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willyk

It is totally out of scale for the neighborhood. This isn't Uptown. It looms over everything on the eastern half of Deep Ellum. About half the height would have been fine. I agree but KDC is going tall, as is Greystar at CityLights. Not far away Baylor is an intense use and at CityPlace this forum ...

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Roti

http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/12-01-16-roti-modern-mediterranean-mckinney-olive-uptown/

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Tnexster wrote:Really liking this one.

Gonna be a looker for sure.

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Downtown needs a legit taco spot. Good to see.

I'd love for downtown to have a 24/7 dining options; tacos, pizza or something.

But im not sure we're quite there yet. This town needs more kitchens open passed 2 am.

Don't overlook Fuel City.

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I have no idea if this is current. 1217 MAIN STREET Bringing together a successful multi unit operator and a non-performing building in Downtown Dallas with untapped potential, the firm successfully assisted in creating a successful multi-story, multi-concept entertainment destination. This transact...

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This seems like an odd spot for new hotel construction without many amenities nearby. The only appeal is walkability to the DCC. But a site near the Aloft would do that too and have better access to Main. Is it safe to say that holding down the cost of the site is what is driving the site selection?...

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Topped out

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It's interesting that some of the columns cannot make a continuous run from the ground to the top of the building. I suspect that the engineering to make that work is not trivial.

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Heavy renovation is taking place-- street closure, scaffolding, etc. Does anyone know what's up?

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If you can provide the parking retailers will show up. The problem now is only solved because Tim Headington and Neiman Marcus can afford to solve that problem. More parking is always more better, but I question whether it is still necessary for successful retail in this part of Downtown. In the ne...

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The mission appears to be that this will be a national, maybe international, destination.

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Restaurateur Sam Fox's 'love letter to Italy,' the latest to seal deal at The Union Dallas Restaurateur Sam Fox plans to bring yet another of his restaurant concepts to The Union Dallas near Victory Park, by opening his firm's "love letter to Italy," called North Italia, in 2018. The Ital...

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Former Mansion chef dreams up gold-plated French restaurant for Dallas Sounds great...but does anybody know what this stuff is? There'll be gougeres with Gruyere and truffle salt. Escargots beignets with green garlic aioli. Salmon rillettes with horseradish and warm scallion bread. There'll be cris...

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Walked by what used to be the old Angela Scott space today and saw plans laid out for the 4th floor expansion of the parking garage across from the W. Looks like they will be adding an additional floor soon. There does appear to be construction activity cranking up on the top floor of the garage. W...

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I like the gold leaf-- adds a lot of life to the facade.

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CRE Nationally: Markets to Watch 1. Austin 2. Dallas 40. Houston The Dallas/Fort Worth area is perceived as a business-friendly environment that offers an attractive cost of doing business, an adequate and well-educated workforce, and world-class trans- portation access by air, rail, and road. The l...

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Plano will have representatives in the Texas House and Senate. This signals them to support the project come January. It is hard to imagine the Plano delegation throwing in with Grimes County. But maybe TCR wants to get enough of these supporting resolutions that indirectly they can say have the sup...

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Agree-- looks the form is changing now. Probably the top.

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it's amazing how, here, development continues despite the eminent removal of the mavericks from victory park. No offense intended BWL, but more and more the arena looks like the odd man out in VP. There has never been any synergy between the arena and the residential or retail. If anything, trying ...

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Looking at how quickly the office leased up versus all of the empty retail space, I am wondering if we have some tension developing in Uptown between the desire for developers to land too many high end, destination restaraunts when the what the neighborhood needs is moderately priced restaraunts and...

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A Wind-Powered Sculpture Is Downtown Dallas’ Newest Art Installation
The kinetic, pinwheel-like work is slightly less imposing than the giant eyeball next door.

http://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2016/11/a-wind-powered-sculpture-is-downtown-dallas-newest-art-installation/

willyk

I was on Main Street on Saturday afternoon and it was bustling with people from end to end. The Statler and the other hotels will come on line soon, and add fuel to fire. By the time the Drever is done, I expect that the neighborhood service businesses will have arrived, and EMC will be a fairly com...

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Crafty Irishman Public House on Main / Merc Retail Spaces . This one opened fairly recently. Not sure we ever picked it up. Getting pretty good reviews. The Merc retail has been dormant for way too long. Once the cluster of hotels at the Statler opens, Main should be a very viable street for restau...

