The City Plan Commission approved plans for high-rise along the Katy Trail despite opposition from Highland Park and The Friends of the Katy Trail. It’s a seven-story luxury apartment community, which seems to echo the density debate raging elsewhere in Preston Hollow and the Park Cities. [Dallas Morning News]
Convicted murderer Bernie Tiede was released from prison this week. His story of became the subject of the movie “Bernie,” directed by Richard Linklater and co-written by Preston Hollow resident Skip Hollandsworth who originally reported it for Texas Monthly back in 1998. Even weirder — Bernie is now living in Linklater’s garage. [Texas Monthly]
Dallas has a new bike coordinator who is ready to jump-start the 2011 bike plan. [Dallas Morning News]
In business news, the latest fitness craze Speedflex will open a studio this summer in Preston Center, its first in the United States, and Apple’s rival Microsoft will open a store inside NorthPark Center. [CultureMap]
The father-daughter duo responsible for robbing three banks in North Dallas will serve time in federal prison. [KERA]
The Lincoln Park shopping center at Northwest Highway and Boedecker has a new owner. [Dallas Morning News]
