The recently completed high-end multifamily apartment
complex on East side of Crescent Plaza Drive, located next to Eclipse Apartments and opposite Ray Miller Park, finally has a name: Domain. Alas the
signage at the leasing office entrance does not provide for strong contrast
against the dark-shaded parts of the building’s exterior, making the name-sign
almost unintelligible from afar.
But the variegated coloring scheme
of the buildings themselves easily makes up for the initial namelessness and the
less than stellar visibility of the signage, especially when the grass is green, and
the sky blue: a quite appealing sub-urban vista indeed.
As long as the apartment front row is not obscured, that is. There is
currently a huge field with a tree, but that property is posted for sale, and
will no doubt eventually see construction too.
In anticipation of the influx of additional residents and
their discretionary spending dollars, the retail sector is seeing renewed activity too.
A new pub has opened in the ground-level corner space (with patio) at The Parkway Village Plaza retail center, which already features two cafes (Kim Son Café and Pastelitos Cafe),
and a dessert place, along with a tea house and other businesses.
There is still retail space posted for lease The Parkway Village Plaza property, but it will
no doubt soon find eager takers too, given the incipient boom in the Energy Corridor and adjacent neighborhoods.
