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In this case, it's easy to make the argument to have it on Lemmon though since it's a very busy auto-oriented street.

This project is screaming to get that large parking lot to contain an apartment project marketing itself to the employees at the startups and the medical district employees.

Let's be real here what I am saying is not based on my own living there in Victory Park what I am sharing is from most people outside of the neighborhood who don't frequent there. So you could say the people I surround myself with who visit Deep Ellum, Oak Lawn, Uptown, Bishop Arts, Trinity Groves, ...

As far as I've heard there is still no personality to the neighborhood. Until Design District has more rooftops to contribute I still don't see Victory Park stabilizing. After all, Victory Park is still very separated from Uptown its a real struggle to accidentally end up over there with large wide ...

The city has been doing lots of utility work in the roadway for months here I so merely thought the developers were getting the utility work done before building out the building. I wonder if the pandemic would have helped or hurt depending on what phase of construction they could have been in if th...

Which is the best way to feel about it.^
Hope for the best prepare for the worst. In this project's case, the worst was already defeated when the surrounding land was planned for a Sam's Club and that project was sent to the curb. Any highrise residential is a welcome sight here.

I think the only slow down on the El Centro component has been that lawsuit over the bond election. Does anyone have any update on whether that lawsuit is still in flux? I imagine the courts haven't made a decision yet or NewPark would have been using the Dallas College name in the videos or even ju...

Well, thats a good sign except I doubt Streetlights highrise will be as nice looking as the concept renderings we have seen previously. Prepare for this project to be very piecemeal rather than a truly unified coordinated project. Since apartment rental developments are still such a strong market ev...

Well, it's pretty obvious HEB isn't looking to take on the financial commitment of just a store on such a precious spot. They need the multi-use to make it work for them and they aren't looking to build the store with a garage and then later on restart construction when a JW Marriot wants to build o...

Yeah, I just watched the video and he even called the front valet stand "event space"?!?!?! A large valet stand with room for at least two cars and some over-emphasized decorative stairs are not event space, not even Becky the boss's daughter would set up her lemonade stand there. The rest...

Keep in mind yall the rendering is not of an actual planned development its a concept created by JLL to market the land to a developer. So it will probably look very different than the cut off image we see here.

They did go to the bars to get signatures but I bet more than a scribbled beyond ability to read post many drinks. I haven't heard from the project since then. They could easily reach out on a few Facebook groups but Caven is terrible at PR and outreach. Most of their strategies include fire anyone ...

This will fill in a prominent gap in the Cultural Districts smile. That hotel will be wildly successful I am sure.

It will also be up to the wider market to see what NorthParks future goes. If other less than significant malls shut down more pressure will be on NorthPark to be the unique offering. NorthPark already sets a much higher bar for shopping quality in its mall experience. Its a art museum and in a loca...

I will have to check it out after work today so glad to see a new outlet for the membership to drift between topics and discussion. Thanks for setting it up I will be glad to join!

The good thing is that this starts to make the Farmers Market look less like the most southern edge of redevelopment. Farmers Market has been on the edge for decades but with SoGood going it would finally have a better neighbor. Uptown is surrounded by well to do areas with the CBD being the souther...

Well the reason its in the DMN is cause the agent is trying to stir up interest. Seems like it recently went on the market and this is a part of the initial marketing push. I do hope who ever buys will do something cool with the existing building rather than just more of the same old apartments. Eve...

I hoping that we start to see some of the connective tissue between Main Street/Commerce and the Farmers Market/East Quarter start to show some fruit. With a new residential high rise in the East Quarter creating a new anchor and the Harwood Park visually advancing at some point in 2021 that side sh...

The Main hall has always been used for weddings, EDM DJ events, corporate meetings. At least we have the GB Dealey Library-Special Collections located there. Hope that now that the facility is leaky they can secure a even more prominent collection but right now the main hall is their money maker.

Yeah it was a Sarofim proposal and they sold to Michael Dell and then everything went quiet. I assume he bought it to sit on as a investment and wasn't looking to redevelop anytime soon. I looked in my personals stash of renderings ,a rendering graveyard, I keep stored and have yet to find it. I als...

It reminds you why the money they spent on the Hall of State vs the rest of the buildings was worth it. Cleaned, repaired and restored to former glory to match the majesty of the States of Texas History.

I'll see if I can dig up the old proposal for comparisons sake of what they might have changed.

I'm sure if someone shows up and is willing to lease space sure they will move ahead but not until they sign on the dotted line. Projects without for sure main tenants are not likely. Demand for office space is in sharp decline due to Covid. Certain projects will start like maybe the Trammel Crow on...

Also that Knox District rendering is old. They have proposed that as off 5 years ago somewhere there was a rendering video as well. It never came to fruition.

Dallas has giant drainage tunnels too they have videos online of them as well. In fact we just built a massive one across east Dallas that drains into the lower Trinity. They also buried some of our creeks in tunnels and the LA River is also very photographic cue Grease Lightning and they are trying...

It still feels like a odd location but hey I welcome more hotels near Oak Lawn for hosting larger events.

