Friendship-West Baptist Church and Stonelake Partners said they will work together on the property’s future
after a civil court sided with a prominent Southern Dallas megachurch to prevent the construction of a warehouse In a joint statement with Friendship-West Baptist Church, Stonelake Capital Partners said though it acquired the property in accordance with the zoning and has the right to build a warehouse, it does not want to conflict with the community’s desires for the land.“Ultimately a warehouse is not what the community wants, and Stonelake does not desire to be in conflict with the community,” according to the joint statement.
That denial was later reversed by the Building Inspection Advisory, Examining and Appeals Board, a quasi-judicial board of architects and engineers.The church then filed for an injunction in December to challenge the board’s decision and temporarily halt the warehouse construction. In court filings, the church said the project was emblematic of Dallas’ history of zoning industrial sites near low-income, predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods.