Revised plans for Lake Highlands’ Toscana apartment project
defunct Toscana apartments still stand at 6800 Skillman, but a new project is in the works." src="http://lakehighlands.advocatemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2013-05-29-at-1.28.15-PM.png" width="638" height="267" />The defunct Toscana apartments still stand at 6800 Skillman, but a new project is in the works. By all appearances, Prescott’s proposed changes for the Toscana project will be good for the neighborhood. The former Toscana apartment complex , located on the northeast corner of Skillman and Merriman Parkway, will soon be demolished to make way for a new residential multifamily development , which, according to Dallas Department of Development documents, will comprise three stories and 365 units. We already knew that the old Toscana apartments would be replaced with new ones — but originally the new build was going to include four stories and 665 units, which is way denser than what we are looking at now. In case you wer...