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Have we seen this drawing for the North End next to Victory? I totally didn't take into account how close the North End will be to the new Museum Way DART station. Perhaps once things start moving forward with D2, we might see a bit more interest in this particular development? I know it's very amb...

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The Deep Ellum station isn't disappearing but it still kind of feels like it is ahah. Better than no station at all but it's getting scooted far enough up that it doesn't realistically serve as a rail stop for Deep Ellum anymore. From the new spot it's a solid 10 to 15 minute walk into Deep Ellum d...

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Thanks for the recap! I'm a very visual person, so it's a little tricky for me to picture some of the proposed stations, but I'm glad to hear the Deep Ellum station isn't disappearing. I'm wondering why they chose to reduce the number of exits for a couple of the stations though, that seems like a s...

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For first time, Dallas makes list of Top 10 Vegan Cities in the U.S. The No. 1 city on PETA's list is San Francisco. Rounding out the list are Los Angeles; New York City; Portland, Oregon; Detroit; Orlando, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Washington, D.C.; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. http://dallas.culturem...

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Read today that Biscuit Bar is opening a 3rd location in The Epic with extended hours (morning and late night). The Biscuit Bar, a Dallas biscuit chain in the making, opens a location in Deep Ellum at 2550 Pacific Ave. on Thursday, November 21. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-...

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Deep Ellum seems like a natural fit, but that neighborhood is changing way too rapidly at this point. Expo park might be a possibility. Perhaps even the Cedars?

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Great news! I look forward to seeing more and more local businesses investing in the CBD.

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Muncien, all of that is totally fair and valid and I would agree with all of that. I suppose I might be a bit too optimistic in thinking we could reduce/eliminate a lot of those problems and make the experience better, but perhaps I'm being too hopeful. I definitely agree that the DART buses of 2019...

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I used to be very pro rail, but I'm just not sure adding this station would be worth the money (at this point in time).

I really just feel like rail in DFW is best for commuting long distances, and that we really should be embracing bus usage more in the urban core.

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maconahey wrote:Forgot to post this the other day

Awesome! I'm really loving the East Quarter development, I can't wait to see some of the restaurants in the area start to open up.

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I'm wondering what is going on too. My non-expert opinion is that we have been under-served in the hotel market for quite sometime, and perhaps people were still a bit hesitant on investing in our urban core. I really do feel like Uber has brought some confidence back into the market, which is why w...

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I don't see them as being all that different. Austin's urban core is quite a bit smaller, which means it filled up quicker, but now they will likely run out of space to continue to build. Dallas's urban core is quite large (when you factor in the surrounding urban neighborhoods), so it's taking a wh...

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Thanks for sharing! I'm curious to see what this will look like, and they also mention that 'phase one' will be 381 rental units, so I wonder what phase two will entail. I'm very happy to see yet another tower going up in the Design District and glad to see this one fronting the Trinity Strand Trail...

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Agree with everyone here, this is a step backwards. I'm happy to see another tower go up along McKinney Ave, but we really should be working towards making the street extremely pedestrian/bike friendly. With that in mind, I'm really just hoping self driving cars get here sooner rather than later, be...

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So is the building that currently sits here being razed? I'm happy to have more dense development here, but this is actually a pretty lovely looking building.

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Google Earth has updated imagery for the dallas area again. The new imagery is from 9/7/19 according to the timestamps on the imagery. Interesting thing I've seen while browsing around for the last 20 minutes [at work :lol: ] - the # of new low rise multifamily units in the urban area seems to have...

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I'm curious. What measurement is used to define Austin's downtown as being bigger than Dallas? Certainly it's not by skyscrapers as measured 500 feet or higher or a cursory glance at each skyline. Moreover, office square footage is fairly large in downtown Dallas...at least > 15 million square feet...

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The entire stretch of McKinney could use a lot more high rise living thus density. Should improve once Central Market development goes. If it goes...... Indeed. Uptown is definitely right on trick to become more dense, but, for now, we are still in a transitionary period, which might be tough for s...

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Yes! Super excited for this as it is just down the street from me. Finally some action in the Turtle Creek area.

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I was out walking about this weekend in the Uptown area on both Saturday and Sunday and noticed that the Katy Trail (and Katy Trail icehouse) were teeming with traffic. McKinney Ave had an okay amount of foot traffic, and West Village was also decently busy, but it seems like these parts of town use...

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Yeah Hall is a boomer and maybe older than that. Nothing against Hall or his development per se but... Hall has nothing up his sleeve. What a total disappointment this development is downtown. So he builds an 18-story tower that would look better out on the LBJ freeway. Wow 18 stories. Better stand...

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These plans incorporate up to over 14 acres of surplus land, and the city’s draft plans include two deck parks -- a swath between Griffin and Akard and Canton and Cadiz streets, and three fingers of land between Harwood and St. Paul just north of the Dallas Heritage Village. The city proposed the s...

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Great news! So I know there some concerns that this project would end up being a parking garage only for a while, but I guess we can put those concerns to rest now? I know they still owe us a residential high-rise, but it certainly seems feasible for them to kick that off once the hotel portion is c...

