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Former SMU Football Player Plans Southern Dallas Housing An apartment complex and retail are planned on Bonnie View just north of I-20. Amazingly, the developer is NOT asking for any subsidies or other city help. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/former-smu-football-player-plans-southern-dallas-hou...

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21-acre retail center planned for far north Fort Worth

The location is along Bonds Ranch Rd. just east of Bus US 287. No specifics as to what retail will locate there.

https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/ ... fort-worth

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Plans are coming together to remake Harry Hines between NW Hwy. and its south end in the Uptown/Victory area. More sidewalks, shelters at bus stops, and a redone intersection with Webb Chapel Extension are just some of the changes/improvements planned. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/...

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Proving your point: John Eagle Honda, which is farther up Lemmon from this site, advertises that it's in Uptown. :lol: Or my favorite—Uptown Chrysler Dodge. Literally across the street from Love Field on Mockingbird. That dealership originally opened as Love Field Chrysler Dodge, and only had that ...

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If Southwest goes to DFW, would they end up with their own terminal? I wouldn't guess American would be in any mood to share.

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Current lists... Open:::: Burleson - 165 N.W. John Jones Dr. Cleburne - 600 W. Henderson Corsicana - 201 S. 15th St. Ennis - 101 S. Clay St. Granbury - 3804 U.S. Hwy. 377 Hudson Oaks - 100 Hudson Oaks Dr. Waxahachie - 800 Hwy. 77 (This list doesn't include H-E-B's Central Market stores.) Coming soon...

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The XFL is trying again. The league has been in bankruptcy up until now. One of their new saving graces is Dwayne Johnson, the wrestler/actor, and one-time football player. Johnson won't be the only investor. There will be 8 teams again, with a local team, again, playing home games at Choctaw Stadiu...

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Another angle on the Loews project:

https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/r ... -butchers/

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North Texas population explodes past 8 million — and counting https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/city-life/07-20-22-dfw-population-soars-past-8-million-north-central-texas-council-governments/ Just to be clear, this is the 16-county "North Texas" region, covered by the NTCOG. This cove...

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Travel + Leisure has named the Hotel Drover at the top of the magazine's DFW top 5 hotels list.

https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/t ... l-leisure/

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North Texas population explodes past 8 million — and counting

https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/c ... vernments/

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Plans are continuing for a state psychiatric hospital to be built at Harry Hines/Medical District Dr. It will be built on the site of a former hospital pharmacy. Construction is to start later this year, with completion possibly by 2025. It will be run by UT Southwestern and have 200 beds. https://w...

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Wow, none sold since the end of February.

I'm glad I don't work on commission....

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Another look at Terminal C's recent work, including photos from DFW's Twitter feed.

https://simpleflying.com/dallas-fort-wo ... h-c-gates/

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A new apartment building adjacent to Spring Valley Station appears to be a step closer to happening. Demolition began this week on the existing two-story office building. City council approved the project last October. Project info here: https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/richardson/gove...

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More about the recent work at Terminal C.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local ... e6b49b01ab

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Airport Officials Explore Love Field Expansion

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/airpo ... n/2998330/

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Delta has entered into an agreement with Alaska Airlines to use one of its gates. This move settles a longtime dispute between Delta and Southwest, where Delta had been allowed to use one of Southwest's gates, but Southwest had wanted to boot Delta from the shared gate. So it looks like passengers w...

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zblevinz555 wrote:Is it odd that there’s not a name attached to such a high profile, or soon to be, of a project? You would think as far as marketing is concerned, that there would be a sexy name slapped on this project

There'll be a sexy (or dumbass, or whatever) name attached soon enough.

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Fort Worth Looks to Rename Alliance Airport "Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport" is what FTW city leaders have chosen as a new name, if the council votes to approve it... but the FAA also has to approve the change. IMO::::: too long, and most people who care just call it "Allian...

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The Dallas city council unanimously agreed to let management of WRR be taken over by KERA's parent North Texas Public Broadcasting. The change takes effect in December. Meanwhile, the City and NTPB will begin work on getting the FCC to convert WRR's license from commercial to non-commercial. https:/...

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(Didn't realize there was another thread, I guess they can be merged)

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Hoque Global and city of Dallas partner on 270-acre University Hills development The development will be near UNT-Dallas, and will have: hundreds of single-family homes, 1,500 residences in multifamily communities, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, and over 50 acres of open green space a...

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After 6 years of planning and construction, parts of Tyler and Polk streets have been converted back to 2-way streets from one-way (which they have been for the last several decades).

https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2022/0 ... olk-opens/

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Some are complaining about bright light coming from 300 Pearl, the new East Quarter high rise.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/downt ... s/2982038/

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The terminal C work/expansion is complete and opening this week.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/air ... -arriving/

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Dallas Love Field is offering free parking in Garage C for 1 hour But, meanwhile, the City Council approved hikes to other parking rates... Full list of price hikes: Garage A: $15 to $16 Garage B (covered): $9 to $13 Garage B (roof): $7 to $10 Garage C: $15 to $16 Garage C (roof): No change, still ...

