From the balcony of the Mirimar Hotel, the activity of the Village Green and Sunset Blvd. contrast with the serenity of Lake Grapevine’s 7,000 acres.
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Backdrop of Lake Grapevine frames — and helps generate — busy street life
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The Bluff Walk winds through trees close to the lake and 20-30 ft. below street level.
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An important element of Lakeside Village, the 35-acre project proposed south of Lakeside DFW, cannot be seen in the fly-through video released by Realty Capital in February.
Below the busy tree-lined Sunset Blvd., the main street of Lakeside Village, lies a green, meandering path that cozies up to the US Corps of Engineers property line and Lake Grapevine.
Realty Capital released a video this week (above) that takes viewers on a walk from the northern entrance of the Lakeside Boardwalk to the southern end of the property, where a series of lake-view restaurants are planned.
Currently, the boardwalk terminates into Sunset Point, which was completed one year ago.
But the video takes us southward, giving us a glimpse of a walk through the trees along the proposed path of the boardwalk extension.
“We are very excited by this element of the project,” said Richard Myers, chief executive officer of Realty Capital Management, master developer of Lakeside DFW. “It distinguishes this project from just about any other in DFW.”
The path south of Sunset Point is expected to consist of a combination of concrete, permeable surfaces, and wooden bridges.
“This western edge of the property south of Sunset Point,” explained Myers, “features a more sloping topography that offers better lake views than the northern segment of the boardwalk.
“You walk amongst the trees and past outcroppings. People are going to fall in love with it.”
Along the way, the path will provide access to the amphitheater, a tree-covered bowl that will provide an outdoor music venue and a way for visitors to walk between the urban street life above and the natural beauty below.
The walk ends at the southern end of the property that offers sweeping views of Lake Grapevine.
While many developers crave private ownership of areas adjoining lake-view property, the Stewart Family and Realty Capital determined back in 2011 that a public right-of-way should be preserved behind the private buildings planned for the project.
They had some help.
“Access to lake views ranked very high in our survey of Flower Mound residents,” Myers said, “right up there with lake-view restaurants.”
“We think what’s good for the public will be good for the project, too.”
