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Matt777

Dazzling Dallas.

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Have there been any announcements on tenants for any of these spaces, or are they all vacant at the moment? That's a solid amount of additional retail for this area, and it'll be nice once they are all filled up. I haven't seen anything released but how nice would it be to get one of Target's mini ...

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Will the National be adding retail to the base of the tower? I haven’t read anything about any retail being signed to this project. I remember old renderings adding national brands but haven’t heard anything since the new owners took it over. Hopefully they’ll be able to attract some stores that ar...

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Wow, restaurants on the 49th and 50th floors. Should be amazing views and hopefully a food experience to match. Now that Five Sixty at Reunion Tower is closed, are these the highest restaurants in Dallas? It's a bit strange that we don't have more high floor restaurants considering the attraction th...

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Cru Hemp Lounge, which was founded in Atlanta a decade ago by businessman and reality-show hanger-on Dennis McKinley, plans to open a location in Deep Ellum in December 2021. https://dallas.eater.com/2020/10/15/21517737/dennis-mckinley-opening-cru-hemp-lounge-dallas-real-housewives-of-atlanta-porsh...

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I’ve tried to ignore the drama between our current presidential administration and TikTok of China, but a recent quote from the president noted that Oracle and Walmart were going to buy TikTok and relocate the HQ to the US, “likely Texas.” Eventual employment in the US was stated to be around 25,000...

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nimepac812 wrote:Does anyone know when the building will be available for leasing?

Preleasing should begin in November for Feb 2021 move ins. Studios should start at $1900+, 1 bedrooms at $2500+, 2 beds at $4600+.

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I was bored tonight and drove around Trinity Groves, Downtown, and Deep Ellum. It sure was crowded and lively. Downtown seemed almost as busy as before the pandemic, especially around the AT&T Discovery District. Deep Ellum wasn't as busy as a pre-pandemic Friday night, but it was still quite li...

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A makeover for the ugliest building in Dallas The latest reason for concern is the selection, announced Thursday, of the architecture firms Weiss/Manfredi and Malone Maxwell Dennehy for the remaking of the decommissioned Jesse R. Dawson State Jail. New York-based Weiss/Manfredi will be the lead des...

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Thats awesome, great exposure, show is so popular on netflix right now I think so too, but we'll see. I'm on episode 2. If they follow the whole country fried redneck president killin' stereotype, it might be negative exposure. Anecdotally, many people I know think that "Dallas" killed JF...

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Thats awesome, great exposure, show is so popular on netflix right now I think so too, but we'll see. I'm on episode 2. If they follow the whole country fried redneck president killin' stereotype, it might be negative exposure. Anecdotally, many people I know think that "Dallas" killed JF...

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Thats awesome, great exposure, show is so popular on netflix right now I think so too, but we'll see. I'm on episode 2. If they follow the whole country fried redneck president killin' stereotype, it might be negative exposure. Anecdotally, many people I know think that "Dallas" killed JF...

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The new second season of "The Umbrella Academy" takes place in Dallas in the early 1960's (multiple years, 1960-64 since the characters time travel and are dropped off in different years). Some nice shots of the Downtown skyline in the background, while it's filmed in a neighborhood that r...

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Love it.

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Maybe a Technology & Culture Museum too? I think I've mentioned the idea before. Document the invention of the microchip in Dallas. Other inventions like liquid paper, drive-in restaurant. Cultural icon exhibits like the State Fair itself, the origin and development of the city, exhibits on Neim...

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Steve Brown calls it an apartment "block" which conjures up images of a typical stick built Dallas donut, but with 280 units on such a small parcel of land it sounds like we might get a midrise here. I'm guesstimating about 10 floors of apartments on top of 2-3 floors of garage? An undergr...

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Has anybody heard anything new about the Braniff hostess academy redevelopment at Wycliff and the DNT? I keep dreaming about a residential conversion (so I can live there) but last I heard it was going hotel and boutique office. Both of those real estate sectors are doing poorly, so I would think bo...

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Yuck. I don't like the "refresh." It looks outdated. The original design is sleek and cool. Just clean it up and replace materials, but don't change the original architectural vision.

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Someone should prank these NIMBYs, tell them that all their hard work and complaining has paid off, and the developer has scrapped their mixed use, walkable plans and will line the street with LOW density developments. Then, as the NIMBYs hiss and cheer, announce the new tenant lineup, drive thru re...

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Wow, it looks like they're pretty serious about at least starting that One Newpark building early next year. I'd rather have the district start going up all at once rather than piecemeal, but at least it's a start. The modern architecture should be a nice addition. With such a grand vision, I wonder...

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The tower design isn't my favorite but it's not bad either. It looks like 99% of what's going up in Austin and the gen Z seems to like that look.

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Maybe there is a relo looking hard at central city. If so some of these FAA inquiries could make sense. If that's the case, I wonder who it would be and who would need that large of a tower? Tesla, CVS/Aetna, Verizon, Wells Fargo (rumored to be leaving SF), or maybe Amazon realized their mistake? T...

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Whenever Mandarin Oriental decides to try to come to Dallas, we have a global economic crash.... True, but this isn't the development for which the Mandarin Oriental is/was slated. Which hotel is included in this development? So many hotels announced new projects at once, and it got hard to track.

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In looking at March 26, 2020 census.gov data, RELEASE NUMBER CB20-53, it shows Dallas County grew by 6,166 year-over-year July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2019: Population increased slightly, but only due to births over deaths. More live folks voting with their feet moved out than moved in. Fiscal 2019 birt...

