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- 07 Jul 2022 00:52
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
- Replies: 476
- Views: 1240859
Re: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
Screenshot of the site plan from the video that marks the Phase 1 plan in green lower level. I am guessing he just needs that one office tenant to sign a lease to get the office and hotel tower pictured in Phase 1.
- 05 Jul 2022 22:54
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
They can barely take care of their existing exhibits I am not looking forward to an expansion anytime soon to the Perot. Last I visited the Museum 3 months ago, the place was pretty beat up by kids' use. Anything interactive was very obviously barely working or not at all. I am sure that's normal fo...
- 05 Jul 2022 22:34
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Selene | 2620 Maple (Former Old Warsaw) | 12 ST
- Replies: 92
- Views: 76397
Re: Uptown Dallas: Selene | 2620 Maple (Former Old Warsaw) | 12 ST
My only problem with it is its parking garage ground floor. While it's somewhat architecturally covered better than some projects, it's still a huge empty expanse of not active use between McKinney Ave and Cedar Springs Rd. To be honest, the suburban design of the Crescent added to this, not to ment...
- 04 Jul 2022 13:36
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Restaurants: general news/development
- Replies: 173
- Views: 192850
Re: Restaurants: general news/development
That's the problem we wanted Deep Ellum to stay original to its alternative roots but it's had such a constant up and down cycle of success and then crime and drops off then success again crowds return and then a crash again. I am in my 30s and I worked in Deep Ellum during one of the empty periods ...
- 04 Jul 2022 13:27
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2401 McKinney (406 FT / 29 ST)
- Replies: 132
- Views: 69905
Re: Uptown Dallas: 2401 McKinney (406 FT / 29 ST)
This has Trammel Crow and CBRE involved all pretty sturdy developers. The question is the Maple Ave road work getting in the way of this starting at all? They have had Maple ave along the southern edge of this site for months now. Plus the apartment building further down Maple. DId this site maybe n...
- 30 Jun 2022 18:13
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
- Replies: 767
- Views: 551710
Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Yeah, I saw some articles claiming the HQ moved as well but here is what Tucy means. https://www.chron.com/business/article/chevron-bay-area-headquarters-houston-17271643.php Chevron paying for employees to relocate to Houston for Bay Area When Chevron vacates the 100-acre campus in 2023, freeing up...
- 30 Jun 2022 18:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
- Replies: 449
- Views: 328973
Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt
Another local developer that buys land in downtown and does nothing .. That reminds me - what ever became of Turkish Mike? City Hall got tired of his empty promises and turned a cold shoulder to his proposals. Plus all his investors got smart and required an additional signature on his expenditures.
- 29 Jun 2022 23:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban - Field Street Tower
- Replies: 449
- Views: 328973
Re: Downtown Dallas: Hillwood Urban's ~50 storey tower on former BoA motorcourt
And the Hillwood banners have been down for months...DCAD shows it is still under the same Hillwood ownership though so they haven't quietly offloaded it yet according to public record. Knowing Hillwood they will sit on it until the next boom cycle. They built the Victory Park office project on spec...
- 29 Jun 2022 23:20
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Frisco: Stonebriar Centre mall
- Replies: 66
- Views: 37580
Re: Frisco: Stonebriar Centre mall
Tnexster wrote:So the hotel in the rending is already built?
Yes, Google Maps shows groundwork but Streetview has more recently updated pics...
- 29 Jun 2022 20:26
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: South Dallas: University Hills
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25573
Re: South Dallas: University Hills
I love how in this article Hoque Global has more experience? Sure Hoque Global has a tower planned Downtown (NewPark 1) and owns an old office building Downtown (Adolphus tower) but not seeing what extra experience Hoque Global has over Centurion. Centurion has Plano Collin Creek going well for now....
- 29 Jun 2022 20:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
Just look at the NorthEnd website it's residents only now. (https://northenddallas.com) They also are refusing to report occupancy percentage. I am not sure if they even have leasing agents anymore. Leasing staff get paid based on closing on new leases and small bonuses for renewing leases. They hav...
