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dollaztx

Not many people talking about this but I hope something good comes out of Hurricane Harvey and Texas politicians stop getting on the way of turning this into reality. Would have really helped relocate lots of people in the Houston area to N Texas quickly. When a hurricane is heading to the Texas coa...

dollaztx

I love it. I believe the whole Fountain Place complex overall will easily turn into one of the most desirable places to work in Dallas once it's fully built-out. Hopefully another 80's towers will want to mimick what Fountain Place is currently doing. It would be nice to hear that BOA for example ha...

dollaztx

U.S. Census Bureau released population growth estimates for July 1, 2015-July 1, 2016 this morning: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/cb17-81-population-estimates-subcounty.html The City of Dallas was the 2nd fastest growing in Texas and the 6th fastest growing in the nation in ac...

dollaztx

Matt777 wrote:The rooftop is finally open. It has a small dipping pool, seating areas, fire pit. The view is very nice.

Very nice view. Can you imagine if Little Mexico was a park from that first pic? It would be our small version of Central Park surrounded with towers of unobstructed parkland.

dollaztx

This has been fun and it's a cool-looking, intriguing design. But I suspect we'll be filing this Norman Foster building away with the Spires and Victory Tower/Mandarin Oriental Hotel, etc. We'll just have to see. https://sway.com/L6WeXwbxQKgsvP9m Recent U/C starts are missing like the Epic but grea...

dollaztx

This supertall needs to be mixed use. A mixed use makes more sense than one use, just as leverage in case of market slowdowns. Any supertall and any skyscraper built in this city should have a hard focus on pedestrian friendly ground levels that both connects to the public and gives homage to the c...

dollaztx

To me, a supertall would make more sense in the CBD if the majority of empty lots were already taken, there was still a lot of demand, and not much more room to build. Again, that's just me personally. I'm not as interested in making our skyline taller, I'm more interested in filling our streets wi...

dollaztx

Technically, the proposed building is "in the middle of things". It's close to Victory Park, across from Uptown, down the street from the Arts Distict and Klyde Warren Park. I can't think of a better location. And let's not forget the large millennial population in the surrounding area......

dollaztx

That would be a billion dollar bet on an area without the same perks as other supertalls west of the Mississippi. SF's new one is at a new $4.5 billion commuter hub, for instance. LA's is on their convention center corridor street, one block away from their three-level underground transit hub. The ...

dollaztx

If 2016's tends continue, Dallas will become the fastest growing metro this decade:

Population Change since 2010 Census
Dallas 807,082
Houston 851,971 +44,889

2016 Growth
Dallas 143,435 +18,430 (x3 years = 55,290)
Houston 125,005

dollaztx

Oh I know...that part of Downtown is such a dud. On the bright side though it is a mostly blank canvas, so the projects going in there have the potential to be truly transformative. This new AMLI tower sure seems like a good start! Just this along with the Fountain Place upgrades are already making...

dollaztx

In my opinion, Texas waterfront is a woefully underutilized asset and lake access is even more segregated than North vs South Dallas when compared to oceanfront access in most states. So I think these lagoons, if they catch on and can be maintained, will be one of the biggest game changers Dallas w...

dollaztx

^^All of this shows the hard sell it will be to get Arlington to join most of the rest of the Metroplex. Such a ridiculous hold-out -- if not because of the Stadiums and Six Flags, then because of UTA. Legislators really really need to allow county based transit funding mechanisms. City limit lines...

dollaztx

This morning at 2500 Pacific Work Description: NEW CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND PARKING STRUCTURE Doing business as: WESTSIDE Seems to indicate 16 stories. I believe that address is actually the Grainger lot Happy Friday If that happens it would be great to see a highrise on the other side...

dollaztx

Design Competition winners were announced on the 30th. You can see the full details of the winners here:
http://www.texascentral.com/station-competition/

Really love the Urban Design. The Evacuation Platform shown on the Brazos Valley Station is also a good idea for hurricanes.

dollaztx

tamtagon wrote:link from facebook folks citing inaccuracies....

http://www.globalconstructionreview.com ... 7an-p7ark/

HA

This made front page of reddit a couple days ago for some reason.

dollaztx

CTroyMathis wrote:Recently:

https://twitter.com/CTroyMathis/status/ ... 6388692992

Nicely taken.

dollaztx

It's a big win. It's a quantity vs quality type of scenario for downtown. It will certainly take longer to get the project finished, but the end result is another route without slicing off two neighborhoods once again. Not to mention that it can also run faster due to it not being at grade-level.

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Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

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Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt

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