I honestly can't stand how every building in this area is the exact same height. It's because of FAA height restrictions from Love Field right? I wish this area broke up their lots and had some height variety. Every building in this area is a full block and the exact same height. There is minimal re...
Considering the poor construction value of these new apartments being built around town, I don't understand why anyone would waste so much money renting a room in these badly built units. Too bad for the residents. What a horrible thing to say after someone is dead and multiple people are in critic...
In general I think Dallas is moving from a B city and metro into an A city and metro, we are expanding yet densifying, more and more people are moving here from the coasts, and many parts of Dallas are rapidly gentrifying or just becoming more and more expensive. Brands like Glossier and Thinx have ...
I was out in Deep Ellum on Friday during the evening/night and I have never seen the neighborhood so packed. So many new businesses people, etc. You can literally feel all the energy going to these few blocks. I've never seen so many people out in Dallas at one time, it was hard to walk and this was...
Snooze. I feel like Northpark used to be on a roll now it's a dribble. They told me by the end of the new year they would have a major announcement and it was Dolce & Gabbana who has 8,000 other stores across the globe. Will they get cool new retailers on board in the next year or two? I'm sure ...
https://dallas.eater.com/2019/2/15/18226405/komodo-deep-ellum-opening-club-restaurant Following the influx of more outsider nightlife spots to Deep Ellum (think Bottled Blonde from Arizona and forthcoming Punch Bowl Social from Denver), a clubby “Asian fusion” restaurant from Miami has also set its...
https://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2018/12/cre-opinion-survey-says-downtown-has-arrived/?ref=feat-hp Article in D Magazine today about how Downtown has "arrived." I work Downtown and things have improved dramatically over the last few years, but there is still a long way to g...
I'm going to be honest. I wanted Amazon to come here and now I don't. It's too much. Downtown hasn't changed much in the last 20 years but places like Plano went from sleepy suburbs to mini cities in their own right. Amazon opening up a few offices here wouldn't be the end of the world but I hope it...
I’m sworn to secrecy but my source has told me both spaces are in lease , both are new to Big D and both will be wonderful additions to NorthPark. Both have few US locations too. Hopefully they will be announced soon.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/10/23/macys-stores-dallas-frisco-among-first-us-toundergo-makeovers Northpark Macy's is getting a re-do. Why. They shouldn't be making it better they should just knock it down. Dillard's covers all the bases of a middle tier department store. The outda...
This part of Dallas is so luxurious and expensive yet it’s so boring because all the buildings are the exact same height and there’s 0 street level retail
I emailed NP recently suggesting new stores and they said they'll have a few big announcements before the end of the year. Curious to see who it'll be. I hope they quickly fill in pop ups wherever they can for holiday season and then work on really getting everything good once January hits and retai...
September 2018 Zero units sold 100 sold in 70 months. (1.43 per month) 14 remaining. Rolling 12-month sales: 15 (1.25 per month) Sellout projection, based on the pace of sales thus far: 6 years, 8 months. Sellout projection, based on the pace of sales over the prior 12 months: 6 years, 10 months. A...
I think the PIRCH space is way too big for COS. I'm still sad PIRCH closed- they were a real cool unique addition to Northpark. I hope what Butters says is true and there is indeed a big announcement by Christmas. I hope the news keeps rolling in on stores coming to NP. I still unfortunately think w...
I predicted in an earlier post that Louis Vuitton would eventually end up eating the Bvlgari and Montblanc stores eventually, and though it's not happening immediately- in this month's (September) Papercity, they highlight the Men's store and how "the standalone men's boutique is dubbed a pop-u...
Henri Bendel is closing all stores across the country including the 5th Avenue flagship. All locations will close by January of next year including Northpark's location. I'm curious what will replace them. More and more spaces are opening up in Northpark including the soon to be closed Brookstone.
Louis Vuitton Men's store is now open. It appears to be a refresh of the Mulberry store design. Is this temporary and the plan is to open a larger LV store in the mall? I hope LV takes over the Bvlgari/Montblanc spaces and expands with Men’s for one huge store with RTW. Same with Gucci and all or p...
I was at Northpark recently and see every space in the mall is accounted for for future stores besides Scotch & Soda, and there are for the first time ever what looks to be a decent amount of spots in Northpark. (future Papyrus empty space, future Ferragamo empty space, PIRCH space etc) Can anyo...