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Too bad the purchase didn't include the SW (the liquor store and cell phone place) corner of the block. I don't mind that the FedEx/ex-gas station and the gas pump 7-Eleven weren't included.

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DFW Airport to test ‘tugbot’ for cargo operations An automated tug will be tried out at a cargo operation, ferrying cargo between a cargo terminal and a freighter jet. It won't be unmanned though--an employee will be riding along, ready to stop the tug if it goes awry. No word on if any passenger a...

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American cuts 7 international routes, shifts New Zealand service to DFW 7 flights are listed as being cut by American, while 1 other flight is being re-routed. Cut: * DFW - Tel Aviv * DFW - Lima (ends November 3) * DFW - Beijing (returns summer 2023) (the other 4 involve gateways at Seattle-Tacoma ...

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DFW has started using recycled cooking oil as part of its jet fuel

https://www.today.com/video/dallas-fort ... 9765317959

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A pleasant surprise and one of the best possible outcomes. The City's Arts and Culture committee will vote Monday, followed by a City Council vote next month, to let KERA parent North Texas Public Broadcasting take on management of WRR 101.1 FM. In the agreement, the City will remain owner and for t...

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It's hilarious that there's a thread called "Arlington Development and TRANSPORTATION projects" They literally have no transit. What the hell is considered a transportation project in Arlington? Anything with a parking lot? It probably should have just started as developments, while anyth...

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But Steve Brown can't even spell the hotel Loews right... yes, it got spelled like the home improvement store. The Anatole was a Loews originally, but this must have escaped him somehow

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I debated over what to label it. I guess the mods can relabel it what they want.

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A new D Mag article looks at what's been done at the Village in the past few years: new restaurants, a hotel, a speakeasy, putting greens, styling salons, and a dog groomer, to name a few things.

https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/ ... w-village/

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A new Macy's Backstage off-price store is opening in mid-May in a freestanding space just outside Grapevine Mills.

https://fortworth.culturemap.com/news/f ... ine-mills/

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Closures planned for Central Expressway in Richardson until late July The HOV lanes on 75-Central north of Galatyn Pkwy. and south of Plano Pkwy. will close each Friday and Saturday overnight through July to build pillars for the upcoming Silver Line bridge. https://www.wfaa.com/article/traffic/ric...

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Dallas city manager calls for enhanced safety measures for DART's new silver line

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-ci ... ilver-line

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McKinney and Prosper residents share separate concerns over proposed Hwy 380 bypass routes The latest freeway bypass proposals for US 380 in McKinney and Prosper are bringing out the yeas and nays. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/mckinney-prosper-residents-concerns-proposed-hwy-380-bypass-r...

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Switch to Brighter LED Dallas Streetlights Considered Late last month, the City Council discussed street lighting, and what it would take to convert all remaining orange and older mercury-vapor lights to LED. The City owns a few, TxDOT owns some, but otherwise, Oncor is the dominant owner/overseer ...

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The City's transportation department director gave a recent update about traffic signal counts and conditions to the City Council. He wants to get upwards of 100 signals installed in the next 3 years (no specifics as to how many are brand new, or are replacements for existing signals). A chart is in...

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Closure of Santa Fe Trail pedestrian bridge over Garland Road postponed the temporary closure has been pushed back “until further notice while crews make additional revisions to the detour route. A new schedule will be shared as it is finalized.” https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/closure-santa-fe-tr...

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Closure of Santa Fe Trail pedestrian bridge over Garland Road postponed the temporary closure has been pushed back “until further notice while crews make additional revisions to the detour route. A new schedule will be shared as it is finalized.” https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/closure-santa-fe-tr...

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willyk wrote:Ad agency TRG will relocate to The Stack Deep Ellum; building is now 100% leased

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... hines.html

It didn't seem like TRG was at their "the Borg cube in Uptown" building very long before this news came about.

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Not sure what the outcome was, but a Special Meeting was held by the Forney City Council for the proposed H-E-B on Thursday... https://www.inforney.com/business/council-to-hold-special-meeting-concerning-updates-to-heb-site-plan/article_75c7979c-b081-11ec-a1a9-0384001504d8.html They really need to ...

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Qantas is launching DFW-Melbourne service starting in December. It will fly 4 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday), with afternoon departures and early morning arrivals. It will be one of the world's longest flights (8992 miles). Qantas will use Boeing 787 jets for these flights--not A...

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Santa Fe Trail bridge over Garland Road to close, starting early April

https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/santa- ... dge-close/

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Santa Fe Trail bridge over Garland Road to close, starting early April

https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/santa- ... dge-close/

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Sachse mixed-use development The Station completes phase one, adds new restaurants

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... ments.html

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