Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

willyk

To sit back and think about how desperate the city was for a grocery store of a decent size anywhere close to the CBD 20yrs ago. The Neighborhood Walmart and former Albertson's in the West Village being the only two options back then. Now we have Tom Thumb almost in Deep Ellum, a Tom Thumb in Uptow...

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Is “looking for a joint venture partner” a sign of progress or a sign of slack demand?

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Would be nice if the City would improve the sidewalks on Dragon and Slocum to encourage more street life and investment between The Cabana, The Virgin and on to the Trinity Strand. Seems to be a frequent problem that Dallas has great assets to anchor infill, but Dallas doesn’t make the investments i...

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It would be nice if they figured out how to make more use of Annette Strauss Square—way underutilized now.

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All of the sudden we have street life in the Arts District. With this building, the TCT renovation, 2000 Ross and the Hall hotel and restaurants, the change in the feel is quite noticeable. You also feel like the Uptown mood has finally come to the south side of the park. It’s a remarkable change. A...

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A simple sign ordinance on Lemmon would go a long way toward improving its appearance.

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The Manufacturing District We envision building a community of like-minded companies that share a passion for what they do. To support that community, we have adopted a hub & spoke portfolio approach that allows us to provide unsurpassed amenities in the centrally located Manufacturing District...

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Wish it would happen. Seems like Spire Phase II.

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Too many pessimists on this string... Will Uber ride off to Dallas with its headquarters? As cost-cutting pressures mount, speculation intensifies that Uber could move its San Francisco headquarters to lower-cost Dallas. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/05/01/will-uber-ride-off-to-...

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They are doing it in Boston. CONSTRUCTION SHUTDOWN Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is shutting down construction sites across the city. Beginning Tuesday, he said, sites will have only enough staff to make secure them. Emergency repairs such as utility hook-ups and street repairs will be allowed. https://w...

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Now I say 15.

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Nice job of capturing additional appreciation from their own project.

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Someone correct me but I think it’s 18. And do those forms move 4 floors at a time?

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As long as they get enough room nights to service the debt I am fine with the location.

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I noticed a sign on a building on Young St at the site that said Demo Delay. I wonder what’s up with that.

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Interesting that they're moving from urban-style HQ to Westlake. You think they'd save enough dollars by going from SF and could afford / want to move into Dallas urban core. I guess they already had a facility out in Westlake though... Read “proximity to DFW Airport:” “Both companies have a sizabl...

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N Lamar Street is what is holding back the West End. That’s where the traffic counts are highest, but the scenery is mostly empty buildings, dead storefronts and surface lots. It looks derelict if you don’t know otherwise. More curb appeal on Lamar would pull people on to Houston and Record. The fro...

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I think that the Dallas CBD (no cannabis reference intended) hotels have historically been about conventions and business travel. The arrival of the MO, JWM and Virgin brands suggest the CBD is becoming a viable vacation destination. Performing arts, museums, parks, sports, restaurants, nightlife—it...

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Coming soon to VP: Aqua S Ice Cream

https://aquas.us.com/

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This is a beautiful site and I wish them success, but is this a good location for business travelers? No office centers or restaurant/retail concentrations, unlike Uptown or Ross Ave. Maybe they draw a different customer?

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Lots of fun. Dynamite location. Hard to go wrong.

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Between the plans for this site, the Harwood Forum site, the Hillwood bank site and the former museum site, the corner of Field and Woodall is destined to go tall.

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I doubt that it was intentional, but this has been a great way to generate buzz about the building.

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The development will also have 10,585 square feet of ground-floor retail, which is being leased up by Venture Commercial. No retail leases have yet been announced. That retail is going to be be hard to lease. Miniscule pedestrian traffic. How about some neighborhood services—dry cleaners, nails, sa...

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Can we conclusively say that this turned out much better than the robotic car park?

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Would be great if someone redeveloped the building to take advantage of the new park.

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The Grassy Knoll, Sixth Floor, Holocaust Museum, Old Red and Aquarium are here, and it’s catty-corner from the Perot...the West End is already a destination for families and tourists. It’s a logical site for the Museum of Illusions. Millennials and Urban Sophisticates have plenty of other playground...

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West End Plaza next?

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Chipotle under construction.

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Fabulous infill between EQ and DE. Hope we see lots more residential on this side of downtown, drawIng on the energy of Uber and the DE scene.

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Seems like a good time for residential here—lots of new restaurant and retail in VP, Harwood and the WE; Tom Thumb and CVS in the neighborhood.

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These guys deserve some kudos for adding tenants to the mix to service the neighborhood instead of only servicing the arena crowd.

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The DD has an oppertunity like few other to create an awesome little network of pedestrian alley ways that link various business/resturaunts/lofts etc., if they repurpose their network of former rail right of ways. There are tons of them, and they all conveniently link to existing or prosed trails,...

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They tore down the part of the building that held the Stark Club. It appeared to be a later addition to the original structure.

The building is wedged between Woodall and Continental. They need to do something to get a walking connection to VP and the West End.

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Any word on what’s going into the old Sol Irlandes space on Main St.? Did anything ever get announced for this location? From a Sept 4 article in CultureMap Dallas: "Queso Beso. Another concept from downtown Dallas kingpin Tim Headington, this will open at 1525 Main St. This being a Headington...

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We have a new neighborhood in real estate parlance...” North Downtown ” Designed by BOKA Powell, Victory Commons is Hillwood Urban and USAA Real Estate's answer to growing demand for office space in the Uptown and North Downtown Dallas markets https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/office/hillw...

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Consolidate the land, do the abatement, get the entitlements, then JV or sell.

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Looks like big video board should be visible part of the way up N Akard toward Main and Elm—will be a beacon that will pull people toward the new plaza.

And maybe all of the new pedestrian activity will enable the Adolfus to do something with the old cowboy bar on Commerce.

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Any word on what’s going into the old Sol Irlandes space on Main St.?

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Don’t think this one is posted yet. Looks the same as the one above. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/real-estate/08-23-19-morning-news-building-hotel-ray-washburne/ “"We are going to keep the existing building and convert it into a 200- to 300-room boutique business hotel, completely saving t...

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I still think the Farmers Market has sufficient mass to support a few local bars and restaurants. Look at how much stuff is in the Design District. Many more people live in the Farmers Market than live over there.

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With so many people living here now, why aren’t there more neighborhood bars and restaurants?

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Anybody got a WAG on the incremental cost of the crown?

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Huge state tax advantages to Uber if they move the HQ here, and to the C level people. So it could happen eventually. This may have been a factor for McKesson.

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Farmers Market, Deep Ellum, and East Quarter should all see incredible new dense development with this news. Finally a win for Dallas and Downtown for the future. There is clearly a need for more housing and hotels to support this. I would also argue for more office space for suppliers who need to ...

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The six projects at the south end between VP and Cedar Springs will make for a noticeable extension of the neighborhood into what is now a big hole. I hope to see all of those parking lots go away too.

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And KDC appears to be on a hot streak—Toyota, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, etc. and now this. They built the Epic on spec, so they get extra credit for this one. I wonder if they played a role in recruiting Uber to Dallas, or if Uber selected Dallas first then KDC.

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Looks like they are getting ready to sandblast or paint the Brewery building. The parking lot is empty now, but for the work crews.

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Hoping that this is so successful that the owners at 2000 Ross decide to go forward with their residential.

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I like the way that the vertical striping echoes the Wylie.

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