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Dallas' Uptown neighborhood takes step towards two-way traffic along McKinney, Cole avenues It also paves the way for a possible expansion of the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority's trolley system in the future by giving the streetcars curbside access, which is a requirement of transit organization...

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Captured in a song...https://youtu.be/-KufFjcWOUQ

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Looking at the renderings from the NBBJ plan in the DMN article, notably absent is KWP's proposed flyover bridge on Pearl St.

The bridge is contrary to this proposal, which would make the Arts District flow into KWP and north and south on Pearl, and I hope the omission means the bridge won't happen.

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Here is the link to Spire, which has shown no life whatsoever this cycle.

http://www.thespiredallas.com/

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Copying these posts from the Flora and Olive thread so we can get a general discussion going about the Arts District. 10 Nov 2016 04:26 tamtagon wrote: So, this the last developable Flora Address in the Arts District, right? The city performance hall has a pending whenever plan that could change, bu...

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I was wondering about the same thing, especially since the Arts District says they want more residential there. So where would it go? Unless google maps of the area is way off, there are tons of surface parking lots to the southeast and southwest that can still be developed. They have plenty of spa...

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9 floors poured for the residential building. Expect to see the second floor taking shape on the theatre/parking building soon.

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Here is the Westdale Plan

https://www.scribd.com/doc/256393257/Westdale-Deep-Ellum-Proposal

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So, this the last developable Flora Address in the Arts District, right? The city performance hall has a pending whenever plan that could change, but with Hall Condos seemingly on tap, this will be the last of it. I wouldn't be at all disappointed to see the Belo addition replaced with a welcoming ...

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Will the Kroger front 75? I can't tell if their parcel gets all of the way there.

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Why don't they create a TIF or PID and rebuild Harwood St. from Blue Ciel to St. Anne's?

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Awesome x Awesome!

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Arcade looks fab! How do people in the neighboring buildings get to it?

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The Connector is 9% of the trail and nearly 50% of the cost.
1 of 11 miles.
$21M of $43M.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.

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Tnexster wrote:Drove past this over the weekend a couple times, really up there now but looks like they are still adding floors. Does anybody know what floor they are on?

I would say mid 20s. Announced height is 30. Should be getting close.

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I wonder if they mean Simmons will fund 155 of the 285 acres if the the Trinity Trust can raise the funds for the remaining 130?

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14 Beautiful Train Stations From Around the World

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=54737

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Ross is gaining momentum as the next McKinney Ave. Just like McKinney connected downtown to Knox-Henderson and stimulated Uptown and the West Village, Ross is connecting Downtown to Lower Greenville. The Lower Greenville end is getting stronger as the Henderson and Fitzugh investments reach to Ross....

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An amazing build out, but let's compare to Uptown/Downtown. We are looking at roughly 1000 apartments with the nearest grocery store 3.5 miles away. It's a large office park with some restaurant skewed shopping. With all of the land in the hands of a few developers, every project will be tightly con...

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It doesn't have to be dead. (Under the El in CHI.)

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So far, it has raised more than $43 million of the expected $61 million budget. Construction will begin when the goal is reached, with officials expecting the project to take around two years. http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/10-27-16-holocaust-museum-new-location-name-west-end/

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I think Corrigan needs some help. Is the gray the original color or was it painted-- can they power wash it back to something better? Can they do anything else to liven up the extrerior or is it to stay as is? This image has a more appealing color scheme, with some contrast on the core of the design...

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I'm a little surprised the rest of the retail space hasn't been snatched up. An interesting observation. I do not know if they are having a problem or not, but if Del Frisco's indicates the caliber of the tenant they want, then they are aiming very high. So the resistance of luxe tenants might be t...

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North Texas became the nexus for these firms and their more than 30,000 workers because of the potential for hiring and creating new business environments here, top officers with all three companies told an international real estate group meeting in Dallas. Honestly, I don't understand what they me...

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A little bit of new detail... https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/construction-development/a-tale-of-uptown-and-downtown-as-told-by-dprs-new-and-redevelopment-66441#ath I wonder what kind of retail they will attract--anything but restaurants? I bet places like Shinola would do well.

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Goldman competes for employees with the financial services operations going in at Legacy and CityLine. They had to move some place appealing or they would lose their employees. $20NNN plus much better attractions than the burbs makes this a very shrewd move.

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The old Dallas Alley takes you to arches under the freeway to a plaza to Hooter's. It's not a bad walk. The fact that the Market was derelict is what made it off-putting.

When the Factory is done and the Victory retail comes on line, there will be plenty of people traversing the Vast Underwoodall.

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