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I never thought it would get built in the first place my guess is that with State involved will delay but it will get done eventually. Visually it certainly is better than nothing at least while we wait for a fix.

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I don't know how they are going to fill all of this restaurant space in the city anyway so I am just glad someone took the space. I have fairly deep contacts inside that industry here and they are all saying at this point it is all down to cannibalization of customers across the board and barely abl...

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There were some plans going around a few years back under different owners that showed midrise apartment building and retail around the base of that building but it never took off. Would love to see that density realized there especially with the DART subway stop.

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If all we end up getting is a traffic light at Knight and Cedar Springs I will consider it a success in providing more safety for local residential pedestrians to connect to that Kroger and also to slow the speed of cars on that stretch of road.

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Several dense cities around the world have already started re-purposing parking garages into living and work space. I don't see why we can't do that here in the future as self driving, transit and other services take away the desire to have an individual vehicle to get around that sits idle for most...

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I am loving this new car and the extra capacity it adds to the system. Hope to some day see this car cross Knox street with the expansion.

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If you put about 10 times the amount of living available down there you would not see empty restaurants. I don't understand why there is not much more available living space both apartments and townhomes in that area.

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Hopefully it will someday have a new DART line going by near there as well. I think this area could really pop if they could get a noticeable building up. Also the bullet train will be coming in near there as well.

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She and her husband live in a home in that area and don't want more traffic around there it is that simple. I don't agree with that position and would love to see apartment towers and much more density there but I don't live in that district so my position really doesn't matter.

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Disgusting. There needs to be a ban on any new above-ground parking in our core urban areas. Downtown is becoming a dark sea of garages. I don't even get it, because new buildings aren't really going up. Just new parking. And deader, darker streets with more cars aggressively driving through the co...

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I have to wonder what this church and all of it's non taxable property brings to downtown Dallas. Do the parishioners stay and shop and eat nearby or support anything other than their church. Seriously I have no idea.

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Wish they would another 15 stories above the hotel for condos.

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at least they are pretty to look at and drive over....

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I know that this is anathema but several cities in Europe including an entire nation Luxembourg is making all transit rides free to both encourage ridership and discourage single use vehicles. Also this helps balance out the divide between rich and poor as it removes a cost to the lower end of the i...

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Right that thing is a beast and kind of scary to drive over and a massive eyesore separating the city.

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What is interesting to me is that these giant tech companies all list mass transit as an important part of there deal but Apple Google etc. all go to Austin which has some of the worst traffic and no rail system of any significance. Transit must not be a thing after all.

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I used to eat at 8.0 and Quadrangle Grill back in the eighties and then it was the only real semi urban experience in Dallas as there was really not much else down there at the time. I always thought that it would get developed first with dense high rise apartments and mixed use yet it has stood sti...

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Have not been inside yet but have seen it on the go and it is a beauty. We need more of these and the extension to Knox.

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Has anyone been to Circo on McKinney? I drive by there and never see anyone in there almost looks closed. The reviews have been pretty brutal. The building and that restaurant seem very out of place looks more like Miami than Dallas.

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That is exactly why urban Dallas needs more moderately priced condo towers. People including myself would live and buy one if it was within reach of people still living out their career here in Dallas. Towers here are in two groups Apartment rentals and super high end $$$$$ condo units. I still say ...

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I would love to see this come to Northpark and give it a denser more urban quality.

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Overall I think they have done a fantastic job on this airport and it is a great asset. Still wish the train stopped there though.

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So show me all the new announcements and groundbreakings of tower projects in the Dallas urban core other than what is already under construction. I am concerned that the Central Market mixed use at Lemmon and McKinney could be delayed at this point. Heads are in the ground if you don't think the Da...

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Yep I think we are at a place where if it isn't coming out of the ground it won't for quite a while. Dallas had a really good run though with this period of growth.

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I used to work on the 44th floor back in the day and I must say it would have made a sweet one floor penthouse. Great views cool triangular layout.

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My idea was to modernize the entire look to appeal to possible renters. Not much context for an old new england look around Dallas.

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Remove the top structure and put in a pool and deck and your done.

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I agree I walk all over downtown and this part still feels the most like the downtown from the 1990's all about the office worker and very few live right there. I do however feel that with the new park and the Dart and Mata connections that eventually this area will grow and liven up. I would love t...

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Back sweat.

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I really don't care which one they build I just wish they would add another 200 ft. to the top.

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Ackard street south of Downtown might be the place to create the old vibe that Deep Ellum used to have. This process goes on in all big cities. The artist take over an area bars open then later it gentrifies rents go up and the artist move to a new location of affordability. The beat goes on.....

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What is the status of the Complete Street project for Knox shouldn't that be kicking off soon?

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Good lord I wish them luck but that space is such a total destination with no access other than walk ups from the Katy Trail. I hope they got an incredible lease based only on sales.

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I agree what is this one story face lift junk going on in what should be a dense urban area.

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Right still no West Village area condo tower options. I really think a nicely situated condo tower somewhere in that vicinity would sell. I would be ready to buy one. How much would you be ready to pay for one? I was thinking between 700,000 to 800,000 would be the range. Obviously it would go much...

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Right still no West Village area condo tower options. I really think a nicely situated condo tower somewhere in that vicinity would sell. I would be ready to buy one.

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Keep them coming and I believe this is near the the new Central Market mixed use project as well. The density is starting to bring all parts of the urban city together.

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Eataly going to the burbs would be very painful I hope that does not happen.

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Beginning to wonder if Dallas will ever land another big fish downtown. Everyone wants to move here but not to downtown Dallas which is ironic because that is the spoke to our regions mass transit. Oh well suburbia wins again.

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The problem with the Gap is that is sits between the low end Old Navy and the upper end Banana Republic and since the middle markets of most retail is vanishing they are hurting and will continue to do so until something can prop back up the middle class consumer. We will see a lot more of this in r...

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That is fantastic I wish this type of development was happening at all of the inner urban core DART stations. It would change the city.

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I was just at the one in NYC SOHO and if it ever does come here it will be worth the wait pretty cool place.

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It just needs a new tenant. Would not be surprised to see another large law firm take this and make a presence in the future.

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In the end Amazon had to do what they had to do and grabbing the taxpayer money from 2 sites to end up with a bigger total was pretty brilliant also not overtaxing the infrastructure of just one city which is still going to be an issue in both of those locations. From a non business perspective I ha...

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If it ends up NYC DC then not very trans-formative and this whole deal ends up being a whole lot of hot air.

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Saturday night at about 7pm I rode the red line from Cityplace uptown station down to the convention center to see the Aurora light installation at city hall. It was nice to see the trains full and standing room only heading downtown on a Weekend night. I can't help but think if we could increase pr...

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I think the Hines tower will be the puzzle piece that pulls this entire area together as a whole and in the least contributes to more people living there.

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The restaurant business and the way young people eat out has changed pretty dramatically since the hey day of Cafe Express. It is easy to forget that back in the day there were very few options to eat in that area and they filled that void but not the case today so many options and so much more to c...

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I have always thought it made the most sense to have a west east and third coast middle spot (Dallas). We will probably find out in a short while. Once the rumors run rampant they don't want to drag it out and get ahead of the dialogue.

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This is not the droid you are looking for nothing to see move along.

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