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I dig it, although I wish it were a bit taller. Regardless, it's quite nice that we are one of the few cities to have a Virgin Hotel, and I love that they picked the Design District of all locations, because this area has a lot of potential, but it needed a project like this to really draw some atte...

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This article, which focuses primarily on projects affecting Addison Airport, later brings up the start of plans being made by the city to look into further development along and near the upcoming DART Silver Line. Nothing concrete as of yet, but retail, a food hall, and residential were some of the...

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I haven't checked out Punch Bowl Social yet, but it looks like a friend is planning a birthday party there next month. However, a coworker who lives in Fort Worth told me the Punch Bowl Social there recently closed after barely three months. Anyone know how the Dallas location is doing? I've heard ...

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Very excited about this one. It seems like East Quarter has been moving full steam ahead, but is going largely unnoticed by the general public. Perhaps a big development like this will really tie it all together and draw some attention to the area.

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The three downtown master plans pitched to Amazon should each start picking up customers.... Victory Park, Reunion and Smart all have (at least) midsized office buildings shovel ready for the next relocation announcement. That's what I was thinking as well, and, now that we could potentially have a...

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Dallas County official: Thanks to Uber, we’re among handful of cities vying for a couple of companies Dallas-Fort Worth appears to be in the running for two companies that would include tech workers, though not of the size of Uber, which is looking to add 3,000 jobs in the coming years, according t...

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Thanks for the update! Do we know when this one might be complete? It looks like it's really coming together, so I would think the actually plaza would be done sometime early next year. Might be a bit longer before the retail is actually completed and filled in.

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https://assets.dmagstatic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-31-at-10.14.19-AM-677x451.png https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/10/txdot-dallas-interstate-30-canyon/ Overall, I'm super pleased with what I'm seeing. There are certainly things I would still improve on top of thi...

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Oh yeah, it's certainly a combination of things including cost of living. I just know, in the past, the hesitancy has been the perception that Texas seems to have, but, as more people move here, that perception is slowly disappearing.

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https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/4.Top20metros-by-projected-apartment-deliveries_2.png DFW metro surpasses Seattle and New York metros in the race for more apartment deliveries This year, Dallas-Fort Worth metro leads with a total of 22,196 new units expected to be built, wh...

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Whoa! That's great news! I had planned to attend the presentation last night, but I wasn't feeling too well and decided to skip. I'm very surprised that they seem to have a good plan in place for I-30, I was pretty much expecting the worst.

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So that would be the potential replacement for the Northend Apartments? Lol, how crazy would it be if that rendering became the next step in the evolution of this piece of land; from garden-style apartments to THAT?!? :) I know it's crazy ambitious, but I would hope that would be the next evolution...

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^Thanks for the insight. In your opinion, what is it that Deep Ellum lacks at this point? Based on your post, I really just think the only thing we need is more residential in and adjacent to Deep Ellum so it can become more of a self-sustaining neighborhood, rather than relying on commuter traffic ...

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Without knowing much about the company culture itself, they really just strike me as a company that will move to the suburbs. It also seems like companies definitely prefer to be in one campurs, rather than spread out (if possible), so I can't see them splitting up their operations between the subur...

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This needs to be designed with the full intent of capping nearly the entire thing. If it eventually gets capped, I don't really care how wide it is underneath. It is such a flippin mess through there right now. I agree and I really hope this will be the case, but I'm very doubtful right now. If I h...

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I still think this place will a successful run simply because it is not like the rest of the neighborhood. Deep Ellum has been made great again (haha), and the tight collection of party bars is a big part of the appeal, but not all those types of bars should be designated for Deep Ellum. That's an ...

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Thanks for the reminder! I can see the tower going up from my balcony, but I couldn't quite figure out what project the crane was supposed to be for. I'll have a pretty good view of this one going up (it's a shame it's only a little one).

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Trying to drive down Henderson in front of 77 Degrees last night at 1:00AM was a sh!t show. And frankly I'm not bothered by the traffic; I'll just use alternative routes on the weekends. It does though reinforce the feeling I have that these people didn't know what they were doing or where they wer...

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Great news, and there are still three more parks yet to come!

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Saw that too! How many people in the Dallas area do you think saw that and said "Where is THAT?!" I didn't get a chance to watch the game, but that is super excited that the park is already getting that type of exposure! I still have not made it out to the park yet, but I'm hearing good t...

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While I don't know the numbers, there are a couple of anecdotes that should tell a story. 1) Continued building of townhomes / apartments in the immediate vicinity 2) This Sunday I visited the market, and there was a material increase of both vendors (craftspeople, cooks, etc.) and visitors since l...

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We've been through this. While there were some people abusing the former system, there was still far more Texas produce for sale than there is now, which is almost zilch. Other cities, much smaller than Dallas, successfully operate actual farmers markets. Privatization may sound fun but it was not ...

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Aside from Mudhen closing down, do we have any reason to think the Farmer's Market isn't doing well financially? I agree with cowboyeagle05 though, it's not the city's problem any more, which is great.

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:I specifically said Downtown. I am comparing Downtowns

I know you were, but what is the purpose of only comparing Downtowns? Seems a bit arbitrary to me.

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If you ignore the towers going up Uptown, Knox, Victory Park, the Design District, and Deep Ellum, then I suppose you could say Dallas is being surpassed by Austin.

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