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Yes, this is what they have been talking about and why they needed Elbow rooms property. The building's front door will be where the Elbow Room was. Actually, it's more like where the new garage entrance will be.

Look what I found... http://www.brwarch.com/project/tamhsc/ For the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC), BRW and our associate Design Architect are working together to design and document the Center for Oral Healthcare Clinic for the Texas A&M University (TAMU) College of Dentistry. Thi...

I don't see the old ACS building in there. I would have expected them to renovate that building rather than take it down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlyBrvWeDc0 Yes, that building was torn down but the rest of the complex right at the intersection of Haskell and 75 Hwy is still standing... The...

We are entering that phase in Oak Cliff where cleared property is worth more to some landowners than preserving history. Demand is getting to the point where landowners who have been holding onto land waiting for a gold rush. The sun is rising on a land grab phase so they are gonna tear down things ...

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/05/24/major-upgrade-to-dallas-iconic-fountain-place-to.html Dallas Business Journal article from yesterday also shows the render with the 'nub' and calls it "extra green space" in the photo caption. No discussion of it in the body of the article...

All you have to do is look at how many new apartments have been built between Cedar Springs and Maple and you will see exactly why Oak Lawn is getting more attention. Some of the leadership in the LGBTQA community have been pointing out the gentrification problem here too. While this area is not Wes...

All the tweens will have more places to hang out yay...

Environmental issues? Most of all the property in West Dallas is contaminated by lead so I doubt this property is any special case. Last I heard the property was just being readied for a possible redevelopment. The original Atlas Metal Buiding would be incorporated into the building they will build...

I doubt that is what they are planning at this time. Notice Hillwood put out three different proposals to hopefully catch a big fish. They published renderings for a Valley View Tower on the old mall site, an office tower at Turtle Creek with a large front lawn and this site. I imagine they simply w...

willyk wrote:Is Union Park on Main St gone?

Yes, it was gone weeks ago. It was so off the radar that the food blogs didn't even cover its closing.

It is also possible they were run badly. You see it all the time ownership and/or management blames a neighborhood for their failure to find their customer. Many bar/restaurants commonly do this when they fail. There are very few news articles where the ownership/management says yeah we didn't reall...

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Honestly efforts to revitalize malls should be one of the last things we should be doing. They're dying.

It's a part of the larger effort to tear down the old mall and rebuild more of an urban infill project I see no reason this project shouldn't move forward.

So & So's next to Quarter Bar has closed with a sign on the door saying stay tuned for their next "concept". https://dallas.eater.com/2017/5/10/15615708/so-and-sos-mckinney-avenue-closing So & So’s Will Shutter To Make Room For A New Bar Called Parlay So & So’s will be replace...

I'm sure they will just helicopter guests to the Downtown Omni...

I would have preferred it hadn't been built. It's the biggest reminder of the massive collapsing Dallas Fire Police Pension Fund which could still bankrupt the city but that's really a minor thing cause we got another shiny object out of it. Big Things Happen Here! including financial mismanagement ...

I still hope a US 75 bridge that connects the mockingbird Katy Trail bridge and the Knox side is eventually developed. I did find preliminary renderings of the Northhaven one though... Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 1.54.07 PM.png Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 1.53.52 PM.png Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 1.53.39...

The sign of reinvestment is also the positive spin to look at here so many of these 80's towers have seen no investment for decades beyond maintaining the status quo. Now new owners are spending millions to redo more than just furniture and wallpaper. The fact that the properties are being sold and ...

Drove by this site yesterday afternoon and they were drilling core samples in various spots and of course the parking lot here is closed.

Screen Shot 2017-05-16 at 8.54.56 AM.png Just thought I would say something even though many of you won't be surprised. They tore up the Akard street level side of this building months ago. So much so you can see it on Google Maps Streetview. Well just as I suspected they built a new drive up valet...

R1070 wrote:If we get another skyhouse it needs to be in Oak Lawn or the downtown core.

Probably would end up in the Design District.

According to the rendering above it looks like there will LED lights surrounding the window bump outs that will light up the blue surface. I believe the tile is being used selectively in cutouts on the building not to cover the entire thing but I could be wrong.

I'd say Austin has better buses than Dallas.. While valid in some arguments it is limited to that. As far as the Texas HSR is concerned we have buses, light rail, and streetcars all feeding Downtown Dallas. I'm sure we could debate how healthier Austins transit system is compared with DART but stud...

Texas HSR has said it multiple times a strong handshake with local transit access is critical to their success. I once tried to seriously consider the Austin Amtrak solution so I wouldn't have to have a second car in Austin when I was meeting friends there. Sadly it doesn't make any sense to ride th...

Thanks for all the information ArtVandelay. I am now better informed.

They really should move this chapel. It's a huge waste of space for what is there. And the big church is just a few blocks away. Wow...I will just say this they recently gave up half of their space which now has a For Lease sign. Personally, I don't mind having such a unique and urban scaled cultur...

