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by citygeek
17 Aug 2019 11:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
Replies: 358
Views: 83355

Re: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple

Gee, really?
by citygeek
16 Aug 2019 19:47
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
Replies: 358
Views: 83355

Re: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple

Well Uber HQ's are in San Francisco, a very mass transit oriented city so there's that.
by citygeek
27 Jul 2019 12:15
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: The Drever
Replies: 470
Views: 130823

Re: Downtown Dallas: The Drever

In the year 2525 the Drever opens!
by citygeek
25 Jun 2019 10:16
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 627
Views: 206025

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

Wonderful pics! Thank you!
by citygeek
25 Jun 2019 07:04
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood Int'l District: Harwood No. 11 (The Forum)
Replies: 126
Views: 33419

Re: Harwood Int'l District: Harwood No. 11 (The Forum)

My biggest concern about Harwood district is, as was mentioned above, the speedway effect of McKinnon and Harry Hines slicing through an ever denser development and the difficulty that brings in terms of any sort of ground level retail, restaurant or pedestrian activity. It's of course, understandab...
by citygeek
14 Jun 2019 16:19
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood Int'l District: Harwood No. 11 (The Forum)
Replies: 126
Views: 33419

Re: Harwood Int'l District: Harwood No. 11 (The Forum)

And you probably won't be disappointed.
by citygeek
14 Jun 2019 16:19
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)
Replies: 77
Views: 13339

Re: Downtown Dallas - 505 North Ervay (owned by First Baptist)

Another kinda of cool little building of yesteryear that might have been something else, but hey this is Dallas.
by citygeek
03 Jun 2019 15:44
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown - Warsaw Restaurant Office Tower
Replies: 57
Views: 16421

Re: Uptown - Warsaw Restaurant Office Tower

What the previous owner of the site had planned was strikingly modern and unique. This, is as almost always the case in Dallas, another cookie-cutter shit box. Forgive me, if like others here, I am underwhelmed.
by citygeek
31 May 2019 15:23
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: The Cedars Developments
Replies: 152
Views: 43199

Re: The Cedars Developments

April 4, 2019 the hotel was given national landmark status by being added to the National Register of Historic Places.
by citygeek
30 May 2019 11:08
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
Replies: 107
Views: 37255

Re: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel

Well it's still on the Dream Hotel website for 2021 along with Palm Springs.
by citygeek
25 Jun 2018 18:52
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
Replies: 588
Views: 149611

Re: Deep Ellum 1.0

This local CBS station 'news'report is ridiculous. I'd love to know who signed-off on this one. "Ooh lots of people on the street after dark--be very afraid." As many of you have stated, urban vibrancy is exactly what is needed. Stories like this are, I truly hope, the last vestige of 'old...
by citygeek
05 Apr 2018 17:57
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
Replies: 234
Views: 78723

Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)

A spokesperson @ ZOM in Miami replied to an email inquiry that I made last month that construction on the project would be underway by July . Who knows....We've all been around the block with this one for years now. I hope this moves forward soon. Did they say what year? ;-) (Just asking, because l...
by citygeek
04 Apr 2018 21:19
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
Replies: 234
Views: 78723

Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)

A spokesperson @ ZOM in Miami replied to an email inquiry that I made last month that construction on the project would be underway by July. Who knows....We've all been around the block with this one for years now. I hope this moves forward soon.
by citygeek
28 Mar 2018 11:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown: Adolphus Tower
Replies: 22
Views: 8902

Re: Downtown: Adolphus Tower

Yes!!!!
by citygeek
09 Mar 2018 10:25
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Museum Tower
Replies: 183
Views: 58277

Re: Museum Tower

Hey guys I apologize for being so curt with my "Who gives a shit" remark. I have no real excuse for being a temporary jerk--it was just a terrible day, I saw the umpteenth comment on MT and just let fly. A lot of people do give a shit and I'm sure others probably don't but rudeness is neve...
by citygeek
06 Mar 2018 14:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Museum Tower
Replies: 183
Views: 58277

Re: Museum Tower

Who gives a shit!
by citygeek
18 Nov 2017 00:45
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: The Drever
Replies: 470
Views: 130823

Re: Downtown Dallas: The Drever

That's still not necessarily the end. We'll see what happens.
by citygeek
15 Nov 2017 10:56
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: The Drever
Replies: 470
Views: 130823

Re: Downtown Dallas: The Drever

I think some of you guys are may be writing this one off too soon. Yes it's clusterfuck so far but I don't see how Dallas let's this one crash and burn. As the largest single re-development project currently underway downtown, the bad PR from this possible foreclosure + Trump threatening to do away ...
by citygeek
13 Nov 2017 22:46
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 627
Views: 206025

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

Crane on the way up this afternoon.
by citygeek
12 Nov 2017 15:05
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Cedar Maple Plaza I,II & III (2301 Cedar Springs Rd.)
Replies: 56
Views: 16923

Re: Uptown Dallas: Cedar Maple

R1070.....This is across from the Crescent on Cedar Springs, not on Maple Avenue at the site of the original Old Warsaw next to the current Coal Vines location.
by citygeek
30 Oct 2017 11:01
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Northpark Center
Replies: 530
Views: 142704

Re: Northpark Center

North Park IS tired and the points that hjkll makes are spot on.
by citygeek
24 Oct 2017 20:15
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox: Oliver + Central (18 ST)
Replies: 50
Views: 17413

