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- 13 May 2021 22:12
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
- Replies: 449
- Views: 333248
Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt
Can we just get 1 building over 1000'? That's my dream Same... But at this point, I'd gladly take the Hunt Realty Northend Apartment redevelopment in its entirety. 830 feet of residential and hotel, yes, please. Man, what a height downgrade from the old cylinder design. Visually it looks... unoffen...
- 01 May 2021 17:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793076
Re: Victory Park 3.0
I am curious as to why people put EQ and DD at the top of the list for future development. Each of those areas is controlled by a single developer. What happens there will be more of a function of what they want to do, and less of what an open market is asking for. Open areas like DE seem to offer ...
- 30 Dec 2020 22:57
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
- Replies: 137
- Views: 108841
Re: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
So I guess Dallas is okay with planting big stand alone parking garages right in front of a residential neighborhood. Can you imagine if this was proposed anywhere else...i see no real "master plan" in connecting and respecting the existing neighborhood.. I think the master plan is to slo...
- 19 Nov 2020 21:50
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Trinity River Park
- Replies: 468
- Views: 474422
Re: Trinity River Park
I noticed what seems to be a major trail expansion on the Trinity river bed on the East Side of the river. The new trail is fully paved and stretches from the Hampton Ave bridge to the Westmoreland Ave bridge. Currently it still appears closed but contains what appears to be at least three small wea...
- 28 Oct 2020 16:13
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas Developments
- Replies: 185
- Views: 147583
Re: West Dallas Developments
^^^ I agree, this area is to new in its development track for anyone to expect any superior project to pop up just yet. True the future for this area looks bright but its still in its early stages and we should expect to see more of these basic stick apartments which flooded all other successful nei...
- 23 Oct 2020 19:07
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas Developments
- Replies: 185
- Views: 147583
Re: DTD Riverfront Project
And here is the first glimpse: https://dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/54M75xbymKo8y3Y2CQMfHHMyluo=/1660x934/smart/filters:no_upscale()/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/dmn/WOQJZT3JJBC2BCHYC2P6DWHNOY.jpg https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/10/23/dalla...
- 14 Oct 2020 09:19
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
- Replies: 198
- Views: 99971
Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.14
Even though Harwood's projects don't always execute as expected, I think with the exception of the 80's skyline, museum tower, and AMLI, Harwood makes the best attempt at attractive buildings when compared to most area developers. But this building is way fatter than I would have expected but hopefu...
- 22 Jul 2020 08:40
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas Developments
- Replies: 185
- Views: 147583
Re: West Dallas Developments
Technically on Commerce street they are already a lot of empty storefronts available for grabs so I don't think these developers have a strong incentive to add additional storefronts on Beckley with so many still vacant.
- 21 Jul 2020 17:06
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas Developments
- Replies: 185
- Views: 147583
Re: West Dallas Developments
^^^ Agreed! I think our skyline looks amazing from the West view, especially with all the new additions downtown. This area has been Booming! This is the 4th new residential mid-rise in that immediate area and don't even get me started on the single family and town home construction. Its only a matt...
- 12 Jul 2020 15:06
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Pegasus Place Tower
- Replies: 32
- Views: 23046
Re: Pegasus Place Tower
Wow! I've been seeing construction on this building for months and was curious what they were doing. But it seems like scant small scale construction has been going since Exxon left years ago. It did seem like prime real-estate opportunity wasting away, so its nice to see something finally happening.
- 12 Jul 2020 10:03
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 143723
Re: Fair Park
I think "WE" can argue about the pandemic response in the COVID-19 thread. But in regards to Fair Park, there will be a lot of financial incentive to continue hosting the fair and will definitely return once things calm down.
- 24 Jun 2020 09:29
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
- Replies: 281
- Views: 177819
Re: Design District: Urby High-rise Apartments
Found this photo of the Jersey City Urby on that site. Looks like maybe this Dallas one is going for that offset levels look, just with much shorter buildings. Interesting you brought that up, it also reminds me of another project in Jersey City: Journal Squared, Handle Architects https://s3-us-wes...
- 23 Jun 2020 09:18
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
- Replies: 281
- Views: 177819
- 21 Jun 2020 12:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
- Replies: 148
- Views: 95048
Re: Oaklawn: Old Parkland
Wow didn't realize it was approved. This will be an interesting addition1
- 13 May 2020 02:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: The Link at Uptown
- Replies: 215
- Views: 172518
Re: The Link at Uptown
Very nice! It will be exciting to see what pops up next door!
- 13 May 2020 02:42
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Issues/News
- Topic: Legacy West Retail
- Replies: 518
- Views: 510321
Re: Legacy West
I actually kind of like this one, its a little more unique.
- 29 Mar 2020 01:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
- Replies: 681
- Views: 623491
Re: DD: 1401 Elm and Thompson Hotel
Had notice 2 stripes whole stripes were fully lit up the other morning. It looked really nice can’t wait to see them all!
