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willyk

We already have a good skyline and it will continue to get better as they build more towers. Who cares if its not the prettiest buildings. We need density and more population in the city, I suspect the Design District will continue to see residential towers built in the coming years. The momentum i...

willyk

Seeing this go up without the Sam’s Club is very telling. So many others can do mixed use in an urban setting— Kroger, Tom Thumb, Whole Foods and Central Market. But Walmart could only envision a strip center that captured 10% of the value of this site, and nothing else. So they walked away from it.

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eburress wrote:It's a great looking project in what is becoming a more desirable part of downtown, but yeah, who's going to be leasing this project?

Looks like the EQ historic buildings are leasing up OK. How is the leasing going at 300’Pearl—anyone?

willyk

Work starts on long-stalled downtown Dallas apartment and retail project Now general contractor TriArc Construction is restarting work on the 271,000-square-foot development at Harwood and Jackson streets. The construction will add 246 luxury rental units on top of the garage structure. And the gro...

willyk

I wish the city and the players in this area would create a unified visual landscape and plan to make it more like the district in Houston. Seems like there are enough players and pieces in place to make that happen and even generate growth in the area beyond the medical area. The residential neigh...

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Anyone know what the plans are for Doug's Gym and the near by lots in EQ? I think it depends on their owners. If they are part of the EQ project, I hope they can be salvaged. If not, they need to be raised and something new built in their place ASAP. They are in very sad shape now. The parking lot ...

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Looks like the dirt work is going north all the way to Continental and to the foot of the Ronald Kirk Bridge Park. Access to the park will be a nice amenity for the residents.

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I saw demo underway near Park Ave and Marilla. Isn’t that near the location where a new multi family project was announced a few months ago? Or is this something else? Is it this project? The location does not seem quite right. Now Mill Creek is also looking to build a 16-story rental project on Woo...

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Anybody been to the Rodeo Bar since it reopened?

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Whatever the zoning allows is what this neighborhood deserves…gas stations, fast food and bank drive throughs.

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Tnexster wrote:Basically right up against I-30, interesting. Nice to see height pushing so close to Fair Park.

Yes— really pulling DE all the way to Fair Park.

willyk

Back to the building, I like how it has actual sidewalks sans those stupid grass strips. That's an improvement over most Dallas projects in and of itself. OK. I would add that the neighborhoods along Riverfront from here north all the way to Turtle Creek/Manufacturing have really started to get cle...

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Great project, but the article says Columbus was attracted to the site because of the planned Trinity River Park. Did I miss the memo? I have not heard of any efforts to make that happen in the near term.

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Still on their website. I wonder if the closure of Jackson for the park construction has anything to do with the delay.

https://centurionamerican.com/developer ... t-project/

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R1070 wrote:Definitely need to bring in more diverse concepts to the neighborhood.

Velvet Taco is coming to Good E too. The concept is kind of irreverent, yet kind of corporate. A good fit for that space.

https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/rest ... 56-elm-st/

willyk

I am still caught in a back and forth in my mind on replacing most of the Farmer's Market with apartments. While I wholeheartedly agree more units near the farmer's Market were desperately needed I had hoped with more units surrounding the old footprint of the market the other sheds would get more ...

willyk

From what I hear, Urby II will be under construction by the end of Summer. This is what New York developers do. They don't sit around and contemplate the circumstances. They committed to build in Dallas and they are following through. Good for them. Looks like it should start in August... https://w...

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I went by the Stack this week. The fake brick facade on the garage floors looks pretty good. In fact, I doubt that passers by who don’t know will notice. Assume that real masonry was not in the budget. I am wondering would I rather have this facade, which does blend into the neighborhood, or more of...

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Announced is right just like this tower was announced years ago with better renderings and look where we are. Announced and turning the soil with lots of heavy machinery are two very different things and I do not see any evidence that the Portman project will ever reach past renderings as well. Por...

willyk

If any of the proposed nearby projects gets started now, the new park gets a lot of the credit. The next step will be to advocate for more parks in the CBD. This is one of the clear advantages that the CBD has over Uptown, and this should be the draw for new office development—more parks are walkabl...

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/\/\ Both of these places are good additions for arena fans and the neighborhood, as well as late night booze cruisers, and should do well.

willyk

Portman has announced those two residential towers just down Ross at the old Spire site. Ross is drawing interest and capital, so I wouldn’t rule this tower out yet.

Does anyone know how well the Atelier is leasing up? That might indicate the viability of the market.

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Ad agency TRG will relocate to The Stack Deep Ellum; building is now 100% leased

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... hines.html

So this is great news and it bodes well for the Assembly. But I wonder why are we not getting similar news for the Epic?

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The application says residential. Maybe that info was already in the mix, but a 40-45 residential tower is pretty aggressive I think. The walkable amenities in this spot are very limited. I like the EQ and everything they have done, but I am reminded of how Victory suffers with plenty of residential...

