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TXGunLover

Do you guys think Las Colinas large South Asian population hurts its opportunities for high end retail development. I know for the most part their incomes are high but South Asians aren’t known to be as material driven as other groups. They’re actually smart with their money. Precisely. The diversi...

TXGunLover

The city would be smart to keep the zoning as retail... It's basically the last available parcel for a significant retail development in Las Colinas. I think we need new updated inventory as the area continues to grow. Before the project was cancelled you already had restaurants like Chuy's, Lazy D...

TXGunLover

My understanding was that the residential section would continue, but that the rest had been put on the market for other development, whether that be commercial or residential.

TXGunLover

vikachuuu wrote:Does anyone know the status / plan for the proposed shopping center at the intersection of Las Colinas Blvd and 161? Is it still slated for the Market Street grocery store + restaurants?

The whole commerical part of the development was cancelled.

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kwilliam wrote:Half of the Toys R Us space... Any idea how much sqft that is, and how that compares to their other Total Wine stores?

It's almost perfectly in line with their Lewisville store...

TXGunLover

Totally 3rd hand information, but one of the workers in the Toys 'R Us building told someone else that asked they were working on a new Total Wine & More. If true, YAY!

TXGunLover

Mexican Sugar has been permitted as expected next to Whiskey Cake.

TXGunLover

Anybody have news on the recent passage of liquor sales in Irving? Is Total Wine still planning to move into the old Toys R Us? I think one positive sign is that Total Wine is a somewhat fairly new member of the Irving / Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce. Seems like an obvious first step to opening u...

TXGunLover

I haven't seen anything definitive about TW&M other than rumors.

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The "rumor" is Market Street was the one with cold feet, and did not believe the residential market would support one of their stores in close proximity to Kroger and Whole Foods.

TXGunLover

Was it a way for them to get the residential part of the development approved and started? I hope its just paused for now because the developer sees more potential for a better development in the future. I agree the proposed tenants weren't the best. Has the Toms Thumb by Northgate/MacArthur close ...

TXGunLover

Here's to hoping for a better use of the land the next time around. I really wasn't very impressed with the plans we had seen. I know there was a lot of negative input from neighbors about a previous mixed use proposal, but perhaps that feeling has subsided with the current housing stock going in n...

TXGunLover

They told the city council they were going to wait until they had more leases. The residential will move forward but the retail, including Market Street, is "paused".

TXGunLover

You never know... Dallas did well with their Cypress Waters area...

TXGunLover

I would have preferred Sixty Vines... not impressed with Mexican Sugar, but lots of people love it.

Liquor sales passed, and Total Wine and More alerted the Chamber of Commerce they want the Toys R Us building on MacArthur. Woo hoo!

TXGunLover

Everyone remember to vote for the new liquor allowance law in May.

TXGunLover

Here's a story about the closing of Top Round... Apparently TMF was caught off-guard, although within 1 day they had already out leasing signs up in the window. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/03-06-19-top-round-beef-toyota-music-factory-closed-california/ They're relocating to 4...

TXGunLover

Went to Green Gator last night in the Music Factory. Extremely busy. I assume because of Fat Tuesday. It was shoulder to shoulder people at the bar sometimes 2 to 3 deep and every table was taken. They had a live DJ and more people than they could serve. There was no show that night in the Pavilion...

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Went to see a movie at Alamo last night... Green Gator was open when we left at 9, had about 4 people inside. Julio Iglesius was in concert from roughly 8 to 10:30PM at the Music Factory on Saturday February 23rd. During the time of a show most of the tenants at the music factory are dead. That nig...

TXGunLover

So is there any cure for the "bad location" restaurant spots? Or is any restaurant that locates in one of them certain to end up like Top Round? I'm guessing the problem is that those spots are on another side or not very visible compared to the others? At least the whole place isn't a bu...

TXGunLover

Not surprising... it's not the first and won't be the last. With so many open spaces, it won't be long before there is more vacant than occupied.

TXGunLover

Went to see a movie at Alamo last night... Green Gator was open when we left at 9, had about 4 people inside.

TXGunLover

muncien wrote:Fun Fact: Embassy suites originally proposed a hotel on this site back in the 90's. If I'm not mistaken, they have owned the land ever since.

Yep that's correct.

TXGunLover

Lupe's Tortilla is next to Walk On's. Mexican Sugar will be next to Whiskey Cake.

Jam + Toast is outstanding.

