Dublin Airport
A private Irish investor has acquired a 129-acre land holding at Dunsoghly in north Dublin for €3.35 million. The price paid represents a 26 per cent discount on the €4.5 million agent Knight Frank had been guiding when it offered the property to the market in October of last year. While the lands, which are located a kilometre from the grounds of Dublin Airport and 6.5km from the airport terminal, are agricultural and laid out in tillage at present, the new owner is likely to look to have them rezoned in the future. The selling agent marketed the lands on the basis that they are ideally positioned to benefit from a rezoning to industrial and logistics use. The entire holding is zoned Objective Green Belt under the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029. The aim of this designation is 'to protect and provide for a greenbelt'. About 75 acres of the lands are located outside the Airport Public Safety Zones. The limited supply of lands outside this zone but near Dublin Airport enhances the strategic significance of the property, according to the selling agent. In terms of its accessibility, the land is near the N2, which connects with the M50 and wider motorway network. The buyer of the Dunsoghly lands was represented by Ollie Lyons of JLL with the sale being handled by Evan Lonergan and Finín O'Driscoll at Knight Frank.
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Vancouver council approves controversial Commercial Drive rental tower project
Vancouver city council has voted to approve the rezoning of a site near the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station, which is set to add more than 1,000 housing units across three towers. Westbank Projects Corp. and Crombie REIT, on behalf of Snowcat Property Holdings, brought forward the proposal in 2023 to redevelop the site at 1780 East Broadway, which presently houses a Safeway supermarket and a car park. There have been proposals to redevelop the site as far back as 2019, and now that rezoning has been approved, the controversial rental towers will proceed as planned. They range in height from 36 to 43 storeys in an area that consists mostly of single-family homes, duplexes, low-rise apartments and retail buildings.A marathon public hearing saw over 100 people talk to council about the project, with critics saying the tall towers would lead to inflated property values in the area and that they would not be affordable for a majority of Vancouverites. Ultimately, however, a majority of councillors voted in favour of the project, particularly talking up an accompanying retail space — including a grocery store, office and commercial space, a city-owned child-care facility, and a public plaza running parallel to the SkyTrain station. "I don't want to see this site remain undeveloped for another 10 or 20 years," Coun. Lucy Maloney said. "I want to see a surface car park replaced with over 1,000 homes." The units will be built across the three towers. Ten per cent of them will be secured at city-wide average rental market rates and the other 90 per cent listed at prices of the developer's choosing. Maloney acknowledged that many speakers at the public hearing expressed concern about the affordability of the housing, but said "if this project fails, there will be no affordable homes at all." Coun. Sean Orr said he thought using city-wide average rents for the 10 per cent of more affordable units was flawed, given how sky-high rents are in Vancouver. "We need rental units, but I'm worried that we are giving the developer double the height and we're not seeing the full public benefits that we could be seeing at the site," he told council. Orr was the only councillor who voted against the proposal, with Coun. Pete Fry abstaining and Coun. Brian Montague absent. Application under community plan The application was considered under the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. A referral report from city staff notes that the application "exceeds the anticipated height and density expected in the plan," but "otherwise generally meets the intent of the plan." Proponents of the plan argued that the city was in dire need of rental spaces, with one advocate even playing the accordion in city council during the public hearing to encourage councillors to vote in favour. "There's zero displacement of renters. It's mostly just a parking lot," said advocate Peter Waldkirch in a statement. However, the megatowers also faced sharp criticism. Speaking against the proposal, nurse Nancy Hay asked council to vote for rezoning applications guaranteeing at least 20 per cent below-market rental units, saying that many of her coworkers in the health-care sector could not afford to live in Vancouver due to skyrocketing rents. "I wonder if these monoliths, these proposed monolith towers, are going to house workers ... who are these workers going to be?" she asked. "They will not be my coworkers — health-care workers, lab technicians, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, to name a few occupations ... the proposed rent, as you've heard, is way too expensive."
Free Malaysia Today
19-06-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Tanjung Bungah condo owners denied appeal over adjacent land's rezoning
The Federal Court refused Tang Heng Lut and 48 other condominium owners in Tanjung Bungah leave to appeal the rezoning of an adjacent land with costs of RM60,000. PUTRAJAYA : The Federal Court has denied 49 apartment owners in the One Tanjong condominium leave to appeal in their attempt to quash the rezoning of an adjacent parcel of land in Tanjung Bungah earmarked for commercial development. Justice Zabariah Yusof, leading a three-member bench, said none of the 10 questions of law framed by Tang Heng Lut and his co-applicants met the threshold for leave under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964. Leave is only granted if there are novel constitutional or legal questions of public importance, raised for the first time. The bench ordered the applicants to pay RM30,000 in costs to the Penang state planning committee and the director of its urban and country planning department. It also ordered them to pay costs in an equivalent sum to developer Lone Pine Residence Sdn Bhd (previously known as Tanjung Marina Resorts Sdn Bhd). Also on the panel hearing the application were Justices Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh and Lee Swee Seng. The judicial review application had named the state committee, the state director and Lone Pine as the first, second and third respondents. In the underlying judicial review application, the condominium owners had wanted the High Court in Penang to determine whether the first and second respondents could rezone the plot of land adjacent to theirs and change the expressed conditions of its use without public consultation. In 2023, the application was dismissed after the High Court found no procedural impropriety or illegality in the zoning or amendment processes. It also ruled that there was no provision under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (TCPA) which entitled the condominium owners to participate in the process. The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal earlier this year. State legal adviser Wan Nor Sakina Saad, lawyers Charanjit Singh and Siti Zuhairah Zulkifli appeared for the committee and department, while counsel Ong Kheng Leong and Lee Jun Leong acted for Lone Pine. Counsel Azhar Azizan Harun represented the condominium owners. The facts of the case showed that the land was alienated to Purerich Realty Sdn Bhd in 2005 under a 60-year lease with an expressed condition that it would be used for a marina centre. The land was not subject to any zoning at the time. It was acquired by Lone Pine in 2015. In November 2021, Lone Pine submitted an application to rezone the land as a 'general business zone' to facilitate the development of serviced apartments and a wellness centre. Lone Pine's application was approved, subject to the condition that it was only to be used for retirement and health suites, which led to the present legal battle. In the Federal Court, the applicants argued that the failure of the state authorities to prepare a local plan as mandated by the TCPA had deprived the public of its statutory and legal right to participate in the development of the areas where they live. They also contended that the refusal of the authorities to engage the public in the rezoning process, which involved the exercise by the state of its discretionary powers, was an abuse of power. They said a Federal Court decision was necessary to resolve conflicting judicial decisions on whether the TCPA allows for public participation in the rezoning process.
CTV News
17-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Southwest residents seek restrictive covenants
Calgary Watch Residents in Lakeview are organizing to protect their community from blanket rezoning. Hannah Lepine reports.
