Dozens of mature trees take a detour before reaching their final destinations beautifying streets and parks of Lakeside DFW. In fact, an entire temporary tree farm is moving from the northwestern corner of Lakeside Parkway and International Parkway (FM 2499) to make room for the recently announced Moviehouse & Eatery. NBC 5 Denton County Reporter Brian Scott told viewers Friday of the move. (Click here to view the story and video report.)
The temporary tree farm, Scott reported, was originally created to save and re-use hundreds of live oaks that had been planted along Lakeside Parkway in 1999-2000 by the land owners, the Peter P. Stewart Family.
Officials at Realty Capital, master developer of Lakeside DFW, initially set out to preserve the mature trees near the corner of Lakeside and FM 2499 until construction was complete on The Shops at Lakeside.
Enter Moviehouse & Eatery, the high-end Austin dining/theater establishment, which only months ago agreed to build on the site in May.
“This great addition to The Shops at Lakeside is forcing us to move the tree farm to a new location,” explained Richard Myers, managing director of Realty Capital. “But moving the trees to make room for Moviehouse is a great problem to have,” he added.
“We believe these mature trees, strategically placed, will add significantly to the retail and residential environment of the project.” The move will cost the developer approximately $60,000.
“We think it might be good luck,” Myers suggested, “wherever the temporary tree farm goes maybe that’s where the development happens. So if we have to move it four more times — that’s probably a good thing.”