Re: Knox: Oliver + Central (18 ST)

Typo--my bad. 40 would be awesome but it's announced at 30 stories. 901 Commerce, DTFW
by citygeek
24 Oct 2017 16:37
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox: Oliver + Central (18 ST)
Replies: 50
Views: 17413

Re: Knox: Oliver + Central (18 ST)

OK. I just stopped by the construction site and spoke with Mike, the Construction Manager (there were a number of men in and out of the construction trailer complex) and they are indeed beginning the project. He also mentioned a project in Lakewood and the 40-story apartment tower in downtown Fort W...
by citygeek
23 Oct 2017 10:12
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: I-345
Replies: 185
Views: 39502

Re: I-345 Teardown

Absolutely for.
by citygeek
25 Sep 2017 21:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
Replies: 234
Views: 78723

Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~460 FT / 42 ST)

Thank you for posting. We've all waited a long time for this one. Never understood what the hold up was given that apparently the money was all in place and the city had signed off on everything months ago. I just hope it actually ends up looking like the renderings we have seen. You know how this g...
by citygeek
23 Sep 2017 17:17
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Design District: Cabana Hotel
Replies: 40
Views: 11361

Re: Design District: Cabana Hotel

You won't recognize the Design District in 5 years. 3 new hotels, at least one office building, and several additional 20-30 story apartment towers on the way.
by citygeek
21 Sep 2017 16:31
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 627
Views: 206025

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

Yes. Just drove by the site and it is very much under construction.
by citygeek
07 Sep 2017 13:05
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
Replies: 107
Views: 37255

Re: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel

Well they must have some money. A July 18th DBJ article by Candace Carlisle discusses another of their local projects. At a recent Flower Mound EDC meeting the Director announced Dream Hotel's first North Texas facility, a 5-story project in the rapidly-expanding Lakeside DFW district--to operate un...
by citygeek
21 Aug 2017 12:44
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side
Replies: 312
Views: 88791

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

Speaking of which, just like the Dream Hotel in Uptown, what has happened to the Oliver from Southern Development?
by citygeek
14 Aug 2017 16:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
Replies: 107
Views: 37255

Re: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel

Anything happening on this one? It's been months.
by citygeek
31 Jul 2017 11:47
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~441 FT / ~39 ST)
Replies: 234
Views: 78723

Re: Arts District: Flora & Olive Tower (~460 FT / 42 ST)

Maybe John McKee knows. It's supposedly funded, permits pulled.
by citygeek
26 Jul 2017 11:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Oak Cliff: Bishop Arts
Replies: 451
Views: 134239

Re: Oak Cliff: Bishop Arts

The Overdog is right on this. I've seen them all over the country, including NTX with different design built new or in existing structures in adaptive re-use sites. The problem all over Dallas and many of the suburbs here is that neither city officials nor residents require anything of these develop...
by citygeek
24 Jul 2017 10:57
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Shraman South Asian Museum
Replies: 104
Views: 26555

Re: Shraman South Asian Museum

Some of you may not remember that a year or so ago the museum selected Cesar Pelli's Pelli Clarke Pelli firm to design the Shraman and the mixed-use development it will be a part of. As I understand it, IF the entire project is still a go, then the tower part is to be 40 stories. Perhaps, and it wou...
by citygeek
24 Jul 2017 09:34
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Dallas: Medical District
Replies: 126
Views: 39097

Re: Dallas: Medical District

This will take the Medical Center to the next level. Very exciting news.
by citygeek
22 Jul 2017 19:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Arts District: 1900 Pearl (362 FT | 25 ST)
Replies: 200
Views: 69413

Re: Arts District: 1900 Pearl (362 FT | 25 ST)

Cheap cheap cheap. Typical Lincoln Properties. A barely-glorified version of the suburban junk they built in the 80's, 90's. What a waste of an important location.
by citygeek
02 Jun 2017 10:56
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment
Replies: 201
Views: 50455

Re: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment

Me
by citygeek
01 Jun 2017 17:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)
Replies: 627
Views: 206025

Re: Downtown Dallas: AMLI Fountain Place (562 FT / 46 ST)

I like it too.
by citygeek
08 Feb 2017 18:17
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel
Replies: 95
Views: 30217

Re: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel

Well said.
by citygeek
03 Feb 2017 22:31
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel
Replies: 95
Views: 30217

Re: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel

John McKee is IMHO correct on this. I remember well Trump's 40-50 story hotel condo project proposal 'announced' a week prior to his keynote address at the real estate conference. Nothing ever followed. Likewise in Tampa Bay (my other home) he announced a 52 story hotel condo there in downtown Tampa...
by citygeek
01 Feb 2017 21:21
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Scion Hotel
Replies: 95
Views: 30217

Re: Trump Hotel Concept / SCION

Sad.....
by citygeek
04 Dec 2016 19:20
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Deep Ellum: Case Building (~197 FT / 18 ST)
Replies: 40
Views: 14533

Re: Deep Ellum: Case Building

My sources say Midtown has been sold with no definite plans announced yet for the property or its site but Club Dallas is for a fact expanding with the construction of a second level and re-arrangement of existing parking lots beginning next month.
by citygeek
13 Nov 2016 20:30
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: The Drever
Replies: 470
Views: 130823

Re: Downtown: The Drever

The Butler wasn't going to work either.

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