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Anyone know why they removed Queso Beso's cool-ish neon sign? This photo is from a few weeks ago before it opened.. went and had lunch there today and it was gone. How is the grub? I went by on Saturday evening (starving), but couldn't get myself to go in. The decor is so odd, and the lighting temp...

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Does anyone know what is happening with 1301 Main? With the Davis under renovation next door, I would hope there is some type of plan. *Old* rumor I heard was that it was additional space for Headington office and food prep operations. No retail in the plan as of the time of that rumor (from a form...

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From the balcony early this morning.

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It's for sale. Please oh please oh please don't let First Baptist scoop it up.

https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/09/ymca-to-sell-its-downtown-building/

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Maybe FOX4 news would be interested in a studio like the one for WFAA in Victory Park. They could put a media wall at the corner of Akard and Pacific with a news ticker, and when not streaming news content it can recreate the mosaic art from different Sanger-Harris stores. DART needs a media partne...

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There's a liquor store at McKinney and Bowen like a 1/4 mile away.

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This may wind up as a separate thread if it actually goes forward, but... Plat application has been submitted to the city for "Westdale Epic 2". Proposed land use is all commercial. This is located on the ~2 acre property immediately west of the current construction site. Otherwise bounded...

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Plat application has been submitted to the city for "The Central". Proposed land use is multi-family, mixed use development.

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B22B565E-DD42-4108-A5CB-7BAEFE280248.jpeg 3716BC3F-CAA9-4A5D-A78F-2CE8E69AE4FA.jpeg AF2B2E44-752A-49BF-8397-EE937A016C62.jpeg 163A1F67-51F6-4C65-9BE7-82E1372245F7.jpeg In pic 1 you can see the progress on the marble on the Elm Street side. Almost done and looks really good. In pic 2 you see the wor...

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Behind Bleu Ciel.

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I hope the windows are replaced Several windows in the tower have already been replaced. They are so clearly different and newer than the old windows that I can't imagine they wouldn't replace them all. The windows at street level actually look really good when they're clean. I don't know if they w...

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Hard to tell from the street level, but they're removing the middle plexiglass panels and what's left of the fluorescent lights behind them. Not sure if the panels on the right side are new or old but since there don't appear to be any missing pieces, I wanna say that they're new. If that's the cas...

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They own both lots (1012 and 1100 McKinney) per DCAD.

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“unleash a major roadway project... to increase capacity and relieve congestion.”

They will literally never learn.

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exelone31 wrote:
joshua.dodd wrote:Something just seems off about this...

^This x 1,000

Yep.

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Apparently, the news is The Christoper the residential building that faces this property dropped rent prices significantly on this corner due to the construction of this project. This corner of the Christopher has the largest units in the building and they're listed for about 7K/month. Is that the ...

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Saw 2200 Main today—they have done a remarkable job on the exterior. I never would have imagined that the white paint could be so completely removed and such a fabulous building would emerge from under it. Agreed, but what do you think about the windows? They look odd to me. If you're talking about...

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I'm looking forward to that re-opened observation deck! Do you think they will still do the observation deck? That feature promised under the Drever regime surprised me because you're taking rentable space out of inventory for an amenity that isn't going to generate as much revenue. The public obse...

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But wouldn't said family find it more convenient to go to a suburban church where parking is even easier? That's what I'm wondering. I get that Sunday's it is easier to get in and out of Downtown by car, but it is even easier still to get to a suburban church. Basically, if convenience if what this...

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Tnexster wrote:Is every piece mapped back to its original spot.

They cataloged and marked every piece before removal so I would imagine mostly yes (obviously some were damaged during removal and will have to be replaced).

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Ye Olde Scarlet Pimpernel Tavern (yes, seriously...) aka the old City Tavern space opened last night at 6. The space is definitely much improved. We'll see how they do.

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"The owners have received approvals to construct a 15-story, 1,500-car parking garage on Commerce Street that would serve the high-rise."

Awesome.

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Thanks for the update! At this point, I'll take any sort of progress. This morning I noticed they have put up drops for worker overhang on the NE corner over Akard. I assume to start prepping for the marble. I just hope they don't get this entire building painted mint green and then run out of mone...

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muncien wrote:No doubt! Glad they kept the general look and feel while improving aesthetic quality. I have been waiting and waiting for this place to open. If anyone catches wind of an opening date, please pass it along. Much thx!!!

The new City Tavern location is opening this afternoon at 4 PM.

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First let me say that there is definitely some laziness and irresponsibility at City Hall. There are endless sources of needless frustration and I agree with some of the points made above. With that said, have any of you actually read the ordinance and the supporting documentation provided to counci...

