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by mhainli
12 Mar 2024 16:35
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Replies: 44
Views: 7410

Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project

Financially, having the D-FW link obviously increases ridership and viability of the D-H link, as well as providing more riders back and forth within DFW (both for events and commuter type, as noted by IcedCowboyCoffee). You're making an assumption that sounds logical but is probably 180 degrees of...
by mhainli
10 Mar 2024 21:53
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)
Replies: 71
Views: 20899

Re: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)

More local media outlets are picking up the story that Reunion Tower & the Hyatt Regency will be torn down to accommodate the new HSR to Ft. Worth. As you would predict, the backlash and outrage from Dallasites is fast & furious. I can't imagine the politicians involved with this project ca...
by mhainli
09 Mar 2024 18:01
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)
Replies: 71
Views: 20899

Re: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)

Personally, I don't see the Hunts moving forward on this development, HSR or not. The Convention Center will have to show that Dallas is still a destination city for conventions. Las Vegas is the #1 market by far for these kinds of gatherings. Dallas just doesn't have that kind of drawing power tha...
by mhainli
08 Mar 2024 23:19
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Replies: 44
Views: 7410

Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project

I don't think Arlington has the money to pay for a transit system unless they dramatically increase their property tax income or sales tax income. Property tax income is potentially possible; dramatically increasing their sales tax income is almost impossible. I agree that something to turn HSR int...
by mhainli
08 Mar 2024 16:46
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Replies: 44
Views: 7410

Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project

I don't think Arlington has the money to pay for a transit system unless they dramatically increase their property tax income or sales tax income. Property tax income is potentially possible; dramatically increasing their sales tax income is almost impossible. I agree that something to turn HSR int...
by mhainli
08 Mar 2024 12:09
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Replies: 44
Views: 7410

Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project

As I wrote before, it will be very expensive to get HSR between FW and D, which seems foolish because TRE already exists. The TRE takes around an hour to do so. The proposed HSR line will take around 30 minutes. So NCTCOG is proposing spending around $11 Billion to save around 30 minutes. That's $3...
by mhainli
08 Mar 2024 08:37
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Replies: 44
Views: 7410

Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project

Council member Paul Ridley is making way more sense about this than anything Michael Morris is spouting. I think we have a responsibility nine years after that legislative agenda was passed to look at whether it still makes sense today. I doubt very much that even the 2015 council would have writte...
by mhainli
08 Mar 2024 06:36
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Victory Park: AIRE residential (23ST)
Replies: 31
Views: 4952

Re: Victory Park: AIRE residential (23ST)

CTroyMathis wrote:Yes, they most certainly put the height of the structure as including "above mean sea level'. That's quite a glaring document mistake.

Also noticed a few misspelled words, so not much QC of that document..
by mhainli
07 Mar 2024 23:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)
Replies: 71
Views: 20899

Re: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)

Do you know what the plans are for the people mover shown running under the HSR tracks at Union Station, shown on page 25 of the powerpoint presentation you linked? Would that be a people mover from Union Station to the Convention Center to the HSR station? That would be an amazingly connective lin...
by mhainli
06 Mar 2024 22:05
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)
Replies: 71
Views: 20899

Re: Reunion (Tower, hotel, and??)

Surprising that Hunt would oppose this, because it seems they would be the biggest benefactor. The people mover walkway under the train tracks would connect through the spine of the Hunt property, provided multiple connections to the rail station, convention center, Cedars, etc. Their land values wo...
by mhainli
04 Mar 2024 16:14
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

They're building green space in front of it, but if I'm being honest the way that the Galleria is built with garages that directly connect to the buildings, this probably won't be used that much. I've been to the Galleria many times and I've never been on the Alley. You can easily miss it from the ...
by mhainli
03 Mar 2024 22:33
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

They're building green space in front of it, but if I'm being honest the way that the Galleria is built with garages that directly connect to the buildings, this probably won't be used that much. I've been to the Galleria many times and I've never been on the Alley. You can easily miss it from the ...
by mhainli
03 Mar 2024 18:32
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

When did The Blue Fish close at the Galleria? Now apparently Watters Creek is their only Texas location. They really have had bad luck with the Alley, hopefully some other sushi restaurant will replace it. Google shows the Dallas Greenville Ave location as open. Did that close? Was that the origina...
by mhainli
04 Jan 2024 14:44
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Replies: 63
Views: 10114

Re: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.

