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by homeworld1031tx
01 Feb 2024 13:35
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: Downtown Dallas Greyhound Station Closing - Lost Lease
Replies: 5
Views: 731

Re: Downtown Dallas Greyhound Station Closing - Lost Lease

Screenshot 2024-01-27 at 9.20.47 AM Large.jpeg It's the only Art Moderne architecture that we have downtown and it absolutely deserves protection. I've always wanted to see this building restored and redeveloped into something, but I guess I never imagined it without some type of bus terminal compo...
by homeworld1031tx
18 Jan 2024 14:39
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)
Replies: 180
Views: 226241

Re: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)

Deloitte must really be leaning into hot desking if their footprint is so small. I tried to find info on their current state of WFH; from what I could gather based off of reddit threads, while fully remote still exists, the majority of people are expected to be hybrid and there was a mandatory "...
by homeworld1031tx
17 Jan 2024 10:23
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)
Replies: 180
Views: 226241

Re: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)

DBJ says the huge lease is for four floors. Wow, that is tiny... does Deloitte have any major presense in uptown/downtown outside of their current location at (formerly) Chase Tower? If not, then this really shows a major downsizing effect from WFH. If one of the big 4 is reducing its "downtow...
by homeworld1031tx
10 Oct 2023 14:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: West Dallas Developments
Replies: 185
Views: 140721

Re: West Dallas Developments

Atlas Metal Works at Sylvan and Singleton is slowly coming down. It’s pretty much just scraps of metal heaps at this point. No more Atlas Metal Works D89CC7CD-C581-44AE-9B23-80001A326934.jpeg Does anyone know what became of the business entity for Atlas Metal Works? A quick google search makes it s...
by homeworld1031tx
02 Sep 2023 15:01
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Dallas Mockingbird Station
Replies: 165
Views: 126115

Re: Dallas Mockingbird Station

Have there been any updates to this project? I couldn't find any new news since the summer 2022 articles about the Trammel Crow proposales and request for city money. The parking lots around Mockingbird Station still seem like a mighty waste of space.
by homeworld1031tx
10 Aug 2023 10:11
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
Replies: 104
Views: 54041

Re: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0

lakewoodhobo wrote:RIP Idle Rich. I never referred to it as One Settle.



Tough month for bars that were formative to my early 20s... First Beauty Bar and now Idle Rich. RIP :cry:
by homeworld1031tx
25 May 2023 13:07
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: I-345
Replies: 426
Views: 306716

Re: I-345

Any news on how this is going to interact with the I-30 canyon rebuilding? Does the I-30 project include reconstruction of the I-30/I-345 interchange? One of the most frustrating roadway strethces I've seen in the metro is I-35 from 635 north towards PGBT. That stretch of highway seems to have been ...
by homeworld1031tx
08 Feb 2023 09:55
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Richardson: Main Street Improvements
Replies: 47
Views: 32840

Re: Richardson: Main Street Improvements

I drive past this on my way to work and have been wondering what's going on. Finally bothered to look it up (while bored at work ;)) Looks like construction is supposed to re-commence... https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/01/18/developer-promises-restart-at-richardson-apartment-and...
by homeworld1031tx
03 Jan 2023 16:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
Replies: 171
Views: 121646

Re: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce

Ha, it's funny that the Richards Group will be a tenant here - from one building where half of the height was above ground parking, to another that's the same :)
by homeworld1031tx
03 Jan 2023 15:51
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
Replies: 1515
Views: 1305271

Re: Las Colinas/North Irving Development

TXGunLover wrote:
We're lucky to have the Whole Foods, they nearly canceled the project right before opening and it remains their lowest revenue store in DFW.


