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Frankly, mixed-use residential is a best case scenario, in my opinion. There could always be a ground-floor gym so the only thing lost is that ugly YMCA structure.

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^ I remember that, and I'm really glad that never happened because it would have ruined the building. Whatever happens I hope the current aesthetic goes mostly untouched.

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^ Not to mention with broad sidewalks and no useless strip of grass.

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Yep, as of yesterday, as far as I could tell.

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I noticed yesterday the structures (formerly a car wash?) on the southwest corner of McCommas and Central had been razed. I've lost track of all the towers going up in this area but I assume this demo was in preparation for one of them. Woohoo!

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I think this is a fantastic project...I love the design, scale, etc and I hope this is the start of more similar development along that part of Lemmon. I just wish, city wide, that we were building broader sidewalks sans that useless strip of grass but whatevs. I did see on Facebook though that the ...

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Oh man, I love that tower! What a great addition to the 'hood!

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Makes sense. After all this wait, how great would it be if construction began on the whole project right after these structures come down? Fingers crossed!

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There's caution tape around the former Beauty Bar today and some of the building's exterior elements have been removed. It looks like they're preparing to demo the rest of the structure soon.

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This is definitely some prime real estate and for sure, it makes perfect sense that at some point it was going to get developed. I do hope they opt to at least keep the facade of the building Chuy's is in. I don't know it's historical background but it's been here at least as long as I have (which i...

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I completely agree. It seems we're at 10-20 years from that happening, but it'd sure be great!

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Exciting! I hope this one actually happens!

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Seriously. We really missed out on some great projects on that side of downtown in the 80s. Granted, we were super overbuilt and clearly couldn't support the buildings we did get, but from an eye candy standpoint what could have been...

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^ Strange, I don't see any shootings or stabbings in that rendering. Maybe that's just in its nighttime version.

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...to the point that it'll end up as a CVS!

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Now it looks like a Harwood office-on-a-garage tower lol

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What a nice looking building!

I very much like how it continues Whole Foods' street presence. ← Scratch that, I just noticed that 50% of the building's frontage is driveway. That's a mistake. That should have occurred on the side streets, not McKinney Ave. Otherwise it's a nice building. lol

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Dang, that area's getting dense!

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It's doesn't wow me for sure, and obviously it's subjective, but I think it'll turn out better than the renderings suggest. For better or worse I think it'll be on par with the newish Marriott in Uptown on Fairmount and Carlisle.

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I can't imagine anybody seriously thinks this is going to become anything more than a QT/CVS anytime soon.

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A gorgeous tower, for sure. I can't imagine the self storage joint next door is long for this world.

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^^ That's great! Thanks for the update!

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Oooh fancy! I like it!

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It looks a lot like the CBRE tower that would have been built on the Trulucks site. Bummer that's not happening!

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On its own, you're probably right. I think a better way to look at it though, rather than "deck park," is "landscaped pedestrian route linking the convention center to the Cedars." hahaha

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I think I actually prefer this placement, assuming I-30 eventually receives deck parks as part of its reconstruction. Like the previous design, this version removes the barrier to the Cedars and frees up a bunch of land, but unlike the previous plan, this utilizes that lot at the corner of Memorial ...

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The only thing I know is there absolutely will not be grass on the roof! lol

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rono3849 wrote:
Tucy wrote:Can anyone find any FAA, TDLR, or city building permit filings?

Well, I don't have any information on that, but you can drive by the site and see for yourself that something is going on there. These were nice sized pieces of equipment.

It sounds like a new parking lot or a CVS.

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If people don't feel safe, they don't feel safe - it's not for anyone to decide how someone else should feel. Objectively speaking, this 7-11 was receiving the police calls it was receiving. Just because it's not as bad as what goes on in say San Francisco doesn't mean it's not bad.

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What a godawful building. The only positive in my mind is that it's not visible in the skyline from most directions.

