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Harwood Historic District Apartment Project Still Struggling to Convince Dallas Landmark Commission http://dallas.towers.net/2017/11/08/harwood-historic-district-apartment-project-still-struggling-to-convince-dallas-landmark-commission/ http://dallas.towers.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/2...

This one continues to chug along. I was surprised to see through the roof of the building to the right, which of course means they're nowhere near the finish line.

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Magnolia Property Co. just finished their apartment building at Zang and 5th but made changes to their plans for the Trinity Presbyterian Church next door, which was supposed to become a restaurant plus residential units. It will now be a boutique hotel and event space called Chijmes and it's set to...

^Well, instead we are getting Harwood Park. Still not convinced that it's a good idea. Their plans look good, but b/c I spend M-F in this part of downtown, IMHO what we don't really need is another park 1 short block from Main St. Garden. Would rather see more in-fill. Totally agree... I'm all for ...

I like the pattern we are following, intentionally or not, of building deck parks next to existing assets like the Arts District and the Dallas Zoo. By that logic, support for Heritage Village and Fair Park decks would follow but not one connecting the Convention Center to the Cedars. Heritage Villa...

Great feedback, guys. Thanks for the detailed responses. DART really needs a plan to modernize these amenities. Pay phones should give way to charging stations, vending machines should be RFID enabled and some stops could benefit from having Amazon lockers, for example. If West End and the Transfer ...

Exciting new bakery-cafe with crusty breads rises in downtown Dallas http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-01-17-tim-headington-downtown-commissary-bakery-joule/ Commissary, the bakery and butcher shop from Joule Dallas hotel owner Tim Headington, will open on November 6, and will b...

I'm writing something for my neighborhood association about Hampton Station but wanted to make sure I had my facts correct. Are there any other DART stations that have indoor waiting areas with bathrooms and vending machines? Cityplace is clearly indoors and likely has restrooms, but all other stati...

Drove by on Saturday and noticed what looked like staff training. This one should open pretty soon.

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Posted a few photos from my visit today here: https://imgur.com/a/xo5cU

The entrance to Bourbon & Banter is pretty clever. You need to enter a code in a payphone before the door opens.

Looks like Nazca closed. There were locks on the doors two weeks ago and the other day I saw what looked like an info center for the new Canopy It did sometime around the first of the month, and I awkwardly walked in for lunch at the very moment they decided they had served their last customer. Wis...

I was walking by the new bar/restaurant, Bottled Blond, which opened in Deep Ellum and it was very busy! It seems isolated now but I'm sure things will open around it soon. With that said, I saw the building next door had a for lease sign that was taken down and people were moving out. There were n...

Breaking ground Monday

Texas A&M to begin $129M building in Deep Ellum to boost Dallas enrollment

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There's a bar or restaurant space at the base of 1910 Pacific (next to Corrigan Tower) that is close to being finished. The beer & wine permit application sign says "Cafe No Name" on it.

Today was the ribbon cutting and soft opening for the hotel and its first restaurant, Overeasy. You can see from the photo that the rooftop signage is almost ready.

Attiva Farmers Market construction site.

Granite Properties serving up a food hall at Factory Six03 in Dallas' West End https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/10/16/granite-properties-serving-up-afood-hall-at.html?ana=twt The proposed 10,000-square-foot food hall could bring six to seven different dining venues and bars to this part...

I'm not concerned about the amount of hotels opening in the CBD. As stated before, demand is catching up especially in the mid-priced and budget range. Notice how it's mostly Mariott, Hampton Inn, Cambria (Choice Hotels), La Quinta and only one high-end hotel, The Statler.

Ugly as sin but impressed by the height. https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1507820386-WEST_COMMERCE_DALLAS_,MORNING_NEWS.jpg New apartments in the works for West Dallas by national builder https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/12/new-apartments-works-west-dallas-national-builder Toll Br...

So do these renderings represent the apartment portion of the Nazerian development at Melba and Bishop? Or is this a separate, new residential development altogether? The building facades here look different from anything I've seen in the various Nazerian renderings (like those at bishoparts.com), ...

First renderings of Bishop North Apartments. Per Crimson Building Company, "This project will consist of 247 high end apartment units over an underground podium garage with a resort style pool and other really cool amenities. It will be located in the heart of the Bishop Arts District and will ...

The Combs Produce site is fenced off and demo or remediation is happening. Does anyone know if a project is in the works? Looks like the 297-unit development by Lynd Development Partners that was announced in March: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/07/apartments-coming-near-d...

Construction site has a slightly updated rendering. This version seems to have less glass and none of the little portholes from the last version. IMG_0602.jpg That McDonald's location would make a great residential high rise site but I know it's not going anywhere. The NE corner of the Greyhound bus...