You know not every warehouse site in Deep Ellum needs to become a mixed use project of epic proportions. Some properties can just provide quality jobs for innovative industries and having a innovative generic drug company that could potentially uproot the over priced drug industry seems like a nice ...

What people don't realize is the reason its so big is the amount of water that flows through there would ruin billions of dollars of real estate if we start messing with the wrong parts of the system currently in place and it could potentially kill lots of people if not maintained correctly. It floo...

Just think of the projects that are opening up now or soon. At least the existing buildings have some tenants to build on. I have definitely seen rental properties bracing for a bigger hit if all those people bidding on houses actually get something in this current run on the housing market.

That's because that project was purely about parking for Trammel Crow Center and was put in tenant leases with a guaranty of some sort. The Hotel and Residential Portions were just icing on the cake if they ever materialized on that project. Central Market has never been in a rush and its not like g...

I think more of the question is how does this affect new apartment starts in Dallas. Rental apartments have been going like gangbusters before the pandemic and some new stuff has been announced but will we see that seriously slow and will projects be better designed to accommodate the pandemic conce...

So people who don't have homes are also going to need parking for a car they might get further down the line? Wouldn't it be smarter to promote a transportation share program of some sort, reduce the number of parking spots, move the building closer to the sidewalk, create a bigger yard in the back ...

That's the side where the residential tower would go. I assume they are simply locating the construction trailer and the crane on that land since the hotel would be on top of the garage on the other side.

Format well, considering its your server I don't recommend building too much centered around us the DFWFU unless its just something you want to maintain. I don't want impose the same labors of love that this forum has been for many of the long term members and volunteer moderators. I would start wit...

I would say its also good place for throwing out rumors or suspect news and having some of the group feedback before they manifest on the forum. I think its a great idea though overall.

It's interesting how big this site will be if QT has the restaurant plot too. Plus, it'll have both Lemmon Espressoways as entrances probably. This place will likely do rather well for myriad reasons. It's not remotely an exciting urban infill or final-use development for sure - obviously. The exis...

There is your answer then it will match. After all in the Texas sun it would look like the Eye of Saron with rays shining off towards the Stemmons and DNT.

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What color was the big dome at the corner when they built that structure wasn't it also shinny when it was installed until they applied a patina.

Well ya'll better take a temperature of the room not everyone in the West Village may agree. Some may want a reliable gas station with beer and Wine sales, good bathrooms and what some may equate as a decent quick grocery. The question is will they tear down the restaurant before getting approval fo...

I wonder if Headington will look at it seriously or if the collapse of many of his efforts on Main Street will keep him from making a play for this site. After all, he already owns the multiple parking lots next door. It seems if he did buy it the YMCA would probably sell with a short-term lease alo...

There is already a grocery store space at Singleton and Hampton Road. There won't be enough demand for an Urban stacked store like the recent Tom Thumbs in Uptown and Deep Ellum. The good thing is so many units on their way to this side of town is making it harder and harder for stores like Tom Thum...

That's a PR/marketing and publicity staff member probably a intern level employee making that mistake. Lord knows we know DART has been pushing the same marketing angle since I was in high school. I remember when they would visit my school and teach us train safety. Their messaging hasn't changed an...

... well, you used to be a coffee shop guy Some how I missed this accurate call out. I used to be the Assistant manager at a coffee shop in Downtown Dallas in Mosaic bldg aka Opening Bell Mosaic. The stories I could tell about the building, the business and the events we booked for our events space...

Considering that area is highly desirable compared to the rest of Dallas. McKinney Ave addresses in Uptown and close by it are highly valued in the DFW Real Estate market. There is a lot of trendy areas in Dallas but McKinney Avenue in Uptown is where the highest return is expected beyond the burbs.

Well now in a relatively short distance we have a Marriot and Virgin hotel so the options are pretty good. Plus if the old airline's dormitory hotel project actually moves forward that's three. Considering Caven is selling itself off for residential high rises and Trammel Crow hasn't built a luxury ...

The old mall age is coming to a close. Many of the smaller brands that were still holding on were around at the right malls that are still the lifeblood for many communities shopping like NorthPark. Now with COVID providing a nail for the coffins it will be time for a new age for Malls to fill in wi...

If HEB would just sell the land on Lemmon they had bought initially for a store...Trader Joes would more likely take that spot but then again HEB prob wouldn't sell for that reason alone. The empty office space in the Centrum isn't really geared towards a hotel conversion not to mention no bank woul...

Well I suspect more of those moves are going for the suburbs not the inner city townhomes. I would suspect that most banks that are writing the checks to developers are saying bring us suburban developments and we will sign off immediately that townhomes/condos are not something we see as what these...

^Thanks for the insight I only made it into that Pints and Quarts once so my experience was limited with the service. I have been to Union two or three times and def found it nice but I am not a coffee shop guy so its not my wheelhouse.

^The two that have been there for a long time already who have long standing customer bases. Those newer places were nice attempts at creating more ground floor interaction but they were implemented on a dead street with no pedestrian action already and even new street level parking spots could not ...

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