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Is the hotel making use of the top floor of the garage, e.g. for a pool?

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Like the way they popped out the CM and pushed up toward McKinney. The walk from Uptown West to Village will be OK now. .

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I hope DART will reconsider completing the Knox Henderson underground light rail station! Wouldn’t it be on the Henderson side? I wonder if the same NIMBYs that have been fighting the redevelopment of Henderson would fight this too. Mobility would be a plus for their neighborhood, but they might ju...

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Like everyone else, I hope this succeeds. But one or two towers like this in an area that has yet to prove itself is very aggressive. I wonder what they see that everyone else is overlooking. Maybe lower land cost makes for an Uptown caliber tower at a lower price point?

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Looks like each of the red windows is a Juliet balcony. Cool way to add balconies to a building.

I think this building will prove to be very popular given the location by the new park, DART and DE.

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The Stack Deep Ellum snags logistics company headquarters from Victory Park Worldwide Express is moving its headquarters from Victory Park and into The Stack in Deep Ellum—one of the newest mixed-use developments in the neighborhood. The third-party logistics company is moving its headquarters acro...

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DBadger wrote:Ida Claire, Sixty vines, Whiskey Cake, Mexican Sugar, Hay Wire and Son of a Butcher, I believe. All good concepts

Most good places start in Dallas and then open a location in Plano. These are the only guys who can start a place in Plano that is good enough to bring to Dallas.

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You can always check DCAD to see who in on record but I wouldn't expect to see many names you recognize. I think the nature of the opportunity would be apparent. The natural flow between Uptown on the north and EQ/DFM on the south is already there, running through Harwood, Olive and Pearl. These fo...

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R1070 wrote:I was thinking the same thing. I assume the completion of Carpenter Park will help create more interest in these lots as well.

Yes, agree, Carpenter, Galbraith, 300 Pearl…they are all pointing here. Who owns these lots? Does anyone know? Hoping some good developers already have them.

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Has anything been proposed for the last 4 blocks of surface parking on the north side of Elm street between Harwood and 345? With everything going on over there these 4 lots are really becoming the hole in the doughnut.

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If the Victor is successful, would Hines do another residential building on the site to the north of the EY building, instead of the previously announced office project?

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As someone who has lived in VP for three years, it's the most active it's ever been right now...walk the main strip with Mesero, Imoto, Billy Can Can, Jinya, etc on any night where it's nice out. Weekend nights are slammed. Hero and Happiest Hour are happening spots a couple hours before and after ...

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The Discovery District achieved what Victory Park failed to do. We already had pretty decent street life in EMC before the Discovery District opened, and then the food court, bars and public activities there gave everything a point of focus. Victory does not have that base level of activity and the...

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The Discovery District achieved what Victory Park failed to do. We already had pretty decent street life in EMC before the Discovery District opened, and then the food court, bars and public activities there gave everything a point of focus. Victory does not have that base level of activity and the...

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/\ This is gonna be great. Will be the best hotel in Dallas in the best location in Dallas.

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A group out of Georgia has either closed or is about to close. They are well into the master plan design phase of several towers. That would be fabulous. Many years of good projects here. Give Spire credit for having the vision. Existing renders: https://www.wdgarch.com/portfolio/projects/the-spire...

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Been too long since we talked about this one. I have heard so little, I think Spire has given up on their own project. Good time for an East Sider to pick this up and make something happen here.

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Land at all three stations, high speed rail is “green” which is a hot sector, infrastructure bill will benefit HSR, Texas is a hot market… Matthews has all of the touch points to attract a major development partner, maybe even an international one.

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Downtown Dallas in the running for multiple big relocations, expansions Will you quantify what’s in the business development pipeline in terms of possible relocations or expansions into downtown Dallas? There are multiple 50,000- to 100,000- to even 200,000-square-foot deals that are circling in ou...

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Kelley USA wrote:Here's a little video on Facebook that sort of shows the curve of the garage...

https://www.facebook.com/MossConstruct/ ... 774640703/

What is the two story structure next to the towe?

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I don't really care for Bucees, the only truly redeeming quality is the clean restrooms so from that angle they make nice rest areas if one is not available. The success of Buc-ee’s shows that opportunity could be found where millions of other gas station operators neglected the most basic of human...

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Still would have rather had a Buc-ee’s

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One high rise is not enough to ignite the DD. The DD hasn’t reached the critical mass it needs to be self sustaining, and there is no sign of that changing. I am worried the owners are moving too slow and will miss the market. Riverside down here should have been the part rebuilt, not the part with ...

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The original Lombardi’s, I think. The buildings could have been put to productive use until the site is redeveloped.

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Is there any restaurant or retail in this one?

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My concern is that companies that want to move to Texas to attract young tech employees will find that this is a barrier to recruiting them from college and out of state, so it undermines one of the main reasons to move here.

