Has anyone noticed how bad the facade of the Centrum is looking? That update has not aged well and it's only been a few years?! wow It was pretty weak redo when it was done. I expected more for such a building. Maybe someday someone will buy it and really refresh it all the way. The original was a ...
Well according to someone close the Centrum the building it is pretty damn empty now. Supposedly Capitol Factory vacated and many other tenants have evaporated as well. Not because of the building itself but just COVID hasn't done well to this building. They are offering move in incentives to get a...
"The city has promised that this plan will not gather dust on a shelf like so many others have over the years. Now it has guidance. It is up to the city to follow it." Don't hold your breath. Dallas is the city that loves to plan; but hates to act. To prove your point, the plan itself ref...
The City of Dallas has a new draft strategic mobility plan called Connect Dallas. D Magazine has a write-up about it with links to the study and a survey: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2021/01/dallas-new-mobility-plan-admits-that-walking-here-is-dangerous/ It identifies some of the city’s tr...
The developer of the proposed Central Market/office/hotel/apartments on Lemmon Ave has asked the city to modify their development to remove the 156 Marriott hotel (due to COVID) and to increase the maximum dwelling units (for more apartments) on the site & keep the approved height/density/massi...
If DART’s bus passengers can not control their body fluids and keep the seats dry, there is no hope for the stigma of public transit ever going away. I can afford to not ever ride on a pig sty. Sometimes people spill water on the “luxurious” velour. Sometimes people spill coffee. It happens far mor...
At least they aren't building a standalone suburban monstrosity, like some of the bigger chains tend to do. Like Verizon did at Lemmon and Oak Lawn when the Avon apartments were torn down for the parking lot of their ugly grey box on the corner. So, yes, it is a small improvement that they will be ...
Your original post mentioned upgrading, not luxury. The blue vinyl is a definite upgrade from the blue velour. Don't ride DART if vinyl is beneath you. I'm sorry, but I consider vinyl a downgrade to velour seats. I have never ridden a DART bus , the stigma is real. At least you admit you don't know...
All transit agencies wishing to encourage more bus riders and overcome the perception or stigma of buses being for the economic disadvantage could easily do so simply by upgrading the seats in the buses. DART is replacing the ancient absorbent upholstery with new blue vinyl, which will help in that...
All transit agencies wishing to encourage more bus riders and overcome the perception or stigma of buses being for the economic disadvantage could easily do so simply by upgrading the seats in the buses. DART is replacing the ancient absorbent upholstery with new blue vinyl, which will help in that...
Wow the for sale sign doesn't even have branding for a company in charge of the sale. Its literally a generic for sale sign which suggests they probably haven't hired a big company to seek out buyers aggressively. This lot might sit for awhile. How odd. The phone number shows up on the page for one...
Does anyone know what the master plan is for the lots? I hoped the kroger gets redeveloped to mixed use. The back lot will be the first developed with two office towers (I believe). The large front lot will be converted to underground parking with a mixed use of towers on top. Maybe it has changed ...
Yup. We moved into that neighborhood between Old Parkland and Cedar Springs about 4 years ago and the transformation over here has been insane. Better townhomes/apartments/towers/retail popping up everywhere. Also tons of street improvements. It all seemed to start when Old Parkland started it's ex...
This looks great! It doesn't seem to say where on Singleton this will be on, all it says is that it will extend from Singleton Blvd to the railroad. The buildings along Singleton that are notched out of the project appear to be Whiskers Fish and Burgers, a used car lot next door, and a couple other...
Took a quick phone pic of the clock tower as I walked by today. It’s right across Maple from Val’s and The Grapevine but visible from around the neighborhood now.
Looking forward to updates as construction gets underway. Construction is already at least halfway vertical. It’s going up dizzyingly fast. I think they only broke ground in February but it has to be 10-12 stories tall. Writing that makes me think those speeds imply above ground garage. I’ll try to...
The blurb says 6 story garage. The pool being on the fifth floor is confusing…. Here’s the thought that made me wonder: There’s a two-story lobby on the front which would make each floor above that space a level above the parking garage that would be built behind it. First floor, two stories tall, ...
There must be 3-4 level of underground parking. Interesting that there are about 2 parking spaces per unit. This is more than most. Program 20-story highrise tower, 206 residential units, 6-level parking garage with 418-parking spaces. Is underground parking confirmed as part of the plans here? The...
It really is a fantastic turn around for the building, but I still can't figure out how this ended up costing ~$450 million bucks. Isn't that the cost of a brand new, very tall skyscraper? Isn’t it virtually a brand new, very tall skyscraper now? $450 million is a huge sum, but it’s a huge building...
Was this the last major vacant building in the CBD? It’s been consistently described that way in articles about the renovation. If there are others remaining empty, they certainly aren’t as large. https://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2019/08/what-the-redevelopment-of-downtowns-last-vaca...
As to the affordable factor, the Downtown Connection TIF District, which supported this project, required 83 percent of the units be dwellings for artists earning incomes of 50 percent and 60 percent of the Dallas Area Median Income. https://dallas.towers.net/2017/03/22/creative-housing-for-creativ...
