Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

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The executives making bank at Schwab will happily move from their 4000 sqft house in SF that cost $3.5 million for a 10000 sqft house in Vaquero in Westlake at the same price. Who would've thought... Plus, the odds on having a pile of human poo on your doorstep in the morning drop considerably... :x

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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... They have had a considerable presence in Westlake for quite so...

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I have to give 'Parks for Downtown' some serious credit for making as much progress as they have. In a time when we have organization after organization (govt or otherwise) making promise after promise with little or no execution, these folks have kept things moving far better than I ever hoped. Kudos

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itsjrd1964 wrote:The Fort Worth paper will issue bigger editions on Fridays and Sundays, in lieu of no Saturday issues. This takes effect in late February.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/busi ... 32789.html

People still get newspapers?

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The 'Induced Demand' term has always been a bit misleading. The term makes it sound like people are only driving on the road because there is now a road to drive on. Of course, the reality is far more complicated than that, which is why I like how I45Tex laid it out. People make life changing decisi...

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^^ Very well put I45Tex These are all great arguments for NOT expanding freeways indefinitely, which TxDOT seems to think is the answer to everything. But I do NOT see this as a reason to simply start REMOVING freeways. Preventing the slow trickle of expansion is very different than immediately disr...

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At the latest D2 subway meeting, I asked about the Hidden Ridge DART station, the one adjacent to PNR on which construction still hasn't started. I was told that the cost estimates for the project had increased and DART was having trouble procuring the extra funding or something like that. Updated ...

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Now with Spaghetti Warehouse gone, there really needs to be another push for a brewery in the West End. This could be right building for it because it is way too big for one restaurant anyway. No doubt! I know a year or so ago, Community was considering a move. I don't know if that idea is complete...

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At the latest D2 subway meeting, I asked about the Hidden Ridge DART station, the one adjacent to PNR on which construction still hasn't started. I was told that the cost estimates for the project had increased and DART was having trouble procuring the extra funding or something like that. Updated ...

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Cypress Waters lands another tenant- BNSF Logistics - 50K sq ft... https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/11/20/billingsleys-cypress-waters-lands-another-big-tenant/ This article states that 3200 Olympus is now 80% leased. But Billingsly's website shows it at 100%. I wonder what gives.

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I'm wondering why they chose to reduce the number of exits for a couple of the stations though, that seems like a step back. Also, I didn’t realize what a large structure they had planned for the Metro center station. 1) I'm thinking the exits at the south end of Metro Center may have been scratche...

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Looks like yet another hotel project is coming before P&Z tonight... This will be a 7 story new Hilton concept on 114 in the Urban Center. From what I can gather it looks like it'll be a Motto concept. This will make 7 hotels that will go up on 114 all within a 1/2 mile of each other, and 12 ho...

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Houston developer Hines buys business campus northwest of downtown Dallas https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/11/15/houston-developer-hines-buys-business-campus-northwest-of-downtown-dallas/ Screen Shot 2019-11-15 at 9.56.12 AM.jpg Inwood is my primary crossing point to and from Oa...

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I do like the flexibility, yet sense of permanence that comes with ART. But that being said, I believe this is something that would service the very same types of corridors that that DART should focus on for buses anyway. We're talking high volume, high frequency corridors, like Lemmon, Preston, Bel...

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I used to be very pro rail, but I'm just not sure adding this station would be worth the money (at this point in time). I really just feel like rail in DFW is best for commuting long distances, and that we really should be embracing bus usage more in the urban core. Pointless rant follows... You ma...

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I'm still hoping this results in some conversion of older hotels. I would think that places like the Sharaton, Hyatt, Adolphus and Hilton Anatole will come under pressure from all the newer competition. Also, this is just perception as far as I know, but much more of the stays seem to be leisure ori...

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I only see ONE high rise on Urby's website... But, it is one sweet looking building. Glad to see some new blood in the area. It doesn't look like they have done much at all.

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Is adding that vehicular entrance right on McKinney avenue really a "good job" which is what Jon Anderson of CandysDirt is trying to sell us? It seems like having cars careening over the McKinney Avenue sidewalks all day and night would be a huge detriment to the pedestrian friendliness w...

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I absolutely love taking the train to/from the state fair and will never go back to driving there. I see similar at Addison for events like Oktoberfest and such. Kaboomtown, on the other hand will always be a mess. Getting in can easily be spread out over many hours, but just like football games (bu...

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Hopefully the base of that tower isn't as dreadful as it appears... It doesn't fit the rest of the tower at all.

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This article, which focuses primarily on projects affecting Addison Airport, later brings up the start of plans being made by the city to look into further development along and near the upcoming DART Silver Line. Nothing concrete as of yet, but retail, a food hall, and residential were some of the...

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Dallas County official: Thanks to Uber, we’re among handful of cities vying for a couple of companies Dallas-Fort Worth appears to be in the running for two companies that would include tech workers, though not of the size of Uber, which is looking to add 3,000 jobs in the coming years, according t...

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After months and months of zero activity at the Hidden Ridge development (other than Pioneer HQ, of course), there are finally some signs... Literally, Development Plan Request DVP19-0004 has been posted on the property. I haven't seen this on the City of Irving website, but I'm never very good at f...

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The first of 3 new building for Cypress Waters will kick off this Spring. Up next will be this 10 story office building. These will go up on the opposite side of the sound. Renderings seem to show perhaps a few more restaurants will be added to that side as well. Nice little slideshow on the link: ...

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Whoa! That's great news! I had planned to attend the presentation last night, but I wasn't feeling too well and decided to skip. I'm very surprised that they seem to have a good plan in place for I-30, I was pretty much expecting the worst. No kidding! Awesome News. It always seemed the usage of la...