- 29 Jun 2022 19:32
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)
- Replies: 187
- Views: 236766
Re: Uptown Dallas: 23 Springs (~399FT | 26 ST)
Yes, underground parking so this one will take a while but the existing buildings are coming down slowly so it will be forever before we see anything above ground or even the construction crane. They are fully vacated and being demoed.
- 29 Jun 2022 19:28
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: The Cedars Developments
- Replies: 252
- Views: 217398
Re: The Cedars Developments
Well, it was already given a fresh new paint job this year and since warehouse space is still a hot market I don't doubt they will spend the money to renovate as they are touting. Maybe one day it can be part of a large urban mixed-use project but I don't mind that for now it's getting a redo for th...
- 29 Jun 2022 19:23
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 253322
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
They aren't talking about putting a school in this tower. The whole school thing is meant for other parcels in later phases of the NewPark development in smaller buildings meant just for education. There is already a Dallas ISD school nearby already and it is a school that targets planning and archi...
- 28 Jun 2022 15:37
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: The Assembly - 301 Crowdus
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13418
Re: Deep Ellum: The Assembly - 301 Crowdus
Well, let's hope this entry into the DFW market means they are looking at other Dallas neighborhoods for projects.
- 28 Jun 2022 15:19
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 253322
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
It's easy to flash renderings it's hard to get anyone to sign on the dotted line for your vision. Lord knows with one paycheck I could order some renderings of a proposed redevelopment of any site in Dallas and try to cheer it from the mountain top as a possibility if someone would just give me the ...
- 28 Jun 2022 15:16
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
Oh, I don't doubt the site will include the other elements like the hotel and some residential but I seriously doubt anything will climb above 20 stores on the site. GS will get something akin to what the Harwood District has for office towers. A hotel tower/residential will be flushed out within th...
- 28 Jun 2022 13:27
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
- Replies: 177
- Views: 57591
Re: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
And Craig Hall still has a giant parking lot near this one next to formerly Chase Tower so he could one day launch something of a similar scale. I imagine he will let Portman improve the value of his site and build up his Frisco project long before he considers another phase on the large parking lot...
- 28 Jun 2022 12:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
And Hunt does seem to be moving quickly and earnestly. Offering residents money to move out now so they can start demolition.
- 28 Jun 2022 12:00
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
- Replies: 177
- Views: 57591
Re: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
While I may have done the comparison with Hall Arts cause Craig Hall was so negative on the Arts District demand for so many years lets not drag GoldmanS/Hunt Realty unconfirmed towers into this thread lol. Portman certainly seems like the Urby developers they rolled in bought land, made an announce...
- 28 Jun 2022 11:53
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
My complaint was always that the media jumped on the clickbait part of the project a fictional 80-story tower. Fictional in that for now that part of the project is not yet confirmed. The only thing we have in hand is an office tower for GS. If any media company had chosen to just look at the concep...
- 28 Jun 2022 11:30
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Energy Plaza
- Replies: 149
- Views: 55763
Re: Downtown Dallas: Energy Plaza
Well to be honest they appear to have a wall facing the street as well. Encasing the garden in two walls to make the space more private and walling off access to Thanksgiving Square too. Probably will help keep residents from the Mosaic from bringing their dogs over to poop and piss in the new "...
- 27 Jun 2022 15:41
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Restaurants: general news/development
- Replies: 173
- Views: 192850
Re: Restaurants: general news/development
They did tear down a significant amount of office/retail space here so no doubt. Plus the city is desperate for park space in North Dallas so the city is more than willing to trade parking ratio requirements for park land.
- 27 Jun 2022 15:38
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown: AC & Moxy Hotel Project / Oak Grove & Hall
- Replies: 87
- Views: 53954
Re: Uptown: Dual Brand Hilton Tower / Oak Grove & Hall
Traffic is a nightmare at 6 pm everywhere and it's not at 11 pm in most places that will never go away.
