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willyk

Remember on the old forum, we had a thread titled "Uptown is over". Uptown is clearly still on fire. This is across the street from the proposed 30 story tower.....right? The other candidates, DD, TG, DE, EMC and KH have all made great strides since then, but Uptown has gone national, may...

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Really liking the skin on this one.

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Is there anything nearby that it is a good candidate for a residential conversion?

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Shame no retail on Ross ...

So true. So where will these people shop? Where is the opportunity to build some new retail? The Sprouts site and the DISD corner both seem feasible.

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New retail started next to Cinepolis—escape rooms. What am I missing? Is this considered to be a win for the main drag of a major development? Is it the demographic?

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‘Epitome of Mixed Use’: Old Meets New in Deep Ellum’s The Epic Development

Developers are preserving history and building blocks of sustainability in one of Dallas' most historic neighborhoods.

https://dallasinnovates.com/epitome-of- ... velopment/

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I hope the street abandonment goes through regardless, assuming that the same agenda item includes converting S. Ervay to two-way. As for the new Ambassador, I wonder if Jim Lake will reconsider the hotel use now that he has a clean slate. A mixed-use Ambassador Hotel & Residences might get fun...

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I like it. And adding critical mass is always a victory for Victory. I agree that this will be welcome support for the lunch business, which will benefit the residents too. There is relatively little office here— just the existing Hillwood Building and the Plaza Buildings. When this one fills, it wi...

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Take a look at the two silver Art Deco statues at the head of the reflecting pool at Fair Park that the city recently restored—no modesty there.

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The Rockefeller Center of Dallas

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What’s next for Parks for DTD—Carpenter or the West End? I think Harwood is last.

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This seems like an odd location for a hotel now. I could have seen it a few years back, but now this location is quite disconnected and remote from all of the business and cultural activity that I think their guests would want to be near. It’s a beautiful site, but Victory, Field St., Ross Ave and M...

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Worrying that the fact that people find it so annoying is the thing that will make it stick.

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They’ve put some turf down now.

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Loved the old Esquire Theater on Oak Lawn, as well as the Wilshire Theater on Mockingbird. Those old great Interstate Theaters were a part of Dallas' fabric. So glad the Lakewood & Inwood Theaters have survived. The Circle still stands on Harry Hines, but is probably unsalvageable. The Forest h...

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Just noticed that columns and a crane are up for what appears to be a new apartment project on S Harwood just south of the Amelia, occupying the site between Harvest Lofts and The Bridge. Was there ever an announcement or renders? There is so much nice, low key, residential around the Farmers Marke...

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Just noticed that columns and a crane are up for what appears to be a new apartment project on S Harwood just south of the Amelia, occupying the site between Harvest Lofts and The Bridge. Was there ever an announcement or renders? There is so much nice, low key, residential around the Farmers Market...

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Looking great, and just think, they could have gone to Legacy West like everyone else. DTD really hit jackpot when we kept them here.

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DPatel304 wrote:
quixomniac wrote:Id prefer a play on words, Deep ellum, Deeper Ellum, and Deepest ellum

I really wouldn't be surprised if that caught on, considering we currently have Lower Greenville and Lowest Greenville.

Cheap Ellum

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Labor shortage maybe.

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Looks a lot better than the Willow Bend store.

https://images.app.goo.gl/N1oUD1omriMpLUxH8

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A reincarnation of the old Lucas B&B is what this building needs.

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Mockingbird Diner Closes Was it the staff? The size? Restaurateur 'befuddled' over Mockingbird Diner's closure https://www.guidelive.com/food-and-drink/2019/06/01/mockingbird-diner-closed-near-dallas-love-field-airport Anybody else try this place besides me? The ownership was arrogant and rude. You...

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Weren’t there a lot of “free rent” signs in the ‘80s?

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Just came across this. Sorry if it has already been posted.

In Dallas’ Design District, a New Frontier for Residential Growth

https://dallas.towers.net/2019/03/06/in ... al-growth/

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I think this may simply be how the urban development game is being played in Dallas now. In the prior era, developers like Crow and Hines did one site at a time. But now we have developers who buy a neighborhood and develop multiple sites over a period of years, with Harwood being the archetype. The...

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While this is no Amazon if it truly is a done deal it will certainly boost the demand for more apartment starts all over. We have seen lots of announcements recently for new residential high rises but a high profile company like Uber building even a second HQ with let's say 500 employees would be a...

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Saw 2200 Main today—they have done a remarkable job on the exterior. I never would have imagined that the white paint could be so completely removed and such a fabulous building would emerge from under it.

