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Trinity River apartments in the works will overlook downtown Mill Creek Residential is planning a Beckley Avenue rental project. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/07/21/trinity-river-apartment-community-overlooks-downtown/ Developer Mill Creek Residential has filed plans with the...

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:McDonald's at West End station is closed and gutted. Feels unreal.

I know McDonald’s has been tearing down and then rebuilding stores. I know of three in the Irving area. Could it be that this location is being remodeled?

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Sad to see the building they are tearing down go. Its been empty ever since I noticed it years ago so I get it but this section of Uptown definitely seems to be a hotspot right now. This high rise looks nice and they are obviously targeting empty nesters rather than college students/20 something cl...

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I was downtown this morning and it looks like the CVS at Lamar and Ross is gone.

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The Star Park development (Jerry Jones 161 / 114) has released some new information. Looks like they have 3 tenants listed on their site plan as confirmed. Velvet Taco, Parry's Pizzeria & Bar (looks like a cool place- they just opened a location in The Colony) and Starbucks. Shaping up nicely! ...

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More office space to be added to Toyota Music Factory "But there have been nagging vacancies in the retail space. Now Ark Group is asking to use two vacant floors in the building next to the new Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel as offices. The office space in the building would grow from 1...

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Yes, all they did was redo do a few updated disabled ramps at the corners...only thing really left is the new traffic light at Knight. The city wanted to redo the street similar to Lower Greenville but plan things out better for the businesses so to not disturb traffic patterns less while things we...

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That area right around Klyde Warren and Pearl is just so dead. It's full of high priced valet driven restaurants but not much life. Are there people passing through to the park or walking into the office space sure but after 4 pm its a dead zone much like Downtown was back in the day. Office space ...

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Some of the reluctance to build many 3BR apartments may be that single/coupled renters don't want to be around families and/or children. When I rented, I purposely would not lease in a community with 3 bedrooms for that very reason. Even when I purchased my townhome, I searched for a community with ...

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The space is a bit bland, but maybe the neighborhood can spice it up with local art or painted boxed plants? It's a shame the business owners in this area were so opposed to having a total new street design here. I went to a birthday party at Mattito's a few weeks ago. It was an early Saturday even...

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Oh boy. Here we go again. Multiple real estate sources told the Dallas Business Journal that the new construction Amazon is reportedly eyeing includes Uptown. Amazon has been in contact with developers regarding such an expansion, the sources said. With the amount of fulfillment centers here (two m...

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Well it seems the Galleria has already been working on renovation plans.
Mega mall makeover: Plans show ideas for Galleria Dallas redo
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... llas-redo/

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On our last trip to London we stayed at a Z Hotel, which is a similar concept. These are perfect for people who need to stay one night to catch an early flight the next day or expect to spend very little time in their rooms. The amenities usually make up for the cramped space (free wine in our case...

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Cafe Brazil is barely holding on. Buzz Brews well they def seem to be expanding to every district in Dallas but they did close the Lemmon Ave location. Yeah I'm definitely not a fan of Cafe Brazil myself, but something in that realm seems like it would be good there, if not necessarily those two br...

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DPatel304 wrote:Here's a video of the upcoming West End park:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oWJvbjgHTM

Looks like a great opportunity for any restaurant that takes the old Spaghetti Warehouse space.

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Tnexster wrote:There are some of the original renderings from Harwoods previous plan for 12. These are horribly outdated.

http://www.bokapowell.com/project/harwood-phase-xii/

They sure love putting that (never-materializing) building greenery in their renderings.

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A few Friday notes... https://my.hfflp.com/GetDocument?BBArgs=PqoNPJ1mkBkMbxvt_Un3S2sp2F30QPUUhco_o0_VaLlUbFJx The right developer could do something really special with it! I hope something happens. The Music Factory will always feel incomplete to me until there's something (sizable) across the st...

