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Can someone tell me where they first heard that he (Headington) is totally exiting the restaurant and entertainment industry? Admittedly, the DMagazine article about his company makes things sound bleak...but it's hard to imagine that he totally walks away from all of these projects because of Covid...

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Hopefully Kairoi (across the street), does similar things with their pedestrian access. It'd be the least they could do considering that they're building a non mixed-use development in a location that is primed for it.

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There's a new rendering on site at the Epic. It's for the buildings across the street and to the left of the hotel. The rendering seems to show a modern office cube on top of the old buildings. I thought it looked pretty cool. I'll try to snap a picture next time I drive by it.

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Hillwood doesn't have a great track record with urban things, probably why they're so conservative. As much as Victory Park has improved, they really built it with a poor pedestrian experience in mind. I guess where I'm going with this...I wouldn't hold my breathe for Hillwood picking a good interac...

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Someone let me know if I'm maybe misremembering...but didn't those condos that were built in Legacy West all sell very quickly? Like under a year fast... Condos are a weird game. It's hard to explain to someone (especially in a state like Texas) that not only do they need to pay a yearly property ta...

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https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companies/2020/03/31/uber-pausing-dallas-hiring-postponing-construction-until-2021-due-to-coronavirus/ Sounds like Uber is pausing construction for the foreseeable future. Hopefully we didn't just get our first unfinished "Stonehenge" for this prev...

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The more apartments in this neighborhood, the more people to spend money at the restaurants on Greenville Ave. i hear all the time about how the restaurants really believe that there isn’t enough parking on Greenville...seems like more apartments in walking distance is a good way to ensure a custome...

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I'm admittedly a little concerned about phase 1. It eerily reminds me of how they created Victory Park back in 2006. Development only being on one side of the street (or in this case a park) has me a little worried. Hopefully I'm wrong though. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

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I really hope one of the buildings in this development is as tall, or taller than Cityplace Tower. It'd be nice to get some tall buildings outside of the CBD.

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I'm no train expert, but how would a tunnel with a diesel-powered train like work? Would they just create the most ventilated tunnel ever? In the off chance event that they end up getting forced to dig a tunnel, will they potentially need to go electric for this line?

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This kind of reminds me of Brickell City Centre in Miami. Say what you want about the architecture of this project, but Downtown Dallas has been kinda needing a development of this style for a while. This thing will possibly create an important center of activity.

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Check D magazine if you're interested in seeing the latest rendering from Woods for this project...

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Can someone explain to me why Candy is happy about the only 63% lot coverage? Wouldn't we want more lot coverage if they built more retail, or at least wouldn't we want the building to be closer to the sidewalk in order to further engage with the neighborhood... I'm sorry if this post doesn't make s...

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I really think D2 is a total mess with this portal system and it's Victory Park route. We need D2 badly, but part of me wonders if it's worth it if it get poorly constructed. This west portal goes right through the recently purchased South Asian Museum land, and then the east portal is a mess when i...

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Am I really the only one who seems to think an above ground train through Victory Park is a bad idea? I just can't see this working well. I really hope I'm wrong. Maybe there's something I don't understand that hasn't been explained to me yet? The land under Victory Park is fill, made up of small a...

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https://www.dart.org/meetings/publicmeetings.asp?ID=713 Notice of Public Meetings D2 Subway - DART Second CBD Light Rail Alignment The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) invite you to attend a public meeting about the D2 Subway, the proposed second light rail ...

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I've seen the equity package for that JPI deal. It's a typical wrap apartment project starting on the northeast corner of the parcel on Carroll that was acquired from Trammel Crow and stretching south along the eastern property boundary. Initial plan is/was 430 units on 5 acres. Zero percent chance...

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The development will also have 10,585 square feet of ground-floor retail, which is being leased up by Venture Commercial. No retail leases have yet been announced. That retail is going to be be hard to lease. Miniscule pedestrian traffic. How about some neighborhood services—dry cleaners, nails, sa...

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I wonder if there is any chance that there could be a future extension from the perimeter to downtown. I'm sure if it was the other way around, there would many prominent local pompom-shakers and developers chomping at the bit here to figure out a way for an extension the rest of the way to downtow...

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Is this a new project or the one already in progress? Don't have a DMN subscription... Already in progress! If you drive down Central, you can see their two cranes up. The project looks good on paper. No idea how it will be when it is actually in front of us though. It looks like phase one will be ...

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If three arts ever moves past the concept boards. At this point they haven't been able to get Two Arts off the ground they may never even propose Three Arts and sell off the land or as part of the sale of the entire project. I wish Billingsley would just sell if she doesn't intend to build anytime ...

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Yea I don't think Billingsley really knows how to create more than an office park unfortunately. They need to hire a good urban architect and create an actual master plan.

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Found a brochure for Two Arts Plaza on the Billingsley website. I'm inclined to believe that it's a relatively recent plan seeing that Playwright Pub is included in the brochure (and that bar didn't open until earlier this year). It's definitely about time that they got something rolling over here. ...

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I think another Northpark expansion is just a huge fairytale. They've been teasing us with it since at least 2006. It's a shame too, this mall really has the potential to be like Westfield Century City in LA. They have the space in their parking lots to do a huge open air expansion (and they've even...

