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Brettoj

Anyone know what all the balloons are for on the piece of land across the lake from Williams Square?

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I will call 0-5 % chance. I have very little confidence Beck can make it happen. I hope I am proven wrong though.

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Drove by today. Looks like continued progress on the mall. Also, the KDC development area of the Sears etc. is now fenced in. It looked like they were clearing out the old sears auto center building today. Cautiously optimistic.

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We are getting credit in international press for being fashionable. Monocle magazine April edition has a decent spread on Dallas/Texas.

https://youtu.be/sMlXehCBubw

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If we are talking Hyatt I of course would prefer a Park Hyatt. Park Hyatt at North Park. I think it works

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Its construction related material, not LED's. I live across the street. You can't see it in the photo posted, but at the bottom of the aqua stripe in the forefront, they have re-installed two marble panels. When they were prepping to do those 2 panels (as a test/POC, I presume) they smoothed out th...

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It is interesting that the WSJ keeps including Dallas but other outlets don't seem to include us as a possibility. We will see soon enough it seems.

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That camera view is funny, seeing a high rise coming out of a pasture.

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KDC can probably make it happen. Beck is a joke. I will believe it when I see it.

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On the agenda it says 20 stories. Seeing the flag will be interesting.

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You also have 442,315sqft & 838,509sqft. The latter is supposedly from the permit?

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willyk wrote:Spire and Valley View are in a dead heat to win the award for most incompetent developers in a sustained, hot market.

I totally agree.

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I suspect the Texas exclusives like Prada, Goyard, Givenche, Loewe, Marni or whatever other brands I don't know (hahaha) will compete for stalwart space at NorthPark when there's a 5 Star Resort Hotel anchor. More than likely, this elusive hotel will be a favorite brand of Latin Americans. LaQuinta?

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I found a presentation showing that DART received a few unsolicited bids for using DART land for TOD. I found the Cedars and Forest Lane to be the most interesting.

http://www.dart.org/about/board/boardagendas/planitem3_27mar18.pdf

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Another article about "that giant code violation sitting at LBJ Freeway and Preston Road called Valley View Center": https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/03/27/red-bird-might-get-before-valley-view-unbelievable It is almost humorous it is so sad. Beck lost the 36 million TIF...

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It's going to DC... TX & GA political climates are going to be a deterrent for HQ2. It would say that is putting to much in the political basket. I would think they want a friendly business climate, which you get here. Last I checked the point of a public company was to return value to sharehol...

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From what I saw on NBC5 last night, they were saying Amazon toured the Smart District site behind City Hall. On a moderately related note, one of my good friends and business partners also so happens to be Google's head of real estate. He's been making frequent trips to Dallas for "meetings&qu...

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Valley View Center — and the plan to revive the area — is in shambles https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/12/12/valley-view-mall-plan-revive-shambles So sad to watch. The Beck's need to sell to someone who has the ability to execute. They have shown they are inept to pull this one off.

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Also from the article: Decherd said he'd ideally like to complete Carpenter Park within a year of Pacific Plaza's completion. He believes Harwood Park will take 18 months to two years after that. The West End park, he said, is "the wild card" because it's the smallest site and could conce...

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Wasn't Amazon one of the companies sending representatives to Austin speaking against the bathroom bill. Sanctimonious Christians will continue to be the ruin of many a good civilization! You're an admin, right? Shouldn't you be policing the forum for controversial and/or incendiary remarks, rather...

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^^^^ What intersection is that pictured? They mention Las Colinas/NW HWY/Promonade Pkwy, but those intersections are already spoken for (Texican Hotel). This corner looks very similar to the 'Jefferson Riverside' down the street, but obviously it's not the same. I assume one of these streets (the o...

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I remember quite a while back seeing a rendering of an office tower in Cityline with Samsung written on it. I assumed they were pitching Samsung down the road in Richardson.

Americas HQ would be great!

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Nice! I am excited to see this one go up.

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What sites do we think would be viable for this kind of development?

http://www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2

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I think some of the height was parking. If I remember correctly an article I read said they moved all parking underground.

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Just noticed on the Urban Design Peer Review agenda June 23, that they want to put a Royal Blue Grocery and a Verizon store on the ground floor of the Mercantile Place.

I am sure many would be excited to see this one.

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Out of curiosity, how did State Farm end up becoming a huge TOD when relocating here. When that relocation was announced, I was kinda hoping more DART stations would turn into similar TODs, but there really aren't any signs of that happening anytime soon. Did they get some incentive to incorporate ...

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Anything moving on this one? Last I remember was a "summer" start.

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How long do we think it would take with the current trains and how ever many needed double track areas to have an "express service" from Dallas to Ft Worth? And then with more modern trains such as the Stadler KISS double decker?

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They have a basic site up now with some more renderings.

www.thedreverdallas.com

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I also noticed they are now on the Curio Collection website. It has renderings of most the hotel. It shows an opening date of Nov 27.

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I did see the hotel went through the Urban Peer Review Panel on 3/24. So I guess it is still making its way through the city? (Updated renderings in the packet)

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12 story 200 room hotel planned for the corner of US75 and PGBT Turnpike. I thought the hotel was going to be more internal to CityLine originally. I have not seen the brand mentioned yet. Wow, nice! I wonder how it will connect to everything else, assuming it's on the southeast corner. Hopefully s...

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No kidding. KDC seems to have their act together. I drove by this site two days ago and it is indeed full steam ahead. There was a full complement of earth moving equipment digging up dirt and hauling it away. I'd say parts of the site already had 20-25 foot excavations. This will certainly fill a m...

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It looked like a nice projet. But, if it is dead sell that land. I am sure many would make good use of it.

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Doing a little pie in the sky. (~70 stories in the sky)

How about a fully mixed use building?: Hotel, condo and/ or apartment, office and grocery at the bottom

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Any idea of the hotel flag?

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I walked by this afternoon and noticed some surveyors on the hotel lot and in front of the law office next door. Maybe they bought that property next door?

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I had to walk by once hearing this. To add some details. It looks like black fencing near the vehicular entrances. Maybe a nicer gate close off the parking lot?

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About time. Seems like they have been talking about it for years.

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