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This doesn't seem that bad to me, most office projects have some kind of parking space plus this is pushed right up against the tollway. Need to see more. People aren't complaining about this one (other than people at City Hall). People are complaining about the proposed Starbucks drive-thru/giant ...

Wow.... it's troubling to see how a forward-thinking, pedestrian friendly development like this tower (and on a sleepy side street to boot) can take over a year to wind through city hall and planning, but a gross CVS or Starbucks with large surface parking lots in our most promising neighborhoods on...

There's a proposal to tear down the 3 story building at the NE corner of Oak Lawn and Congress, along with the restaurant space next door (former Scotch and Sausage/Le Taco space), and combine lots into a drive-thru Starbucks. Sounds suburban in design but I have not seen the site plan. Another step...

This all sounds like people in the 1950's saying "let's stop building roads because in a few years we will all be in flying cars!"

Build the HSR.

While these drugstores are reviled for the auto-centric housing disconnected from the pedestrians' neighborhood and taking part of the profiteering of the prescription drug racket, they have also turned into an interesting combination of corner grocery store and Five & Dime.... At strategic int...

The rooftop is finally open. It has a small dipping pool, seating areas, fire pit. The view is very nice.

Anyone know whats going into the old Subway next to Hunkys on Cedar Springs? I was also wondering that and the old Winslow's spot is being renovated. Perhaps Thairrific is moving into one of those spots? Thairrific was Thairrible. Truly awful and usually empty. Central Dallas has a plethora of grea...

It's probably a combination of many things. Particularly, the high rent. Look at the little convenience stores / shops and family owned Chinese / Donut shops on Pacific and Lamar. All these stores are in non mixed use a buildings That are not charging an arm and a leg. We need more affordable retai...

I think it's interesting that I've seen a few "bodega" type shops lease this sort of apartment retail space in the Frisco/Plano area, but not in the urban core of Dallas. I know that one of the Shops at Legacy apartments had a small bodega/convenience store, and I've seen some in the newer...

hum, I'm wondering about paths to Katy Trail from that party pool; whatever prominence Goat Hill once carried may have been architecturally ruined, but this amenity might be popular for bunches of people. The pool is on the other side of the building from the Katy Trail. You would have to go throug...

Are they not giving you a discount on rent because of the pool? A pool is a key amenity and with warm weather right around the corner I would be pretty upset if I was paying for a pool I couldn't use. The leases include a "construction addendum" which I believe bar you from seeking damage...

I said in the old forum that my idea would be to replace the adjacent Pike Park with 3-4 highrises (one to replace the public housing, and 2-3 luxury market-rate towers built by private developers). Use the proceeds from selling land to private developers to put a brand new Pike Park which would be ...

View from 15th floor. Little Mexico Village would be such a great spot for a large park.

Current view of the pool. Granted, it's a lot further along than when I moved here in October 2016, but the snails pace of construction is very concerning. There will be a waterfall feature along the back stone ledge, and then another waterfall from the pool down to the courtyard level. One the cour...

I agree. I went on the Katy Trail for the first time in a while this past Saturday, and was surprised to see that there were still construction fences up. Also, I thought there was supposed to be some restaurants with a large patio that would face the trail and the AAC on the south side of the buil...

More apartments coming near downtown Dallas' Farmers Market http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/07/apartments-coming-near-downtown-dallas-farmers-market Couple of things: 1915 Cadiz is the address of the pottery store facing the Farmers Market. 297 units seem like a lot for that ...

More apartments coming near downtown Dallas' Farmers Market Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor Lynd Development Partners has applied for building permits to construct a 297-unit, $33.5 million apartment project at 1915 Cadiz near Harwood Street. http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/0...

How funny. At first glance, with those pastel-ish colored houses in the foreground, that almost looked like Alamo Square park in San Fran! I've always thought the same thing! I sometimes drive by these just for this view. Is the empty land city owned? It would make a lovely little park. However, I'...

anyone else super disappointed with The Centrum update? it looks like it was done on the cheap. Paint the ivory color cream and replace the pink granite with grey painted column bases finished in more stucco. And worse- Mattito's gets to keep it's less than first rate picnic patio. :x You're not th...

that parking garage is upsetting At least it looks like it will be wrapped completely in glass.... which makes it pretty unnoticeable actually. I would imagine that the pool deck will be on top of the garage in that triangular space not covered by the tower. Regarding retail, they'd be stupid not t...

Wowza! This could be very cool. I'm hoping that the structural parts we see and the windows will all be covered by glass, in the same style and color as Fountain Place. It seems that way from the animation video. If this happens, big huge kudos to AMLI.

Have ever there been any studies/proposals to build D2 through Uptown instead? It would have to be subway, of course, but since we have pretty much committed to a subway for a downtown D2 maybe that wouldn't be as much of an issue now. Crazy idea: Build D2 as a subway with the Blue and Orange lines ...

As a marketing professional I love the idea, but as a daily customer I'd hate to see them spend resources on anything other than improved service, security and community outreach. That doesn't mean DART can't reach out to a local advertising agency and ask them to do the work pro-bono. It would req...

DART is overflowing with fantastic engineers, yet bereft of fantastic business people. So true. It seems that despite all the potential revenue generation & marketing opportunities available for a public transit system, none have been explored. Maybe with Patrick Kennedy being named to the DART...

^ First, they should focus on actually improving the transit system itself so that people will actually ride it due to its usefulness. That's part of what I posted..... the campaign could be used to raise awareness of what is available to transit riders, how to use the system, places to visit in th...

In some other cities throughout the world, I have seen mascots for rail systems, cities, airports, etc. They can be used in marketing materials as well as guides. Has there ever been a push to do this for DART? I think the Traveling Man (the robot statue in Deep Ellum) would make a great mascot. He ...

This is such a sweet win. I was at the first open community meeting and remember the smug attitude of the talking head D-bags that trammel crow sent and how disrespectful they were to the nearby residents. They drove down in their Escalades and Yukons from the outer burbs and tried to act like they ...

This is great news and it will hopefully pave the way for more hostels. Deep Ellum is a perfect place, and proximity to DART lines is key. I'm still in my 20's and I sometimes stay in hostels when I'm in Europe, and they are a delightful and budget friendly option. It's important to have staff that ...

vman wrote:Hey, what condos are are being torn down for this? I can't picture them.

3000 Fairmount.

I would have much rather seen this take up the other half of the block, where Nick & Sam's is with their large surface parking lots. Those condos aren't super fancy but they have some cool character to them, are dense, and provide a good way to offset the scale of all the highrises going in. Thi...

Trammell Crow buys block on Ross Avenue just east of downtown Dallas http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2016/10/27/trammell-crow-buys-block-ross-avenue-just-east-downtown-dallas Another big block on downtown Dallas' near east side has been snapped up by developers. Trammell Crow Residen...