That's surprising to hear. I'd have guessed the Lakewood Whole Foods is the lowest performing store. That place is dead.
by homeworld1031tx
10 Dec 2022 23:42
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Turtle Creek: Kalita Humphreys Theater
Replies: 15
Views: 9565

Re: Turtle Creek: Kalita Humphreys Theater

How did this place fall into such rapid disrepair? It was a completely fine and funcitoning theater through the mid 2010s. Even after the Wyly opened, Dallas Theater Center would still host perfermances that I attended. While the theater was showing its age it was still fully functional and a nice p...
by homeworld1031tx
09 Oct 2022 22:23
Forum: The Airports
Topic: Dallas Love Field Airport
Replies: 98
Views: 99125

Re: Dallas Love Field Airport

Was looking at satellite imagery of Love Field's runway construction. Almost had a bit of hope that what I was seeing was some preemtpive cut and cover tunneling through the runway to maybe one day support a people mover between the Burbank Station and the terminal. Alas, just looks like regular con...
by homeworld1031tx
28 Oct 2021 09:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park 3.0
Replies: 912
Views: 756048

Re: Victory Park 3.0

I figured there would be a consolidation. With all the cost-cutting and anchor/reporter revolving door movements at stations Tegna owns or has acquired, I'm surprised they let Ch.8 have 2 facilities this long without moving out of one of them. Dallas/Ft. Worth is the fourth largest TV market in the...
by homeworld1031tx
28 Oct 2021 09:35
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: East Dallas: Kroger
Replies: 73
Views: 49617

Re: East Dallas: Kroger

All of the articles are still neglecting the Kroger that is like 2 blocks away from this. I wish they would acknowledge that and say one way or another if this is a replacement for the cityplace one or not.
by homeworld1031tx
28 Sep 2021 16:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
Replies: 670
Views: 566018

Re: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple

The Epic really has a strong presence in the skyline. Really happy with how this one came out. Now we just need to find a new tenant for it :oops: .
by homeworld1031tx
21 Sep 2021 14:26
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
Replies: 1020
Views: 773013

Re: Deep Ellum 1.0

Not sure it would work here, but they could maybe try something like Beale Street in Memphis. They were having similar issues and started charging a nominal ($5ish) cover to enter the area through security checkpoints. Seems like that would cut down on the loitering crowd / minors who seem to be ca...
by homeworld1031tx
14 Sep 2021 20:05
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
Replies: 135
Views: 155809

Re: Downtown Dallas: City Lights

More than two years after a construction crane collapsed into an Old East Dallas apartment complex, the owners of the building say they have begun rebuilding the property. One resident, 29-year-old Kiersten Smith, died in the June 9, 2019, collapse, and five other people were injured. Hundreds of r...
by homeworld1031tx
03 Sep 2021 13:43
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: 2000 Ross Project
Replies: 654
Views: 530933

Re: Downtown Dallas: 2000 Ross Project

Wow, that looks pretty good. I wonder how they're taking care of ventilation - it's rare to see a garage so thoroughly wrapped in cladding like that. I guess they did put serious forethought into the garage's design to support this!
by homeworld1031tx
29 Jun 2021 10:41
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Replies: 765
Views: 529692

Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-29/goldman-plans-new-dallas-campus-doubling-down-on-hub-in-texas?srnd=premium Goldman Plans New Dallas Campus, Extending Bet on Hub in Texas Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is on the hunt for a new office campus in Dallas that could become the Wall Street ban...
by homeworld1031tx
26 Jun 2021 14:48
Forum: The Airports
Topic: DFW Airport
Replies: 420
Views: 328484

Re: DFW Airport

This is great, Turkish airlines has great connections out of their Istanbul hub so this will be almost like getting a new ME3 airline in in terms of route connections to EMEA
by homeworld1031tx
01 Jun 2021 15:56
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Museum Tower
Replies: 229
Views: 225991

Re: Museum Tower

Definitely appreciate the updates through the years Tucy, thank you for being a great source of info on this.
by homeworld1031tx
03 May 2021 13:15
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Jackson at Market Parking Garage
Replies: 65
Views: 30612

Re: Downtown: Jackson at Market Parking Garage

I think a modern parking structure and some retail could be a little shot in the arm for the undeveloped lots around there. Agreed, the fact that this has ground floor retail is a win, considering that at the moment this is essentially an unimproved lot. If this makes redeveloping another surface l...
by homeworld1031tx
14 Feb 2021 13:12
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
Replies: 137
Views: 103939

Re: West Dallas: Trinity Groves

Any word on what is happening to the company, Atlas Metal Works? They did some waterjet cutting work for me back in 2015 and were very helpful considering my project was quite small relative to their normal scale. Hope the business is doing OK and that they're maybe able to move into more modern fac...
by homeworld1031tx
09 Feb 2021 11:18
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: OT: Fund the Forum
Replies: 10
Views: 6879

