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The Former Lucia Space Will Become an Australian All-Day Cafe https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2022/06/the-former-lucia-space-will-become-an-australian-all-day-cafe/ The Bishop Arts District is about to get an Australian accent. Isla & Co., an Australian all-day cafe, will open this fall in...

dallaz wrote:According to city officials, NewPark is also suppose to include a new Dallas Library and Dallas ISD’s new downtown schools.

That would be interesting. Assuming that means abandoning the current Central Library and the only building that complement's I.M. Pei's City Hall / Government District.

Nothing wrong with writing "New owner Todd Interests..." when the vast majority of readers don't care when it was purchased. The point is that work has started and that is what's news as LPG points out. Also interesting, to me anyway, is how they're putting up a wall along the DART tracks ...

It will irresponsible of them if they don't vote YES on this. Remember, Dallas is also a host site for the 2026 World Cup so they want/need as much big-brand corporate density as they can get in the downtown area. Every time these stories come out on a city council vote for subsidies, reporters fai...

Not sure I would hold my breath on a tower. On Banyan's website all of their projects are 5-6 stories max, and this lot isn't that different in size from the one they're working on in Oak Cliff.

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Planners Promise Major Announcement on Harold Simmons Trinity Park https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/planners-promise-major-announcement-on-harold-simmons-trinity-park/2966984/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DFWBrand An overlook on the west side near Commerce Street and the former Dawson State Jail locatio...

Developer KDC is ready to build with backing of new partners https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2022/05/13/developer-is-kdc-ready-to-build-with-backing-of-new-partners/ KDC has built North Texas corporate campuses for clients including Toyota, JPMorgan Chase, State Farm Insurance and P...

Developer KDC is ready to build with backing of new partners https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2022/05/13/developer-is-kdc-ready-to-build-with-backing-of-new-partners/ TLF4U6WEWRHQNCIWYBFG5U463U.jpg KDC has built North Texas corporate campuses for clients including Toyota, JPMorgan Ch...

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Anyone have the scoop on this ongoing demo at Marilla/St Paul? I’ve been a little out of the loop.

A couple of updates off Elm by the majestic: the former Petro Bistro Bar will become Toussaint, and Kitchen & Cocktails added some patio space. I just wish the surface lots nearby would turn into something now. Also, Parterre (former Ascension), had a soft opening over the weekend. Thanks for t...

I actually do like some of the architecture. The columns in the 8-story building are reminiscent of The National (1401 Elm) downtown.

IMG_0617.jpg Here is 1200 Ross getting the screens removed, and hopefully replaced with something, in what I imagine is connected to the recent demo of 1305 Ross Ave. Turns out the new owner of both, Tango Properties (as of 2020 per DCAD), is just another Headington LLC, so I imagine we'll know mor...

I've always been interested in these buildings just south of the George Allen Courthouse because they seem to have survived more than one push for "urban renewal" in that side of downtown. They were built in 1945 and 1955 per DCAD. As much as I like murals and breeze blocks, I'm really dis...

I missed the previous post about 1519 Main potentially getting a new glass facade, but here it is looking closer to how it's depicted in the rendering.

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As Epic tower #2 nears completion, the dramatic overhang gets more attention from passersby in Deep Ellum & on I-345.

This is the most Robocop OCP building that's ever been built in Dallas. I like it.

Planned Uptown Dallas apartment tower would join new hotel Developer Alamo Manhattan plans a luxury rental high-rise next to its Marriott Dallas Uptown. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/10/08/planned-uptown-dallas-apartment-tower-would-join-new-hotel/ The commercial property fir...

Not sure how long it's been in the works, and forgive me if this isn't news, but I noticed yesterday that 704 N Griffin is about to be demolished. It was purchased last year from Headington Cos by TANGO RF LLC out of Dallas. IMG_8407.jpg Drove past this site last night and the building is gone. I'm...

New phase of the Victor Prosper development - to replace The Local Oak and Ten Bells - to start next year. More apartments and retail on the way in Dallas’ Bishop Arts district Dallas-based builder Alamo Manhattan Corp. is eyeing a more than $43 million apartment and retail building to be constructe...

but the land mentioned in the article is not the empty land its the warehouses right next to it dont get it confused. NQDG5DQZDRF23OVVQOVWTB2PFI.jpg I don't think that's correct. The caption that Steve Brown used in the photo you posted is "The property Crow Holdings purchased is below the Inw...

Crow Holdings grabs big development site near Dallas Design District https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/09/20/crow-holdings-grabs-big-development-site-near-dallas-design-district/ The almost 37-acre vacant property is near the intersection of Irving Boulevard and Inwood Road on Co...

Interesting that they're asking for incentives to build this project. 10 years ago, sure, but this isn't exactly a food desert now.

The "but for" argument holds no water when you have several options in the immediate area, including another Kroger.

https://dallascityhall.com/government/meetings/DCH%20Documents/plan-commission/8-19-2021%20CPC%20Docket.pdf Looks like Larkspur might be redeveloping a large chunk of Fort Worth Ave (almost 9 acres) into residential, if I'm reading pg 85 of next week's CPC Docket correctly. The area is south of Ft....

Not sure when this started, but I noticed that the conversion to apartments is underway.

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Yesterday.

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I really don't like to bring up politics ever, but is anyone else nervous that the new legislation banning abortions after 6 weeks may put this and other projects in jeopardy? I could totally see some companies backtracking because they don't want to deal with negative PR (that being said, maybe I'...

TBH, I think Newpark would've been a much better location for this plus you could actually fit several thousand in a campus there.

Maybe next time.

New West Dallas community will bring hundreds of homes https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/09/01/new-west-dallas-community-will-bring-hundreds-of-homes/ Storybuilt Homes, an Austin-based builder that has done multiple Dallas-area communities, is working on the 12-acre development a...

