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- 26 Oct 2023 17:16
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Dallas Office Occupancy
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4525
Re: Dallas Office Occupancy
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 ...
- 26 Oct 2023 17:02
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Santander Tower
- Replies: 59
- Views: 53049
Re: Downtown Dallas: Santander Tower
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...
- 26 Oct 2023 16:59
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: Santander Tower
- Replies: 59
- Views: 53049
Re: Downtown Dallas: Santander Tower
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...
- 26 Oct 2023 03:40
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas - Fountain Place
- Replies: 119
- Views: 105311
- 26 Oct 2023 02:34
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Downtown Dallas: 711 N Pearl (~37 ST)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7453
Re: Downtown Dallas: 711 N Pearl (~37 ST)
Good point!
- 26 Oct 2023 02:32
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Comprehensive Dallas Development Map / List
- Replies: 69
- Views: 86022
Re: Comprehensive Dallas Development Map / List
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 ...
- 25 Oct 2023 09:51
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
- Replies: 476
- Views: 1204321
Re: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
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...
- 24 Oct 2023 22:21
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Knox District |The Galatyn - (20 ST)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13010
Re: Knox District |The Galatyn - (20 ST)
Their background in that video was epic AND epic II
- 24 Oct 2023 16:23
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
- Replies: 191
- Views: 67953
Re: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
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...
- 24 Oct 2023 10:12
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
- Replies: 191
- Views: 67953
Re: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
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...
- 24 Oct 2023 00:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
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
- 23 Oct 2023 22:54
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Knox District: MSD Capital - Knox/Travis - 28/27/9 stories
- Replies: 71
- Views: 18296
Re: Knox District: MSD Capital - Knox/Travis - 28/27/9 stories
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 ...
- 23 Oct 2023 20:47
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
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...
- 20 Oct 2023 19:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
- Replies: 137
- Views: 104462
Re: West Dallas: Trinity Groves
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...
- 20 Oct 2023 16:36
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Northpark Center
- Replies: 1624
- Views: 840663
Re: Northpark Center
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 ...
- 16 Oct 2023 14:28
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Turtle Creek: 2525 TC (2 ~257 FT | ~20-21 ST)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8358
- 16 Oct 2023 14:26
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2401 McKinney (406 FT / 29 ST)
- Replies: 132
- Views: 67522
Re: Uptown Dallas: 2401 McKinney (406 FT / 29 ST)
The Real Deal reported in May that it is on hold
https://therealdeal.com/texas/2023/05/2 ... -projects/
https://therealdeal.com/texas/2023/05/2 ... -projects/
- 15 Oct 2023 22:42
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Deep Ellum: Epic ~ Knights of Pythias Temple
- Replies: 670
- Views: 569827
- 14 Oct 2023 11:20
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District: Urby Dallas I + II (~308 FT | 27 ST)
- Replies: 281
- Views: 166679
- 13 Oct 2023 12:51
- Forum: City Issues/News
- Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
- Replies: 766
- Views: 533331
Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
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...
- 11 Oct 2023 21:39
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
- Replies: 109
- Views: 47891
Re: Uptown Dallas: 2500 Cedar Springs (3 Towers)
It is not as complicated as it sounds- it is on page 4-8 of the first attachment in the link
- 10 Oct 2023 21:27
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: 3001 Maple (Maple Terrace Office + Residences)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30790
- 10 Oct 2023 21:08
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Perot Museum II or it didn't happen
- 10 Oct 2023 21:07
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
They were dead to me when they didn't go with a matching glass escalator facade treatment
- 10 Oct 2023 11:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
- Replies: 417
- Views: 418735
Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Cool, thanks for the update
- 09 Oct 2023 19:41
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
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
- 07 Oct 2023 23:00
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
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...
- 06 Oct 2023 23:55
- Forum: U.S. + World Urban Development
- Topic: Oklahoma City, Norman Area Urban Development
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5374
Re: Oklahoma City, Norman Area Urban Development
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.)
- 06 Oct 2023 22:49
- Forum: Opolis Blueprints
- Topic: Mill Creek Tunnel Project (Run It Back)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3372
Re: Mill Creek Tunnel Project (Run It Back)
Or even an underground collector ellipse?