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Friend in the industry says Goldman to North End is almost a done deal. Ironing out details on a built-to-suit property, and will likely be announced toward the end of the year, or Q1 at the latest. This would be great. Any word on why they would pick this development over some of the other mega de...

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cowboyeagle05 wrote:I can only imagine the 007 work you have to do to get anything built in East Dallas.

“We moved here because it is a cool place to live. Now that we live here we want to eliminate the things that make it cool.”

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Is it too late to wish that the McKinney Ave Trolley would be extended to Knox Street? Any chance of Dallas applying funds from the Infrastructure Bill for the planned extensions in the CBD and to here? It seems like no one is advocating for the Trolley anymore. I have not heard these plans discusse...

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JW Marriot is such a powerful brand, the location in the Arts District is so good, and the surrounding towers are all renovated…I am thinking that this may be the project that finally gets the Uptown energy to jump the gap to Ross Ave. This would seal the deal— Pearl Street: Avenue to the Arts. See ...

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:
On a related note, the Cabana Motel is still an eyesore, the Condos by DMN still untouched...

I'm optimistic that this will get done.. buy somewhat skeptical

Good point.

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Great you made your POV on i345 obvious. Regardless of what happens to it, the attraction is DEEP ELLUM. I345 being next to it is incidental, since i345 has been there forever. The only thing that has changed is that DEEP ELLUM is hot right now. Everyone wants to be close to or in DEEP ELLUM so bad...

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I want these towers to be successful. But is it just me, or is this an incredibly aggressive move to develop two residential towers at once in a neighborhood with none?

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Young St between Ervay and Harwood.

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Is there any opportunity for Jackson to turn into a nice walking street? We have the Discovery District at one end and Harwood Park/300 Pearl at the other. What’s in between?

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Not crazy about the The Stack, but don’t hate it either. If that’s the worst thing that a developer has done in DE, then we are doing pretty good by Dallas standards. On the other hand, the Epic/ Hamilton/ Pittman/ Good E complex is pretty great. And virtually every derelict storefront has been reno...

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This building is great addition. I never thought the lot it's on would be developed. It's such an odd place. Now if that parking lot for the high school could be reimagined as something else.... Seems like the need for affordable housing in Dallas has only increased with the run-up in home prices. ...

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Hopefully more buildings go up and keep it company. All of these projects are poised for near term development in the immediate vicinity of 300 Pearl: 1. Convert the Magnolia Oil/KLIF building into a restaurant. 2. Turn the Masonic lodge into a museum. 3. Build Harwood Park. 4. Complete the apartme...

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Liking the opportunity for connectivity between EMC and EQ. A little bit of high quality streetscape like they did in EQ, or some renovation of the collateral buildings like Good E, and it’s welcome to the neighborhood.

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I can see Goldman wanting their name on a downtown building. They are part of the professional services and financial ecosystem that has made Uptown and Downtown home—law firms, accounting firms, consulting firms, private equity companies, family offices, investment banks, etc. Many of these compani...

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My friends and I were at the West End this past weekend trying to visit a few of the museums. A lot of people were out and about. Both the JFK and the Museum of Illusions were sold out. I'm surprised more things haven't opened up here. Just add a coffee shop, pub, and a few small boutique shops lik...

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With all of the foot traffic running between the AT&T Discovery District and the four hotels at the east end of Commerce, the ground floor of the Neiman’s garage is screaming for a tenant. This space has been derelict for decades. It’s an eyesore on Commerce. Filling it in would be such a boost ...

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It’s a shakedown.

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Why are u guys worried about KDC? Uber has a signed agreement in all likeliness. They'll have to sublease the building. They have the burden of finding someone to fill their shoes. That is very likely true. But even vacant Uber space looking to sublease will compete with space in the other downtown...

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The challenge is that there are these two buildings plus the Stack and 300 Pearl to fill. The positives are the success that KDC has had with relos, the positioning of the retail and the hotel here appeals to the professionals who would occupy this kind of space, and the favorable business climate w...

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What’s going in to the old Rodeo Bar space?

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Downtown Dallas skyscraper’s groundbreaking project welcomes guests to top-floor hotel Santander Tower gets luxury accommodations with The Guild High above the traffic on Elm Street and over the heads of busy office workers, guests are checking into an exclusive Dallas hotel. Called The Guild, the ...

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https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2021/06/hunt-realty-bets-big-on-new-victory-park-development/?fbclid=IwAR0vKZ_8LQTfKnqDoXRbvyVH_QQU3KNW-Do-RBid9w2dn_ObkzF2IAM_ZqI Hoping it all happens…but what’s this about?: . .the planned Hi Line Connector will connect the Katy Trail to the Design District,...

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But aren’t we at the point where the next wave of Uptown mixed use has to go to Field St.? N or S of Woodall, but definitely Field St.? The fact that we have 4 or so projects proposed there must mean something. And does the KWP expansion pull the center of gravity this way a bit, and make these site...

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It’s a particularly good and large site, well situated for a mega project.

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