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- 01 Apr 2024 14:37
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
- Replies: 173
- Views: 132564
Re: Deep Ellum: The Stack - 2700 Commerce
Both of these articles have a paywall but the headlines tell the story. Ad agency TRG lists 28K sf sublease at the Stack in Deep Ellum More than a third of Hines-developed building is on sublease market https://therealdeal.com/texas/dallas/2024/03/25/ad-agency-trg-lists-28k-sf-sublease-at-the-stack-...
- 30 Mar 2024 17:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Crescent Point Tower (415 FT | 30 ST)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1712
Re: Uptown Dallas: Crescent Point Tower (415 FT | 30 ST)
DBJ article based on the OLC documents. 30-story apartment tower proposed at edge of The Crescent in Uptown Dallas Renters could live next door to hub for finance, shopping https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2024/03/29/30-story-tower-uptowns-the-crescent.html Was that deep spiral ramp construct...
- 29 Mar 2024 20:04
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Crescent Point Tower (415 FT | 30 ST)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1712
Re: Uptown Dallas: Crescent Point Tower ( - 415’ | 30 ST )
415’ is gonna look great! The "conceptual massing" makes it looks just as tall as 23 Springs will be across the street. It also seems to be the missing piece of the Crescent complex when you see it in context. I'll look forward to visiting the restaurant at the base of the tower by taking...
- 29 Mar 2024 19:31
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Crescent Point Tower (415 FT | 30 ST)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1712
Re: Uptown Dallas: Crescent Point Tower ( - 415’ | 30 ST )
Wow. This is a smart way to maximize their real estate and surplus parking. I would have never thought of putting high-rise residential/mixed-use on that little triangle.
- 28 Mar 2024 17:34
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 ST)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12076
Re: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 ST)
Not sure what is supposed to go north of the site, where the concrete garage is exposed. More garage! Walked by this afternoon as more pieces were arriving. One of those concept renderings showed apartments or townhome-type spaces wrapping a smaller version of this giant concrete rectangle. I hope ...
- 27 Mar 2024 19:18
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
- Replies: 109
- Views: 52655
Re: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
I used to work across the street at 2501 before it got a facelift and set out to look on street view at the mid-century office building that I remembered behind 2500 that will go away if this whole block gets rebuilt. Searching for Fairmount and Howell, this popped up for the lots across the street....
- 25 Mar 2024 13:03
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
- Replies: 124
- Views: 50029
Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
There just aren't readily available sites like the aforementioned desolate fields in Dallas proper. So they will have to take a different approach, probably along the lines of Tom Thumb's recent urban stores or the new urban HEB in Houston. This will take more time, effort, and money so it's not th...
- 23 Mar 2024 18:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Preston Center
- Replies: 85
- Views: 55943
Re: Preston Center
R1070 wrote:Wouldn’t this be where Hopdaddy is?
That's a different, older two-tower proposal across Luther Lane from this.
https://dallascityhall.com/government/c ... -FINAL.pdf
- 23 Mar 2024 16:01
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Preston Center
- Replies: 85
- Views: 55943
Re: Preston Center
IMG_7385.jpeg This is the rendering in DMN. Target, CVS AND John Reid may have to bid adieu. Everything I have seen about this proposal says it only redevelops the southern half of the block, with the building and parking garage for Target, etc., remaining intact. This rendering, even, appears to b...
- 13 Mar 2024 13:46
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10194
Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
I've never seen any data that says the NCTCOG or Michael Morris specifically understands or cares about any aspect of any transportation project in DFW. They 'care' to the extent that they can get additional money to keep them and their constituents funded and relevant. Beyond that...space elevator...
- 10 Mar 2024 18:14
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 ST)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12076
Re: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 S
Today from Reverchon Park. I also saw chain link going up around the Wimbledon Place Condos behind this new hulking structure. That lot is supposed to get a 24-story apartment tower. https://therealdeal.com/texas/2023/06/20/fifield-snags-turtle-creek-site-for-20m/ Looking at the size of the lot (go...
- 08 Mar 2024 17:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 ST)
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12076
Re: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 ST)
Today from Reverchon Park. I also saw chain link going up around the Wimbledon Place Condos behind this new hulking structure. That lot is supposed to get a 24-story apartment tower. https://therealdeal.com/texas/2023/06/2 ... e-for-20m/
- 07 Mar 2024 11:15
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10194
Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
Council member Paul Ridley is making way more sense about this than anything Michael Morris is spouting. I think we have a responsibility nine years after that legislative agenda was passed to look at whether it still makes sense today. I doubt very much that even the 2015 council would have written...
