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I think the city of Houston will rebound quicker than some may think. They'll be fine. I think Houston will be recover from the flood just fine. This time will take longer, obviously since there was twice as much rain covering more than twice the area as last time. I don't know that the population ...

Hurricane Harvey discussion is now a thread of its own in the Texas Town subforum

Harvey Thread Split from DFW Economy thread.

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I'm not sure why a majority of remaining canal area development isn't encouraged to go residential, like, thousands of dwellings.... I get the pull of office buildings and an even larger employment center, but Lake Caroline is a fantastic residential location.

I can understand the Cul de sac mentality, the desire to keep a neighborhood intact. A lot has been learned during 30 years of Lower Greenville change. I don't get it, either, when the neighborhood association refuses the rest of the world to acknowledge that Henderson must be "ceded" in o...

I think we'll see modifications to skylink before we see terminal rebuilds, allowing oval routes A-B and C-D and E-F as well as the current whole airport tour.

I think the outflow will be significant, in part just because of the length of time it will take to rebuild and if you lost everything would you want to go back and try again? I heard of one family that escaped their 1,000 home subdivision in a kayak with nothing but their kids and the pets. Everyt...

I think the only way Houston snaps out of this in typical boom & bust Houston fashion is revolutionary zoning. I don't know that any population center could truly accommodate a 500 year event like we've got now, but the flooding from a 10 inch 24 hour flash has been locally devastating in Metro ...

I think the first item in the urbanization of this southern tier must be an environmental assessment and thorough inventory of fracking activity and fallout; remediation is mandatory before the oil company can skip town and leave it up to the govt to clean up any damage. Second item, identify a gen...

An adaptive LRT loop that allows all lines scheduled stops at the HSR station would be a best case scenario for DART and TCP; local rail passengers are not encumbered by HSR passenger needs who in turn have full access to the LRT system. South Dallas could reinvent as quickly as Uptown did, maybe ev...

I'm pretty sure the City of Dallas owns Union Station. Hunt has a long-term lease. as per the usual, you're correct: http://www.huntrealty.com/union-station.aspx Originally opened in 1916, Union Station is Dallas' historic railroad terminal. In 1972, the city of Dallas purchased the building. Under...

Hunt Inc owns The Union Station Building, as well as Reunion Tower, Hyatt Regency and after a land swap with the city, Hunt owns the former Reunion Arena site. I'm not sure who owns the significant parking garage under Houston & Jeffferson St viaducts, but I pretty sure Hunt Inc owns the right t...

I want to be giddy about the possibilities, but I don't want to be disappointed either....

Kelley USA wrote: This is shaping up to be my favorite area in Dallas!

Move back.

...The Texas housing market, and the growth of its big cities , has become a boom that some see developing into a bubble. After outpacing much of the country’s housing growth, one may assume that a reverse in course is nigh for Texas. Some analysts, though, see things differently: Texas real estate...

...especially DFW which wins the prize for best North American airport, like, all the time. Source? I read it on the Internet.... HA! here's one for passenger satisfaction... https://www.dallasnews.com/business/dfw-airport/2017/03/06/dfw-international-airport-named-best-large-airport-north-america-...

I'm not one who thinks US airports are crumbling, especially DFW which wins the prize for best North American airport, like, all the time.

I am one of those who thinks the giant duty-free shopping mall (and office space and more hotel rooms) is a key component in the growth of DFW as primary portal.

I would imagine a full-on advertising blitz will be the small side of it.

They'll probably start building a warehouse before store location announcements, for HEB I guess. That's how they took Houston, I think....

Sometimes when I look at the various route proposals, I'm like, who cares just hurry up!

^It almost seems like Uptown and Knox have been such a flying success that the Park Cities Nimby rally cry has finally bawled itself out. The seven story apartment on Katy Trail was resoundingly approved -- might have been approved at 10 or 12 stories -- and the benefits of having this chic shopping...

So far, I've been loving the new life proposed for this suburban shopping mall.

Late night hours for Deep Ellum (at least) bars, clubs, shops and restaurants should not face a difficult regulatory process. If anything, the city should be working with others to craft State Level SUP so a handful can serve drinks 24-7.

Hopefully the MATA-OCTA connecting route through the CBD is being guided by the potential of redeveloping street level activity. Every building along this route should have potential to turn into something of a promenade.

City within an Airport, terminal adjacent development that appeals as a destination to locals, SouthCentral US regional transportation hub built enticing domestic travelers to join international travelers to spend the night before continuing on... the spread-out horseshoe design will become host to ...