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Re: Rainbow crosswalks https://www.wired.com/story/pedestrian-deaths-feds-crosswalks/ I get that you don't want cities just to put up whatever pattern they want, or introducing unnoticeable designs, but prohibiting anything other than the standard seems overkill. I could certainly see that if all c...

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I know the term 'live work' gets thrown around a lot these days... But it seems many of these ground floor 'retail' suites would make good, true 'live work' spaces. With so many side hustle, be your own boss, independent-creative types, it just makes sense. I know that's not nearly as flashy as a f...

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I know the term 'live work' gets thrown around a lot these days... But it seems many of these ground floor 'retail' suites would make good, true 'live work' spaces. With so many side hustle, be your own boss, independent-creative types, it just makes sense. I know that's not nearly as flashy as a fa...

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How exactly does this work? It doesn't say anything about leasing more space. Sounds like they will remain in their existing footprint. How exactly do you squeeze 575 'new' bodies into an existing building? Were they that empty?

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I know it has already been mentioned that there would be similar challenges in a line coming from OKC into Dallas. But, I also question if it would even be desired to have such a line terminate in the CBD when so much of our business population (the demographic targeted by HSR) in the norther suburb...

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TXGunLover wrote:It says Woo Hoo we're hiring Total Wine...

That's what I get for practicing 'Drive-By Journalism'. lol Thx

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TXGunLover wrote:The Babies R Us side is the Total Wine.

Oh, okay... I saw the 'Total Wine' sign on the left side, a divider in between, and the 'Woo Hoo' Now Hiring on the right. I assumed they weren't related. But maybe they're just excited to be opening soon (lol), and are taking both sides?

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TXGunLover wrote:Total Wine & More opens Nov 16.

Any word on what the place taking the other half of the former ToysRUs (Babies R Us side)?
I saw a 'now hiring' sign on front yesterday, but I couldn't make out the name. I want to say it was something like 'Woo Hoo'... but don't quote me on that.

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tamtagon wrote:There was a 'live' shot from the park during the Cowboys game last night.

I saw that! So cool to see something other than the usual bronze sculpture and Dealey plaza put on national television. Go Cowboys!

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I am wondering if this project follows CityMap guidelines? I was under the impression that they wanted to narrow the highway in order to help close the gap between downtown/east Dallas and the Cedars/Fairpark areas. This needs to be designed with the full intent of capping nearly the entire thing. ...

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I am still hoping they can come with half-decent park space that is less side hustle and more feature-rich. Something that has some of the presence of a Klyde Warren aka signature park. This site for the hotels above wouldn't be a good candidate for that and hotels here make sense near the new ente...

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As long as it's not turned into another CoWorking office space... I think it would make a cool restaurant and bar. It definitely needs better lighting. Hopefully a fresh new concept comes through. The area could use something like that. There's no bar in this area. A brewery would be great... Imagi...

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A new proposal for the entryway into the Urban Center. It's the vacant piece of property at the corner of O'Connor and Las Colinas Blvd... Proposal calls for 4 hotels into 2 dual-branded buildings- 1 would be 10 stories and the other 9 stories. In addition, there would be a 4 story office component...

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Not the biggest news to report, but the Chick-fil-a on North MacArthur & 635 has finally closed for a $1 million 6 month renovation . Curious to see what the new restaurant will look like. Also in the same MacArthur Crossing center, it was sort of a quiet opening but The Halal Guys is now open ...

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Spoke with the Development Director about the townhomes that were torn down in the Urban Center... He told me it was their understanding that someone came in and bought the property, but that as of now no new plans have been submitted. He said the City has no idea what's going on with it. It is int...

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Hard to tell exactly, but I'm counting about 50 floors on the tall one... maybe two or three more.

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That is most certainly the North End Apartments land... Use the pool for The House in the background for reference. You can also see Cirque (bottom of pic) and The Perot (peaking out at top) as other bookends. Note: my image is flipped when opened. If you are looking at it true, the Cirque is bottom...

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As I wrote on /r/DowntownDallas , trying to convince patrons to "drive all the way down to the Farmers Market" as opposed to serving the 12,000 people who already live downtown was probably the start of their problems. I wanted to like this place. Service was slow, they didn't offer the h...

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This is all mostly really good news. The children's area expansion has been drastically needed... The fountain looks great, and the west 'lawn' area, while not particularly inviting will be a great place for private events without hogging up the prime park space. What I don't get are the 'fins' on t...

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So... this is all being done with 100% private funds?

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This is a really interesting tactic... I really hope it works out so well that it brings other projects to fruition that can go condo later on. We need that desperately, and in today's world of having everything at your finger tips, presales years in advance just don't fly anymore.

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Much of this conversation can probably be moved to a more appropriate thread later, but while it's here, I will chime in. I don't think you can look at the DART service map and claim that the 'burbs are served better than the inner city (at least, not with a straight face). The comment about suburba...

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The raillines being built aren't even serving the suburbs passing through them well. Somehow the bus depots are even worse. It's one thing to say that they should get 50% of the service since they provide 50% of the budget but it's another thing to allocate that funding in a useful manner. The Bus ...

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I've always felt that corner of the CBD was pretty limited due to the massive freeway interchange that pretty much isolates any activity from the North or East. If ever there were to place a campus style office building in the CBD, this is probably it... not that I like it. But, I agree with the att...

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For the life of me, I have never understood why Ripley's and the Wax Museum are where they are. It has totally boggled me ever since moving here many years ago. While I agree that the West End is a very logical place for them to be, and I also like it being a bit of a tourist area of downtown, I am ...

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