- 04 Mar 2024 17:47
- Forum: The Pitch
- Topic: World Cup 2026: Canada, US & Mexico joint bid wins right to host tournament
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16068
Re: World Cup 2026: Canada, US & Mexico joint bid wins right to host tournament
The local people lobbying FIFA want the international broadcast center to be at the Convention Center and the referees headquarters to be in Frisco. Fair Park would get a fan festival but so would a bunch of other venues around the Metroplex. This story is a month old now so there may be updates to ...
- 03 Mar 2024 09:17
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
- Replies: 1520
- Views: 1411729
Re: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
The only gas station I know of there was a Chevron on the NE corner. I think the NW corner has apartments on it. The Chevron on the NW corner was demolished several months ago. The apartments are on the southwest corner. If you look at a map, itsjrd1964 is correct. You may be visualizing everything...
- 20 Jan 2024 19:24
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10194
Re: Dallas - Fort Worth high-speed rail project
How Long Before We Can Ride a Bullet Train to Fort Worth? https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2024/01/how-long-before-we-can-ride-a-bullet-train-to-fort-worth/ This story is a must-read, and not just for the crazy image of a proposed alignment barreling through Lew Sterrett and the future convent...
- 18 Jan 2024 09:58
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
- Replies: 1520
- Views: 1411729
Re: Las Colinas/North Irving Development
I personally have no belief that gambling will be approved in TX until the legislature needs another funding source. They don't right now, IMO there's zero chance that any true casinos will be built in Texas any time soon. And if they somehow did, some out of stater like Sheldon Adelson will be las...
- 13 Nov 2023 12:14
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: 3503 Fairmount - The Julien (~237 FT | 14 ST)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3346
Re: Turtle Creek: 3503 Fairmount - The Julien (~237 FT | 14 ST)
The silver lining here, this only needs 14 sales to close out! haha. Most of the units will take up an entire 8,100-square-foot floor. Steve Brown did a write-up. Planned Turtle Creek condo tower will offer only 14 luxury homes https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/11/13/planned-turtl...
- 27 Oct 2023 16:11
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
- Replies: 426
- Views: 445345
Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
on the application the box is checked as the applicant is "potential buyer" they are requesting a new subdistrict to allow additional structure height for a MF building with restaurant and bar uses. sounds like they are potentially selling this site. its a full city block and it was submi...
- 27 Oct 2023 13:35
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn: Congress & Welborn (~21 ST)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19948
Re: Oak Lawn: Congress & Welborn (~21 ST)
just got an early notification about the HEB site near Oak Lawn. 3900 Lemmon (entire block) potential buyer is requesting a zoning change new subdistrict in PD 193 for additional structure height with use to be MF with restaurant and bar uses. 3900 Lemmon already has its own thread with renderings ...
- 29 Sep 2023 09:00
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn
- Replies: 810
- Views: 1417737
Re: Oak Lawn
Work set to begin next year on Oak Lawn redevelopment https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2022/10/04/work-set-to-begin-next-year-on-oak-lawn-redevelopment/ Picture1.jpg PegasusAblon last year obtained zoning to construct the residential towers behind the retail strip along Cedar Springs Avenue at T...
- 16 Sep 2023 12:24
- Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
- Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- Replies: 519
- Views: 455310
Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Is there any history out there regarding the design approach DART took on some of the train stations? I personally think the partial barrel roof style that you see at a lot of stations (Lovers, LBJ, Arapaho, White Rock, Zoo, Tyler/Vernon, etc.) looks a bit cartoonish and dated. Is it meant to imita...
- 13 Sep 2023 21:05
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas: Medical District
- Replies: 179
- Views: 152506
Re: Dallas: Medical District
It doesn't strike one as a fun or a relaxing park And the through traffic still moats it I think part of what they’re trying to do is mitigate the urban heat island that the current Medical District causes, so removing the concrete cloverleaf and replacing it with a mound of grass will help at leas...
- 13 Sep 2023 07:37
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas: Medical District
- Replies: 179
- Views: 152506
Re: Dallas: Medical District
"Medical District Urban Streetscape Project" Seeks Feedbacks & Input This post in the r/dallas sub on reddit has a few renderings of the proposal to reconfigure Harry Hines and turn the cloverleaf at Inwood into a mounded park area. (I added that image here.) https://www.reddit.com/r/...
- 05 Sep 2023 08:16
- Forum: Opolis Blueprints
- Topic: If-only / What-if .....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 18179
Re: Westmoreland Industrial District
If it were possible, going across the river to the Wonderview Park using the existing John C Phelps Trail would be the ideal. In fact if you survey the layout of the city, then Illinois Avenue - Westmoreland Avenue - West Mockingbird - Mockingbird Lane completes a square around downtown perfectly. ...
