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Someone should do a JV with Scottish Rite to develop their parking lot and fill in the other side of the park.

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Temporary beer garden, like the Rustic.

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I am also disappointed to see the brewery building covered in stucco. I was hoping to see the old brick like the rest of the West End. Was the old brick too fragile? Did removing the gray paint damage it.

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Look on the bright side. Could’ve been a Buc-ee’s.

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A nifty video from the developer. I don’t think it’s in the thread yet.

https://vimeo.com/451220446

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An interesting point of view on the DD... Dallas Design District investors plan office project and restaurant “The International has been at the top of our target acquisition list for years,” Quadrant’s Chad Cook said in a statement. “We are excited to integrate it with an additional 2.5 acres wher...

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From September 2020 Local developer offers glimpse at future development possibilities in Victory Park Hillwood owns an 8.5-acre parking lot along Victory Avenue, where on the southernmost portion, Victory Commons One is currently being built. Two more office towers could eventually join it, the com...

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In a positive development for the people in the neighborhood, a grocery store on Singleton at Hampton has opened after the building sat vacant for years.

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Is there data that indicates demand for high rise office in this neighborhood? I am concerned that this will be a white elephant.

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Yup. We moved into that neighborhood between Old Parkland and Cedar Springs about 4 years ago and the transformation over here has been insane. Better townhomes/apartments/towers/retail popping up everywhere. Also tons of street improvements. It all seemed to start when Old Parkland started it's ex...

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One of the most significant properties in Dallas’ Design District sold to an investor that’s been making a major play in the neighborhood. The award-winning International on Turtle Creek showroom and office complex on Irving Boulevard has been purchased by Dallas’ Quadrant Investment Properties. Qua...

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eburress wrote:With Uber falling through I'm becoming jealous of Austin's ability to attract Bay Area tech refugees. Even Houston landed HP. Houston.

A contrarian view here, but I am wondering if the thing that is driving Uber to downsize, i.e. improving financial performance, might also drive the HQ to Dallas.

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Is the land where Ruibal’s sits owned by that business? I am surprised that nothing has been proposed for those blocks.

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I count 12-14 hotels in and around EMC now. When travel resumes and those hotels fill, we should see a healthy amount of retail and restaurant traffic from hotel guests exploring the neighborhood.

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Mballar wrote:Have any comrporate tenants been announced for the office space?

5 listed here: https://www.eastquarterdallas.com/tenants

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Given that there are 0 sq ft of office space currently under lease in this neighborhood, might it make more sense to prove up the market with a few nicely done 5-8 story buildings, THEN go tall?

Just asking.

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And here is the first glimpse: https://dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/54M75xbymKo8y3Y2CQMfHHMyluo=/1660x934/smart/filters:no_upscale()/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/dmn/WOQJZT3JJBC2BCHYC2P6DWHNOY.jpg https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2020/10/23/dall...

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Hoping that a tightening DE market sends some adventurous retail and restaurant operators to the East Quarter, Farmers Market and Ross Ave.

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Honestly, I have always thought that what was attracting people to the new residential in DE was proximity and walkability to the bars and restaurants. That said, something that would help would with stability would be daytime stores, breakfast joints, soft goods stores and other retail that service...

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Seems like there is plenty of capacity available to shift the commuter traffic to Canton, Gaston, Live Oak and Ross.

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To sit back and think about how desperate the city was for a grocery store of a decent size anywhere close to the CBD 20yrs ago. The Neighborhood Walmart and former Albertson's in the West Village being the only two options back then. Now we have Tom Thumb almost in Deep Ellum, a Tom Thumb in Uptow...

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Is “looking for a joint venture partner” a sign of progress or a sign of slack demand?

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Would be nice if the City would improve the sidewalks on Dragon and Slocum to encourage more street life and investment between The Cabana, The Virgin and on to the Trinity Strand. Seems to be a frequent problem that Dallas has great assets to anchor infill, but Dallas doesn’t make the investments i...

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It would be nice if they figured out how to make more use of Annette Strauss Square—way underutilized now.

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All of the sudden we have street life in the Arts District. With this building, the TCT renovation, 2000 Ross and the Hall hotel and restaurants, the change in the feel is quite noticeable. You also feel like the Uptown mood has finally come to the south side of the park. It’s a remarkable change. A...

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A simple sign ordinance on Lemmon would go a long way toward improving its appearance.

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The Manufacturing District We envision building a community of like-minded companies that share a passion for what they do. To support that community, we have adopted a hub & spoke portfolio approach that allows us to provide unsurpassed amenities in the centrally located Manufacturing District...

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Wish it would happen. Seems like Spire Phase II.

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Too many pessimists on this string... Will Uber ride off to Dallas with its headquarters? As cost-cutting pressures mount, speculation intensifies that Uber could move its San Francisco headquarters to lower-cost Dallas. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/05/01/will-uber-ride-off-to-...

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They are doing it in Boston. CONSTRUCTION SHUTDOWN Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is shutting down construction sites across the city. Beginning Tuesday, he said, sites will have only enough staff to make secure them. Emergency repairs such as utility hook-ups and street repairs will be allowed. https://w...

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Now I say 15.

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Nice job of capturing additional appreciation from their own project.

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Someone correct me but I think it’s 18. And do those forms move 4 floors at a time?

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As long as they get enough room nights to service the debt I am fine with the location.

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I noticed a sign on a building on Young St at the site that said Demo Delay. I wonder what’s up with that.

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Interesting that they're moving from urban-style HQ to Westlake. You think they'd save enough dollars by going from SF and could afford / want to move into Dallas urban core. I guess they already had a facility out in Westlake though... Read “proximity to DFW Airport:” “Both companies have a sizabl...

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N Lamar Street is what is holding back the West End. That’s where the traffic counts are highest, but the scenery is mostly empty buildings, dead storefronts and surface lots. It looks derelict if you don’t know otherwise. More curb appeal on Lamar would pull people on to Houston and Record. The fro...

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I think that the Dallas CBD (no cannabis reference intended) hotels have historically been about conventions and business travel. The arrival of the MO, JWM and Virgin brands suggest the CBD is becoming a viable vacation destination. Performing arts, museums, parks, sports, restaurants, nightlife—it...

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Coming soon to VP: Aqua S Ice Cream

https://aquas.us.com/

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This is a beautiful site and I wish them success, but is this a good location for business travelers? No office centers or restaurant/retail concentrations, unlike Uptown or Ross Ave. Maybe they draw a different customer?

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Lots of fun. Dynamite location. Hard to go wrong.

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Between the plans for this site, the Harwood Forum site, the Hillwood bank site and the former museum site, the corner of Field and Woodall is destined to go tall.

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I doubt that it was intentional, but this has been a great way to generate buzz about the building.

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The development will also have 10,585 square feet of ground-floor retail, which is being leased up by Venture Commercial. No retail leases have yet been announced. That retail is going to be be hard to lease. Miniscule pedestrian traffic. How about some neighborhood services—dry cleaners, nails, sa...

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Can we conclusively say that this turned out much better than the robotic car park?

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Would be great if someone redeveloped the building to take advantage of the new park.

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The Grassy Knoll, Sixth Floor, Holocaust Museum, Old Red and Aquarium are here, and it’s catty-corner from the Perot...the West End is already a destination for families and tourists. It’s a logical site for the Museum of Illusions. Millennials and Urban Sophisticates have plenty of other playground...

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West End Plaza next?

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Chipotle under construction.

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Fabulous infill between EQ and DE. Hope we see lots more residential on this side of downtown, drawIng on the energy of Uber and the DE scene.

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