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Wow. You just (incorrectly) explained the history of the bike and scooter regulations to the person who actually wrote them. LOL

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Can you tell what kind of work is going on inside? My apartment faces the south side of the building above the podium, and my office is in Renaissance tower facing the west side of the building much higher up. At least from those two vantage points, there has been no visible interior work for at le...

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Its construction related material, not LED's. I live across the street. You can't see it in the photo posted, but at the bottom of the aqua stripe in the forefront, they have re-installed two marble panels. When they were prepping to do those 2 panels (as a test/POC, I presume) they smoothed out th...

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They're re-building the Cupola right now.

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I heard yesterday from someone in the know that the sale has been finalized. Headington now owns the building containing the former Sol Irlandes space, Campisi's, Woolworth, and the State Farm Insurance space.

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Glass is going up on the west tower face. I’m almost embarrassed at how excited I am about this. Sorry no pics; was driving by.

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Oh, and OEP is still a place as far as I know as of a couple of weeks ago. I forget the name all the time of the ownership (I wonder why) of that place and if they were the same people that tried to go in at the bottom corner slot in the Davis Bldg. by Money Alley. Probably mixing it up a tad. OEP ...

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I was told over the weekend that it will be 2-3 weeks after the current Tavern location closes before the new one will open. It is going into the Western-most portion of the Mid-Elm redo, right next to the Kirby garage. On another note, there's a new restaurant/grocery/bar open at KPMG Plaza, above ...

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I believe the building is allowed to take over the northern lane of Elm Street whenever they're ready. I imagine that could address the valet concerns.

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To be fair, while I agree there is reason for skepticism about whether Spire can pull off such a development, we have to admit that a big part of the problem is still downtown Dallas. What projects in downtown Dallas have started and finished since Spire was first announced (2011, IIRC)? (I think t...

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Yes, we walked by this the other day to see what the crane was all about but didn't take a picture. The crane is wedged in where the garage doors were.

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The owner of this building is Headington, isn't it? I doubt he ever has to jump through any hoops. Seems to have carte blanche. He demolished some of the oldest buildings in Dallas without any pain whatsoever. I think it's fairly clear with recent developments that most of City Hall can be bought. ...

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Very excited about Royal Blue opening.

Also, heard a rumor that the old Chase Bank branch at Main and Akard will become a Chipotle.

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Work has resumed on the Drever as of yesterday. They are removing marble from the Northeast face of the building and they're doing something with the windows higher up on the East face. Good news!

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After several months of no visible activity, yesterday I saw them extending the north side construction wall onto the DART platform. Maybe prepping for removal of the rest of the marble on that side? Who knows. At least they're doing something again.

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Could it be that the other 6 are occupied with leases that don't expire yet? Or maybe D Mag (or Todd) miscounted? Yes, please! The fewer cheesy names, the better. We've had more than enough of those around here. There are supposed to be new infill buldings eventually as well. Maybe the 24 number in...

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Have there been any progress with this project? Tile is being removed still. Do you mean that you have seen tile being removed recently or that there is old tile still up? The latter is true (the entire north face of the podium above the DART station is still tiled), but I have not seen any evidenc...

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I'm not a city planning expert or someone who really even spends a lot of time thinking about transportation infrastructure. I'm just a downtown resident who will walk or take transit wherever possible when I need to get somewhere. In my opinion, the pedestrian experience on the 1600 block of Elm ha...

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Considering that Elm in downtown is the busiest bus corridor in the entire system (20 bus lines go down it), it absolutely needs a dedicated transit lane. The fact that it's only been done half-heartedly in the past isn't a reason why it shouldn't be done going forward. It appears that the travel l...

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Thanks for posting this! Are there any plans to renovate and remodel the ugly parking garage next to it? https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7814819,-96.799209,3a,75y,184.2h,99.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sD-K_ig52n5izozFWDnn-yQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en It would be nice if they could cover those steel frame...

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Cool! But how are they clearing the site without touching the parking lot? Isn't the whole site parking lot? It's that weird strip right by the Olive exit ramp that wraps around Museum Tower. It looks like the work goes the length of the Pearl Side of the lot, but it's hard to tell for sure from my...

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I hadn't thought about this site in a while, but reading this thread made me look out the window.

There are bulldozers out there right now clearing the site on the Pearl street side. The parking lot has not been touched yet as far as I can tell from up here.

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Downtown Dallas' landmark Davis Building gets $45 million redo https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2018/03/29/downtown-dallas-landmark-davis-building-gets-45-million-redo Mycon Construction says it's been hired to renovate the 250,000-square-foot residential and retail building at 1309 ...

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If I remember correctly from the original proposal it's an elevator available to the public that would take you to the top level/rooftop restaurant without going through the hotel.

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willyk wrote:Scout looks great—we asked about opening and the front desk said “Q1.”

But it’s destined to be the Rec Room for all of Downtown.

Scout opened yesterday. I haven't been, but a friend says it's awesome.

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