The AAC will be 30 years old when the lease runs out in 2031. Not likely that a new arena will be ready by then, especially if the new owners are waiting for casino gambling to pass in Texas. My guess is that in the meantime various assemblages of land will be acquired ready for that day or more lik...
by mhainli
31 Dec 2023 08:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
Replies: 410
Views: 245301

Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District

The biggest potential in downtown right now is the opportunity to integrate the three adjacent master plans - smart district, convention center and hunt reunion, could even throw in Matthew's Southside. Yes indeed. Hope city leaders and these property owners are thinking this and planning according...
by mhainli
23 Dec 2023 18:29
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Replies: 63
Views: 10114

Re: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Eric Johnson was interviewed on CBS 11 last night, said that Cuban has promised to not take the Mavs out of Dallas, and Johnson just assumes he will be true to his word. I hope that was not just a fluffy answer to a media interviewer. He sounded like a guy who is sitting on his hands waiting for th...
by mhainli
20 Dec 2023 14:10
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Replies: 63
Views: 10114

Re: Mavs arena-hotel by Las Vegas Sands Corp.

I'm completely lost on what a sports arena has to do with gambling, and what value add they create by putting them in the same complex. Las Vegas is replacing old casinos with sports arenas, and putting them around their 'downtown' because that's where the people are. Dallas is doing basically the ...
by mhainli
14 Dec 2023 12:01
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

acclar11 wrote:https://6437794.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6437794/Leasing%20Files/Galleria%20Dallas/GAD_Lease%20Plan%20(All%20Levels).pdf

Uniqlo possibly opening next to Mango?


Per the link above, Uniqlo is shown on Level 1 and Level 2. Possible that it could be 2 level store or is that a mistake?
by mhainli
05 Oct 2023 21:59
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352535

Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd

Is it just me or does the Goldman Sachs rendering look like an oversized 70s office building??
by mhainli
03 Oct 2023 07:16
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418681

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

That whole West Village area is in a funk. They could probable open a Central Market in the existing store in a few months and make it just like the Lovers location. At this point I will be ok with that as the option seems to be let that ugly building and land sit empty for years more. I haven’t be...
by mhainli
02 Oct 2023 12:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418681

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

I heard a rumor that HEB is considering scraping the high rises for a regular Central Market here. Anyone else heard rumblings like this? This is what I think will ultimately happen here. The market for their office tower and residential tower has deteriorated due to competition breaking ground in ...
by mhainli
29 Sep 2023 10:54
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Two Arts Plaza
Replies: 37
Views: 18094

Re: Two Arts Plaza

In that link, the bird’s eye view of the development shows the old renderings, where the TwoArts building had the safe, boring design. I guess Billingsley missed updating that view. I like the newer stair stepped building design a lot more, but is it even realistic for our local risk-averse develope...
by mhainli
22 Sep 2023 10:48
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
Replies: 232
Views: 106755

Re: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~30 ST)

KWP is the gift that keeps on giving, and also a curse. Interesting to watch, and actually Uptown is having a really good run right now. Downtown, not so much. I think when I first came to Dallas the downtown vacancy rate was 40%, guess we are back there again. We shouldn’t lament this BA move too ...
by mhainli
09 Sep 2023 23:12
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352535

Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd

The city needs to do something dramatic Downtown to bring an energy back. Frankly, they need something iconic to draw interest. I know this sounds off the wall, but I've imagined a huge statue, and by that, I mean a 10 to 15 story statue of Pegasus that would also include aspects like climbing into...
by mhainli
30 Aug 2023 21:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90294

Re: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)