- 27 Jun 2022 15:37
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
- Replies: 177
- Views: 57591
Re: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
It will be taller than Hall Arts District for sure but they had preexisting buried parking to build on. Here its all above ground so above-ground parking gets you lots of extra height to get that ego boost many of you want for Downtown by height.
- 27 Jun 2022 12:41
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 253322
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
Some of the renderings seem to suggest that the fire station become a ground-floor business of some sort like a bar or restaurant. I think they want to eventually move out of the fire station from the existing building into something brand new and moved to another part of the NewPark district.
- 27 Jun 2022 12:11
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 253322
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
Yeah well like I said before I don't think he will build anything unless he gets a tenant. This is just the city showing public support the developer can take to potential tenants and the bank and ask for the construction loan. The bank isn't going to write the construction loan unless he has a tena...
- 27 Jun 2022 11:59
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
Yeah, the headlines are click bait most of the jobs are already in DFW. Half of them are in Downtown CBD and are already in Trammel Crow tower. So we will steal some from Richardson and if they hold up their end of the bargain they will add some. It's not a terrible deal to retain most of those jobs...
- 27 Jun 2022 11:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
- Replies: 410
- Views: 253322
Re: Downtown Dallas: Newpark Dallas/Smart District
^Yeah, those are claims that the developer wants to do in later phases most likely with further city money. This money is solely for this one tower which the city is hoping will kick off development on this site despite Hoque Global not having any lead tenant yet. NorthEnd has Goldmann and Mike is h...
- 14 Jun 2022 16:10
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: Alliance Airport
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10687
Re: Alliance Airport
At least so far its just Love Field and not Southwest Love Dallas Field Airport
- 14 Jun 2022 15:52
- Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
- Topic: Frisco: misc. developments
- Replies: 23
- Views: 23316
Re: Frisco: misc. developments
Well I would imagine this is one of those if they get good use out of the current site and need more space they will invest more money in more buildings but if this online course stuff holds longer and makes a bigger impact in well-off communities like Frisco/Plano./Addison you could see these satel...
- 14 Jun 2022 15:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
- Replies: 104
- Views: 56654
Re: Demolished (and about to be) Properties 2.0
Personally, I live on Oak Lawn Ave and buy gas at the QT near Love Field or the Race Trac on Lemmon but since I work from home I do not move my car that much. I can see how my friends will appreciate this gas station though despite it going against everything that I wanted to see this neighborhood g...
- 14 Jun 2022 15:33
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Northpark Center
- Replies: 1642
- Views: 881961
Re: Northpark Center
Oh, I do not doubt they have tenants they are making deals with behind the scenes it was just new for me to see so much blank storefronts that for now have NorthPark generic branding on them. I don't shop that often anymore to be honest so the last time I was at NorthPark was May of 2021 before all ...
- 14 Jun 2022 15:27
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown: AC & Moxy Hotel Project / Oak Grove & Hall
- Replies: 87
- Views: 53954
Re: Uptown: Dual Brand Hilton Tower / Oak Grove & Hall
Last I saw the Oak Lawn committee said no cause they felt while burying the parking was a good plan that such a busy hotel with two flags on such small streets was too much they weren't willing to approve. The committee liked the project overall but supposedly Hall and Oak Grove are too small for su...
- 14 Jun 2022 15:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
Those are concept renderings at the least meant to attract a tenant for office space and influence city staff and city council to approve of zoning and exclusive tax incentives. Once they get a tenant like Goldman Sachs in a meeting they discuss what will it take to get Goldmann Sachs to sign on the...
- 14 Jun 2022 15:16
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Northpark Center
- Replies: 1642
- Views: 881961
Re: Northpark Center
I went to the mall over the weekend and I was surprised, I am not sure why I haven't lived under a rock for that long to not know but the sheer number of spots that appear to be open for lease without any store opening branding was noticeable. At least Eatly was packed with people eating and shoppin...
- 09 Jun 2022 14:39
- Forum: Art + Sol
- Topic: KERA set to take on management of WRR
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4324
Re: KERA set to take on management of WRR
This seems like the best way forward for WRR and it does seem like they should eventually move out of Fair Park but I will let KERA make that decision when it comes. For now, it's not necessary for them to vacate a building that doesn't have an obvious use if they were to leave tomorrow.
