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http://i.imgur.com/BLoC1ak.jpg It's gotta be the three blocks just south of Dallas City Hall. Definitely the two blocks in red, but I can't tell if the third block he is referring to is the yellow or the purple. I could be wrong, but based on the information in the article, these are the only lots ...

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Great news!

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I am very shocked and sad to see Cartier moving to HPV. I have a friend who works at Cartier And They think it's a really bad & risky decision leaving a very high volume store to be outdoors with little foot traffic. I visit HPV often and the luxury stores are all empty. There's a reason why Ti...

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The joint venture between Mockingbird Venture Partners and M&M Venture that will build a 110-unit residential tower on the site of Idle Rich Pub at 2614 McKinney Ave. will have all underground parking. Stoneleigh Cos. development manager Ryan Swingruber looks to projects like that as the future...

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Not really sure where else to put this but...has anyone else been on the Exxir website and seen the project they have for Carlisle Street in Uptown? It looks incredibly fascinating. Wow, that looks amazing. Wasn't there some news a while back about a condo (or apartment?) complex being bought out i...

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The free D-Link bus route that circulates around downtown Dallas is being extended to the edge of Deep Ellum, giving downtown Dallas denizens a bigger free ride. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/02-27-17-dart-d-link-deep-ellum-downtown/ I rode the DLink once back when it used to go to Bi...

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At this point, I'm in favor of the Pacific alignment with the additional station at Museum Way. Originally, I was hoping to see new stations added to the southern part of Downtown, so that, in addition to eliminating the bottleneck, we could also service new areas with additional stations. Out of th...

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I visited this past weekend, and was impressed by how lively it was. It definitely wasn't much of a 'farmer's' market, but, it seemed very successful in getting people out and about in that part of town. To be honest, I've only been to the Farmer's Market one other time in my life and that was this ...

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My preference had always been to expand the service area. But most of these proposals do very little in that regard. Plus nearly all of them remove an existing station. Yeah, and that's a real shame. I'm happy that we are definitely going with a subway, but it seems like the focus is still on the c...

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The new owner of an Oak Lawn office building — Abby Development — plans to begin a multimillion-dollar upgrade to the aging building, which could re-position the property, which sits near the popular Uptown neighborhood, to attract key tenants. The upgrades to the four-story, 48,000-square-foot bui...

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The Green Heart, on its own, certainly does seem a little strange and out of place, but when you consider the fact that the old Parkland Hospital is up for grabs, the two could potentially be redeveloped into something grand that would complement each other really well.

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I agree, an amazing looking plan. I hope it does happen, and, even more, I hope it encourages more similar developments along other major roads.

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Perhaps the DLink can be expanded to incorporate Ross Ave and go all the way up to Lower Greenville and Henderson. I've only taken a ride on the DLink once and that was two years ago, so I'm not sure how popular it is, but I think it would be an excellent way to fill in the gaps that rail/streetcar ...

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This honestly feels like a step back when you consider the additional motor court and parking spaces.

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Fogo wouldn't be too far from all the high-end restaurants a bit further down, so perhaps this is just the lower side of McKinney slowly working its way north.

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I really feel like we could do a better job at connect the Katy Trail to Victory Park. There is always a lot of activity on the trail, but, for the most part, it kinda dies down when you hit Victory Park, and, even with all the new construction going on in the area, there still is a weird/dead trans...

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I'm happy with this news. Yes, this development doesn't compare to what we've been seeing in Victory Park and Uptown, but this area isn't even close to being on the same level as those two neighborhoods. Plus, it's not like there is a shortage of empty land that we need to be sure to use wisely. The...

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Maybe the additional parking is for revenue from Arts District and Klyde Warren visitors. That could allow more people from the far out burbs to be able to drive in and spend money in Dallas if they have good parking options close by. Isn't this mentality partly what lead to Downtown's decline. I r...

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I'm okay with the fact that not all new developments are going to be mid/high-rises, as long as they aren't suburban in design (which this one doesn't appear to be). With that said, the gas station and C-store have got to go.

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Is it possible that the plan is to still have this project be privately funded and Trump is simply just trying to take credit for it if/when it does happen?

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I'd love for Downtown to become a shopping destination as well, but it's hard to compete with Northpark, which isn't all that far away. It doesn't help that there is also West Village and Highland Park village not too far away. I'm not sure where it would make the most sense to have a shopping desti...

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I was under the impression that this was going to be a privately funded project, is that not the case? Either way, I'm happy that this project has such a priority. Good news for Cotton Belt too, but, to be honest, I'd much rather see the HSR and D2 come to fruition first, although I realize it's als...

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The 253-unit, 204,752-square-foot apartment community, which will be called Encore Swiss Ave. at the corner of Swiss Avenue and N. Peak Street in East Dallas, will feature a contemporary design with a bricks- and timber-faced exterior. http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/01/23/dallas-develo...

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Great pictures! Thanks for the update!