- 12 Feb 2020 11:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Dallas: Kroger
- Replies: 73
- Views: 53369
Re: East Dallas: Kroger
Does anyone on here actually shop at these grocery stores in this area? Because from personal experience I find that if you don't make it into the store by around 5-6pm on a week day to any of the central Dallas Kroger or Tom-Thumbs, the produce and meats are pretty depleted along with lower stock o...
- 06 Feb 2020 04:06
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Knox Park: Modera Katy Trail (14ST)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16886
Re: Mill Creek Residential (14ST)
What happened to toll brothers project that was near Mockingbird station by the Highland Hotel? https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/2018/02/22/business-vacant-field-near-mockingbird-central-become-20-story-building/ The other two Toll Brother's project currently going up, the high-rise in Oak Lawn and...
- 05 Feb 2020 03:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: The Cedars Developments
- Replies: 252
- Views: 221621
Re: The Cedars Developments
It seems like this project is more overdue than ambitious, it's right across the highway from some of the hottest neighborhoods and most expensive real estate in Dallas. It even has some successful assets in the neighborhood that is not to far away (i.e. Alamo Draft-house, Four corners, etc.). And i...
- 31 Jan 2020 06:50
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
- Replies: 242
- Views: 116877
Re: KDC & Miyama Project - 30 ST
So, Park District Residences is either 32, 33 or 34 stories depending on what web page you find describing it. Looking at the rendering in this pic, this 30 floor Miyami tower towers above Park Districts 30 plus story tower. Just pointing that out. But aren’t office floor heights usually taller tha...
- 10 Dec 2019 02:19
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 457
- Views: 336755
Re: I-345
Loop 12 is called Buckner Boulevard in some parts, Northwest Highway in other parts. Ledbetter Drive in others, it's all just semantics. If you replace I-345 with a 6 lane Boulevard or a 6 lane one way DNT-HarryHines/Harwood equivalent Or if you try to feed I-345 through the grid... The result is t...
- 26 Nov 2019 01:34
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Rowlett: Crystal Lagoon
- Replies: 51
- Views: 43074
Re: Rowlett: Crystal Lagoon
So, why did Dallas sell this land? I think something like this at this location would be more directly beneficial to the residents of Rowlett, Rockwall, and Garland than what it would a majority of Dallas residents so therefore I doubt the City of Dallas would have pushed for such a risky developme...
- 07 Oct 2019 13:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793076
Re: Victory Park 3.0
Yes there is a hotel and residential tower proposed in the Design District by JMJ Development, same company behind the “Asian themed” hotel and condo on Turtle Creek, check the Design District thread.
- 06 Oct 2019 22:49
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793076
Re: Victory Park 3.0
I wonder if the Hard Rock Cafe closing has anything to do with the proposed Hard Rock Hotel?
- 23 Sep 2019 20:51
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Plano: misc. developments
- Replies: 88
- Views: 65551
Re: Plano: misc. developments
I don't see what's wrong with a suburb being a suburb.
- 28 Aug 2019 15:34
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812713
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
I love this addition, I was already beginning to wonder when we would see more creative features added to Deep Ellum new builds.
- 27 Aug 2019 21:16
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
- Replies: 135
- Views: 162202
Re: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
Well, they supposedly started back up after the crane was disconnected from the job site and left sitting across the Elan. They started this week removing the crane out of Elan but I imagine the Tom Thumb store side has been delayed without a crane. Ok interesting, as I recently noticed they instal...
- 12 Aug 2019 14:56
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
- Replies: 767
- Views: 561717
Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Ubers financial health has me scared though. I think most of the fear with Uber has to do with the fact that the Media does not like Uber due to past conflicts and typically they only spread stories to make people nervous of the future of this company despite the fact that it's financials seem to m...
- 19 Jul 2019 11:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
- Replies: 173
- Views: 132217
Re: Deep Ellum: Hines Project - 2700 Commerce
Interesting! I actually like this one a lot, potentially that is. If they do a good job of making this look like a historic building with a modern addition on top, kind of like what they are trying to do with the historic garage in the West End. But it all depends on the final outcome but it does ha...
- 17 Jul 2019 11:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
- Replies: 143
- Views: 132994
Re: Downtown Dallas: Thanks-Giving Square
That's interesting to know! I visited the square a few months ago and was wondering what all the complaints were about as it looked nice to me. Little did I know it just had some work done.
- 17 Jul 2019 10:57
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Cliff: Wynnewood Village
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19497
Re: Oak Cliff: Wynnewood Village
I believe they will have no issues financially with the demographics of this area is area. Homes prices in this area are actually on the higher side nowadays and for someone to be able to afford a home in this area, they should be able to afford a $45 gym membership or a $15 movie ticket if they wan...
- 17 Jul 2019 10:52
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
- Replies: 543
- Views: 506062
Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
So by the looks of the base they are indeed building the Flora lofts portion along side the Atelier Tower?