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If their plan is to be conservative and move along slowly, which seems likely given the plan to slow play the build out by only starting at 12,000 sq ft on that corner, it doesn't make sense to kick out all of your existing tenants in the building across the street to raze and rebuild. You're basic...

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If you're referring to the "more than 12,000 square feet of retail buildings along Henderson," these will be built at the corner of Glencoe and Henderson, in the empty field across the street from the Henderson Tap House/Veritas Wine Room shopping center.

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Agreed! I'd be fine with losing these spots if it meant this shopping center was razed and something much more urban and/or mixed use was built in its place.

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dzh wrote:I think they're kicking out all the retail in that building. I know Henderson Taphouse is closing too.

Really? WTH? Em, you may be right about bigger changes coming to this shopping center. Other than a significant redo/teardown, I can't imagine why else they would get rid of all their tenants.

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Very excited for development here, since this is my neighborhood, but the "rejuvination" of the strip center has pushed out my favorite wine bar, Veritas. Apparently they just bought it and immediately doubled the rent. Not cool. Well that sucks. Do you happen to know if they're planning ...

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“And this is even before we have executed on the expansion and rejuvenation of our assets on that street...”

I assumed this was more in the realm of new coats of paint, but we'll see!

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"Acadia Realty Trust plans to start construction this summer on more than 12,000 square feet of retail buildings along Henderson, according to planning documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The single-story buildings will cost more than $3.4 million and were de...

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These buildings that are almost equal parts parking and their actual use crack me up. Nonetheless, so the two towers are at opposite corners at the intersection of McKinney and Webb. Interesting. So if these do get off the ground, that's at least 10 new Knox-area towers. Dang.

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^ Great find...thanks for posting! It's a little taller than I was expecting as well so that's something. haha

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I wonder if this was intended to represent a conceptual, Spire-like development built next door or if this was an older (or newer) version of their own development based around them having bought all of the Spire land. Given the consistency of architectural style, my guess is that one way or the oth...

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The thing is that Dallas and Fort Worth suburbs are richer than Houston and Austin suburbs. This is one reason the inter cities of Austin and Houston continue to outpace the inter city of Dallas in new building developments. Most businesses are relocating to the rich north suburbs. Something has to...

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For the most part Houston and Austin aren't competing with other municipalities the way Dallas has. Dallas has lost sooooo much to Irving, Plano, Frisco, Southlake, etc. If Dallas was thinking ahead 80ish years ago, it would have annexed everything in its path so it could control its destiny. It wo...

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For the most part Houston and Austin aren't competing with other municipalities the way Dallas has. Dallas has lost sooooo much to Irving, Plano, Frisco, Southlake, etc. If Dallas was thinking ahead 80ish years ago, it would have annexed everything in its path so it could control its destiny.

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Frankly, I feel "citizens" are some of the last people who should have a say in the development process. "Citizens" generally don't know what they're talking about and tend to only care about their own interests, giving little to no consideration to bigger pictures, the overall r...

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I definitely hadn't seen all those renderings, so thanks for sharing! I don't love the style of the tallest tower but I do absolutely love everything going on at street level; all the pedestrian spaces, the retail, etc. Very exciting!

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I do like the look of everything, including the rough cobblestone, but it's now as much of a "park" as is the Union's "park." It's not the end of the world; it's just not how this had previously been characterized. Nonetheless, if all this gets built and it ends up being even rem...

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I like that! You can see that giant garage we all talked about as well. lol

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Re. the fast/casual places there, keep in mind the frequency with which people are using UberEats, DoorDash, etc to have those places' food delivered. I've never set foot in the Mendocino Farms there but I order their food at least once a week. Freebirds may still suck (I've never eaten there) but t...

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I absolutely LOVE everything about this tower and I couldn't agree more about how underwhelming and/or disappointing the Lincoln project is.

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^ Austin has set such a low bar in this regard.

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