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Come late spring, the “damp” neighborhood of Oak Cliff could have a full-blown bar at North Tyler and West Davis streets. But for now, it will be one small battle at a time until Tiny Victories can open its doors, as long as its space is successfully rezoned. http://www.dallasobserver.com/restauran...

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Blue Cross Blue Shield to build next big widget in Dallas' West End Health care giant Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas plans to bring the next big widget to save on health care costs to fruition in Dallas' West End neighborhood, in a new two-story innovation hub. The innovation hub will act like a s...

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Great news! I'm excited to see what's in store for this plot of land.

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Had no idea the owners went to the same high school as me...

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What a fantastic project! The retail addition and new entrance look fantastic. I wish the Crescent had been more ambitious and done something like this, instead of simply plopping a Shake Shack in front of their building. I'm happy the Shake Shack is there, but I feel like they could have done somet...

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Thanks! I'm really looking forward to this project moving forward, but, to be honest, it's so overwhelming to try and keep up with the amount of information regarding D2. It seems to change slightly each time more news comes in, so it's really hard to keep up with what's reality, and what's no longe...

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This is great news for that side of downtown, even though I had high hopes AT&T would be the large new tenant for the perot skyscraper, i think i'm happier with this result. I, too, am really glad they stayed. This side of Downtown needs them a lot more than the Perot site, plus I really hate t...

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This unrelated to this particular property, but I went by Breadwinners the other day and noticed their patio was larger. I was only half paying attention at the time, but I'm pretty sure there was some streetwork done here and the parking spaces in front of Breadwinners and quarter bar were changed ...

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Really happy with what I'm seeing. The article says it will be completed sometime in 2019, which is quite a wait, but it'll be worth it.

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The IT services giant plans to open its new North American headquarters in early summer upon completion of the 14-story, 307,824-square-foot office tower at 7950 Legacy Drive. The Japanese-based IT company plans to move 600 workers — including some new hires and relocations from other Plano locatio...

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Personally, I don't think the current route is that much of a problem. My main issue with the streetcar is I felt the commute should be shorter. Maybe that's unrealistic, and maybe my line of thinking is backwards, but I would prefer a streetcar that skips some (or all) of the intermediate stops and...

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I believe all these developments would have eventually occurred, but the Streetcar definitely helped speed things along. Perhaps once these projects are completed, we will see an increase in riders on the streetcar which, hopefully, will lead to some new development near the Union Station in the CBD...

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I'm a huge fan of the new Elm street, and really do want to see the same done to a lot more streets in the urban core. Then again, I barely spent much time in Deep Ellum before all the recent changes. Back in high school, I did check out a few concerts there, but that was in the early 2000s, and it ...

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That may be the case. I just don't recall hearing anything concrete, which is why I assumed they weren't. I hope I'm wrong.

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Where are these rumors coming from regarding DART going underground? We are still a long ways away from the D2 and Cotton Belt being completed, which are higher on the priority list. I'd love to see the existing rail line put underground, but I can't see that ever happening. One of the biggest probl...

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Thanks for the update. I assume there are no plans to re-develop this plot of land, and that they are just keeping the building as is for now?

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I hope, eventually, they plan to improve the connection between the DART station and this area. Good to hear more development is going on here.

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Downtown Pop. By city.

https://greenlakebluecity.com/2017/01/0 ... n-by-city/

That really helps put things in perspective. I'm surprised Houston is so low compared to Dallas/Austin/San Antonio.

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DART actually has some decent development potential exactly because it's offset from the highways a bit, but they shoot themselves in the foot by surrounding their stations in a sea of parking, and the street grid near the stations is typically awful awful afwul. Isn't the plan to eventually re-dev...

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All good stuff, but like everyone else I feel like Downtown is perpetually on the cusp. Uptown started with some entrepreneurial developers taking chances in State Thomas. That same breed is taking chances again in West Dallas, East Ross, Henderson and the Design District. I like all of those plays...

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Interesting, I had no idea. That's certainly good news for the one in Dallas then.

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What are the chances of it actually leaving though? I'm pretty sure there is a similar one in Chicago that is sitting on some very valuable land, and if Chicago can't redevelop that McDonald's, then Dallas has no chance.

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Can't wait to see what becomes of this mall. Plano is still in high demand, and this is a huge plot of land just waiting to be redeveloped. Perhaps 75/Bush has the potential to become the next DNT/121 intersection.

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Will they go for three? I believe they announced plans for a second Skyhouse roughly a month before their first was scheduled to be completed: http://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2014/10/22/atlanta-developer-planning-second-dallas-apartment-tower I'm not sure when this second SkyHouse is sc...

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I like it. It's about time we start seeing some density closer to Oak Lawn Ave.

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I have heard that talks between Toyota, Chase and maybe Liberty Mutual have started to discuss transportation which could include shuttles to Parker Rd redline station and a bus system for the immediate area (Legacy West offices and retailers). I definitely like the idea of a bus system for the imm...

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