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But leasing is farther along in FW than at those comps.

https://www.costar.com/article/37609651 ... fort-worth

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It reminds me of a smaller version of The Quad[rangle redevelopment infill office] in Uptown Dallas, or of the "creative hub" built and being marketed at 14th and Spring in Midtown Atlanta:

https://14thspring.com/

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IMG_1744.jpeg Yes, confusing choice of name recognition when there is already a Crescent office-plus-mixed-use complex in Dallas, except that it is being developed by (who else?) the company named the same thing. "A strong lender relationship and proven track record of success paved the way fo...

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At this point they’ll just subtract another floor for every Garcia RBI

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Let's build condos for zoo animals. Then everyone can be very interested

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"“The acquisition of the Oncor property represents an exciting opportunity for Hillwood. It puts us in the middle of one of the fastest-growing corridors not only in downtown Fort Worth but within the entire city,” Steve Aldrich, senior vice president of Hillwood, said in a statement. The prope...

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https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/investment/dallas-holds-no-1-spot-for-cre-investment-despite-deal-volume-falling-64-annually-121257 "Property investors continue to favor Dallas above all other U.S. markets even as economic turmoil stifles the bulk of activity. For the third year in ...

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Santander Bank, N.A. Santander Bank, N.A. (SBNA) is one of the country’s largest retail and commercial banks with $89.5 billion in assets. With its corporate offices in Boston, the Bank’s approximately 9,000 employees and more than 2 million customers are principally located in Massachusetts, New Ha...

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Might be a good time for more Thanks-Giving Square apartment conversions Santander Consumer USA could shed more than 37% of its office space in its namesake Downtown Dallas high-rise. Santander Tower The company is poised to downsize from 400K SF to about 250K SF, giving back several floors, accordi...

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https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta ... sterpiece/

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Good point!

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Oh man. Why not just convert hospital floors in the former Parkland which are sitting completely empty now that they've obsolete for medical uses? They'd be fine as a Ronald McDonald House and they'd be fine as stable springboards for community members who are rent-stressed, living in their cars or ...

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Target’s building is 30 years old now and presumably maintenance costs have begun their predictable upward spiral, but it is owned by Target/Dayton Hudson Corp, so a sale and leaseback agreement is probably the most they would agree to as a next step. Some kind of crowdsourcing & crowdfunding “m...

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Their background in that video was epic AND epic II

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And relatedly: 'We’ve Got To Find Something Else': Office Developers Forced To Reckon With Their Futures AtlantaOffice October 23, 2023 Jarred Schenke, Atlanta The 12-story, glass-encased 14th + Spring building was prolific office developer Greenstone Properties' most ambitious project yet when it s...

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Sorry to bump this thread unnecessarily but as to the Atlanta market overall and Atlanta Midtown submarket both as points of comparison, ... Olympia Heights of New York's three tower Opus site (tower number 2 launched residential presales at 730' and 70 floors in 2017) has now been foreclosed upon b...

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Bad news for you, the terrarium has been scaled back to a topiary scale model of Stonehenge, leaving 12 floors of office atop a CVS

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A couple of buildings occupying the current site have extended their leases to current tenants for another two years. Don't expect any movement on this development anytime soon. Here's the link to LongOnBigD's post about that project, which as mentioned is not this MSD one, and if you see anything ...

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If the Texas Rangers win the World Series, this building will be reduced to a CVS. So, root for the Rangers anyway. Additional Renderings: https://www.goldmansachs.com/media-relations/press-releases/multimedia/groundbreaking-dallas.html I guess if you're going to pretend like you'll put trees on th...

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The developers of Trinity Groves bruited an office design of more than 30 floors at one point, and it wasn't the only time they talked about upcoming highrises; now that they've gained some extra clarity from the broader market about what is going to fly right now, it would seem wiser to go upward w...

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No mention of Texas or DFW in Uniqlo expansion plans but it sounds as though it's only a matter of time, at least in their minds. Uniqlo parent company expects to open dozens and dozens of new locations soon and go from 53 to 200 stores nationwide by 2027. They had announced a store at the Galleria ...

