Skillman Home Depot: Getting a new neighbor to the west

If you've seen all of the dirt-moving at Skillman just north of Northwest Highway — directly west of and beneath the Home Depot — you've probably wondered what's going on. The DMN sheds some light on that with a story about developer Mike Hopkins spending $1 million to haul off 4,000 truckloads of fill from the two-acre site in an effort to make it habitable for a retail site. Any guess who the first tenant is? Those of you who picked Washington Mutual, pat yourself on the back.

Comments

[Triple Wildcat]

Gawd, ANOTHER Wamu? If we're forced to take yet another bank in the neighborhood, can't we get a friggin' Bank of America?

[LH Fan]

And that giant retaining wall! The residents of Merriman Park North could end up with one just like it in their neighborhood if the zoning on the Church/Skillman corner gets changed at the city council hearing on June 25th.

[meredith]

No kidding, Triple Wildcat. Oh, what I would do to have a Bank of America within 5 miles of my home.

There is an empty lot at the corner of NW Hwy and Plano Rd and another 20 feet further down Plano Rd. There is still hope.

[KathyH]

Me too, Triple Wildcat and Meredith! My BOA of choice used to be at Greenville and Walnut Hill but they seem to have closed the ATMs at that location (maybe the drive-thru is open again but it wasn't the last time I was there, which was some time ago now). What's up with that? What do we have to do to get BOA's attention to this.... there seems to be a bank on every corner of the 'hood these days, just not the one WE need!