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by whit5125
04 Jun 2020 14:10
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: 508 Young Street (old Dallas Morning News building)
Replies: 85
Views: 67969

Re: Downtown Dallas: 508 Young Street (old Dallas Morning News building)

Yeah, at forty stories too.....I will take it....if it happens in this current climate.
by whit5125
26 Feb 2020 15:36
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Replies: 556
Views: 454979

Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

Southwest and American AA sent out memos to all employees to go online and vote against. Do you have proof of that? Would love to be able to share that and show how BS the airline industry is when trying to kill this. I hope in 20 years this hurts Southwest and american hard, especially Southwest e...
by whit5125
09 Jun 2019 19:06
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: City Lights
Replies: 135
Views: 155791

Re: Downtown Dallas: City Lights

1 dead , 5 more critical condition.

It was a very bad storm that tore through the area but unless it was a miceoburst or a small tornado I expect lawsuits to start flying for the crane not being secure enough, or at least an attempt to from the families of the victims.
by whit5125
10 May 2019 14:51
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment
Replies: 563
Views: 530732

Re: East Quarter: ~24 Building Redevelopment

What makes these NIMBYS even more idiotic is that these sorts of development you know....raises their property values....
by whit5125
07 May 2019 14:04
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
Replies: 681
Views: 587545

Re: Downtown Dallas: The Drever

I work in Renaissance tower on the 29th floor and look at the tower every day. Trust me, the past two weeks work has really picked up on it, especially on the lower podium where they have built what looks like another level of pavilions for what will be restaurants and eventual other amenities. And ...
by whit5125
14 Feb 2019 14:21
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

I bet this was part of the plan but it kind of is a pointless and stupid plan. I do think there is a small chance that a runner up city like Dallas quietly gets a campus with a couple of thousand or more employees, because they did just chop their planned growth in half by basically dropping the new...
by whit5125
06 Dec 2018 10:23
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446229

Re: Trinity River Park

this is absolutely fantastic news. I can't wait to see what it looks like. This project will absolutely be transformative for Dallas and make the city so much prettier. with this complete by 2022 if they hit their targeted date...i wonder what will happen south of the Margaret McDermott bridge in ad...
by whit5125
05 Dec 2018 13:37
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Most Exciting Project?
Replies: 24
Views: 20702

Re: Most Exciting Project?

1. High Speed rail project 2. Trinity River Park (any news on this thing since the toll road got killed that was holding it up) 3. Smart District (would be higher but they need to get tenants now that Amazon fell through) 4. Trinity Water gardens 5. Texas Eye Ferris wheel and development 6. Ross Per...
by whit5125
14 Nov 2018 13:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Great, the smart district is going to be another dead development site turned into parking lots while KDC sits on the land and if we are lucky we get a half assed development. If they were smart they would have banked on other companies. Of course there is nothing stopping them from you know, going ...
by whit5125
13 Nov 2018 13:53
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Frisco: China Lesso Group Mixed-Use Development
Replies: 17
Views: 19507

Re: Frisco: China Lesso Group Mixed-Use Development

I honestly hope this doesn't happen , it is too far north , and if it did I really don't see it being anything more than something out on it's own surrounded by suburban houses. Plus, if this is truly going to be on the corner of the tollway and 380....dear God the traffic nightmare that will be. On...
by whit5125
13 Nov 2018 11:32
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Anyway...the selection of two east coast sites make no sense , and this was just a farce from the beginning to leverage tax incentives. My thing now is this...we have to look at the development sites and press f kr information , cause hopefully those development sites were not all banking on Amazon....
by whit5125
06 Nov 2018 13:27
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

I have been very flat about this process from the beginning and now that it is over am pleased they did not come here. We are better off gathering a multitude of smaller deals with smaller numbers than one gigantic gorilla that can then tell the city what to do. Too many good things are happening h...
by whit5125
16 Oct 2018 14:47
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Shraman South Asian Museum
Replies: 144
Views: 117201

Re: Shraman South Asian Museum

Got to be honest, there is a better use for the land than a museum that lets be honest, most people wont go to and is a little too niche of a market. I just want to see this built as originally proposed for the site in the 80's....lol https://dallasnews.imgix.net/Field-Plaza-130x300.jpg?q=30&w=2...
by whit5125
16 Oct 2018 13:46
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Top 10 Dallas-Fort Worth locations primed for Amazon HQ2 https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/10/16/top-10-dallas-fort-worth-locations-amazon-hq2.html How is Las Colinas not on this list? That is surprising. It would seem Las Colinas meets as much of Amazon's criteria as many of these sites...
by whit5125
08 Oct 2018 15:23
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Replies: 556
Views: 454979

Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

If even half of that got built, with the deck park and the surrounding plans, plus the apparant developments at the Texas Odyssey Sit, and should the Dallas Smart District actually get built, that would utterly transform Dallas. Imagine this and the Trinity River Park actually getting off of the gro...
by whit5125
14 Sep 2018 11:26
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
Replies: 681
Views: 587545

Re: Downtown Dallas: The Drever

Why am I not surprised....and why does Dallas seem to attract such asshat developers compared to other other cities I wonder. Anyway, I bet that is what Drever has been aiming for all along, to finish up the demo work on this, squeeze some bullshit money out of the city, and then flip it to a develo...
by whit5125
14 Sep 2018 10:05
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: North Dallas: Midtown
Replies: 385
Views: 760046

Re: North Dallas: Midtown

Good, took the City Damn long enough, like seriously I get government moves slow but it seems like Dallas is always a year or so behind when action should be taken. Hopefully the city beats the shit out of Beck for this in court and is able to simply take the property away from them and sell to owne...
by whit5125
13 Sep 2018 09:11
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Replies: 556
Views: 454979

Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

Ugh dont even joke about any expansion of that ugly and money sucking behemoth of a convention center that has killed about a quarter of downtown. The original portions of that thing next to city Hall absolutely should be torn down and developed into something else. It just kills the potential of th...
by whit5125
12 Sep 2018 10:52
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: De La Vega Development: Haskell & US 75
Replies: 22
Views: 26943

De La Vega Development: Haskell & US 75

Since the Xerox Campus proposal from Trammel Crow is so much different than the dense urban project of De La Vega and are two projects right next to each other yet on the same thread, I created a new thread to discuss this development and not the utter POS suburban garbage TC wants to build next to ...
by whit5125
12 Sep 2018 10:48
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
Replies: 476
Views: 1199929

Re: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment

What a shit show and I hope this POS dies in a fire. I will make a separate thread for the De-La Vega development as we will get the two confused all the time and it is so different that I think it warrants its own thread.
by whit5125
12 Sep 2018 10:40
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Yeah, the only East coast city that I ever thought was a threat to Dallas was Atlanta...maybe Philly but Dallas and Atlanta both had it beat in many of Amazon's important factors. If it is DC, it is only because Bezos wants to be there, and this was a farce. From a business standpoint having a prese...
by whit5125
28 Aug 2018 08:59
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446229

Re: Trinity River Park

Really the natural meandering river with maybe a park extended from one of the banks but still raised to avoid flooding will probably be what happens, with likely a return of the multiple urban lakes ideas in conjunction which really wouldnt be bad, so long as they also planted the necessary trees. ...
by whit5125
24 Aug 2018 12:04
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Well it can be a bad sign, it might be unrelated. Never under-estimate simple politics, or the desire to move to the private sector.
by whit5125
24 Aug 2018 10:55
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: 1700 Pacific
Replies: 38
Views: 29889

Re: 1700 Pacific

That is actually impressive to accomplish given this hot market, and that building is actually pretty nice from what I remember.

Though if you arent doing any renovation, there is your problem. This building needs a new owner or we will have ourselves another Drever, just without asbestos.
by whit5125
24 Aug 2018 09:08
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Not to mention, it may even make the city consider tearing down parts of our uselessly oversized convention center that are not needed and taking up prime real estate. This is truly the strangest hobbyhorse of the Dallas urbanism crowd- There's plenty of "prime real estate" in the form of...
by whit5125
23 Aug 2018 09:39
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446229

Re: Trinity River Park

I think the focus should be on supporting a reWILDing effort between the levees. I've never understood why we would try anything other than this. It floods and leaves a ton of mud and debris behind which then has to be cleaned up. All of that costs money and once its cleaned up it could happen agai...
by whit5125
23 Aug 2018 09:28
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: The Spire Mixed Use Project
Replies: 82
Views: 71470

Re: Arts District: The Spire Mixed Use Project

Here is how extra stupid this gets....they could just simply sell the damn land and still make a profit. They arent going to be attracting anyone to develop as clearly no one trusts them and they cant manage it in the first place. Hell they could hold on to part of the land if they really want to ge...
by whit5125
22 Aug 2018 14:25
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: The Spire Mixed Use Project
Replies: 82
Views: 71470

