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I'm afraid it's going to East Coast city. Jeff Bezos lives in DC. 3 DC metro areas on the shortlist. That's the preferred landing spot now IMO. ^^^^^^^ I read a very recent article by a NYC Bisnow writer claiming that the decision was D.C. all along and the whole exercise was a sham. It may be true...

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DFW Building Activity Topped $22.2 Billion in 2017 By Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 01-25-18 Recap: * DFW set a new all-time construction volume record at $22.2 billion in 2017 * DFW ranked as number 2 in the nation in 2017 after NYC's $41.1 billion * DFW 2017 dollar volume is 6% more than 2016...

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Only the top five "big boys" - Dallas, NYC, Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC - plus one wildcard city - Toronto - have a realistic chance of hosting Amazon's new headquarters just given the unprecedented tech hiring requirements for HQ2. Even with tech hiring phased in over several year...

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Only the top five "big boys" - Dallas, NYC, Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC - plus one wildcard city - Toronto - have a realistic chance of hosting Amazon's new headquarters just given the unprecedented tech hiring requirements for HQ2. Even with tech hiring phased in over several years...

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:What's up with the civil engineering photo attached above ^ lol

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Have no idea ... other than it was with the article ... it doesn't make sense so I removed it. Ha ha!

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Please let it be HQ2! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4557/24631173938_837181424e_o.jpg Downtown Dallas, June 2017, on Flickr PMRG: Dallas-Fort Worth still has one big relocation on the horizon By Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, Jan 9, 2018, 2:59pm After some big companies relocating to No...

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Building Alert: New Multifamily Property Planned In Bishop Arts January 10, 2018, Jeremiah Jensen, Bisnow Dallas Crimson Building LLC filed permits for a multifamily development at 200 North Bishop Ave. in the Bishop Arts District. The property is planned for 388K SF and is valued at $40.7M. The ow...

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I love these small relocations, they are easy to squeeze into existing office space and they usually grow once they they get here. ^^^^^^^ Exactly! Small has a way of getting much bigger over time. Just looking at LST's plans for this year their new Dallas corporate office will go from 10 people up...

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The red hot growth in Dallas begets yet more growth and expansion, from some of the largest to smaller companies: Indiana marketing firm shifting operations to Dallas by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 01-03-18 An Indiana-based marketing firm is moving its operations to Dallas. LST Marketing is re...

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Hello Amazon! Key takeaways from article: * Dallas area top job producer in nation YOY Oct. 2017 with 94,000+ new jobs added * More than 32,000 tech office workers added to Dallas area since 2011 * Tech firms now account for 20% of Dallas area office market with a total tech population of almost 140...

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Downtown Houston HSR station now eliminated with the electrified route now idenfitied as the chosen and preferred route for the HSR. Downtown Dallas' Cedars District to a location in NW Houston will be the two main stations in each city. Newly Released High-Speed Rail Impact Study Highlights Potenti...

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By completing CH2M merger, $15B Jacobs will bring hundreds of jobs to Dallas by Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, 12-18-17 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) has closed on a long-awaited $2.85 billion deal to acquire rival Denver-based CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. — its biggest deal in ...

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Yeah, it doesn't seem the MT people are nearly as worried about their sales as are people on this forum. You cannot be serious. Are you really unaware of the serious financial situation the "MT people" got themselves into; the firing of the top guy, the bankruptcy threat it posed to the e...

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1512485858-citylightsoverview.jpg?auto=format%2Cenhance&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&q=40&or=0&w=1024&h=543 https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1512515205-citylightsnew.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800 Dallas downtown to get a new 10-story h...

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http://media.culturemap.com/crop/d9/c7/633x475/Drever_120425.jpg This marble is fit for the Greek gods. Photo courtesy of the Drever Downtown Dallas high-rise fine-tunes rehab with ancient Greek marble By Teresa Gubbins, Dallas CultureMap, Nov. 28, 2017 | 12:14 pm A major restoration project in dow...

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Not sure if this is part of the Midtown development or not but it is next to the Dallas Galleria in the immediate area. https://imageserver-bisnow1.netdna-ssl.com/cFmBFKPErvROBB1xe7noFb9_WQY=/0x0/publisher/5a1ed1a43a863_4184022100_4c3b66ae24_b.jpeg PegasusAblon has a $51M mixed-use property planned ...