What started as a neighborhood re-development aid, I think it's fair to say the MATA vintage streetcar system is so successful, the novelty is turning into a viable mobility option. Maturing DART now seems able to turn primary focus from light rail installation and 'long haul' capability to systemic...

There's enough land to have both, right? Americans airport infrastructure has fallen a generation behind the rest of the world, so it could be exceptionally AAdvantageous to repurpose one or parts of more of the terminals into shopping mall, office, meeting, luxury resort spa.... and a new terminal ...

"...the most Dallas thing to do."

You'd think maybe one day this phrase will mean something good.

^^ Good find. Looks like we may very well have been led astray by Steve Brown's cheerleading again. well, I think the cheerleading probably goes with the job of 'promoting' what the developer says... Wouldn't be the first time TCrow cawed about the big mixed use project with all the bells and whist...

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 maybe I'm seeing something that's not there, but the look on her face at the end was, well, um, I'm not sure what, but sure looked like she was gearing up for so...

I imagine the hotel will be open before the residential component is seriously contemplated.

That (expectations) may have a lot to do with why most people don't like 1900. Plop it somewhere in Uptown or a lower profile part of Downtown and I can't imagine many would object but in the Arts District, facing KWP, people surely were expecting more. The expectation is entirely with merit. That ...

I cant wait to be excited again when the hotel/train station complex renderings start!

I think the level of uninteresting architecture is similar; sliced boxes with fin feature, platform terrace, overlay/inlay right angles and shiny glass. The buildings across the park from each other have a typical somewhat above average look that's so common in the area there's nothing special. Just...

The streetcar in Atlanta should be just fine, transitional neighborhood challenges being the biggest barrier. As it is, governance turns out to be an almost insurmountable barrier. They've tried to make this as much a tourist conveyor and a resident amenity and flubbed the whole deal. The stations a...

As far as office employment goes, the greater Fort Worth downtown stasis deserves the suburb-submarket label, however, only downtown Dallas packs a bigger cultural punch. Arlington and the stadiums, Plano/Frisco easily surpassing Fort Worth office space moving to challenge Las Colinas which also con...

^That's an oddly optimistic article coming out of Fort Worth, forced optimism if you ask me. Two homegrown companies, made it big, then got moved out of town. Any economist would say that is a bad thing. But those who know the (8.4M SF) submarket best think the oversupply could help it finally lure ...

here's another article about stuff on Maple Avenue: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/10/dallas-maple-avenue-map-new-development-deals Dallas' Maple Avenue is back on the map, and here's why Steve Brown ...The most significant project so far on Maple has been Crow Holdings' lan...

cowboyeagle05 wrote:Please stop saying, Caven, because Caven is not the only voice in the gaybourhood.

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Austin Has the bet Downtown of all the Texaplex cities. This will only make it better. Oh, I don't know... :) San Antonio has been rockin' a downtown gathering place for almost 300 years; it's unlike any other, and it's better. I sure do like the surge in Austin's skyline! I'd rather see a spire th...

... the other reason is they are deathly afraid the construction process will kill off businesses. Um, Cedar Springs @ Throckmorton is pretty much a monopoly for the Gay Scene... What you are missing is the reality that the gays are not patronizing the gay bars like they used to. The acceptance of ...

Tear-downs is a problem in all sunbelt cities. Fascinating comment. Please elaborate further as to why you think this is unique to all sunbelt cities, whether this problem ever occurs in northern regions and, if not, why you think that is the case. I think it happens everywhere to some degree. I sa...

Considering how well Plano West has done, the barreling resurgence of Las Colinas and the stealthy success of Cypress Waters, Frisco's $5 Billion Mile might lose a billion or two for a decade or so....

It's just a whole lotta money from the oil industry. Why is the overall tax burden so low in Texas? Because the state's governments collect so much money from extraction of fossil fuel products. Texas may be the biggest wind energy producer, but that amount of energy is tiny compared to the amount o...

It led to the 1987 commercial real estate crash that absolutely ruined the city, which has now just recovered in this decade. The primary cause of the nation-wide real estate crash of the mid-80's was Congress retroactively removing the preferential tax treatment of real estate. Dallas fell quicker...

Kinda reminds me of the Catholics and the Middle Ages.

What is Texas doing to take the economy past oil?

I will be totally disappointed if some whacked-out nimby sentimentality discourages this deal. Population density, especially adjacent to the train station and university is a prerequisite to a growing a better community.

Outstanding vision Matt777. The height of the levees and protective no-build zones would have to be taken into accounted; Trinity Infinity Lagoons is a prefect match to a managed wilderness and/or reservoir. Yin and Yang. Makes me wonder if the indoor/outdoor ski slopes resort hotel would be part of...

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