TXGunLover

Went to see the early showing of Lego movie 2 on Saturday. Work was being done at both the Green Gator and the other restaurant pad in the plaza. Things were more busy than normal when the movie got out, I supposed because of the Toni Braxton concert. Alamo, was as always, great.

TXGunLover

The restaurant has been empty. Excited to try it soon though.

TXGunLover

We're there again tonight to see Aquaman. Like last night valet has given up business and the whole area is basically deserted, again. I will say there are 8 people in the Alamo bar which is a record for what we've seen.

Theater is about 20% full.

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Yeah, steak shack won't last with a 5 guys and McDonald's so close. I've been surprised In and Out has survived given how terrible it is. Dick's is closing many stores, as they stopped selling firearms according to their latest earning's release. https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/12/13/dicks-spor...

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Went to Shake Shack on Monday... Place is nice! Actually not too much seating on the inside which sort of surprised me. Staff was super friendly, food was tasty, although a tad bit pricey (I already knew this though as I had been to the one in Uptown several times). I paid $15 for burger, fries and...

TXGunLover

Been in the Music Factory several times lately for Saturday night movies... Both Alamo and surrounding area has been dead as a door knob...

TXGunLover

Here's a little blurb about Shake Shack in Las Colinas. Has a photo too in case you haven't been by the site recently. https://escapehatchdallas.com/2018/11/las-colinas-is-getting-a-shake-shack-very-soon/ Nice to have it, but the one in Plano was disappointing. Not as terrible as in-and-out, but no...

TXGunLover

I think there was a PF Changs listed as well... could be wrong.

TXGunLover

Another tenant signed for the Music Factory... The Green Gator- a Cajun themed Sports Bar from Frisco. https://dallas.eater.com/2018/10/25/18022960/green-gator-cajun-food-toyota-music-factory-irving I like this move... at least it's not another Yardhouse/Thirst Lion copycat. Haven't seen any other ...

TXGunLover

Sadly they dumped sixty vine

TXGunLover

Mexican Sugar will be right next to Whiskey Cake in addition to Lupe's and Walk-Ons.

TXGunLover

Was iPic possibly originally going into that dev or am I thinking of something else?

TXGunLover

Until then, the LC Urban Center will likely remain a place for young couples without families, and possibly empty nesters. But there's really nothing wrong with that. Other than, the population demographics in the area cannot support such growth in entertainment as seen in areas such as Frisco... I...

TXGunLover

Las Colinas needs a good museum. I would argue it needs a better public school district first, instead of CFB. I am a product of the CFB school system - compared to the alternative of Irving ISD, I do not know what your complaint is. I grew up in the Hackberry area and had friends living less than ...

TXGunLover

tamtagon wrote:Las Colinas needs a good museum.

I would argue it needs a better public school district first, instead of CFB.

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That is definitely concerning... Both of those are pretty low rent run establishments. They may do something more upscale, but apparently there wasn't a long list of top tier interest to chose from.

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ignition wrote:Y'all know Thirsty Lion takes reservations via Open Table, right? No wait...

Yep, but they were booked.

TXGunLover

Haha... we ate at Thirsty Lion too! Waited about 45 minutes... it was packed.

TXGunLover

We attended the Erasure concert Friday night and, like most of our other experiences (4 trips to Alamo + 4-5 trips for dinner at other places), we had a great time. We valet very time just in front of the TCBY and that's always worked well, yeah $10-$20 but easy in and out where we want to go. Durin...

TXGunLover

Hopefully a hotel will do better than those doomed restaurants... just a terrible location.

TXGunLover

It's in the whole foods parking lot. Also Market Street filed permits for the Shops at Las Colinas.

TXGunLover

Pretty stoked about Gingerman coming to town. That'll be a very frequent stop for me, no doubt. I'd still like to see another hotel come in as part of phase 2. I remember way back in the day, it was supposed to include a Hotel ZaZa. Are we talking about Cypress Waters? That whole development in my ...

TXGunLover

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Cypress Waters might as well be Coppell.

Or Irving, but it is actually Dallas.

TXGunLover

Thinking about Cypress Waters and all the success Billingsley is having, why don't we give her the old Texas Stadium site? I mean at this point something along the lines of Cypress Water is probably the best we could hope for at that site. And honestly, I'm pretty impressed with what she's done out...

TXGunLover

Nokia moved to Dallas (Cypress Waters) due to a large tax break.

TXGunLover

Pacific Table looks good... Irving's nationally unique diversity does however mean that what works in other areas (Southlake, Frisco/Plano) won't necessarily work here. One of the things that makes Irving unique is its highly diverse population, however that doesn't mean that what works in other are...

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