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Great shot

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The Real Deal reported in May that it is on hold

https://therealdeal.com/texas/2023/05/2 ... -projects/

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Found an official height for Epic II:

364'
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/pu ... =496809845

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Thanks

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IIRC the ExxonMobil mega-buyout of XTO Energy was responsible for Fort Worth not being home to a new 50-60 floor tower for XTO headquarters during the fracking boom. Their downtown would have been similar to Oklahoma City's. And even though it's bad for local businesses not to be making decisions ab...

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It is not as complicated as it sounds- it is on page 4-8 of the first attachment in the link

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This one was measured 242' as built

https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... 2363&row=6

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Perot Museum II or it didn't happen

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They were dead to me when they didn't go with a matching glass escalator facade treatment

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Cool, thanks for the update

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Ok thanks please make sure the sisterhood of the traveling porta potties from the Galatyn site thread do not start wandering around ... those are some real looky-loos

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My hope is that GS causes other lots around there to finally be built on. As Uptown fills up…hopefully development will push back to downtown. If Victory and Uptown and LoMac and West Village have peaked, and substantially filled up at the current practical land value price level that it makes sens...

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Reuters photo 2022

Riyadh's KAFD skyline includes aspects very imitative of Dallas' RepublicBank rocketship beacon (1.)
Oklahoma City's triangular/hexagonal Devon Energy Center (2.),
...and Houston's own 609 Main at Texas (3.)

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Or even an underground collector ellipse?

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https://www.millcreektunnel.com/project-overview

Since we already have the giant 30-foot-in-diameter TBM machine in the ground and we already have detailed analysis of the geotechnical conditions in the path of the Mill Creek Tunnel, why not just use it to make another lap?

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You called it

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I don't know but would imagine that there are plans to someday run Kickapoo Turnpike toll road all the way south to or past OK Hwy 9

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If I had a dollar for every sentence of shade in this thread like that, I could probably open a KWP sidewalk cafe in July and do brisk business. Nevertheless the point is to anchor ancillary uses and we can only guess how soon those will materialize and how well they will perform urbanistically. If ...

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Yeah I think that's (the energy saving glass) a good place to spend money differentiating the passenger experience from the norm, and kids of all ages will love it more. I don't have a problem with the idea of departing from the original masterplan; IAH was similarly designed for the point-to-point ...

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We regret to inform you that our neighbors to the south (HOK's Houston office anyway) have ripped your skyline off:

https://www.hok.com/projects/view/pif-tower-cma-riyadh/

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Would it make sense for our downtown USPTO (Patent and Trademark Office) branch office to be within walking distance eventually?

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At what typical break point psf or per acre is land in such demand that developers are willing to lease it?

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Some drive by photo updates: The DMN article is paywalled so was this driveby of 2100 Stemmons or of Boomerang, please? The Manufacturing District moniker for the western edge of the Design District (i.e. the three or four blocks between the Anatole and the levee) is still in press release use: htt...

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Uptown isn't walkable anyway, but it's also peaking, too, and getting reasonably close to built out. That's 2 and a half strikes. So it would be more interesting to see a giant garden pathways hill (like what is proposed for Harry Hines at Inwood) built over the interstates lying between downtown an...

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I don't want to maintain the post over time but I sure don't mind the moderators editing the post (or reposting it in a different format or different place, so that they or all members can do so). May I suggest leaving it all in one block listed by descending or ascending height but putting a lowerc...

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Uh well, central Dallas is just about dead...
last person out can please unpin this thread

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Just thought it time for an updatable central project list for the involuntary skylinophiles -- so that it need not be looked up / squirreled away in individual progress reports -- as well as for the non-skyscraper enthusiasts so that it need not be brought up in each thread. All from FAA regulatory...

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rickbansal wrote:Just curious if it was ever stated how tall this new 30 ST will be?

They told the FAA that the topmost main roof levels would be 445' and 424' ... so it compares to Flora Lofts at 441'

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