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I got a chance to visit this park yesterday (early Sunday) afternoon. I must say, I was very impressed. It's not cluttered with stuff, very walkable and just has a relaxing vibe. Not to mention, it's surrounded by highrises, giving it a spectacular view. I also didn't realize how easy and quick the ...

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Dallas is on its way to becoming Bowling Central, with another new bowling restaurant concept coming to town. Called Punch Bowl Social, it's a Denver-based chain that has claimed a prized location in a long unoccupied space at the corner of Main Street and Good Latimer Freeway, where it will combin...

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Very cool. They have just about completed the multi-use path along that side, almost all the way to the dam. It isn't officially open yet, but it's effectively done. It'll be cool to watch something of size (and not tilt-wall) go up. This place just seems to grow non-stop. They've also been doing s...

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While I don't know the numbers, there are a couple of anecdotes that should tell a story. 1) Continued building of townhomes / apartments in the immediate vicinity 2) This Sunday I visited the market, and there was a material increase of both vendors (craftspeople, cooks, etc.) and visitors since l...

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Plus, as mentioned elsewhere on this thread, the space was way too big. I always thought the space was too large too. Even though the market is packed on weekends, it was crazy to think they needed that much space. The market has a much more "browsing, casual feel to it, which is why most of t...

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote: there's just so much more competition now.

Also it was dark, cave-like, rundown and always smelled bad in there.

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DBJ reporting that a Fortune 20 company has signed a lease for 200,000 sq ft in Las Colinas... That's a pretty significant chunk! I have a few guesses- could just be that McKesson or ExxonMobil is looking for more space in the area, or possibly Verizon is needing more space. I don't think this is a...

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The pride festival will stay at Fair Park most likely cause they want to grow that into a larger event on a bigger scale than it has been previously. The parade may still wander depending on other factors. The reality is Cedar Springs is too small for the crowd and size of participation. The securi...

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I'm more concerned with losing Ruibal's to an apartment developer, to be honest. That store generates a lot of foot traffic and is so emblematic of the district that it's hard to imagine the Farmers Market without it. I did notice a couple of weeks ago that the gated parking lot directly north of R...

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Well all I know is the Dallas Farmers Market has now become my top place in DFW to spend a lazy weekend afternoon, especially if the weather is really nice. My very first apartment downtown was Camden Farmers Market about 2003. I'm blown away when I visit the area now.

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Considering Dallas' block after block of bland box style apartments, I give them points for doing something different. Look at the Phoenix Apartments on Mockingbird now after the mural was removed...a bland, beige mess.

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[quote="jsoto3"] 2500 Cedar Springs https://candysdirt.com/2019/08/07/five-uptown-high-rises-proposed-to-oak-lawn-committee-part-2/ "But also note the green necklace surrounding the whole project. One reason that all this can be done is 100 percent underground parking. Burying the eye...

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For some reason, I swear I had a dream that someone was converting the 24hr into some luxury gym brand. You know its bad when you are having dreams about real estate deals and redevelopment projects. I wonder if the fitness gym was the expected project on top of that garage or if there is a foundat...

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http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/07-25-19-flying-biscuit-cafe-closures/ Flying Biscuit has closed both of their locations in DFW. For what its worth, I used to live in Atlanta so was very excited when it opened, but the service was incredibly bad on my one visit to their downtown ...

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So glad to see all the progress being made in the West End. It's such a small, and compact area, that is super urban and walkable, so it shouldn't take long to see it thrive. I think adding more residential has definitely helped the area. I'm really hoping to see some those parking lots in the area...

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Indian hotel chain Oyo launches in U.S with $300 million investment, Dallas home base https://www.dallasnews.com/business/hotels/2019/07/01/indian-hotel-chain-oyo-launches-us-300-million-investment-dallas-home-base It's an interesting business, taking bottom-of-the-barrel motels and rebranding them...

