BUSINESS BUZZ

THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

Keeping It Old School

Lake Highlands resident Steve Cole just opened a Schlotzsky’s at 6862 Greenville Avenue near Park Lane. The building has a lot of history. It was erected in 1925 as a gas station and later housed a burger joint called the Filling Station where Bonnie and Clyde ate during their bank robbing days. Cole says he went to great lengths to honor the building’s past, restoring the burger joint’s signature neon sign and installing a rolling garage door out front to maintain the “filling station feel.” He even closed his Schlotzsky’s on Greenville and Caruth Haven to make this move.

Changes At Walnut Hill And Central Expressway

Cedars Mediterranean Mezza & Grill on Walnut Hill near Central Expressway closed recently. By all accounts the restaurant was thriving, so this wasn’t due to lack of business. Owner Nabil Dimassi told The Dallas Morning News, “We have made an agreement with the landlord to move out by the end of the month so they can move on with the redevelopment.” He hopes to open another Cedars in the same area of town soon.

Cypress Equities purchased the 16-acre Corner Shopping Center that housed the restaurant. The company plans to redevelop the center and call it The

A Family Affair

Brothers Andrew and Marc Pimentel recently opened a business called Snaparcel in the Northlake Professional Building on Ferndale. People who aren’t home during the day can pick up their deliveries at Snaparcel instead of leaving the packages on their doorsteps where they could easily be stolen. Currently the company has roughly a dozen customers, but the Pimentels anticipate that number will grow rapidly. They started the Lake Highlands-based businesses after noticing a surplus of package theft posts on Nextdoor.com.

Luxury Living

A five-story, 275-unit luxury apartment complex is coming to the corner of Northwest Highway and Lawther, near the White Rock DART station. Richmond Ascension is responsible for the undertaking, which is currently underway. This is the Connecticut-based developer’s first project in Dallas. When all is said and done the complex, which is being called The Parc at White Rock , will have cost $51 million.