Laura Miller's legacy to Dallas was blocking the return of the Cowboys to their home city, thwarting developments across Dallas, & trying to stop new ideas/developments to make Dallas move forward. She is the ultimate NIMBY. Yes, Laura Miller, also known as “Madam No” and the “best mayor of Dal...
by mhainli
29 Aug 2023 18:06
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90294

Re: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)

Laura Miller's legacy to Dallas was blocking the return of the Cowboys to their home city, thwarting developments across Dallas, & trying to stop new ideas/developments to make Dallas move forward. She is the ultimate NIMBY. Yes, Laura Miller, also known as “Madam No” and the “best mayor of Dal...
by mhainli
27 Aug 2023 14:44
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
Replies: 198
Views: 93446

Re: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 27 ST)

I doubt the Harwood “District” will ever feel like a district to me. Over ten years ago I mentioned to one of their senior executives that they needed to work with the city to figure out a way to get the one way streets turned into two ways. Hard to have a “district” that feels like a district with...
by mhainli
24 Aug 2023 23:16
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Cityplace East: 2711 N. Haskell
Replies: 87
Views: 51354

Re: Cityplace East: 2711 N. Haskell

tamtagon wrote:What hotel brand? Is that where Neiman visitors will stay?

Hotel Intercontinental I believe…
by mhainli
18 Aug 2023 13:58
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418681

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

I don’t get it. Always thought this development had a better chance of success than the myriad of other proposals in the area. Great location and demographics for a CM. Also, whether a companion apartment tower or the original office proposal, there would be nothing in DFW with an attached mega gro...
by mhainli
17 Aug 2023 20:16
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418681

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

I don’t get it. Always thought this development had a better chance of success than the myriad of other proposals in the area. Great location and demographics for a CM. Also, whether a companion apartment tower or the original office proposal, there would be nothing in DFW with an attached mega groc...
by mhainli
07 Aug 2023 19:02
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

Parking issues did not impede sales at the Galleria back in the heyday so why on earth would it in today's world of less retail and in person shopping. The issue is not parking it is a stale unchanged concept of what a retail mall looks like today. Change or fail. True, *BUT*, the Galleria also did...
by mhainli
06 Aug 2023 22:10
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

Maybe a large, conventional, convenient and inviting, open surface lot visible from freeway could just be -- in place of the ever popular green roof -- on the roof of a new Dave and Busters', to make more of the prime space? That’s actually a great example of outside the box thinking very much need...
by mhainli
06 Aug 2023 15:14
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

Maybe a large, conventional, convenient and inviting, open surface lot visible from freeway could just be -- in place of the ever popular green roof -- on the roof of a new Dave and Busters', to make more of the prime space? That’s actually a great example of outside the box thinking needed for thi...
by mhainli
05 Aug 2023 15:08
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

Lots of good ideas. I hope these type options are being considered but I have doubts. My general goals for the important southern part of the site would be: tear down Blue Garage, Gap bldg, and a portion of mall if it cannot be repurposed as is (i.e. 3 level Dave &. Busters with center atrium?)....
by mhainli
04 Aug 2023 22:44
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

The Galleria is a a tipping point. It needs to downsize the retail aspect of the development and the retail industry continues to downsize. NorthPark is going to attract the boutique stores, while they will skip stores in The Galleria. The owners need to proceed with their plans to demo the South w...
by mhainli
31 Jul 2023 22:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352535

Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd

eburress wrote:I wonder if our form of city government is part of the problem. A bunch of bickering people who only care about their own districts, rather than a strong mayor with a singular, cohesive vision.