Welcome to the hybrid known as suburban disconnected sprawl disguised as walkable live work play. Lip service to the cause but is implemented in a way that is more carboard cut out rather then firmly understood urban fabric. This sums it up well. Every part on the checklist is included but the piec...
Well, it appears that the leasing office is open. Along Flora Street there are some "Future Resident Parking" signs, the FloraLofts sign is lit and the lobby is well decorated. https://photos.app.goo.gl/rK1ZX7rR1iKw1py58 That looks nice. The website has a lot of detail about available uni...
The Masonic Temple building downtown that was one of Hannibal’s links is referenced in this article as Texas limestone: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/10/02/landmark-former-masonic-temple-now-stunning-downtown-dallas-loft-office-space/ The exterior is 24-inch-thick Texas limest...
Hall of State at Fair Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_of_State This doesn’t mention a specific source but the limestone was from Texas and used again for the recent restoration: https://www.dmagazine.com/commercial-real-estate/2020/11/how-dallas-architect-firm-gensler-approached-the-renovat...
Korean fried chicken restaurant Bonchon moves global headquarters to Dallas https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2020/11/19/korean-fried-chicken-restaurant-bonchon-moves-global-headquarters-to-dallas/ Korean fried chicken franchise Bonchon announced it will move its global headquarters f...
New blurb from the Voice about a Q&A tomorrow evening: Caven to host neighborhood discussion on its land development https://dallasvoice.com/caven-to-host-neighborhood-discussion-on-its-land-development/ The direct link on facebook for the meeting Wednesday, November 18, at 6 p.m. at TMC : https...
The real news here is as previously reported in other threads is that CAVEN is a partially employee owned operation. Many of their employees own stock in the company. This arrangement means many people will need to sign off or can decide to sell their portion, take the check and retire. Most of the...
Walked by the Melrose this afternoon and took a pic through the parking lot fence of the conference center expansion. Can’t find any external renderings to see what it was supposed to look like, but so far it has all the charm of a value-engineered suburban strip center grocery store.
Cru Hemp Lounge, which was founded in Atlanta a decade ago by businessman and reality-show hanger-on Dennis McKinley, plans to open a location in Deep Ellum in December 2021. https://dallas.eater.com/2020/10/15/21517737/dennis-mckinley-opening-cru-hemp-lounge-dallas-real-housewives-of-atlanta-porsh...
New marker at Cedar Springs and Wycliff. https://dallasvoice.com/oak-lawn-signs-installed/ The signs in the Oak Lawn median at Cedar Springs have been installed. These look much worse to me with the stair-step placement of twice as many pillars instead of putting letters on both sides of a single r...
Looks like over half of the restaurants at trinity groves are closed. DMN has a paywalled “member exclusive” article that it is no longer going to be a restaurant incubator. https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2020/08/18/trinity-groves-in-dallas-makes-sweeping-change-its-no-longer-a-res...
CultureMap has a new preview article about the restaurant: https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/08-11-20-elm-good-pittman-hotel-deep-ellum-graham-dodds The hotel site is live, if like me you had not seen it already: https://www.pittmanhoteldallas.com/ I also found a great “before” ph...
Pics from this morning. Workers are digging out the parking at the old Office Depot site (2929 Oak Lawn). IMG_20200805_091803.jpeg The windowless rear facade of the Melrose annex could be mistaken for the back side of an Office Depot. IMG_20200805_091548.jpeg The Toll Brothers apartment tower at Wel...
I do hope this doesn't get torn down. It was built in 1939 it sits at Cadiz and Lamar I shot Friday July 31, 2020 The olf Gloco Gas station It’s for sale on Loopnet for $3.85 million. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/904-Cadiz-St-Dallas-TX/16932917/ The City of Dallas designated it as a landmark in ...
Has anyone been by this one? Has there been any activity? Is the existing building still occupied? Haven’t been by, but this overall update of Turtle Creek projects by Jon Anderson says the development company is starting from scratch on zoning approval with a new plan to save the existing building...
So is this distant picture an accurate representation of what might be built here? Or just fluff? A “site density study” illustrating ”conceptual options,” according to this: https://vlkarchitects.com/projects/mixed-use-development-site-study VLK recently completed a site density study for Cushman ...
Can anyone tell me what these are and what their purpose is? At this PDF link, they’re called wing plates. They’re supposed to prevent wind gusts from making the mast arm vibrate too much. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/12dd/0853346ecb4239e540c3ca03e1d8bb3d047b.pdf ETA: A couple of reddit posts w...
Doesn't CNN have a bureau in Dallas? If they still do (because I've heard they had one in Dallas before), it would be silly of them to put Dallas down like that if they go to the trouble of having a bureau here. I guess they can present news and data how they want, but you'd think if they really di...
Some more information and renderings from Jon Anderson at Candy’s Dirt: Several levels of above-ground parking in addition to underground, pedestrian office entrance but no curb cuts on McKinney, circular driveway/Truluck’s valet on Maple, garage entrance on Fairmount, height and FAR increases reque...
I think that is just their way of doing business. They are still sitting on a property in north Plano as well, where they have submitted design plans and changed zoning for a store more than two years ago. Aren’t they also still sitting on the Lemmon Avenue parcels and waiting for leases to expire ...