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City Council endorsed the Commerce St D2 alignment today, so we can officially say goodbye to the Deep Ellum Station and at least two buildings (one which is undergoing an extensive renovation as a restaurant/bar) for installation of the track and switches?

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According to their website, they have 800 sqft 1br apartments (with a den/study!) for $1396 before 1 month free, so prorated that comes out to about $1280/month for 800 square feet of a new apartment with nice amenities. That's pretty good for a new apartment in a good urban location in a major US ...

The Crescent property is starting to take shape. And I'm not sure why, but the southern Alamo Manhattan building is still a giant hole while the northern building is almost finished.

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These bike sharing companies have made a wonderful and super rapid impact on Dallas. I see people on these everywhere. Last week, I was having a lovely dinner at the food hall in the Farmer's Market, watching patrons arrive on their vBikes, and I was very impressed. I don't think the bike share com...

In DART's defense, however, does Amazon really care how long it takes someone to travel from Pleasant Grove to Plano? Amazon primarily wants direct access from an international airport to their campus, with employee housing along the way. In that scenario you can picture a downtown campus with new h...

They've done a good job with the entrance to the AC and Residence Inn hotels. Really complements the wider sidewalk/bulb-out that they added earlier this year.

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I really don't know where to put this but I guess it's appropriate here because it relates to value-engineered apartments close to the city center and the price people pay to live close to the city. Yesterday I toured the Loft + Row apartments (2110 N Peak St, just east of Cityplace) with a friend w...

Seeing as how this is being called a "city maker", an urban campus for Amazon shouldn't be looked at in terms of building sites, but several blocks of developable property (even bigger than Spire downtown). Imagine what a location SE of downtown would do for Deep Ellum and Fair Park. The f...

The parking garage site has been fenced off, so it looks like we may see some movement there soon.

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I thought I heard that the DMN was moving in July or August (unless it's next year?). The old library redo isn't really going at the pace that I would think they'd be going, for them to have a tenant already lined up waiting to move in there. Parking somewhere would be needed for the DMN's people, ...

There's an industrial district (about 155 acres) just south of the Westmoreland DART Station that should be master-planned for a massive mixed-use TOD. One thing that's really unique about the site are the old railroad rights of way that could be turned into trails, especially since west of Westmore...

No doubt the architect for the station will have those renderings all over their website, which is how we find a lot of the drawings for this site. Then Steve Brown will get them from this site and have Texas Central confirm the plans.

I just read the article in the DMN this morning that talks about the West Village site and CM is simply stating that it's taking longer than expected to move out of Phase 1 development of a store for that site. Sounds like the landowner is having trouble coming to an agreement with CM on the best u...

HEB seems to be making land grabs since the grocery market is so competitive right now. Not that they aren't serious about building something at some point but they would rather slow their competitors down by taking easy builds off the market. I agree that it's strategic at this point, but one thin...

Here's that announcement, though somewhat anticlimactic: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2017/08/22/exclusive-h-e-bs-central-market-buys-land-oak-cliff Glad to see it confirmed, at least. People are starting to lose their patience with the Uptown site, so they need a much better response...

Why not HEB? Question of the decade. I really wanted HEB for Wynnewood Village, or anywhere else in Oak Cliff along I-35, but this company is from San Antonio and people there think Dallas is the most pretentious place on earth. Makes sense that they would think we only want Central Market. Ironica...

Hearing lots of chatter about a grocery store announcement coming very soon. Central Market keeps getting mentioned for either Zang & Davis or Fort Worth Ave, but I'm still extremely skeptical.

Work starting on The Pittman Hotel

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More investigations, so close to the home stretch.
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Looking good. Hard to believe that used to be the dumpiest bus stop downtown.

Here is a clip of Sandy Greyson asking the rep from KWP about the parking garage and the mention of a waiver:

https://vimeo.com/229719430

Ross Avenue high-rise site hits the market in downtown Dallas https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/14/ross-avenue-high-rise-site-hits-market-downtown-dallas Along with what's under construction, there is a proposed high-rise residential site at Ross and Olive Street. That's what'...

Work finally underway on downtown Dallas condo and hotel tower https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/14/work-finally-underway-downtown-dallas-condo-hotel-tower "We had some delays but have gotten our permits from the city and have started," developer Craig Hall said. &qu...

Part of me is happy about Mudsmith and Pints & Quarts coming, the other part is saying a big "meh." I don't think anything will thrive there as long as that intersection remains a speedway. I'm a hundred times more optimistic about the intersection of Zang and Davis, which is where the...

Watching the City Council meeting today and heard that the garage plans have been modified. KWP says that the parking spaces still in the plan are city required, so they'll be asking for a waiver.

Not surprisingly the office tower is the first thing going vertical. I certainly will be curious to see how fast the hotel new construction and restoration part get into the mix. I wonder if the residential tower portion has any partners yet. I don't remember seeing any company announced to develop...

City of Dallas is still not good at these things and Better Block is more focused on being paid by other cities to do Better Block events all over the country than to focus on more projects in Dallas. I am not criticizing them btw just being honest that Better Block is now a significant export arou...