That is a large part of the problem.
by mhainli
29 Jul 2023 21:48
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90294

Re: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)

The massing is horrible. Think of the views from the apartments on the west side of that building, exactly lined up with the office building that is only, what, maybe 90 feet away? Well, at least they won't be bothered by the westerly sun (or any direct sunlight, for that matter). Yes, this is a ho...
by mhainli
28 Jul 2023 22:31
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)
Replies: 253
Views: 90294

Re: DTD: Field Street District - Phase I (~405FT | 33 ST + 26 ST)

Am I missing something here or is it just me that these developers pretend they’re building in Salt Lake City. But really why in the world would they not just stack em to conserve space for future growth. Costs per SF start going up and leasable area per floor starts going down as you add more floo...
by mhainli
26 Jul 2023 14:19
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 26 ST)
Replies: 198
Views: 93446

Re: Harwood District: No.14 (388 FT / 27 ST)

Here's the thing about Harwood... They show us flashy photos, the end result never looks anything like the proposal, but in a swath of bland architecture that is Dallas, I think an argument can be made that Harwood at least pushes the envelope on design more than anyone else developing here. AND th...
by mhainli
24 Jul 2023 19:36
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
Replies: 191
Views: 67951

Re: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)

Is anyone else surprised at the height? I live nearby and this is squarely in Love Field's flightpath. They asked the FAA for 528'. The FAA Determination allows them to go to 477'. So I don't know why there would be surprise at the height of 464'. My surprise at the height is more about the OLC not...
by mhainli
06 Jul 2023 14:58
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Energy Plaza
Replies: 149
Views: 53578

Re: Downtown Dallas: Energy Plaza

I drive through downtown about 2 to 3 times a month and it's usually pretty busy. My main issues with downtown is it needs more residents and retail for them to walk not drive to (grocery stores in particular). The other issue is I wish they would redo the area around Dealey Plaza. I know it's a da...
by mhainli
26 Jun 2023 20:04
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

On the soon to be vacant American Girl, if adding value to the entire site is the owner’s main goal, seems like a hotel or residential tower does that with minimal impacts to mall operations/future plans. Since AG is near the corner, separate driveway entrances on the Frontage Road and possibly Alp...
by mhainli
26 Jun 2023 14:02
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

On the soon to be vacant American Girl, if adding value to the entire site is the owner’s main goal, seems like a hotel or residential tower does that with minimal impacts to mall operations/future plans. Since AG is near the corner, separate driveway entrances on the Frontage Road and possibly Alph...
by mhainli
21 Jun 2023 22:25
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

I don't think the outdoor component is necessary. The one implemented at Willow Bend was always odd and forgotten. The thing about that outdoor section is that it connects to just nothing . I remember this even in the 90s when malls were thriving with basically no vacancies: some malls just have wa...
by mhainli
21 Jun 2023 18:01
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
Replies: 449
Views: 322069

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

Tnexster wrote:
R1070 wrote:Dallas developers are going to have to embrace mixed use more to be able to develop in the core. Austin developments have done well in this regard.


Is Hillwood capable of embracing mixed use?

No.
by mhainli
18 Jun 2023 19:18
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
Replies: 449
Views: 322069

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

rickbansal wrote:Hillwood has been hold for decades

Yes, Perot was conservative when conservative wasn’t cool. :D
by mhainli
15 Jun 2023 11:30
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

Your comment goes to the point that "location, location, location" may be the three biggest tailwinds in real estate but not the only decisive ones... However AFAIK the five closest malls to Northpark are Galleria Dallas, Town East, Irving Mall, Grapevine Mills, and Vista Ridge in Lewisvi...
by mhainli
14 Jun 2023 16:39
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

I, in turn, would be interested in your, and others', thoughts about how your guesses matched up with this excerpt --- and then how your perception of future 2024+ Galleria management priorities compares to what this revealed about the priorities of Galleria management in 1981. Good stuff I45Tex. I...
by mhainli
13 Jun 2023 17:17
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

People notice that Hines reused the skating rink court idea here that had been a hit in Houston at his first cottonfield edge city experiment. There is an excellent Texas Monthly article from more than 30 years ago whose writer carefully describes (with interviews!) incremental enhancements of the ...
by mhainli
10 Jun 2023 12:34
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345748

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

A simple answer but this is really it for me: I go to North Park a lot and buy a lot of stuff and like it because I park in the new garages and easily walk in. I avoid Galleria because the parking situation is terrible. Yes indeed, the “ramp type” and oddly shaped garages at Gal are a big negative....