Re: Arts District: The Spire Mixed Use Project

Of fucking course they are. Seriously is there a mechanism other than simple eminent domain that the city can just take this land from these Asshats? There isnt even need for a parking lot on this land and they are in one of the hottest markets in the US and cant even get condominiums built....I mea...
by whit5125
22 Aug 2018 13:48
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

I want the Smart City location right next to City Hall. It redefines the CBD, is close to the up and coming Cedars, close to the high speed rail location, and would likely create the momentum to put a deck over the Canyon portion of I-30 to fully connect downtown with the Cedars. That would truly tr...
by whit5125
18 Jun 2018 10:20
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446229

Re: Trinity River Park

Is there any real update on this ? I mean the standing wave is being removed, and the Toll road was killed last year. The core of engineers already approved the design for the park that doesn't have the toll road in it years ago, so everything should be ready to go. Then on top of that 6 months ago ...
by whit5125
19 Apr 2018 11:18
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
Replies: 476
Views: 1199929

Re: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment

Wow this is very surprising and unexpected. It sure would be great if Perot would get off of his ass and build Something on that land in downtown that is better looking than that ugly ass glass cylinder he teased us with a while back. Hopefully the FAA doesn't do the usual and try to kill it. And th...
by whit5125
01 Apr 2018 09:12
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

What? Amazon does pay taxes, fox news (a registered entertainment network in court) and Trump aren't reliable sources of information. So, how about the Securities and Exchange Commission instead? "Additionally, in its latest annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Amazon said i...
by whit5125
16 Mar 2018 08:56
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Collin Creek Mall
Replies: 84
Views: 77356

Re: Collin Creek Mall

This plan looks promising, if a little too hopeful, but I'll take it. That mall is fast on its way to being what happened to valley view. But please let's stop with the nonsense that this is a site for Amazon. Its not. If anyone bothered to read any of the requirements, of which Plano as a whole doe...
by whit5125
16 Mar 2018 08:44
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Frisco: The Star
Replies: 55
Views: 50648

Re: Frisco: The Star

Blue Star Land has filed plans with Frisco — three more office buildings at The Star, say DBJ and DMN, 7 to 12 stories tall. Believe it or not, they’re not for Amazon. https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/03/13/blue-star-land-plans-office-space-star-in-frisco.html Well Frisco (and Plano or ...
by whit5125
15 Mar 2018 14:58
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

Here is something to consider.. Do we think Dallas having a high speed rail to Houston and potentially Ft. worth, Austin and San Antonio with the planned station right next to downtown is a major advantage or factor that Amazon is taking into consideration? Or is it such a unique thing to America th...
by whit5125
27 Feb 2018 11:33
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
Replies: 636
Views: 626359

Re: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings

Ah I liked that place but yes, Al was a turd. I do want the part scene in uptown to get toned down a bit but not die altogether, nothing wrong with having multiple party districts and I do lie Deep Ellum and Uptown having completely different styles. Henderson aveneue and Greenvile Ave will continue...
by whit5125
16 Feb 2018 12:29
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?
Replies: 1075
Views: 872897

Re: Could Dallas land Amazon HQ '2'?

I think you are all forgetting the huge development potential spots for an HQ2 along the Trinity owned by Matthews southwest which is right where the high speed rail terminal will be. Not only that, the NCTCOG also just announced the building of water gardens all throughout that area along with fina...
by whit5125
01 Feb 2018 09:47
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446229

Re: Trinity River Park

Part of that vision is already moving forward actually. The Water Gardens project down in the Cedars is moving ahead with NCTCOG money already. Matthews Southwest has been pushing that forward to make their land acquisitions along Riverfront Blvd a lot more desirable for things like an Amazon. Most...
by whit5125
01 Feb 2018 08:38
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Trinity River Park
Replies: 468
Views: 446229

Re: Trinity River Park

Part of that vision is already moving forward actually. The Water Gardens project down in the Cedars is moving ahead with NCTCOG money already. Matthews Southwest has been pushing that forward to make their land acquisitions along Riverfront Blvd a lot more desirable for things like an Amazon. Most...
by whit5125
01 Feb 2018 08:33
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD Riverfront Project
Replies: 39
Views: 36011

Re: DTD Riverfront Project

Isn't there a plan to decommission and remove those jails? If I had to guess, those jails will be gone before anybody has to see them out of their nextdoor windows, which may say as much about this project's prospects as it does about the jail's longevity. Seriously, this. That damn jail needs to g...