- 15 Jul 2019 23:40
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793076
Re: Victory Park 3.0
BTW, I visited VP a few weeks ago to get a taste of the new nightlife scene and I have to say I was whether impressed! It's still only a few venues but Hero and Dibs where both pretty active not packed but relatively active. It was very busy at Billy Can Can and a few other restaurants down the stre...
- 08 Jul 2019 16:35
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Victory Park 3.0
- Replies: 918
- Views: 793076
Re: Victory Park 3.0
Why are the designs of Dallas high-rises so boring? If you look at the building designs in other cities like Seattle, Austin, Amsterdam, etc, you'll see some creativity. This looks like every other 15-20 story high-rise that's popped up over the last 5 years. Ok please tell me what 15-20 building i...
- 03 Jul 2019 16:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn
- Replies: 810
- Views: 1415948
Re: Oak Lawn
So I noticed I couple of days ago that there is something called “Maple Street Food Hall” being built into a vacant buliding on maple ave next to Ojeda’s restaurant. I noticed early in the year they had bulldozed a building or 2 next to the vacant site and built a large surface lot.
- 18 Jun 2019 19:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas - Fountain Place
- Replies: 119
- Views: 108261
Re: Downtown Dallas - Fountain Place
Tnexster wrote:South face of the parking garage is finally getting some glass.
Beat me to it, saw that as well!
- 14 Jun 2019 23:09
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: The Cedars: Old City Park & Dallas Heritage Village
- Replies: 25
- Views: 30420
Re: The Cedars: Old City Park & Dallas Heritage Village
exelone31 wrote:Hopefully there is no "old wiring" in either of these buildings.
Yeah this part of the Cedars lost a lot of its magic with the loss of the Ambassador. Its like if Cinderella's castle at Disney World got burned down.
- 14 Jun 2019 19:05
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812713
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
Whats going on with the lots around exposition and main? The one random yellow house building and the old tattoo shop are fenced up. Bummer. A New 7-Eleven (Complete With Gas Pumps And All) Will Open In Deep Ellum’s Eastern Edge In 2020, Replacing A Popular Instagram Photo Shoot Destination. https:...
- 02 Jun 2019 04:40
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
- Replies: 636
- Views: 666556
Re: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
Mockingbird Diner Closes Was it the staff? The size? Restaurateur 'befuddled' over Mockingbird Diner's closure https://www.guidelive.com/food-and-drink/2019/06/01/mockingbird-diner-closed-near-dallas-love-field-airport Anybody else try this place besides me? The ownership was arrogant and rude. You...
- 28 May 2019 05:17
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: The Cedars Developments
- Replies: 252
- Views: 221621
Re: The Cedars Developments
Looks like it's a total loss.
- 04 May 2019 22:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
- Replies: 426
- Views: 444512
Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
I’m glad to hear there will be some residential included in this development. I don't think there will be residential included in this project, the residential they were referring to was the residential tower that was approved to be added to the Cabana Hotel along 35. The article made it easy to co...
- 25 Apr 2019 13:03
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas Developments
- Replies: 185
- Views: 147583
Re: West Dallas Developments
Saw over the last week or so that two projects appear to have broken ground. The Toll Brothers site on W Commerce and Pittman has been moving dirt and is the most active of the two. https://dallas.towers.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/TollBros-W-Dallas-Apts.jpg And on W Commerce and Beckle...
- 24 Mar 2019 00:29
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Red Bird Mall
- Replies: 109
- Views: 87989
Re: Red Bird Mall
Construction should pick up on Tuesday, hearing that Brodsky has changed some of the plans and will cut up the old mall into even more pieces basically gutting the mall. This will no longer be a mall at all and will be a series of office buildings with some retail scattered about in between the off...
- 22 Mar 2019 20:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Arts District: Hall Arts Hotel & Residences
- Replies: 318
- Views: 305092
Re: Arts District: Hall Arts Hotel & Residences
Maybe need to see this in full sunlight but I work nearby and this building is hideous. The glass or whatever design you'd call what they have on the Ross side is really not pleasant to look at. Weird I've seen this building in full daylight and think it looks nice. Plus its rare to find new reside...
- 14 Feb 2019 20:54
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: The Link at Uptown
- Replies: 215
- Views: 172518
Re: The Link at Uptown
Seems rather tall!
- 23 Jan 2019 09:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
- Replies: 148
- Views: 131301
Re: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
^^^^ Agreed, this is definitely not a reflection of the market as a whole. The dream hotel has been in limbo from the start, the fact that even came back to life is quite shocking. Plus there are 2 upscale hotels that recently started near by showing it's quite possible to move development of this s...
- 20 Jan 2019 21:45
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
- Replies: 670
- Views: 611937
- 12 Jan 2019 04:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 812713
- 12 Jan 2019 04:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
- Replies: 137
- Views: 108841
Re: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
Trinity Grove phase 2 apartments https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4910/32753034538_d058b6f421_b.jpg Trinity Groves Apartments by Thymant , on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7825/46627209931_aec5b214b5_b.jpg Trinity Groves Apartments by Thymant , on Flickr