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2026 World Cup Final will be held in Dallas. Pretty sick.

Y'all may have heard about this news but Ray Washburne and his HP Village Partners group, owners of Highland Park, are in due diligence for a purchase of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza . As a KC resident what should we expect? How do you feel like highland Park Village has been managed over the pa...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-27/to-speed-office-conversions-to-housing-biden-unlocks-funding-resources Biden Administration unlocking funds from a number a various agencies to help turn offices into apartments. Office occupancy continues to hover around 50%, even in Dallas which i...

The parade Friday has me thinking - How is Dallas/Arlington handling transportation to AT&T for the World Cup given the nearest train station is a 30 minute or so walk?

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching to the Republican Party, making the city the largest in the U.S. to be led by a GOP mayor. I really could care less about the politics of it, but it was interesting to hear him say that "urban areas need more conservative advocates...

Since 2009, rent prices have outpaced income growth in nearly all of the 50 most populated US metros. Only Providence, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh have seen income growth surpass rent increases. Dallas (#11) narrowly avoided being in the top 10 in largest jump in rent between 2009 and 2023. S...

10% increase to AMI in Dallas this year. Median Family Income set by HUD for the metro area is $105,600

https://www.fox4news.com/news/old-east-dallas-crane-collapse-jury-returns-860-million-verdict-against-greystar-real-estate-developer

Jury returns $860 million verdict against real estate developer Greystar

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Nationally, metros are having a difficult time breaking 50% office occupancy. However, the 3 TX metros highlighted (Austin, Houston and Dallas) are the top 3 in the nation. https://www.kastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Kastle_dashboard_separate-1_4.10.23_v3.jpg https://www.kastle.com/wp-content/...

Florida and Texas dominate a look at the most attractive cities for corporate relocations in 2022 A new study released February 1 shows that five cities in Texas rank among the top 30 locations in the U.S. for corporate headquarters offices in the new post-pandemic economy. The study shows that Fris...

For sure. It's an exciting project for KC. Love Klyde Warren and it obviously has made a huge impact in Dallas. Completely agree on your design comments. Candidly, I'm worried about value engineering impacting the experience/final product. Initial design had one of the streets (Walnut) being removed...

Continuing to progress... $18 million in private support and $28.6 million in federal funding raised thus far. Price tag now at $200 million and size has shrunk to 4.6 acres, instead of original proposed 5.5. City Manager comment on design changes: Interesting design element here is that the park wi...

The below graphs display the percentage of daily access to 2,600 buildings in 138 cities across the US, as tracked by a company that provides keycards. The 100% figure likely indicates that all employees or people authorized to access these buildings with the percent showing the daily access. For ju...

RFP to be issued for the cap. Initial timeline puts completion at 3rd quarter of 2027, but city officials want to expedite it to be completed by the World Cup (June 2026). No way it can be completed that fast right? https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2022/08/26/south-loop-park-i-670-rfp-por...

According to CompTIA, Dallas ranked 6th in 2021 for tech jobs and ranks 5th for projected adds in 2022 for about 320k by end of 2022. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWcxlKzCWPDRQNEcyiGE0ZI4MTcLs_nxZsJFJlCnUuwFqBTEx1FUndhp516JWGJQ5ek2UnaeHu7mDdsPgEiv15h8XixHYu0AFJlucfNxtaq01GI68ZAotCgkwArD...

Has anyone heard anything about this project recently?

Host city announcement delayed until at least mid-June.

Boeing expected to leave Chicago for new HQ in Washington, D.C., area A move to Arlington, Virginia, would put Boeing executives close to officials for their key customer, the Pentagon, and the Federal Aviation Administration, which certifies Boeing passenger planes. https://www.dallasnews.com/busi...

Man I hope so. Any update on this?

Didn't see this anywhere else and thought it was interesting. Kansas City recently announced a highway deck park. A few people involved in the project have listed Klyde Warren as the model. https://www.kctv5.com/2022/04/22/south-loop-link-project-cap-i-670-cover-55-acres-connect-crossroads-central-b...