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Why would the Green line be a negative for Deep Ellum this seems so contrary to other urban cities where they would want transit. Not sure I understand. Even Los Angeles of all places is adding more rail and stations why would Dallas not want more instead of less transit.

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Headington has cut benefits except for top management and has cut food cost. Even a billionaire has their limits to what they will absorb as a loss.

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The Fairmount would look a thousand percent better and true to its original architecture by painting over that horrible pink color with just a simple good white paint and removing the ridiculous facade over the valet entrance..

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Meanwhile the residents of urban Dallas are begging for more stations and transit options and these people don't even want the train up in their suburban neighborhoods. I still don't believe in this line and would rather have diverted this money to D2 and opening up more urban stations.

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God Speed DART.

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I wish them much success. I would love to see this entire area massively redeveloped with high rises and living density all around the DART subway station there. So much potential.

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I heard some gossip from a very well integrated restaurant owner that has multiple places in Dallas and the metro that a great reckoning is coming as there is too much space in centers for restaurants and the leases being signed are way to high making most concepts unsustainable. We shall see what h...

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That is exciting to see!

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I think this area is ripe for redevelopment I work just across the highway at Lincoln Center and there are not a lot of good food options or much else nearby for all of the office buildings in this corridor I think it is very under served and not convenient. It also is a great location for business ...

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Perfect place for Elon Musk to create one of his tunnels and charge a toll to use.

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Fortunately I do not live or work up that way but when I seldom visit from the urban part of Dallas I don't understand the appeal as I find the traffic in that area from Plano to Frisco with terrible traffic issues that will only get worse with no transit planned.

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With all of the development running from Downtown all the way up to Frisco and beyond on the tollway would it be feasible to run a raised rail line all the way up to Frisco. It seems that this corridor is where the most office and residential growth is happening and I know a tunnel is not ever going...

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Deep Ellum is starting to feel similar to the early days of Chicago West loop area when Google moved in. I think this area will follow what happened there which is a great thing.

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With what is happening on Ross and Flora and all the way to the Park this part of downtown is coming together really nice. If they can come up with a plan to redo Flora along the Arts District it should all become super activated.

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I welcome this to that project it adds identifiable height to the overall development. I will be able to see it from my balcony. If the check clears they can do it.

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The other space next to HUGO'S is supposed to be some kind of lounge / restaurant but it has been in design phase forever.

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It will mainly be a bar with some food. Notice entrance looks to be moving to side street as well.

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Maybe the compromise is a tolled tunnel. You still have access but have to pay for it and Dallas gets that land and development above it. Those that don't want to pay the toll can use the horseshoe around downtown.

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I think the coffee shop is doing well but that location tucked on the side street is not the best for a casual food joint. Also the service left a lot to be desired. This spot might be better suited to a retail service business. I did love their fried pickle spears though....

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I really like the hotel but it still feels to me very separated from the urban part of Dallas. This entire area needs to develop density in the future to make this property not feel so lonely and isolated.

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Charter School.......snoooooze.

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I saw this and thought it was interesting.

https://archpaper.com/2019/12/kansas-ci ... c-transit/

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Gridlock may be the answer. Force feed capacity of DART and build out an urban streetcar system in and around the urban core.

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This part of downtown is really starting to gel with hotels, residential, restaurants and office in this area.

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Depressing from someone who still wants to see urban Dallas become insanely more dense.

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If they were to bury 345 then would it also bury and connect into the trenched 75 and the end of woodall rogers. Seems if burying is the way then do it all the way and open that entire end of downtown and uptown to developement with no above ground highway.

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Maybe these things should be moved to a retail / restaurant discussion tab.

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Not trying to rile anything up but I have always wondered why Highland Park Village and Northpark are under the urban discussion tab especially since most of the discussions only involve store front changes not extra growth or new buildings and neither are in a very urban part of the metro mostly su...

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Blockbuster should have become a streaming service ahead of the game. At least Uber is talking and testing flying cars.

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Is there zero route for any federal money to apply to this station???

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I wonder if this Uber thing is a slow walk out of San Fran area and relocate everything here save cost and blame it all on the flame out.

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In the book of historically bad decisions the one made to not build this out on the original Red Line is certainly one of them.

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Um I will take this entire project at this height any day over the dead zone that existed in the heart of our Arts District for years and years. I am hopeful we can attain an urban demand for some supertalls in our future. We are fighting headwinds from companies that would rather be in campus forma...

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I don't think that site has enough direct walk-able density to make that model work there even with the $700000. Maybe it should sit idle or become a restaurant. I love the ones downtown but they have a lot more people constantly passing in and out of the store than I think this site would.

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The entire stretch of McKinney could use a lot more high rise living thus density.

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I think Turtle Creek area is about to get a lot more urban and active.

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This was a really cool property in NYC hotel group out of London. Probably Dallas market isn't quite up for this but it was a great fun property.

https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotels/n ... reet-hotel

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First JW Marriott set to come to downtown Dallas in 2022

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... s_headline

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Mandarin Oriental heading to 2999 Turtle Creek site

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... s_headline

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The area north of Fitzugh and east of the Katy Trail and west of 75 I think is ripe for large mid and high rise dense development. I am all for it and especially extend the streetcar and someday open up the Knox DART station. Dallas needs a dense urban core to compete with the suburban areas by offe...

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"They should aim for making it the tallest building West of the Mississippi River. Dallas' tallest have traditionally held this title. We need to reclaim that title once again. And without a cheater spire!"

What a perfect time for Dallas to reclaim that title again!

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It is in a disconnected location but I think once Harwood completes it won't feel so strange. Try driving up to it not an easy path. The landscape around the bottom still does not look finished to me and it faces an old parking lot next to the Katy trail. It feels a little like a rocket ship that la...

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Could be some perception change but what I keep hearing from people from both coast and Chicago is all taxes taxes taxes. I think that word is getting out more than anything else. They can come here and have more square feet maybe a pool and nice cars on what they save in housing cost and taxes.

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I think 2 smaller spaces will be better. I always felt that one space was too large for a restaurant for that space. Hopeful we can see a new concept open there.

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This has a lot of presence in that area of Uptown. Now Nick and Sams and that dirt lot next to it look like a great spot for another tower.

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Could be needed when they do the phase two of the streetcar and connect it in the area over to KWP.

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Bring it on would love to see more towers on the west side of Oak Lawn. More density less Oak Lawn committee suburban zoning.

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Does anyone know what is taking the old Cedar Grove restaurant space on the corner of the Ilume building. work is taking place inside.

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So may be they just have some parking for catering and staff etc.

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