Something like that would be perfect for the 505 Riverfront site.

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It does seem like Young Street is the best choice when you consider redundancy. It's also a more natural extension of the MATA tracks that currently end at Federal St. Young alignment also flanks Main Street Garden on two sides, which none of the other alignments do.

I have a dumb question. Is Fair Park open to walk through for free outside of the State Fair period? Is it open at night, or have a closing time? Is the Hall of State interior accessible to the public? The park website really doesn't give any of this info, and neither does the City of Dallas park w...

Ugh.... Scrap this cheap outdated idea. If you're gonna gentrify at least make an attempt to give something back to the community.. I hope they reconsider making it mixed use with some affordable housing. Maybe in the second phase..who knows. The area needs more housing not another shopping center ...

I've always wondered whether the Corps would allow direct pedestrian access to the levees from private businesses using some type of bridge. This would be a little easier from the west side because the bridges wouldn't cross the Oncor ROW. The opportunity for parkside development would be immense. S...

The master plan for The Canyon includes mixed-use buildings with structured parking. This particular section and phase (red area labeled "1B") was always meant to be your typical I-30 access road shopping center, for what it's worth.

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This project really interests me, not just because it's a 1950s shopping center getting a new life but because of the very complicated game of chess that's been going on behind the scenes, mainly in redeveloping the surrounding public housing project. Unlike in Lake Highlands, nobody here has been k...

I think the only thing that would send Caven into a panic would be two or three gay bars opening in Oak Cliff, threatening to take the crowds away from Oak Lawn.

It's time for Dallas to stop squabbling about the Trinity and build a park https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/02/time-dallas-stop-squabbling-trinity-build-park I'm usually suspicious anytime the mayor comes out with some clever new plan, but if the LGC charter was changed by Ange...

Developers buy properties along Oak Lawn's Maple Avenue for future project https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/01/developers-buy-properties-along-oak-lawns-maple-avenue-future-project Almost three blocks along busy Maple Avenue have been purchased by two real estate companies cr...

In fact why not take the road between the DMA and the Nasher and turn that into a park? We could create more green space with the same or less money. As much as we'd love to see Harwood closed and reprogrammed as an expansion of KWP, the DMA will never give up access to its garage or the bus lanes ...

With the crosswalk discussion, I've become more interested in why Oak Lawn doesn't have a PID. Conjecture seems to be that business owners have traditionally opposed this, but no doubt the most powerful group in Oak Lawn is the Oak Lawn Committee. This group can approve or sink a new development, ye...

I noticed that the Tricolor car dealership closed down and moved. Could've been that way for months, but it's most likely due to the massive land grab that took place there last year by SD5 Investors (whatever that is). This is surprising because I assumed the new owners would continue to collect re...

Looks like this one is finally on track to start construction on three retail/restaurant buildings along the I-30 frontage road. From the looks of it, two standalone restaurant buildings (one 7700 sf and one 5100 sf) and one 6325 sf multi-tenant building. It's in the CPC docket for August 3rd. Scree...

On Thursday, City Plan Commission will vote whether to approve a parking reduction at 635 N Zang, known as Mayor George Sergeant's home built in 1910, which allows for Jim Lake Co. to renovate and convert the building for restaurant use. Guess this is a small consolation prize for allowing a cheap-l...

A quick reminder that just because your company logo may look good on letterhead, that doesn't mean you should put it on a building facade. Here's what will go on top of 400 Record.

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Discover 'snow desserts' when New York City shop arrives in Dallas https://www.guidelive.com/food-and-drink/2017/07/13/bing-box-snow-cream-co-new-york-city-snow-desserts-trinity-groves?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter BingBox Snow Cream Co. specializes in Korean bin...

Not sure if this thread exists somewhere else, but I was reading something unrelated about things that happened 10 years ago, and I thought it would be interesting to do the same thing for Dallas or downtown history, especially since so much has changed in the last decade. According to my own fuzzy ...

I've been waiting for this announcement and certainly glad they have their lineup ready (yes to bowling lanes!), I just wish these concepts worked a little harder to go with the cool midcentury vibe. "Bourbon & Banter"? I thought we were done with alliterated names. :roll: :roll: :roll...

What's keeping $30 million in private money from making southern Dallas better? https://www.dallasnews.com/business/economy/2017/07/06/staying-true-mission-means-slow-start-investment-fund-develop-southern-dallas Per the article, "The problem now is that the fund’s managers are struggling to f...

Funny how it takes a company from Garland to figure out bike share and a company from Austin to figure out corner grocery for downtown Dallas. The Dallas-based companies - Eatzi's, Brinker, etc - have looked elsewhere.

Just noticed on the Urban Design Peer Review agenda June 23, that they want to put a Royal Blue Grocery and a Verizon store on the ground floor of the Mercantile Place. I am sure many would be excited to see this one. Finally getting that space leased, and by a much-wanted tenant! Best news for EMC...

^are there any motor hotels left? That's one aspect of the rise of auto-culture worth saving. Of course, don't consider staying at my all time favorite motor hotel, Austin Motel, anymore because the neighborhood patina has been cleansed off. But that's just the sort of coolness I would hope to find...

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