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I did my usual walk through Downtown today for the first time in months and, despite the weather being pretty perfect, much of Downtown felt pretty dead to me. Victory Park was a ghost town, as was the West End, and Main Street also felt pretty dead as well. Fortunately the Discovery District was b...

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willyk wrote: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.

Bumping this up...

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https://i.imgur.com/jdFhQck.jpg I forgot the name of this development, and I'm not entirely sure if this area is still considered Victory Park. This is just north of Wooddall Rogers right across the street from where the Hard Rock Cafe used to be. This is the old stark club. There's a thread for th...

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That's an entirely different type of project. It's less urban and more office Park. Mid town is more complex just because of the location itself.

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This development will not come to fruition as originally planned. It will be a vestige of the original plans. This pandemic isn't helping either. However, I would have expected more residential and infrastructure at least be put in place. But very little has occurred. Perhaps the developer should ju...

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But will there be LEDs? That's the key here.

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Any pics of the lobby/ entrance from the outside

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Harwood: Ok give me your best design possible..

Architect: Awesome.. Here you go!

Hardwood: WOW! AMAZING! ...Now remove 75% of the Design. Less Design more Tissue Box..You feel me?

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Harwood just can't seem to ever do it in a cool or imaginative way. Ah yes, the old 'eff-up' a wet dream. If all we can ever say is "it's better than nothing" or "at least that's one less parking lot" than I will no longer EVER let myself get excited about 90% of these rendering...

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How about? Project Name: Victory North end and the Park will called Victory Yards

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An 83-story mixed-use tower, 1.9 million square feet of office space and 895 residential units — these are just some of the new details revealed about Hunt Realty Investment's proposed 11-acre project in Uptown. Hunt Realty President Colin Fitzgibbons told the Business Journal last week that the pro...

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Wow good news.

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DPatel304 wrote:That's great news for them!

I still don't agree about Austin 'out shinning Houston/Dallas' though..haha, but we're all on the same team, and Texas, as a whole, is doing tremendously well!

Nah, we definitely not on same team lol Ppl hate Dallas, facts!

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https://austin.towers.net/downtown-aust ... reek-site/

Austin getting Texas tallest...

I'm telling you Austin out shinning Houston and Dallas Right Now.

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texasstar wrote:
undefinedprocess wrote: What would y'all like to see in the Legacy West area/development itself?

Nothing. I want to see everything new in the area migrate across the 121 to Frisco's Platinum District.

I believe it's called the Platinum Corridor. If there ever was a cringe name, this is it.
SoGood takes runner up

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texasstar wrote:
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Austin is on its way to overtake Houston and Dallas

You're a funny guy, Tivo.

Heheh

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saxman wrote:It looks like the measure passed to expand Austin's Metro system. I'll definitely be a user of the train to the airport.

Austin is on its way to overtake Houston and Dallas

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Is it just me or is Dallas trying to be known for having great Parks? Days ago, the Fair Park plan called for another signature park.. then I recalled, we have other signature Parks underway (West End, Carpenter, Southern Gateway)... Now this! Dallas goin' green!Love it.

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Yeah, I live 5 min away from the proposed site. There's not really much there in terms of views for residents as its mostly, warehouses on that stretch of beckley. There's some Apartments near by currently u/c, but nobody has ever had any views from outside their window along beckley.. that is unles...

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jetnd87 wrote:Or the Link at Uptown. I'd be surprised if they moved to the burbs given their and their competitors' current locations here. But who knows

I thought about that too.. but I hope they choose Smart District.

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Even Wylie H Dallas is a NIMBY now? Someone guessed that the ownership of that account changed, I guess they were right. Jon Anderson's complaints are as high-rise suburbia as they get - not enough parking, 'looming', 'ugly' blah blah blah. It's taller and will house more people? Good. It's nice to...

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Still pessimistic. But this one is starting feel like it has a real chance of becoming a reality. I hope it happens.

I just wish KBH gets destroyed and we build an actual neighborhood instead.

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Mr. Amsterdam wrote: at the designs of the new buildings. Dallas is in a league of its own when it comes to bland. It's like the Chili's of cities.

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Given that there are 0 sq ft of office space currently under lease in this neighborhood, might it make more sense to prove up the market with a few nicely done 5-8 story buildings, THEN go tall? Just asking. I think this developer is making a hard push for the EL centro bid. I think DCCD being the ...