- 16 Aug 2023 17:31
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Henderson Avenue Corridor
- Replies: 361
- Views: 301219
Re: Henderson Avenue Corridor
I don't know for certain, but it seems like I saw something that implied it was to be a community amenity (pool, guest house, and/or meeting room) for ALL the COLLECTION properties in the area. Do you know if The Collection is owner-occupied or rentals? If owner-occupied, I agree that would be a wa...
- 02 Aug 2023 08:03
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
- Replies: 210
- Views: 75970
Re: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
An update from Steve Brown this morning:
Dallas’ new Four Seasons Hotel could start construction in January
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... n-january/
Dallas’ new Four Seasons Hotel could start construction in January
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... n-january/
- 28 Jul 2023 19:33
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Fair Park
- Replies: 165
- Views: 143931
Re: Fair Park
^ Thanks. I don't see it there, probably because I have Javascript disabled. I'm trying to figure out what they're planning to do with First Avenue. It looks from that drawing like they're going to redirect all traffic on 1st Avenue onto westbound I-30, but that makes no sense. More likely they're ...
- 25 Jul 2023 14:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum 1.0
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 814314
Re: Deep Ellum 1.0
I checked the longitude/latitude and shows that it's at 2625 Elm, where Uplift Luna Preparatory is at This will be interesting to follow. Uplift is building a new Luna campus out near the 30/80 split. https://uplifteducation.org/new-luna-campus/ And this building has a huge footprint. It's roughly ...
- 17 Jul 2023 17:55
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Trinity River Park
- Replies: 468
- Views: 475284
Re: Trinity River Park
Taking the "signature park" out of the floodway is the best thing that could have happened. It needs to be accessible wilderness. Easy fix: Seed-bomb inside the levees with milkweed and create an unparalleled oasis for the Monarch butterflies that already migrate through Dallas. Guarantee...
- 15 Jul 2023 12:50
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Knox District: Ivy Park - The Ivy (~18 ST) + The English (20 ST)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7545
Re: Knox District: Ivy Park - The Ivy (~18 ST) + The English (20 ST)
CTroyMathis wrote:I was thinking so, but, I hadn't gotten that far to verify. I went down a rabbit hole about Field Street District for awhile, lol.
It looks like the small office building at 5207 McKinney would go away for this second tower.
- 15 Jul 2023 12:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Knox District: Ivy Park - The Ivy (~18 ST) + The English (20 ST)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7545
Re: Knox District: Ivy Park - The Ivy (~18 ST) + The English (20 ST)
Just so we have website links: https://ivyparkdallas.com/ for The Ivy or Ivy Park in general theenglishresidences dot com was registered on same day with same registrar, so there's a good chance that will be a place to look later after "parking". The header image on that link, of the rend...
- 24 Jun 2023 20:12
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Expo Park: August Real Estate buys 17 buildings from Gibson
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1800
Re: Expo Park: August Real Estate buys 17 buildings from Gibson
A few other thoughts after re-reading the article: • “Is Fair Park quietly becoming Dallas’ next buzz neighborhood?” It's not a very quiet buzz anymore when Steve Brown's article was the lead story at dallasnews online. • The new owners of the Gibson portfolio redeveloped the Continental Gin buildin...
- 24 Jun 2023 14:07
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Expo Park: August Real Estate buys 17 buildings from Gibson
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1800
Expo Park: August Real Estate buys 17 buildings from Gibson
*Please move this where it should go. I couldn't find an Expo Park thread. Steve Brown: Is Fair Park quietly becoming Dallas’ next buzz neighborhood? The sale of 17 buildings east of downtown Dallas marks the biggest investment so far in the historic neighborhood. https://www.dallasnews.com/business...
- 20 Jun 2023 18:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: 711 N Pearl (~37 ST)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9134
Re: Downtown Dallas: 711 N Pearl
Sounds like an ambitious project. The rendering looks a lot like the One Uptown apartment tower on McKinney.
- 19 Jun 2023 19:33
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: 3515 Brown Street (~24 ST)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2059
Re: Turtle Creek: 3515 Brown Street (~24 ST)
Steve Brown just posted a piece about this one, making it sound like Fifield just bought the site. Chicago developer joins the Turtle Creek building boom https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/06/19/chicago-developer-joins-the-turtle-creek-building-boom/ A Chicago-based developer has s...
- 13 May 2023 18:09
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2811 Maple (~380 FT | ~30 ST)
- Replies: 81
- Views: 41681
Re: Uptown Dallas: 2811 Maple (~380 FT | ~30 ST)
Tucy wrote:Also in the middle pic, what is the building in the foreground with the green roof?
It's one of the two restaurant spaces that will be out in front of 23Springs.
- 08 May 2023 12:53
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Cabana Hotel
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68960
Re: Design District: Cabana Hotel
Centurion is selling the Cabana and the old Braniff building. Dallas’ landmark Cabana Hotel hits the market https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/05/08/dallas-landmark-cabana-hotel-hits-the-market/ Centurion American officials have said delays in historic designations, city permitting...