- 06 Oct 2023 22:48
- Forum: Opolis Blueprints
- Topic: Mill Creek Tunnel Project (Run It Back)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3372
- 06 Oct 2023 22:48
- Forum: Opolis Blueprints
- Topic: Mill Creek Tunnel Project (Run It Back)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3372
Re: Mill Creek Tunnel Project (Run It Back)
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?
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?
- 06 Oct 2023 22:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
You called it
- 06 Oct 2023 19:30
- Forum: U.S. + World Urban Development
- Topic: Oklahoma City, Norman Area Urban Development
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5374
Re: Oklahoma City, Norman Area Urban Development
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
- 06 Oct 2023 13:31
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
- Replies: 800
- Views: 352553
Re: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
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 ...
- 05 Oct 2023 21:34
- Forum: The Airports
- Topic: DFW Airport
- Replies: 420
- Views: 331115
Re: DFW Airport
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 ...
- 05 Oct 2023 13:00
- Forum: U.S. + World Urban Development
- Topic: Oklahoma City, Norman Area Urban Development
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5374
Re: Oklahoma City, Norman Area Urban Development
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/
https://www.hok.com/projects/view/pif-tower-cma-riyadh/
- 27 Sep 2023 11:43
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Pegasus Place Tower
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21569
Re: Pegasus Place Tower
Would it make sense for our downtown USPTO (Patent and Trademark Office) branch office to be within walking distance eventually?
- 26 Sep 2023 12:30
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal (Lincoln Property Co.13-story/15-story towers)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 526
Re: Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal (Lincoln Property Co.13-story/15-story towers)
At what typical break point psf or per acre is land in such demand that developers are willing to lease it?
- 26 Sep 2023 11:31
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Design District 1.0
- Replies: 115
- Views: 82322
Re: Design District 1.0
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...
- 26 Sep 2023 10:54
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
- Replies: 232
- Views: 106757
Re: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~30 ST)
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...
- 25 Sep 2023 15:58
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: How Tall Is...? reference thread
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3175
Re: How Tall Is...? reference thread
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...
- 25 Sep 2023 13:57
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: How Tall Is...? reference thread
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3175
Re: How Tall Is...? reference thread
Uh well, central Dallas is just about dead...
last person out can please unpin this thread
last person out can please unpin this thread
- 25 Sep 2023 11:25
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: How Tall Is...? reference thread
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3175
How Tall Is...? reference thread
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...
- 25 Sep 2023 11:18
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
- Replies: 232
- Views: 106757
Re: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~30 ST)
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'
- 25 Sep 2023 10:48
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~424 FT | ~30 ST)
- Replies: 232
- Views: 106757
Re: Uptown Dallas: Parkside Uptown (Miyama) (~30 ST)
I think a big part of this 'migration' is purely the age and quality of the buildings. A 50 year old building would not be able to compete with a brand new building. It is still almost the same or adjacent neighborhoods. Its a freaking 5 minute walk. I am happy that the migration is a couple of min...
- 25 Sep 2023 10:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16783
Re: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
San Antonio legislators have frequently discussed (over the past decades) introducing a state amendment to allow their city government to consolidate with that of Bexar County to eliminate duplicated departmental capacities for cost reduction purposes. More than 70% of county citizens already reside...
- 25 Sep 2023 10:04
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16783
Re: El Centro relocation
Dallas’ 7 Community Colleges Plan to Become 1 Nothing new here in terms of the lawsuit keeping DCCD from building its new campus, but it seems like the wheels are turning in the effort to merge the seven schools into one. ...There's also the question of what will happen to the current El Centro cam...
- 23 Sep 2023 17:24
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16783
Re: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
Maybe even a sixth one from Venezuela or Colombia
- 23 Sep 2023 14:22
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16783
Re: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
Good point about feasibility assessments. When our emeritus member forumer grantboston was attending Tufts I always wondered whether North Texas could fund ourselves a new inner city campus of that august institution, or of Johns Hopkins, or Sewanee, or GWU, or maybe a private West Coast one like th...
- 23 Sep 2023 14:20
- Forum: Urban Development
- Topic: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16783
Re: Dallas College: El Centro relocation
I didn't know that; I just assumed that SCAD Atlanta was the urban presence SCAD sought to have. Interesting.