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"The NewPark development is an 18-acre mixed-use development proposed on the southern side of Downtown, just south of City Hall. The proposed development will occupy existing surface parking lots. The new district will combine office, residential, retail, and educational uses to create an excit...

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Here's a way better story on this development.. https://candysdirt.com/2020/10/14/dallas-skyline-the-killing-continues-thursday/ I think the author makes a very good point about there being no real central plan in this area. I don't agree with his sentiment about preserving Downtown views. My take i...

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The glass is too opaque if the aesthetic of the original rendering was the goal.

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Cool story bro. Lemme know when y'all start movin' dirt.

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Has anybody here eaten at Heim before? I'm hoping they're comparable to Black's, Pecan Lodge, Lockhart, etc. Yeah at the original Fort Worth locale. It's really good! Better than Blacks in Austin in my estimation. Definitely better than lockhart. Not sure about it being better than Cattlelack and p...

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clcrash19 wrote:https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/10/13/planned-tower-will-be-new-eye-candy-for-dallas-uptown-area/

This is going to wow people

..... -______-

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Not surprised..DFW quietly has amassed some FinTech. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (major players in Financial Market transaction reconcilation) is based in Coppell and Schwab recently moved over. I doubt they'll move to Downtown. But nice nonetheless

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https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/10/02/new-apartment-community-planned-for-oak-cliff-will-overlook-downtown/ I'm curious if they are tearing down the little church or building around it. That little church has a large Warehouse behind it. I think that may be what they're referri...

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I agree with Ace that Dallas needs to support its police. It doesn't appear to be happening though, with the city council already having cut the (already underfunded and understaffed) police department's overtime. My hope was that Dallas would buck the trend of other cities and invest in public saf...

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Why relocate a company from Minneapolis or Chicago to central Dallas when it might be even worse? Uh....Pretty sure Minneapolis and Chicago police have it more rough than Dallas Police. Not every company wants a suburban location simple as that. And going forward I think lots of companies realize WF...

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Cbdallas wrote:I am afraid this is a sign of things to come with office space for a while. I still am working from home at least until the new year and maybe after.

Same. I think commercial office space will take a hit for the foreseeable future

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Ouch. I've always said Downtown should be more Neighborhood than office Park.

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Idk the owners fought to preserve the building..and won the right to operate with less parking. This seems like a set back to me. Looks like they plan to rebuild and likely had insurance

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If beltline was obese.

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tamtagon wrote:Monday morning is unbearable for me when the cowboys lose to the falcons.

This did not age well.

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CTroyMathis wrote:
itsjrd1964 wrote:. . .

JRD, hey a random bird told me Thompson Hotel at 1401 Elm has a pretty extensive pre-opening job listing, for well, not even being opened/finished yet. Might be a different brand, but, hey. Passing it along.

Good to hear, lots of hard working folks need a job at the moment.

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Starting at a low 800K!

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Also Sum Dang Good Chinese as a name ... Is so cringe. Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised if Chinese Americans got offended by it.

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Rendering

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While COVID-19 has impacted many proposed developments in North Texas, it has done little to change the ambitious master plan for Trinity Groves. In fact, additional portions of the West Dallas development could break ground by the end of the year. First to go vertical would be 366 new apartment uni...

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How much longer until the strip mall across the street is redeveloped... I wonder how profitable it is at this point. Them taxes keep goin up...

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19 stories. Should be bigger.

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800' footers just aren't a reality in this climate. And they weren't prior to that , in Dallas anyway. In all likeliness, the FAA request was just testing the waters by the developer.

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Poor pedestrian infrastructure is partly why the scooters are such an issue. According to the Downtown Residents FB group, people riding the scooters on sidewalks are "terrorizing" pedestrians and in several instances, running over their dogs. In a few headlines I've scrolled by, it also ...

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Poor pedestrian infrastructure is partly why the scooters are such an issue. According to the Downtown Residents FB group, people riding the scooters on sidewalks are "terrorizing" pedestrians and in several instances, running over their dogs. Same can be said for Bicycles. This seems mor...

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IDK see what the problem is with the scooters. City hall complaining as if the downtown pedestrian infrastructure was good.

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