Re: OT: Fund the Forum

Thanks for bumping this into the busy forum. Just donated. CTroy, thanks for all that you do!
by homeworld1031tx
12 Jan 2021 23:52
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park 3.0
Replies: 912
Views: 756048

Re: Victory Park 3.0

Ya, good god, what a waste. This brewery building is quite imposing on Woodall when you're going WB - the highway bumps right up against it. Having a cool, urban, brick façade would have looked so nice on this thing but no... now' we just get what looks like a Plano tilt wall flex warehouse sticking...
by homeworld1031tx
12 Jan 2021 23:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)
Replies: 436
Views: 369976

Re: Downtown Dallas: Statler Hotel & Residences + Future DMN Offices (Old Statler Hilton + Old Library)

This is great, glad this is finally moving.

exelone31 wrote:^ WE HAVE REBAR!


Haha this definitely made me laugh. Can't deny that it's not progress though :lol:
by homeworld1031tx
24 Dec 2020 13:32
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Restaurants: general news/development
Replies: 171
Views: 185258

Re: Restaurants: general news/development

After 25 years, Flying Saucer in Addison is closing Owner-operator Shannon Wynne says the lease was up and he’s decided not to renew it. https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2020/12/22/after-25-years-flying-saucer-in-addison-is-closing-new-years-eve-2020/ Sad to see this one go after so ...
by homeworld1031tx
15 Dec 2020 23:49
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Homelessness
Replies: 81
Views: 69509

Re: Homelessness

Great that they're doing this (and wow, that candlewood suites really is in a terrible location for visibility.)

The main negative that I see here is that neither of these locations appear to be close to any sort of rail transit.
by homeworld1031tx
02 Dec 2020 21:25
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
Replies: 681
Views: 587679

Re: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)

It really is a fantastic turn around for the building, but I still can't figure out how this ended up costing ~$450 million bucks. Isn't that the cost of a brand new, very tall skyscraper?
by homeworld1031tx
23 Nov 2020 18:32
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Preston Center
Replies: 75
Views: 50452

Re: Preston Center

That's a 630,000 sq ft tower? Looks much smaller.
by homeworld1031tx
15 Oct 2020 22:47
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Downtown Progress
Replies: 358
Views: 233371

Re: Downtown Progress

Two relatively large buildings between Meadow and Royal, right off of 75, were demolished over the last few months. They had been heavily damaged by the tornado from last October. I'm not at all sure how the lease cancellation works when you're building is destroyed.

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by homeworld1031tx
14 Oct 2020 17:20
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park
Replies: 228
Views: 172316

Re: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park

That's awesome! Thank you to Jacbos for the philanthropy. I am curious as to how the ice rink will work.
by homeworld1031tx
14 Oct 2020 17:03
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Downtown Progress
Replies: 358
Views: 233371

Re: Downtown Progress

I wonder if the demolition of some of those offices around 75 and walnut contributed to the massive reduction.
by homeworld1031tx
12 Oct 2020 11:57
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
Replies: 1515
Views: 1305271

Re: Las Colinas/North Irving Development

Nice Kelly, great sleuthing - congrats and thanks!

The article is behind a paywall, any chance we could at least get some of the renderings posted here?
by homeworld1031tx
06 Oct 2020 09:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School
Replies: 165
Views: 114087

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

What a great spot for a tower, at least from a Downtown perspective. It'll partially cover up the dull-looking Sheraton and make use of a relatively undesirable lot. Win win. Definitely a win win. Lol except for the ad revenue that the Sheraton was making off of the full building Apple ads that hav...
by homeworld1031tx
04 Oct 2020 12:31
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
Replies: 1020
Views: 773013

Re: Deep Ellum 1.0

And yet bishop arts is now more lively, occupied, and visited than it has ever been
by homeworld1031tx
22 Sep 2020 23:20
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: DFW Economy
Replies: 462
Views: 425552

Re: DFW Economy

People aren't rubes because they have a different POV or priorities than you, or they support a different candidate than yours. I really wish people would stop denigrating others based on their political affiliation. You're correct, having a different POV than me or anyone else doesn't make someone...
by homeworld1031tx
22 Sep 2020 13:51
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: DFW Economy
Replies: 462
Views: 425552