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Not sure about location, but I heard this will be their second largest employment location in the country.

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I see two of the retail spaces in the Cinepolis building also have posted construction permits. Any word about those?

I think that makes a total of 5 retail spaces under construction.

willyk

Good photos of the park underway, if you are a construction nerd. Yellow iron. Busted concrete. Piles of dirt and rubble. Wood Street and the surface lots vaporized. I dig it. https://parksfordowntowndallas.org/harwood-park/?fbclid=IwAR0yg3pZiCE6P198XkwLM9bO_vHHG35zDDrYWdYmsYq2j06PyGRNRvRZlIs Someon...

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The other bigs would be AT&T staying and doing the Discovery District, JP Morgan Chase, FDIC and Invitation Homes which have all re-upped. Some notable losses would be Tenet and Goldman although Goldman appears to be headed only to the other side of Woodall. The DDI list below shows a number new...

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/\ Hear hear Tamtagon. Three more residential conversions starting in downtown soon. That’s objective evidence that downtown is becoming more and more appealing. Developers would not be spending this much money there were it not the case. https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2022/01/14/do...

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KDC's $295 million Uptown development with Central Market anchor will break ground in April

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... emmon.html

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I saw some building permits on the retail space at the Victor. Does anyone know what’s going in?

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We do seem to be on the cusp of attracting the kinds companies looking for a downtown location in addition to those looking for a suburban spread. If Goldman lands on Field Street, maybe the sting from losing a Fortune 10 company will be overpowered by the addition of a handful of Fortune 500 in th...

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DCC Master Plan Alternatives I think they picked 3C. Sorry the image is rough. It’s much better on the link. I disagree with their chart that this alternative connects to downtown in a meaningful way. The Omni becomes the connection to downtown, and it doesn’t do so under the new plan any more than...

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/\ Yes and infill in an interesting place, which is along EMC where most of the existing buildings have already been converted to residential. So these types of projects are a logical next step to satisfy residential demand in that corridor. There are plenty of surface lots on Young and Wood along t...

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https://www.facebook.com/fpcdallas/vide ... 284487498/

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He has his audience and they are very pleased. Most expensive office space in Dallas and I heard there is a waiting list to get in. A lot of other developers wish they had his challenge, which is how to expand without losing the vibe…that said, I hope we don’t start seeing a lot of copycat bell towe...

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I have always hoped that a developer would build twin cylindrical towers to honor the Enchilada Dinner Wednesday Night Special.

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Classic overreach by an amateur developer. They think that once they have the dirt they are qualified to develop the property.

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From their website: 350 market rate apartments. 350 “micro unit” apartments. https://portmanresidential.com/ I wonder what are micro unit apartments and why they will have a whole tower of those—lower rents? The workforce market? And the render is of the south facing side, which appears to be San Ja...

willyk

Uptown comes to Downtown. It’s about time.

willyk

Or sell the DCC site to Matthews Southwest to add to his HSR Development and use the money to buy land for a new DCC near Field and Ross.

This discussion makes clear that we have many ways to kill two birds with one stone. All of these are superior to what the City’s consultants have proposed.

willyk

Dallas architecture is so plain vanilla. Hoping that this project and the Epic will signal to developers that the EQ and DE are the parts of downtown where architecture should be modern and provocative.

willyk

My solution: Connect the DCC to EMC by building the new addition north along Griffin Street up to Commerce St. The land to be acquired is already 70% vacant. Pay for it all by tearing down everything in the DCC that is west of Griffin and selling off that land to developers. Require that the new con...

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Was there anything in the infrastructure bill for the HSR?

willyk

This will be a nice residential location with access to Thanksgiving Square and Pacific Plaza. The plaza would make for a nice outdoor restaurant or beer garden.

Are the surrounding projects considered successful— Republic, One Dallas, Mosaic and the Post Office?

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But Galderma U.S. CEO Diane Gomez-Thinnes said the company wanted a more urban office setting for its 400 headquarters workers. “What better location than a downtown location that allows our people to be inspired by not just the building they are in but their surroundings,” Gomez-Thinnes said. So m...

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Latest renders anyone?

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I don’t think these renderings have been posted. https://www.sammoongroup.com/jw-marriott-dallas 5177FBAA-5CD7-4121-9413-0BAAB563FE0B.jpegFA976E8D-401A-46A4-A242-576AFBCAA9D5.jpeg800BCBD0-1C3A-43F5-ADCB-D61E28D1837B.jpeg5164B3CD-0603-410E-86E5-4078F2E598A8.jpeg Looks like the facade will be some of...

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I saw construction barricades a few weeks ago. Have they started work?

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The Park looks to be nearly done. The reconstruction of Pearl Street along side of it seems to be the pacing item for completion, and that work looks to be behind schedule. So I wonder if they will make their December opening date.

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