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Sources: Smoothie King preps headquarters relocation to Dallas (Cypress Waters) Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, 11-27-17 Dallas-Fort Worth could lure another international headquarters to the region, with multiple real estate sources saying Metairie, Louisiana-based Smoothie King Franchi...

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Downtown Dallas, June 2017, on Flickr

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The very recent comments below are quite encouraging. Coming from Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of The Perot Companies as well as Hillwood, who is already a trusted Amazon business partner having built 14,000,000+ sf of commercial space for them over just the last few years ... it all but assures Perot h...

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Toll Lanes Planned for LBJ Between US 75 and I-30 Ten-year project would expand I-635, cost nearly $2 billion By Ben Russell, NBCDFW.com, 11-06-17 A plan to expand a nearly 11-mile stretch of Interstate 635 between the interchanges with US 75 Central Expressway and Interstate 30 would include the i...

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This is a cool article about how cities are employing architects and engineers to create signature bridges, such as what we are doing here in Dallas, that not only make statements about the city itself but to exploit bridges as great monuments of design, to foster pride in the residents and promote ...

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London-based property firm trades Addison location for Downtown Dallas office Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, Nov. 2, 2017 An international real estate firm is relocating its local office from the 'burbs to downtown. Savills Studley is shifting its operations from Addison to the Chase Tower on Ro...

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This was published yesterday but is a locked article ... does anyone subscribe who can summarize what it says? Anything new being added that we don't already know? Behind Dallas entrepreneur Mike Hoque's vision for a smarter Dallas Dallas Business Journal, Candace Carlisle, Nov. 2, 2017 Dallas entre...

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Vistra was # 499 on the current list of Fortune 500 companies released earlier this year; with this takeover it will double Vistra's size from around $5B to $10B, catapulting it up the Fortune 500 list for 2018. Dallas-area based Vistra acquiring Houston based Dynegy to form $10B Texas power giant; ...

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Dallas Snags Corporate Relocation From Frisco
by Jeremiah Jensen, Bisnow Dallas, October 31, 2017

Article: https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/office/downtown-dallas-snags-corporate-relcoation-from-frisco-80937

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Awful lot of groan-inducing pablum in that list. I’ll just highlight the one I groaned the loudest at: “home to the largest light rail” As this recent article makes evident, the DART is useless for most people, especially the ones that need it the most. https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/10...

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I am choosing to believe Amazon is looking for a North American and Western Hemisphere HQ with a retail kicker, that gives Dallas a significant advantage. Especially with the existing and educated bilingual workforce. ^^^^^^^ Word! Dallas and the Dallas area is either number one or in the top two o...

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Chicago-based Blackstone Group affiliate to relocate its headquarters to Las Colinas By Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, 10-23-17 ... "Texas is in the heart of our current partnered footprint and an epicenter for energy innovation," GridLiance President and CEO Calvin Crowder sa...

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^^^ Ha! No kidding... I think if you throw in 2016 & 2017, you'll see an even bigger spike for DFW relative to the rest of the field. It has been a BIG couple of years for tech in the eastern metroplex. ^^^^^^^ How about 40,310 tech jobs being added to the Dallas area over the last five years ?...

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https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/unnamed-768x609.jpg https://candysdirt.com/2017/10/19/amazon-hq2-could-mean-higher-rents-for-dallas-area/?utm_source=Candy+Evans+-+All+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1a604bc85b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd2a6dc536-1a604bc8...

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1508443597-660-Exterior-2.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800 Old warehouse will become new venue for West Dallas by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 10-19-17 Developers who built a popular West Dallas mixed-use complex are eyeing another project. Oaxaca Intere...

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https://media.wired.com/photos/59e6543dca9eb72cd6b84c8e/master/w_582,c_limit/Sidewalk-LabsTA.jpg On Tuesday, news broke that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, would build a 12-acre "smart district" (with a full build-out of 800 acres) on Toronto’s eastern waterfront via its Sidewalk Labs...

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If this were any developer other than KDC I would say it was more of a marketing ploy than not. However, we all know KDC is the absolute "gold standard" in developers in Dallas and the Dallas region. What project has KDC attached their name to - as they have so prominently this one and man...