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Hillwood just doesn't seem to understand urban design (neither does Crow really for that matter). I really don't expect to see much more than some office buildings with restaurants and retail at the bottom. I think the developments will be successful, but better things could've been built ultimately...

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Please correct me if I’m wrong (because I’m not totally certain by any means), but I was under the impression that they didn’t need the OLC’s approval to build here? I thought it was more of the developer attempting to be courteous than anything else. The area I’m pretty sure is zoned for up to 240’...

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Can someone explain to me why TC didn't add retail to this project? Seems like it would be a no-brainer to build something mixed-use here.

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I hate to be a downer, but such a disappointing project from TC. I wish they would build a mixed-use building here. Probably not the most trafficked area for street side retail, but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't help the area or be a start.

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There is a big "Arriving" sign for The Terminal on the property now. Nice!! I always worry about the high quality developments like this getting killed before I see dirt turn. From what I understand they just got their approval! I couldn't be more happy for them. It's a great team there.

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I'm just hoping more towers get built on Oak Lawn. It's high time this street reaches its potential. There's no reason that Oak Lawn should not be the Dallas' version of Sunset Boulevard.

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I heard a rumor that Social House was about to sign a lease near Bottled Blonde. Not quite sure if that came to fruition or not though.

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The small triangular building at McKinney & Akard looks to have metal poles in the ground for fencing to go up. Any idea what the plan is here? STK was supposed to open a location there. The Morning News even wrote about their intended move there (this was 2015 however). No idea if STK is final...

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There is a rendering for a new office building on their website. Honestly not the worst design either. Does anyone else know what the full-term masterplan for this project is?

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The whole enchilada: El Fenix's landmark Uptown Dallas property is for sale https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/04/02/whole-enchilada-el-fenixsuptown-dallas-property-sale That would be pretty huge if this site gets redeveloped into something mixed use a la The Union. It wouldn't be...

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I wish we could have a geographic Deep Ellum designation that could operate full service 24 hours a day, exempt from all blue law remnants. It honestly does shock me how there aren’t exemption areas from the state’s 2am last call law. I’m sure it’s much more complex than I’m making it seem, but I d...

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The other spots where a deck park would work wonders would be at Knox Henderson, Cityplace, and Northpark. Considering the campaign for a deck park at Legacy West has begun, then I don't see why we can't have additional ones throughout the city.

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I think it may be time to start discussing a deck park for the SMU/Mockingbird station area. It seems like an ideal way to connect those two together.

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Does anyone know any details about the renovation of the retail space at Rosewood Court? It looks like they're tearing out a fairly large sized chunk in order to put something big in. Maybe a two floor restaurant?

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Does anyone know whatever happened to the grocer that they were going to put in this building?

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Not to bring this thread off-topic, but the fact that running the DART at-grade through Victory Park hasn't been a point of contention....just mind-boggles me. I think we're going to look back on this decision to run the rail at-grade and just wonder: "how did we allow such a preventable urban ...

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I'm happy something is being built here, however I really do hate the building. I don't like the design, and I think the name is just comical. Seriously? The Victor at Victory Park? That's gotta be the lamest thing I've heard in weeks. All being said, it will be nice to haver more density and more r...

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Dallas needs to build a real subway system in the city. DART rail simply does not do the job. It's inconvenient and the system was designed to accommodate the suburbs, not the actual city itself. Dallas needs to build a subway system around the core and densest neighborhoods that is entirely separa...

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There was a giant warehouse on this site back in the day, right? Alford Refrigerators if I remember correctly? I only ask because I remember the mixed use project that was proposed for that site from maybe a decade ago

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Baker's Ribs is closing for a bank in Deep Ellum, as 'wildcatters' of old make way for boomtown https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/09/27/bakers-ribs-closing-bank-deep-ellum-wildcatters-old-make-way-boomtown Joe Duncan emailed this week with a simple enough request. "If you have...

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I heard a rumor that Northpark is gearing up for a new expansion. Was even told a tenant like Eataly is in the mix. That being said, you just never know how fruitful hearing a rumor can be, so I just wanted to put this feeler out there and see if anybody had heard any similar rumors recently.

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Not trying to be that annoying guy that tells you whether they liked something or not, but I went to Cinepolis Saturday night and really enjoyed it haha.

I really think it's going to be a nice asset at Victory Park

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Are there any urban explorers out there that think they can get into any of these places? And if so, can provide pictures...

Also if parts of the infrastructure are already place, why wouldn't they think of connecting the existing DART along these paths as part of the D2 expansion?

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Not really sure where else to post, or ask this question...so I figured this might be the best spot. Anyways, I remember reading on this forum (way back on the old forum, and maybe a decade ago as well) that a few buildings on Ross were constructed with potential subway stations in the basement. I c...

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Not trying to accidentally get anyone's hopes up by posting on this thread, but I saw an excavator digging on the grass by Happiest Hour today. Just wanted to see if anyone knew what was going on here?

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I could end up being very wrong, but I'm thinking with all these nightlife establishments opening up that it's very possible that Victory Park becomes a new nighttime hotspot (especially with a lot of the bars being pushed off of McKinney Avenue). However, I guess we won't really know until the firs...

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