- 09 Jun 2022 12:40
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Trinity River Park
- Replies: 468
- Views: 463649
Re: Trinity River Park
Ultimately this is what really matters with the Trinity despite all the vanity park projects and misguided transportation projects. Flood Control is the most necessary focus and keeping the water from flooding Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods of all demographics is and should be no 1 priority....
- 09 Jun 2022 11:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Arts District: Dallas Gateway | Portman Holdings
- Replies: 177
- Views: 57591
Re: Arts District: The Spire Mixed Use Project
I would also agree to leave it the way it is until something more concrete happens. The sale of the land is good progress but until the project has more news to report I don't see the need to break out the Portman project into its own thread. It has basically one news cycle of articles. Once we get ...
- 25 May 2022 21:27
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
- Replies: 767
- Views: 551710
Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Can we pay them to close the Downtown store and they can move anywhere cause I am all for it at this point? That building is vastly dated and Neimans is still a dinosaur trying to figure out how to be a world fashion icon while being chained to Downtown Dallas(main street district) which is just one...
- 25 May 2022 21:12
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Oak Cliff Progressing
- Replies: 253
- Views: 204218
Re: Oak Cliff Progressing
Hmm, I hope it's not a Texas donut style 400 rental unit project. The article framing the convo with the developer suggests it will be a looker but I am concerned it's just the usual cheerleading and development bloat. While I am not expecting a 60-story tower here since they only have 20-story zoni...
- 23 May 2022 17:11
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 805
- Views: 369372
Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]
The question is how quickly will Goldman Sachs move forward on moving to Dallas before 2028. If they and the city are happy with a deal Goldman could easily move more and more employees towards the area as the tower plans continue to become actual construction using existing space for even short ter...
- 23 May 2022 17:03
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
- Replies: 767
- Views: 551710
Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Except that the building they own is already decades old and needs major renovation. I am sure their office space in the Old HQ is dusty divided and full of asbestos and a few renovations they have done over the years have probably made some maintenance issues a nightmare. Not to mention it's histor...
- 20 May 2022 19:50
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 449
- Views: 325559
Re: I-345
The businesses already moved. Have you seen Downtown the office space is mostly empty and continuing to empty while we dump money turning dead parking lots into parks to try to recover some benefit. Even though the Dallas skyline is legendary offices keep moving away. Office occupancy is very low an...
- 20 May 2022 19:09
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
- Replies: 109
- Views: 50409
Re: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
Yeah, it doesn't load for me either and I am a moderator so not sure what's up.
- 19 May 2022 12:53
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
- Replies: 281
- Views: 174177
Re: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
That Colin County mistake is odd I would have thought the database software wouldn't allow that kind of mistake to even be possible.
- 19 May 2022 12:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas Mockingbird Station
- Replies: 165
- Views: 129728
Re: Dallas Mockingbird Station
Anyone know what they Intend to do with the Kroger? The suburban strip mall store seems really out of place. This is probably Kroger's #1 store in the D/FW market, so I'd expect they'll resist any changes to the store or it's location. I would be interested to know high-volume Kroger stores in DFW....
- 19 May 2022 12:36
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
- Replies: 148
- Views: 129263
Re: Uptown Dallas: Dream Hotel
Maybe a staging site for something else nearby? Like maybe the Central Market project?
- 18 May 2022 14:02
- Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
- Topic: I-345
- Replies: 449
- Views: 325559
Re: I-345
Traffic is a good thing but when it's mostly people sitting in it not going anywhere causing pollution and passing by the city center and not working there, living there or shopping there it is eroding the tax base. Traffic that moves to the burbs without being slowed down because it's on a high-spe...
- 18 May 2022 13:46
- Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
- Topic: Trinity River Park
- Replies: 468
- Views: 463649
Re: Trinity River Park
That I am not surprised by at all. We all know the Trinity Project has always been about owning land next to the Trinity Tollway for profit by a select group of private interests.