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eburress wrote:That's awesome...I'm glad they're coming back! It won't be the Dallas Alley of old, but it's still something.

And they're going to make a great backdrop for the Instagram fanatics.

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So now that Fair Park hosted the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, I'd like to see the numbers. All I have is a quote from NBC5 that said the parade itself was 50% bigger, which I believe based on what looked like a lot more corporate floats. It was great to see the parade televised but I never caugh...

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I tagged along with my cousin and his partner Sunday to the Pride Parade at Fair Park. Although I haven't been to the parade on Cedarsprings in years, I thought Fair Park was a much better venue. Tons of spaces to escape the heat, you could definitely see the parade better and people were spread out...

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Before I met a friend at The Henry last night, I decided to check out the Tom Thumb. It's a really nice store, but more importantly, it was quite busy at 6:00 on a Monday evening. Actually, the entire development was very active. By the time I left the restaurant, The Henry's first floor seemed to b...

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^^
Looks like it was a really good turnout, especially in a development I consider somewhat isolated and under the radar.

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Another office building for Cypress Waters https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/04/16/high-rise-building-works-billingsleys-cypress-waters "We have decided to go 10 stories on it," said Billingsley Co. partner Lucy Burns. "We are working with O'Brien Architects on the ...

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^^^
There's a lot going on with that interior!!.. but I definitely hope it's successful and look forward to checking it out. Any word on the concept, menu? It seems so hush-hush.

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Walked through the new lobby and restaurants and I call say is "yawn". The Starler, Cambria and even the Lorenzo have a cohesive design and they each tell a story. The story here is someone picked a few things out of a catalog and called it a day. It feels like the Westin at One Main: bor...

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Kelley USA wrote:A new Axe throwing franchise is Coming to the TMF... I think this is a pretty solid addition!

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/enter ... ry-irving/

Mmmm..never knew this was a thing

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Wanted to share my weekend experiences at Water Street and Music Factory... Friday Night- Weather was great so a friend and I decided to head down to Water Street to grab some dinner. The entire place was packed! We thought we'd grab a pizza at Olivella's, but they were on a 20 minute wait. Their p...

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Nice! Didn't know about the juice place. Walked around the West End, and noticed a sign and some construction at the old Ellen's place. Sign says it's for "Burgerim." Glad to see something happening in this space. I always thought this location would be great for a coffee shop. I know I w...

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These have always caught my eye when riding TRE. Always thought they looked pretty nice. There's so much potential too, with all the surface parking, to make a nice area. I was driving home Friday and took a good look at this development. And I don't how I just noticed that J Pepe's had a location ...

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I've always liked this group of buildings and have always thought the area around them should be developed. I'm glad to see the Stemmons Corridor getting some attention. It seems to have been mostly ignored by a few of Dallas' boom cycles.

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Jbarn wrote:
This is so Dallas - placing a very expensive steakhouse in a prime location, directly across the street from the most visited park in the city. Missed opportunity to put a really neat, approachable establishment there I think.

I agree. Seems like a much better location for Shake Shack imo.

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Walk-On's is open on Regent. I tried it this weekend and really enjoyed it. Anyone know what is being built next to Walk-On's? I looked up Green Gator and it looks somewhat similar to Walk-On's. I do enjoy Cajun, so I look forward to trying it. I also noticed another place in the retail strip west o...

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Looks like the Brewery Building (703 McKinney Ave) redevelopment is back on. Owners were in front of the Oak Lawn Committee for approval of a landscape plan. Oak Lawn Committee Revisits The Starck Club, Past Election https://candysdirt.com/2018/12/05/oak-lawn-committee-revisits-the-starck-club-past...

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DPatel304 wrote:I never went to the old City Tavern but this one looks a bit small/crowded? I'm guessing this new location won't have a patio any more, correct?

Either way, I'm excited for this to open.

The old one was crowded too, but not nearly this nice. This looks awesome. Can't wait to check it out.

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