Planting trees in the middle of the sidewalk is something I've noticed across Dallas- a practice no other city does. Somehow every other city in America has placed their trees closer to the sidewalk but nope, in Dallas we need to block as much pedestrian activity as humanly possible.
I know I wrote a lot but just to add onto this, I think Dallas needs to realize what it's strength is- low cost of housing and people being able to relatively easy afford the American dream in a huge metro area. Besides downtown/uptown and a few other parts of the city, let's be real, people don't c...
It's a great issue. It really delves into a LOT and into really really specific minutia of urban planning. The only thing I feel though is that it's still a little all talk no action. This issue is great and yes there is a symposium, but the average DFW resident isn't going to change overnight. Peop...
The thing is no- people inherently in Dallas do not want real urban vibrancy or even any sort of chaos or population density, they want the bars and restaurants to feel exactly like the places they grew up in in the suburbs while having slightly more architectural character. I really don't get it w...
The thing is no- people inherently in Dallas do not want real urban vibrancy or even any sort of chaos or population density, they want the bars and restaurants to feel exactly like the places they grew up in in the suburbs while having slightly more architectural character. This is also the problem...
if developers built more apartments and condos downtown they'd continue to fill up. I'm surprised we don't see more going up downtown now. Right?? If more don't break ground soon, Fort Worth and Houston may take the lead on dallas and I would hate to see that happen. No offense to those cities. It ...
Deep Ellum is turning into something else, but no one can say what it is, and that says a lot. Hopefully all the 1 story commercial buildings in core Deep Ellum get completely filled with businesses (would like to see more varieties of businsses in the nabe) with the more outer edges of Deep Ellum ...
What I hope is more and more single family homes and small empty lots are replaced with small 3-4 story apartment buildings and townhouses instead of full block donut monolithic structures. We literally do not need anymore bland stucco donut courtyard buildings. I hope developers here think granular...
Well we know they would rather not have that bus stop on their property so I have to wonder if they have finally been able to convince DART to move it permanently down the street. I am sure AT&T would write a check to keep that stops types from hanging around their campus. What "types"...
"Population growth is what we need to add momentum to the maturation process, Bruan said. Seitz said once population density hits critical mass in Downtown via residential development, it can start the final leg of its journey to global acclaim." I've talked about it before on this forum b...
https://flic.kr/p/21L7UNM Edit: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4530/38567966681_a02d9ceacb_z.jpg Hall Residence by g bud , on Flickr Why do we have ugly overhead wires downtown? There are way uglier things in downtown to worry about than telephone wires... I'd rather have overheard wires than 10 st...
It seems as though the Adolphus is copying the Joule's successful strategy.. From December's Modern Luxury Dallas magazine on pg 34- 3 new boutiques on Commerce Street: - Commerce: boutique stocked with goods made in Texas - Barber Shop - Otto's: European style cafe Now all we need Downtown is more....
I like they they want to incorporate the building next door that currently has Coal Vines, etc. That could be a prominent corner development. Where was this mentioned? The tower looks really good. I hope that the ground level is engaging enough to prevent that green area from becoming a dead zone l...
North Park IS tired and the points that hjkll makes are spot on. Thank you so much! Haha & wow who knew my comment about the fountain and sliding things would cause such a stir! I wasn’t even saying either are that awful, just that a lot of Northpark really feels tired. I agree the fountain is ...
I know I actually agree. Those slide fixtures are actually right by the old Cartier and the about to move Valentino. I wonder if 24/7 screaming children at all affected them moving to HPV lol
I might be in the minority on this thread but I actually hope Northpark doesn't expand too much more with a second floor. I would much rather them invest with renovating and updating the existing mall which is already enormous. The fountain area around Dillard's just looks awful. That whole part of ...
No, they could not reach a deal for the Sugar building. It will remain. The building to be demolished is the red building north of the vacant area. I kind of wish that red building was staying. It keeps the smaller scale of the street and gives variation to the urban fabric. Developers in Dallas ha...
How about a Dallas-Style hotel with pool, night life, dining scene? Every time one of these dealios try to imitate a scene from Vegas, Miami, Chicago, NYC whatever, the potential is minimized. Gawh! What is Dallas style? Some hulking structure covered in LED lights with 0 ground floor retail and 16...