Re: DFW Economy

Lol there is no way TikTok is going to employ 25K people. That is an utter pipe dream. To put this all in context: Twitter has, in total, 5k employees. TikTok is a more challenging software problem to solve, but that work is already done in China. At this point, the current TikTok deal also maintain...
by homeworld1031tx
21 Sep 2020 17:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Red Bird Mall
Replies: 109
Views: 83444

Re: Red Bird Mall

That's great news, glad they're having success.
by homeworld1031tx
16 Sep 2020 13:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: The Link at Uptown
Replies: 215
Views: 161407

Re: The Link at Uptown

R1070 wrote:Wait until the 20 story garage is built next to the Ascent.



Not familiar with this project - what exactly is it? Additional parking for AAC? Is the city doing it?
by homeworld1031tx
13 Sep 2020 00:02
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 813
Views: 580610

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

jegchachi wrote:Some additional update pics.


Great pics, thanks for posting. My main take away from these is how great 75 is here. I wish all highways around the urban core were trenched in such a manner. From this vantage point you truly would not know it was there if you didn't already know what to look for.
by homeworld1031tx
31 Aug 2020 23:11
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: The Link at Uptown
Replies: 215
Views: 161407

Re: The Link at Uptown

DallasMan wrote:Ha, gosh, that is a ton of parking


Seriously, imagine having to traverse that, back and forth, to get to a top floor parking spot each day. Could easily eat up 5 minutes if you're doing it during a congested time.
by homeworld1031tx
30 Jul 2020 13:58
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: DFW Economy
Replies: 462
Views: 425552

Re: DFW Economy

I've heard CRE people contend that companies will be seeking more real estate moving forward and not less, to accommodate employee spacing/distancing and such, but I'm still not buying it. At some point, employers will pull their employees back into the office. The idea that white-collar managerial...
by homeworld1031tx
21 Jun 2020 15:23
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
Replies: 104
Views: 47121

Re: Uptown Dallas: Routh and Cedar Springs

Any updates on this one? Have the bars located on this plot closed up shop yet?
by homeworld1031tx
21 Jun 2020 15:21
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
Replies: 148
Views: 89973

Re: Oaklawn: Old Parkland

Didn't realize this either, this will be an exciting random architectural addition
by homeworld1031tx
15 Jun 2020 11:25
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Replies: 556
Views: 455102

Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

This thing is such a joke. Spend a billion dollars on creating a 'shuttle' like aircraft service between Love and Hobby (hell, spend an extra billion to build a special terminal at each airport to handle the unique traffic and low security needs) and then spend the left over $28 billion on solar pan...
by homeworld1031tx
15 Jun 2020 11:20
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)
Replies: 180
Views: 226241

Re: Uptown Dallas: Cedar Maple Plaza I,II & III (2301 Cedar Springs Rd.)

Have the 'french style' low rise offices that are on this site been vacated yet?
by homeworld1031tx
01 Jun 2020 13:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: East Dallas: Kroger
Replies: 73
Views: 49617

Re: East Dallas: Kroger

This is 3500 feet from the city place Krogers, and just 1500 feet from the neighborhood wal-mart - why are they bothering to build one so close? I feel like grocery stores in uptown are actually being overbuilt at the moment. new tom thumbs at the union, the gables mckinney, the planned central mark...
by homeworld1031tx
22 May 2020 15:20
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Dallas Covid-19 Business Casualties
Replies: 60
Views: 40761

Re: Dallas Covid-19 Business Casualties

Ross and hall also goes down. https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/2020/05/20/permanent-restaurant-closures/ This place never had enough traffic from what I saw. The building and layout is nice but for some reason the decor felt sterile/fake. Tough to compete with eastbound and down is just a few stree...
by homeworld1031tx
19 May 2020 15:45
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
Replies: 135
Views: 155809

Re: Downtown Dallas: City Lights

Never though I'd see the day... This one has been in the makings for such a long time. Glad it's finally almost there. Shame that we're losing the density from the Elan dev next door. Any news on what is to come of that building? I'm really hoping they only knock down a portion of it so that they ca...