They really should move this chapel. It's a huge waste of space for what is there. And the big church is just a few blocks away. Wow...I will just say this they recently gave up half of their space which now has a For Lease sign. Personally, I don't mind having such a unique and urban scaled cultur...

I guess it's better than the Dead Hotel...

I love it when the pull out the private donor's thing. Let's see if South Dallas is really really lucky someone will write a check for 10 million. More likely the most they will get is under 5 million.

We are waiting on the runoffs to know that. I believe as of now we are down one Anti Tollroad vote. D. Carraway has been for the Tollway.

Can we just call it "Try Hard Hotel" instead? Live Hotel is just odd. Oh, maybe Homerun Hotel, Victory Hotel, Touchdown Hotel or No Transit Hotel?

Had to go see what the Jackson side looks like. There were a couple of moving trucks unloading. C-7qZgIXoAA3HKy.jpg Just me or does it look like a cheap fire station from this picture? I think you are confusing cheap with a classic mid-century design. I am not saying it is a showstopper as pointed ...

Let's look at at the Gables Apartment block in the West Village. It was built more recently aka within the last 10-15 years and the developer has decided more recently that it's easier to tear down and build a denser development on the same site. 23 years, but who's counting? ;-) The point being th...

Let's look at at the Gables Apartment block in the West Village. It was built more recently aka within the last 10-15 years and the developer has decided more recently that it's easier to tear down and build a denser development on the same site.

What is the proposed location of the building on the site? I haven't seen any diagrams so I have been assuming based on their previous track record of building stores in urbanizing Dallas neighborhoods. Honestly, I don't expect any positive news here. Mr. Price will probably let the neighborhood cho...

Parking garage complaints to start in 5...4...3...2...1...

Honestly, that's what I figured I just wish the building did more to highlight the retail space through careful modification of the architecture. They went with the cheaper solution which is just adding some external doors. Let's hope the after build work Ascension does to create some outdoor street...

You can't put all of Oak Cliff in the Gateway District and major arteries like Davis, Zang and Beckley are natural man-made boundaries for saying we are stopping here. Yes, Beckley would have been a great man made boundary which would have included the property in question. Touché, too bad no one o...

I would point to a general thought of where do you draw the line when defining these special districts. You can't put all of Oak Cliff in the Gateway District and major arteries like Davis, Zang and Beckley are natural man-made boundaries for saying we are stopping here. Mind you when a transit stop...

What my friends noticed and they are not back pocket urban planners like many of us are but the lack of visiability of the Acension. Beyond the scarlet A's plastered on the doors you can't even tell there is retail/restaurant space here. I know the building will no doubt use it not to mention word g...

Two things speed bumps are bad and I mean as a traffic speed solution. They are what the city does to shut people up but rarely actually solve the problem and cause so much damage to cars in the process even to the cars not speeding. Not to mention the city sees this stretch of roadway as a highway ...

This building will certainly become an instant Dallas landmark on par to the Reunion Tower, Magnolia Building, Chase Manhattan (Key Hole), Fountain Place and BoA buildings. No doubt in my mind it will. I'd agree if it were taller. Also if it had a company in it that meant more to Dallas like Mary K...

blah ugh.

You would have to ask them. They could buy more property or redevelop existing property etc. Tomorrow they could buy some more stuff close to their existing site or redevelop one of their underutilized sites they already own.

Are these Harwood buildings being built in order? I'm looking at the original masterplan, and there are ten buildings, so I'm just wondering if this is the last one. They are numbered not in order but so as to name them without the heft of individual naming schemes. Since they are all a part of the...

Well since everything new they have been building along Ross looks about as inviting as a trip to the dentist for a root canal I don't expect to be surprised. Sounds like we will get some of the same bland toast apartments. Uptown started out the exact same way. It's not reasonable to expect invest...

This development really needs to put residential first and foremost. If that means it needs to change hands, than so be it. I don't see the demand (regardless of use) for anything more than midrise here. But, I think a primarily mid-rise residential (most likely rental) development with retail at k...

Well since everything new they have been building along Ross looks about as inviting as a trip to the dentist for a root canal I don't expect to be surprised. Sounds like we will get some of the same bland toast apartments.

The question is always where are they moving their offices from the articles can be misleading sometimes saying the Toronto-based company but sometimes they were already located in North Dallas or in another nearby building.

Yeah I am tired of hearing about HG Supply but everyone wants to be there...honestly I avoid Lowest Greenville because of the parking problem but that's just it I don't mind. I agree Lowest Greenville should be more about residents than DFW coming out to drink. When I go to Lowest Greenville cause I...

This is definitely developers saying to the DISD we aren't interested if you don't file the demo permit yourself and def no to the affordable housing bs. Developers want to be shielded from the PR so they requested the DISD do it. Course it could backfire if enough people complain the DISD could pul...

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