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^ I stand corrected. Yes, Kroger sold off their convenience stores, including their Tom Thumb stores, a few months ago. I'm betting we can expect a slightly smaller version of this Albertsons Express prototype: http://www.supermarketnews.com/news/albertsons-debuts-new-c-store-concept It appears that...

The article doesn't make me feel any more confident about the project. Their announcement to investors amounts to almost nothing we didn't already know, besides finally acknowledging that work has stopped on the project. "We gave final approval..." but they won't elaborate on any details. ...

I wonder if Kroger, who owns its own chain of convenience stores called "Tom Thumb" in Florida and Alabama, will try to block Safeway using the name Tom Thumb for this (and possibly other) convenience store(s).

^ Pretty much came to say this. Hopefully the message Headington gets is that the luxury retail market is oversaturated, but there's still plenty of room for moderate-mid scale retail. But nothing about the Headington organization makes me think they're interested in that segment. Mind you, they've ...

My favorite what-if for ATT Discovery District requires the acquisition of Time-Warner and puts The Cedars, South Dallas and Fair Park on HBOs list of production sites. I love that idea! Or, relocating CNN / Cartoon Network / Adult Swim from Atlanta to Downtown Dallas in the years ahead (I know the...

With most if not all of the demo & abatement completed, the building could go on the market tomorrow and it would be a steal for the next buyer. All of the hard work has likely been done. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the plan all along. The next owner would also inherit the deal with Tho...

There was some discussion of this project on the downtown residents council facebook page. It is very clear there is zero work being done inside 1401 Elm St. besides sporadic updates to the Drever facebook page, and it has been that way for several months. Their priorities should be much different ...

I checked out the Ascension Annex yesterday. The plaza at Fountain Place is really chill. Looking forward to the activity once AMLI finishes and more restaurants/retail move in. Also hoping the "nub" to the garage facing Ross gets built. Agreed, would make for a perfect 2 story CVS/Wallgr...

^^ Ah, someone's been browsing the Downtown Dallas subreddit I was hoping there would be some news on this. There's been absolutely zero visible progress besides them testing the lights so far in 2018. Broken windows remain covered in plywood. Marble remains off the building. I have no idea how the...

Not sure where I saw it (might have been the Downtown Residents Council on Facebook), but I read a rumor that they were actually trying to push some of their residents out of their leases early because it was more profitable to use their apartments as Air-BNBs and corporate housing. No idea if that...

^^ Geez, Main Street news sure has been a mixed bag the last couple of years Gains = Commissary, Bread Zeppelin, Irish Bar, Westin and its restaurants/bars Losses = Union Park, relocation of City Tavern, the cancelled Wine Bar across from Wild Salsa, and now this . Interestingly , on Facebook , they...

This was not expected. City Tavern will be moving to Mid Elm Lofts.

https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/20 ... elm-lofts/

I believe this will be the new location.

the building is designed it's going to be an eyesore in my mind because there is nothing even remotely close to that scale in that portion of downtown. It will look like the Cityplace Tower as an out of place lone high rise surrounded by low and mid rise buildings. Huh? It's right next to Fountain ...

But we buried the lede in the DMN story. There will also be a 12,000-square-foot food hall. To give that some context, "the Market" part of the Dallas Farmers Market is 26,000 square feet. So, this will be slightly smaller than half of the market. That's all good and fine, but what I thin...

dukemeredith wrote:Unbelievably sad. Source?

You should be able to click on the link in my post above. It was published in D Magazine yesterday. Very sad news.

A condo conversion is actually a great idea. There definitely is demand for condos and the supply in the uptown/downtown/deep ellum area is laughably low. I hate that my suspicions about 1401 Elm (I will not call it anything else until it opens!) were right. With all the work needed to be done, the ...

Hot Joy has already closed... http://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/hot-joy-dallas-closes-permanently-10022134 Usually I agree with the Dallas Observer, but the original review that may have led to the closure of Hot Joy seemed like quite the hit job. The biggest flaw, according to my read of t...

That said, it behooves both the West End and Victory to make the passage under Woodall a little less forbidding and encourage circulation between the two neighborhoods. This x1000! The West End and VP might as well be oceans apart -- just like Deep Ellum and downtown. People don't want to cross ske...

I want to be positive about this. I'm concerned that over two years later, only half of the the building has "prospective leasers." The plans to build a food hall in the first floor, also, seem very half baked. They announced it with zero leases. It's just "something they're talking a...

Tnexster wrote:Maybe somebody will catch a pic.

It's low res, but I put one up on /r/downtowndallas last night!

Thanks for posting that! I actually posted about that in / r/downtowndallas 4 days ago before the lights were turned on. The drever has nothing to do with it and isn't paying any money. It's a demonstration of OlightO technology that is looking to enter the outdoor advertising industry -- I saw the...

Well the developer cant take the city for fools in the way you seem to think. All that money gets paid out when the developer meets the end goals set forth in the agreement. They could finish the project when ever they want if they decided to abdandon the deadline which means they wouldnt get the a...

^ I also live across the street but every time I look over I can count on one hand how many contractors I see in bright yellow vests throughout the building -- I've seen more contractors work on bathroom remodels! Like you, I see the 12 floors of the building lit up (it's the same 12 floors it's be...

Not so good news with the Drever - Dallas Morning News https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/06/26/downtown-dallas-landmark-projects-asking-time-finish-construction is reporting they're looking to extend the deadline till December 2019, after asking last October to extend the deadlin...