Crews are finally working on the Trompo Taco space at Metropolitan. Also heard that Chipotle likely won’t reopen in the West End. If that’s the case, hopefully they’ll move to one of the new spaces on Ross Ave.

Pei Wei finalizes new headquarters lease in Irving
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ase-irving

Would be good to see a flagship Pei Wei downtown, or even in Irving.

Since he wants this to be a Vegas-style hotel with pool, maybe Hard Rock Hotel can be lured back to North Texas after the last deal fell through. Residential tower and resort pool are planned with Cabana hotel redo https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/05/residential-tower-resort-p...

That's the old renderings before they even started the project when they planned to just build an above ground garage with retail at Harwood and Commerce. That is not what they are building now. Yes, the rendering I remember was different and looked like a modern version of the library. So much tha...

I remember seeing a rendering of the office building. Will try to find it.

Moayedi has done with the Statler what Headington should've done with the Joule, which is to follow up with condos rather than heavily subsidized high-end retail.

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Harwood Tavern, in the old Agave Azul space, opened last night. Their hours are 4-midnight.

Also hearing a rumor that someone leased the Hart Furniture space next to the Majestic and that'll be announced shortly.

Parks for Downtown Dallas (Belo Foundation) announced that they completed the purchase of 607 Corbin St for West End Plaza along with another parcel for the park on Harwood. It would be really great if this park finished completion around the same time as the Holocaust Museum so that both projects a...

This isn't retail, but it's Downtown Dallas related: The WonderPhones are a series of interactive payphones that connect the people in Downtown Dallas to the city and each other. We have combined old and new technology to allow people to listen to content and play and record their stories. Three ph...

Downtown Dallas' Statler Hotel kicks off new mixed-use project as opening nears https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/03/downtown-dallas-statler-hotel-kicks-new-mixed-use-project-opening-nears The development at Harwood and Jackson streets will include more than 800 parking spaces...

Curious to know what this park looks like in the Trinity Green development and whether it's more than just a tree-lined walkway amenity with some benches thrown in. Seems like the Alta phase will be oriented in that direction with units having direct access to the green space. Screen Shot 2017-10-03...

This afternoon:

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Topped out at "34 stories".

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Side note: Would it kill Forest City to restore that vintage sign? Just pick one, Titche's or W.A. Green, and do it.

From the 1951 fire:

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That's why I'm so excited about the Hillwood proposal. They've built 14 million square feet in 17 buildings across 8 states for Amazon, and they proposed a tower on this site to Amazon in June? Hell yes. Relationships are important. I thought the same thing. Not sure how far along those plans were ...

I'm really pleased with how this one and Skyhouse turned out, and I'm sure that pool will be popular.

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Meant to take a photo of Payne St. between the two buildings because they frame the new Rolex building quite well. Looking forward to seeing ground-floor retail here.

I do hope that the Mathews and Riverside site puts something forth, because that would really be great to transform that area from nothing to something spectacular with the incoming Trinity River Park. And here it is: Texas high-speed rail making play for Amazon’s HQ2 in downtown Dallas https://www...

Signs for the hotels have been installed. Also got to see the entrance to Motopia, which I guess looks as nice as you can hope for next to that ugly parking garage.

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Here's what a charred parking garage looks like.

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Not a spectacular update, but you can now see the brackets where the Cambria blade sign will be hung from.

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kingpin wrote:9/24/17
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Well at least it reflects Museum Tower, so from a certain angle it gives the illusion of a decent building.

DBJ version of the story has a little more info: https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/09/25/developer-behind-the-statler-to-buy-the-cabana.html?ana=twt The Farmers Branch-based development group is also planning to build a ground-up, 20-22 story residential tower atop a parking garage adjace...

Developer behind controversial Statler redo agrees to buy historic Cabana hotel from Dallas County Late Friday the Dallas County Commissioners Court agreed to sell the 399,000-square-foot property, which sits on 3.275 acres near the Design District, to Centurion American Acquisition, LLC. The sale ...

Bishop Highline progress posted on FB today.

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Rendering:

Interesting that Cienda Partners is making an independent pitch for its Oak Farms site: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/09/21/amazon-oak-cliff-prime-property-owners-pitch-site-huge-hq Even more interesting, they reveal that Cienda is the mysterious buyer who has been gobbling up...

This monstrosity is being proposed for McKinney and Hester avenues (north of Knox Street) . Full story here: https://candysdirt.com/2017/09/13/good- ... mixed-bag/

Based on this article it sounds like a bunch of execs have a boner for Austin. They've probably never driven on Mopac or I-35.

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