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Whenever Mandarin Oriental decides to try to come to Dallas, we have a global economic crash....

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^hahaha the typos and mission statement about prestigious living... for some reason I was just reminded of a thread on the old forum... Does anyone else remember the Turtle Creek luxury report? Was that the Rosewood character? Oh wow, that was so long ago.... I think I was still a teenager when I s...

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http://theswisstower.com/aerial_views.php This showed up on the Deep Ellum fb thread. Wouldn't the proposed D2 line go straight through this? I believe the tunnel portal would be right on this site. The renderings show the current DART station that will be removed, so I don't think this is recent o...

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If that were true, would Texas Instruments have settled for owning only a cross-licensing agreement about the intellectual property? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_integrated_circuit Even your own article says that Jack Kilby invented the first prototype at TI.The first microchip ...

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Nice to be listed. Also embarrassing to have had that much opportunity, be in that kind of company, and yet the city's lasting original contributions to global civilization are the Texas donut apartment block, graphing calculators, Mary Kay marketing mantras, and the inspiration for Outkast's "...

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Does anyone know why Dallas isn't much of a high rise condo city? Also what building would you live in, all things considered? Also, I'd add that I personally think our highrise condo developers have not produced the best product/location in Dallas, which lead to not the hottest sales, and have cre...

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I haven't been to the new Primo's in Uptown, but the initial Yelp reviews are terrible. 2.5 stars rating right now. The space looks nice, but the food looks ho-hum.

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Looks like the HQ for Doublemint gum. We’ve all been asking for new condo inventory that isn’t ultra lux highrise.... and this is what we get? If this sells poorly (which it may with that design), then it sets things back. If they would have left off the horrible outlandish detailing and just made i...

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Does anyone recognize what the left side of the table contains? Lots of towers but It has to be another area of town. It goes right over 35.

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Is this an old development concept for the Northend apartments that I missed? I saw it on Facebook as the cover photo for a DMN article. It’s called “The Interweave.” Fitting name as it would weave together Uptown, Harwood, and Victory Park. I don’t want to speculate but it almost looks like indoor ...

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Samantha Brown created a Dallas episode of her PBS TV series "Places to Love." She did the city right, and it was a beautiful, authentic representation of our city. I feel like it will challenge outsiders preconceived notions of Dallas, and hopefully even some of our suburban residents who...

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Good stuff. The neighbors are sure to go crazy but if they want the constant turnover of shops and restaurants in that area to stop, there needs to be a little density added. A medium amount of well designed multi family residential and some office will do this area a world of good.

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Crazy to think most of that was supposed to be a Sam’s Club and fast food. So true. I was at the first community meeting with the developers after the Sam's Club was revealed, and was spewed BS when I asked them questions about their crap development and illegal zoning process. It feels good to see...

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Uno Mas opens the 28th, Barcelona "sometime next week," and Enrique Tomas opened yesterday. Also, today, these rather large decorative lightpoles are beginning to be installed. I like them. I especially like that they'll make walking down Henderson feel much safer. I really like this choi...

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I miss the funky old houses on Lemmon, or at least the handful that were left at the turn of the century. If we had torn them down for something urban it might have been worth it, but what replaced these homes really set us back. Add the Avon apartment building to the list, replaced by a parking lo...

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That's some expensive paint. Could they not have installed colored tiles/bricks for $128k? Which would be way longer lasting than paint?

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Does anyone else think the proposed El Centro relocation site is too far from most transit for comfort? I feel like one of the main things the current campus has going for it is that it's in the epicenter of transit. Directly on 4 DART Lines and next to the West End bus transfer station. I know this...

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We may be adding Truluck’s to the list of closings soon. Developer Trammell Crow plans new Uptown Dallas tower project: McKinney Avenue high-rise would be next door to the Crescent https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/02/06/developer-trammell-crow-plans-new-uptown-dallas-tower-proje...

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This will be a catalyst for the revival of that area. Do I see a frame-like structure in the profile of the old Ambassador? I'm talking about the right side corner of the building on the right.

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I wonder how feasible it would be to turn all of Jackson into a pedestrian walkway, now that part of it at AT&T is pedestrian only now. Maybe with small slivers of 1 lane limited auto access for the buildings that absolutely need it (ie: the Statler).

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Rainbow Pegasus statues for the gateways. Let’s do it.

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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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Anyone know why they removed Queso Beso's cool-ish neon sign? This photo is from a few weeks ago before it opened.. went and had lunch there today and it was gone. How is the grub? I went by on Saturday evening (starving), but couldn't get myself to go in. The decor is so odd, and the lighting temp...

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Pints and Quarts was a VERY mediocre burger joint that charged around $15+ for a basic cheeseburger, fries, and soda. Anything additional took you closer to $20. I’m not surprised at all that they’ve closed both locations. If Rodeo Goat opened a location in the same spot with their fantastic product...

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I take issue with the idea that putting a new baseball facility in Reverchron that a private entity can use from time to time takes away park land. It enhances it and the park board was very upfront about not paving over Reverchron for parking lots and these proposals didn't propose that at all so ...

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It's a sad realization that instead of saying the city should fix what's broken, that everyone resorts to "let's privatize it" and at the same time reduce park land in THE most embarrassingly under-parked major city in America. Even Houston, HOUSTON, slams Dallas in this respect. Everyone ...

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