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Henderson Avenue project would remake popular East Dallas strip

Dallas' Open Realty Advisors, which owns the Henderson real estate in partnership with Los Angeles-based CIM Group, is asking the city for zoning to construct a combination of retail, office space and a community garden and park at Glencoe Street and Henderson.

The 4.5-acre project would bring the most significant new construction to the street in decades. And most important, it would add much-needed parking with an underground garage.

"We want to create a real sense of place here.

The buildings that would line Henderson Avenue would be a maximum of three levels with two levels of underground parking.

He said that although the land is zoned to allow commercial and apartment construction, homeowners in the adjoining neighborhood didn't want more rental housing.

"The other thing was they said, 'Please limit the amount of bars in the community,'" Masinter said. "So we've said no more new bars.

"We will have 12,000 square feet of restaurants but no bars," he said.

Where the project joins the next-door neighborhood, the developers plan to construct two parks and small residential-type buildings on Glencoe Street.

The planned buildings will be pushed back 40 to 60 feet from the adjoining neighborhood and screened with trees.

The developers are working with the city on traffic solutions for Henderson, Masinter said, including new paving and center turn lanes.

Developers hope to get planning approval for the project early next year and start construction sometime during the year.

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