New seniors apartments serving Dallas’ LBGTQ community are in the works in Oak Lawn Developer Matthews Southwest is working on the Oak Lawn Place project near DART’s Inwood Road rail station. The more than $20 million development is being financed with a combination of donations, economic incentive...

Southwest Dallas’ Redbird redo ramps up to land office and medical tenants https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/08/25/southwest-dallas-redbird-redo-ramps-up-to-land-office-and-medical-tenants/ No doubt this is just a fluff piece "reporting" that Transwestern was brought in...

Not too many people know this, but the views from behind the Crown Buffet are incredible. There's an empty parcel that has a hilltop view of Downtown/Uptown, pretty much the entire core. It can be breathtaking at certain times of the day. Some mixed use midrises and a park would have been nice. But...

Deep Ellum office tower lands insurance company tenant Bestow, a digital life insurance firm based in Dallas, has taken 42,000 square feet of offices in the building located just east of downtown Dallas. The building has 15,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and more than 210,000 square f...

Looks like Sprouts picked the site of the former Luby's (Crown Buffet) and Elrod's Cost Plus for its Oak Cliff store. Sprouts Farmers Market planned on Fort Worth Avenue at Hampton https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2021/08/sprouts-farmers-market/ I've always thought that the Cost Plus could be a bett...

Hmm. Is this real? Or a fluff article? It is Steve Brown… The Steve Brown fluff pieces are epically obnoxious, but to give credit where it's due, he does tend to write these big lease stories after there's significant inside chatter and a deal is done, just not ready to be announced. It also makes ...

I think there might be a standalone Starbucks in the works at Fort Worth Ave and Jacqueline Dr, next to Aldi. The CPC docket for next week has a request for a specific use permit for an auto service center (like a Valvoline, I guess) on the site of an existing shopping center. The plans submitted sh...

https://dallascityhall.com/government/meetings/DCH%20Documents/plan-commission/8-19-2021%20CPC%20Docket.pdf Looks like Larkspur might be redeveloping a large chunk of Fort Worth Ave (almost 9 acres) into residential, if I'm reading pg 85 of next week's CPC Docket correctly. The area is south of Ft. ...

cowboyeagle05 wrote:just decor like some live faith love sign from Tuesday morning

Now that gave me life for a second today. Thank you for that.

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Not sure how long it's been in the works, and forgive me if this isn't news, but I noticed yesterday that 704 N Griffin is about to be demolished. It was purchased last year from Headington Cos by TANGO RF LLC out of Dallas.

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https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/first-look-new-mammoth-themed-playground-coming-to-harwood-park-in-downtown-dallas/ https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.png First Look: New Mammoth-Themed Playground Coming to Harwood Park in Downtown Dallas August 12, 2021 August 12, 20...

Talking to a tenant of one of these industrial areas and they mentioned the area highlighted had recently been bought to place apartments on. DCAD is showing most of that land was purchased earlier this year by Andor Properties out of Dallas / Park Cities. Here are some associated LLCs that I found...

IMG_8381.jpg Noticed yesterday that "The Mayor's House" is still there, frozen in time and waiting for the numbers to make sense before finally opening. I'm just glad to one original building at the corner of Zang and Davis. Also saw that the commercial building next door to it has been d...

Here are a few retail updates: 1. Berkley's Market will open in the space that would've been Royal Blue 2. Chip's Old Fashioned Hamburgers is taking 1605 N Beckley 3. Besos is a bar opening where Ceviche used to be Source: https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2021/08/berkleys-market-coming-soon/ 4. Neon...

https://dallascityhall.com/government/meetings/DCH%20Documents/plan-commission/8-5-2021_CPC%20Docket_REVISED.pdf (starting on pg 29). This one is just north of I-30 so it may not count as Oak Cliff, but "Slate Beckley South" was on the last CPC agenda. It'll replace a massive junkyard on B...

Maybe I missed it last time, but the website now makes it clear that 1 Newpark is phase one, to be developed by Lanoha Real Estate out of Omaha, and consisting of office/hotel/residential/retail. https://lanoharealestate.com/projects/ On Lanoha's website you see a handful of large TBD project like t...

Any Oak Cliff news lately? I haven't heard anything interesting in a while. It does seem quiet in the Oak Cliff news front, but a lot of the projects that were announced to break ground recently are well underway, most notably the apartments by Kairoi Residential on the site of El Fenix and Polar B...

https://i.redd.it/dua1bfm4q1b71.jpg Construction of the actual park will begin in fall 2022 with the opening of Phase One in 2023. Phase Two’s timeline depends on first securing infrastructure funding. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/commentary/2021/07/13/your-first-look-at-oak-cliffs-i-35e-deck-pa...

The architecture is getting more and more cartoonish here. Ironic how Crow Holdings hated the original Old Parkland so much that they covered it with faux-colonial-revival buildings, and now they're adding a building that towers over the fake ones and just happens to look like a 1990s hospital.

The place was absolutely packed on Saturday afternoon. Revolver Taco had the longest line from what I could tell.

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La Reunion is a solid little bar/coffee shop in the new Exxir development in Bishop Arts. I went there the other day. Would be cool if they incorporate some of the Old Theater Row vibes into the Parterre space. Since this is almost the exact same spot where the Palace Theatre stood, I'd love to see...

Saw this at the old Ascension space on Elm. I tried looking up info, but I couldn't find anything. I looked it up and see that one of the LLC's other addresses is 229 N Bishop Ave, occupied by La Reunion Cafe & Bar in Bishop Arts, so maybe an offshoot of that. Screen Shot 2021-06-28 at 8.53.26 ...

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