Solana complex is getting a makeover
#1
Posted 26 August 2015 - 02:42 PM
http://www.star-tele...le32368620.html
I noticed when I drove by there Saturday that they're building some decorative pieces at the entrance to part of the complex on the north side of 114 to match that on the south side. One of the biggest changes is the fact that their toning down the distinct colors that are characteristic of Legoretta's architecture and going with more of an Earth tone look.
Of course, looks are far from their only issue. They have a ton of vacant office space and retail and restaurants have never really taken off since the location makes them pretty dependent on the office tenants. Weinberger's Deli had a location there for awhile and when I ducked in there for lunch on the way to Denton a few years ago it was pretty dead.
The redo comes at a good time since Roanoke, Trophy Club, and Southlake have slowly grown toward Solana over the last few years.
#2
Posted 26 August 2015 - 11:01 PM
Is there any residential mix within walking distance of the Solana Complex? It has always looked like an island of office buildings with seas of fields and parking around it and dangerous freeways cutting it off from any local people. A lot of people USED to work there if I remember rightly... a lot of those employees probably had to go through heck twice a day to get to and from work given the state of the highways around there and the lack of transit. Why stop with paint... why not just blow it all up and start again... or just infill some mixed use retail and residential buildings in all the unused land surrounding the offices. And put Legoretta's colors back, that was ALL that set this development apart from the mass of cloned boxes in the area.
#3
Posted 27 August 2015 - 08:42 AM
In general, this is a development that is adjacent to an area that many in Westlake would say has massively failed their expectations. In the late 90s and early 00s, large plots of land were sold off in Westlake and the Circle T Ranch land being made available to developers was expected to help the area blow up. Instead the economy tanked more than once, the only expansion in Solana happened on the Southlake side and the rest of the complex sputtered. Outside of Vaquero Country Club, Fidelity, and the Deloitte complex, there's very little to show for that land that opened up.
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