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COPYRIGHT 2006 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Emily Ramshaw
Mar. 9--It's been heralded as a "gateway to Lake Highlands," a proposed 450,000-square-foot retail and residential development at the intersection of Northwest Highway and Skillman Street.
But from Nicole Piazza's vantage point -- a treetop apartment overlooking a swelling brook at the Timbercreek complex -- it's far more troublesome.
Hers is one of a thousand aging multifamily units that would be razed to make room for Trammell Crow Co.'s new project, which will come before the City Council for zoning approval next month.
In some ways, it's a classic debate that pits a high-profile developer against apartment renters.
In others, Dallas officials say, there's far more at stake.
If it's done right, a new retail project on the 44-acre site could be the linchpin in the revitalization of the struggling Vickery Meadows neighborhood, say City Council members Gary...
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