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Local Press + Brew has closed in VP. https://www.guidelive.com/food-and-drink/2019/05/15/local-press-coffee-closed-oak-cliff-my-favorite-drink It was oddly run. They never turned the sign on in the mornings—to save money? Anyway at the busiest time of day for a juice place it looked closed. Strange.

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Is this the best commercial/residential architectural addition to Dallas in the last 10 years? Other candidates— M&O, Virgin, Epic?

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The article mentions a Toll Brothers tower on Congress. Do we a Topic for that one?

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It’s quite clear that one hotel won’t be enough for DE. If I could pick, that’s what I would want there. A hotel at that location would draw from DE, Baylor Hospital and the new Baylor Admin, and would do quite well.

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mdg109 wrote:Not sure what the plan is, but it looks like it could be used as another open floor for the market, or the whole space could be divided up for retail. When I looked in, it was all empty space with no walls.

Taylor Lofts Retail
https://dallasfarmersmarket.org/taylor-lofts-retail/

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I hope the architects do something that fits the original Las Vegas-Rat Pack vibe.

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I consider it a sign of progress that we have moved on to criticizing the rebranding and not the redevelopment itself.

I certainly like all the new stuff in SoVi / VP / West Uptown / Lowest Mac / Almost Harwood.

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32702814007_3f9d869d27_k.jpg Untitled by Roman Reyna , on Flickr Are they finally going to unveil the new marble?? Looks like they are taking off the blue cover from the bottom of the tower. If the project is strapped for funding, isn’t this an odd thing to be sp...

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Is it mainly concentrated in just three sites with three owners—Harwood, North End and Triton? I wish it were more fractious. Things would happen sooner. Harwood is moving forward, but very methodically. North End is asleep at the wheel. At least Triton is for sale. We might see something big happen...

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Clearly, proximity to Baylor/Sammons Cancer Center is the key to this location. I suspect that Baylor has acquired much real estate in the neighborhood for expansion. I fear that these properties will sit as parking lots or underutilized buildings perpetually. I don’t know if the American Cancer Soc...

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For what it's worth, every non-Dallasite (friends, visitors, work colleagues, etc) I've ever spoke to thought Uptown, LoMac, Victory, Deep Ellum, etc were all part of Downtown. There was no distinction to them. For those who know though, I think the Klyde Warren extension and developments like the ...

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A new park coming on one side and Royal Blue grocery on the other—the timing seems good for some residential.

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Walked through the new lobby and restaurants and I call say is "yawn". The Starler, Cambria and even the Lorenzo have a cohesive design and they each tell a story. The story here is someone picked a few things out of a catalog and called it a day. It feels like the Westin at One Main: bor...

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The Link, Harwood 11, El Fenix plus Hillwood VP and the Victor—this neighborhood is emerging as the focus for the next wave of high rise development. Getting harder to distinguish Uptown from Victory. Stampede 66 closed a little too early. They should have repositioned the place from a destination r...

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A landmark in the making.

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“The Victory Park bar and restaurant scene is experiencing a dramatic change as we welcome new concepts from some of Dallas’ top food and beverage operators. Burgundy Swine: opening March 2019 DIBS on VICTORY: opening Spring 2019 Hero: opening March 2019 Jinya Ramen: opening March 2019 Sift + Pour: ...

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It seems that a much better option would be to extend the park EASTWARD a few hundred feet, and then work to integrate it with the Arts District by re configuring the Annette Strauss Square as a pass through to the core of the Arts District. That square, while beautiful, is hardly used and walled o...

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Great location—better than anything they have on Harwood St. More accessible. More walkable (into VP). More shopping and restaurants nearby. Their other buildings seem to be doing well. One would this one would do even better.

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Keep in mind guys Park District Tower is a luxury tower and I mean actual luxury not just what every apartment slaps on a flyer. They are leasing Apartments at super high prices. They wanted to sell units on a Ritz Carlton level of service so a Steak House is not surprisingly what they want to take...

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My ideal in this age of mega mixed use would be for someone to collaborate with TRE and with the Pollock family who own the 1960s buildings to the south. Between the DART property, this property, and the Pollock property, that's about 25 acres for TOD. Even cooler would be to coordinate that "...

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From 2007...not arguing about this, I’m just sayin’: http://www.city-data.com/forum/dallas/120296-so-what-happened-deep-ellum.html#b I can understand what Tamtagon is saying if I look at that DE from a cultural point of view. But the crowds were not of the type that a business would want, persistent...

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