The City Council has reversed a decision it made two weeks ago to require developer Danny Bakewell to remove stucco from the outside of a soon-to-be opened shopping center because the coating did not meet the approved design.
The change of heart Monday over the appearance of the Fair Oaks Renaissance Plaza came after heavy lobbying by Bakewell and residents of the northwest neighborhood surrounding the center, on Fair Oaks Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard, which was built with a $15-million city subsidy.