- 03 May 2023 09:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn: 3900 Lemmon
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6113
Re: 3900th Block, Oaklawn
This looks very well designed. Maybe it will spur similar redevelopment nearby.
Can the thread title be changed? It's confusing right now because this is 3900 Lemmon (and Oak Lawn is two words, anyway).
Edit by Moderation: Title changed.
Can the thread title be changed? It's confusing right now because this is 3900 Lemmon (and Oak Lawn is two words, anyway).
Edit by Moderation: Title changed.
- 02 May 2023 08:15
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Plano: Willow Bend Mall
- Replies: 324
- Views: 158635
Re: Plano: Willow Bend Mall
Plano would lose its feel, some residents say, with massive Willow Bend mall overhaul https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2023/05/02/plano-would-lose-its-feel-some-residents-say-with-massive-willow-bend-mall-overhaul/ TLDR: NIMBY woman thinks there will be too many apartments near her. City officials w...
- 14 Apr 2023 20:06
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn
- Replies: 810
- Views: 1417737
Re: Oak Lawn
How tall can the buildings along lemmon be? Good question. It's a lot closer to Love Field and its landing patterns. I searched and used the numbers from these two sites and came up with a difference between ground elevation and height restriction for the block in question of about 280-300 feet. So...
- 14 Apr 2023 12:05
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn
- Replies: 810
- Views: 1417737
Re: Oak Lawn
Doesn’t HEB own that block? Are they giving up on a store in that location? The limited information on the facebook post makes it seem like HEB is not going to be part of the new development but DCAD still shows HEB as the property owner, at least for now. It seems odd to me that they would abandon...
- 13 Apr 2023 15:55
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn
- Replies: 810
- Views: 1417737
Re: Oak Lawn
I just wish one developer would put together a Mid-rise Apartment development between Oak Lawn and the Tollway somewhere along Lemmon. The land usage density along there is abysmal. Looks like Trademark Property is going to try, if the zoning change is approved. Just saw this in a fb post on the Fr...
- 10 Apr 2023 09:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: East Dallas: Kroger
- Replies: 73
- Views: 53466
Re: East Dallas: Kroger
A Realpage update from late February says the permits for this project are showing as canceled. You scooped the DMN. Kroger supermarket planned on N. Hall Street near downtown Dallas is on hold https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2023/04/10/kroger-supermarket-planned-on-n-hall-street-near-do...
- 09 Apr 2023 19:35
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Lawn
- Replies: 810
- Views: 1417737
Re: Oak Lawn
Saw a post about this Toll Brothers proposal on the Friends of Oak Lawn fb page.
https://masterplantexas.com/3601cedarsprings/
It would replace one-story office buildings at 3601 Cedar Springs.
https://masterplantexas.com/3601cedarsprings/
It would replace one-story office buildings at 3601 Cedar Springs.
- 23 Mar 2023 10:33
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum : The Willow - 3800 Willow Street
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6877
Re: Deep Ellum : The Willow - 3800 Willow Street
This makes me even more excited for The Juniper, their larger tower across the street. The Juniper is no longer going to be a 19-story tower. Concrete and construction costs increased too much so it's been redesigned as a smaller seven-story building. Apartments set to start near Deep Ellum https:/...
- 17 Mar 2023 09:33
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
- Replies: 124
- Views: 50029
Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
That's pretty gross about the Kroger gas station. Last thing that area needs is more gas stations. It's so strange how the street seemed to be going the right direction in the 80/90s (like the 2 floor retail plaza with underground parking, containing Gloria's and Buffalo Wild Wings) and then just r...
- 16 Mar 2023 11:50
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
- Replies: 124
- Views: 50029
Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
I wonder how they could parlay that property they own along Lemmon into a store. The Lemmon Ave parcel seems too small for a traditional store with an acre of parking. It might be large enough to support a ground floor store with 5-6 floors of apts, but it that layout would require underground park...
- 16 Feb 2023 18:38
- Forum: Art + Sol
- Topic: Dallas Museum of Art
- Replies: 34
- Views: 23385
Re: Dallas Museum of Art
Just came across this and found it interesting. Ties into the DMN story and comments above in this thread.
https://competitions.malcolmreading.com ... useumofart
https://competitions.malcolmreading.com ... useumofart
- 14 Jan 2023 13:00
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Knox District: Knox Promenade - ~25/~20/~15 stories
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7619
Re: Knox District: Knox Promenade - ~25/~20/~15 stories
I am confused. There are two threads that seem to be discussing the same project. One titled Knox District MSD Capital and this one titled Knox District: Knox Promenade. Are these two separate projects or the same? The MSD Capital development is being built at Knox and Travis. This project, Knox Pr...