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NJ offering up to 7 billion for Amazon HQ2 in incentives, Atlanta 5B. At what point is it not even worth it for cities, Dallas in particular, to not even try to lure a big fish if they have to forego so many tax dollars.? Food for thought.. New Jersey is among the most expensive states in the natio...

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https://www.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PwC-677x451.jpeg PwC Gets Signage on Park District Trammell Crow Co. installed signage for its anchor tenant just as the residence tower topped out. By Julia Bunch, D Magazine, October 17, 2017, 2:20PM Article: https://www.dmagazine.com/commercia...

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1508254071-IMG_7341.JPG?auto=format&crop=faces,entropy&fit=crop&q=40&or=0&w=400&h=273 Downtown Dallas' landmark Statler Hotel opens its doors after 3-year redo by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 10-17-17 Almost two decades after the building cl...

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I took this on 10-09-17 and thought I'd have some fun with it!

Downtown Dallas with new freeway signage to Amazon Urban Village, on Flickr

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I don't think I've seen this mentioned before (sorry if someone's already posted) but this outlines Victory's proposal for an "Amazon Urban Village." http://dallas.towers.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/AmazonHQ2_VP_Urban_Village.jpg The buildings seem kinda spread out but I like ...

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As deweast1 indicated, the bids are due to Amazon no later than Oct. 19th. I believe they will be making their decision in 2018, whether early, mid-year or late I do not know. Does anyone remember seeing a more definitive decision timeline from Amazon? One of the San Antonio officials said they beli...

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This has to be a blow to San Antonio's civic pride but kudos to them for being realistic. Now only if the cadre of suburbs here in our region would wake up and smell the coffee and do the same thing! Frisco, McKinney, and even Ft. Worth do not meet the requirements for HQ2 ... the only REAL contende...

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Quick question, with all these other small cities within the DFW putting a bid, doesn't it mean that they too have meet the requirements of being a city with 1million people? Do they think (suburbs) they meet the criteria because they're part of the DFW? I just don't think the suburbs are as attrac...

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Astounding ... over 120 financial firms are now domiciled at The Crescent in Uptown! Quite an impressive feat for a single development to boast! https://www.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The-Crescent-Tower-and-Courtyard_sm-677x451.jpg The Crescent Tower and Courtyard. (Courtesy of Crescen...

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That is quite a drop for Houston, I wonder how the floods will impact them? Lots of economic activity in rebuilding but not sure about the longer term prospects. It's actually far worse than anyone realizes. Houston/The Woodlands has had negative GDP for three straight years ... with their latest G...

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A second phase of development would add a residential high-rise. "We are building a tower with 400 units of residential on the parking garage," Moayedi said. This would be a fairly significant tower....would it not? The AMLI Fountain Place tower has 350 units at 46 stories and 562 feet ta...

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The link at the end of my post is to an assessment of Houston's chances of winning Amazon's HQ2 competition authored by a couple of Houston boosters. Net of it all is that Houston doesn't really have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the prize and they try to make themselves feel better about i...

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Dallas will never have an urban experience until it changes it's code. Equally disappointing is the city's inability to get reliable transit. Here Dallas' crappy transit gets a S/O https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/09/amazons-hq2-hunt-is-a-transit-reckoning/541296/ Will building D2 do any...

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The statement in the Morning News article that "Hillwood has built 17 facilities totaling 14 million square feet for Amazon in eight states, including fulfillment centers in Texas" is pretty impressive. This should signal to some extent that Hillwood has a bit of an "inside track"...

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I've always loved this picture from Park District's Facebook page of the completed project on the skyline. And to think the AMLI Fountain Place tower and Hall Arts Tower will be adding significant additions to this view. And with the Flora & Olive residential tower scheduled to start Dec. 1st of...

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The Manhattanization of Central Dallas ... Exhibit Number 1 ... Uptown District of Downtown Dallas.

Uptown District of Downtown Dallas, partial view, 06-19-17

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Good article looking at the Amazon search in very practical terms ... Dallas definitely is a very solid candidate when examining the numbers and our track record in delivering this very type of solution over the last several years. Who can handle Amazon’s 50,000 jobs? Dallas adds twice that many eve...

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