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by cowboyeagle05
19 Oct 2022 20:59
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park
Replies: 228
Views: 173215

Re: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park

Yeah sounds like the events center they want to build will be cheapened out. I cannot wait to see what shipping container project we will end up with.
by cowboyeagle05
19 Oct 2022 20:56
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
Replies: 119
Views: 41650

Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!

Friends of mine have been doing the whole curbside pickup cause they drove this week to visit the store and hated the crowds being so intense since there is such a blitz of excitement right now. They drove from Lewisville and didn't bat an eye at doing so to get groceries, but they weren't HEB fanat...
by cowboyeagle05
19 Oct 2022 20:52
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: The Grocery Store Thread 2.0
Replies: 49
Views: 49413

Re: The Grocery Store Thread 2.0

Wooohhhhh let's remember HEB needs a large parcel to build their stores I doubt they would take any of the closing Tom Thumb stores unless the rest of the center is emptied out to reformat towards a supercenter-like store. Most of the sold stores would be Safeway/Tom Thumb/Albertsons brands, accordi...
by cowboyeagle05
19 Oct 2022 20:37
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Plano: Willow Bend Mall
Replies: 323
Views: 144630

Re: Plano: Willow Bend Mall

Honestly, my experience at the Dillards at NorthPark was that all the employees also looked bored out of their minds. Department Stores themselves are rarely anything but a library of the past shopping experience. I would much rather work at a library than a department store cause at least I think t...
by cowboyeagle05
19 Oct 2022 19:55
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: The Carlisle on the Creek (~360 FT | 30 ST)
Replies: 80
Views: 23214

Re: The Carlisle on the Creek

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by cowboyeagle05
14 Oct 2022 17:02
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
Replies: 119
Views: 41650

Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!

True as well, but I imagine even Eatzis prefers an Oak Lawn Ave address to a Lemmon Ave address. Hey, how about Eatzis temporary store on the HEB lot while they build a better-formatted project on the Eatzis lot with a urban integrated Eatzis with apartments that doesn't include a giant 7 story park...
by cowboyeagle05
14 Oct 2022 16:31
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Replies: 519
Views: 425581

Re: Dallas Area Rapid Transit

The technical details of the different trains are def out of my league, but if DART switched to a low floor across the entire train, can they do that? Wouldnt they still have to have those annoying step-ups to the next car in each segment, or is that just because of the two different types the newer...
by cowboyeagle05
14 Oct 2022 16:09
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
Replies: 119
Views: 41650

Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!

I seriously doubt anything is coming here except an empty plot up for sale. I think the building La Madeline is outdated and needs significant work to continue with tenants, and HEB is just ready to end the leases here, tear it down and sell off the land when their advisors tell them the right price...
by cowboyeagle05
14 Oct 2022 15:28
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Lower Greenville Development
Replies: 179
Views: 160603

Re: Lower Greenville Development

They are trying to dominate in all the urban markets like what many of us hoped Royal Blue would do and failed. I mean, they are opening the Knox location soon and already have the McKinney Ave location. When is the Deep Ellum or Downtown location coming? I hope the market will be strong enough for ...
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 16:53
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)
Replies: 476
Views: 1201564

Re: Cityplace East: ACS/Xerox redevelopment (The Central)

By now, they could have grown a decent worth of urban farm food and fed the homeless. Then again, not all homeless want real food. They want junk that comes from a drive thru as much as anyone does.
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 15:08
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: Dallas: Miscellaneous Road Projects
Replies: 8
Views: 4371

Re: Dallas: Miscellaneous Road Projects

Nice, so until they fund it another way it will sit on the shelf like 98% of Dallas plans. This is one of those plans people have to keep an eye on though Baylor wants a rebuild but since I-30 redo is still in the works they may wait till after those plans are funded before they plan out a direct ro...
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 13:59
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345004

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

Wow, that is the glitziest way to be nice about the mixture of incomes I have seen so far. From week to week, I, too, am economically diverse.
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 13:55
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Replies: 765
Views: 532689

Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions

Which is why I mentioned the obvious chest bumping of the governor and other politicians but at least in those stories, they have jobs they post we are "getting" or retaining. This was just posted like it was an AT&T type of deal but without and details of anything, so I assume its bar...
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 13:21
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Corporate Relocations/Expansions
Replies: 765
Views: 532689

Re: Corporate Relocations/Expansions

It seems like news but not with too much heff. Like if the Governor isn't claiming he stole jobs and another relocation from the evil high-tax NorthEast united states, then are we getting a lot? I mean, most of those chest beatings are overblown too, but I assume this is just a few employees who are...
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 12:30
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352049

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

JUst tells you how bad these buildings were built cause they took no time to tear down. Like tents in a hurricane.
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 12:26
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345004

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

I think the main thrust here is that we are trying to shoehorn modern shopping/living/working preferences into an outdated form. Trademark and UBS is trying to be new and outdated at the same time, and it generally gets more outdated every month they wait to tear down and build. They have a bunch of...
by cowboyeagle05
13 Oct 2022 12:03
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
Replies: 681
Views: 590103

Re: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)

It really depends on how many of these 80's office buildings survive cause they are the ones maintaining these mall food courts. I say go full throttle and make these food courts even more 80's like, with wandering teenagers and vintage fake storefronts from the golden era of malls to go with the fo...
by cowboyeagle05
12 Oct 2022 15:24
Forum: The Airports
Topic: American Airlines
Replies: 32
Views: 34281

Re: American Airlines

This is the most confusing sub-headline I have seen in a while when rendering to DFW. The employee-only 'hospitality complex' will be built on a 300-acre corporate campus the Dallas-based air carrier is constructing in Fort Worth. So the carrier is based in Dallas but is in Fort Worth guess they tho...
by cowboyeagle05
12 Oct 2022 15:15
Forum: The Bus + Roads/Highways/Bridges
Topic: Dallas: Miscellaneous Road Projects
Replies: 8
Views: 4371

Re: Dallas: Miscellaneous Road Projects

It looks to me that when I was driving past, they were only doing the section up to the Green Line on the Baylor side, which is easy to do, though. South of the greenline through Exposition Park, the city hasn't made the needed acquisitions, I think to tear down buildings and build the straight shot...
by cowboyeagle05
12 Oct 2022 13:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)
Replies: 191
Views: 67860

Re: Turtle Creek: Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (3001 Turtle Creek)

As of last month, I started getting lots of ads on my youtube viewing from Four Seasons, just brand ads showing off the style of service they offer, Nothing Dallas-specific at all. While obviously, they can read that I have typed Four Seasons once or twice through things like cookies, I wonder if th...
by cowboyeagle05
12 Oct 2022 13:27
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings
Replies: 636
Views: 628778

Re: Uptown Dallas: Business Openings and Closings

Yes, I have seen the fence up for at least a month, but I can't tell since I drive down this section of Cedar Springs to Downtown rather quickly cause it is a pass-through area, not a stay-at-meander. This section of Cedar Springs/Turtle Creek Blvd is all about moving traffic as quickly to Downtown ...
by cowboyeagle05
12 Oct 2022 12:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Oak Lawn
Replies: 810
Views: 1321458

Re: Oak Lawn

Yeah the nighttime is a refined version, and I sent it off to a friend to verify if it's the final design, but the first designs were there to get the Oak Lawn committee and city to approve zoning changes. This is a design based on the approved zoning changes. Looks like the S4 patio might get a sou...
by cowboyeagle05
12 Oct 2022 12:30
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)
Replies: 681
Views: 590103

Re: DTD: The National/Thompson Hotel (1401 Elm)

It still looks like a food court out of Stranger Things, but that's cause Renaissance Tower hasn't gotten major updates in a very long time which is why the new owners are planning to flip it mainly into residential. I am curious if they will touch their underground in any meaningful way or will lea...
by cowboyeagle05
05 Oct 2022 11:57
Forum: Suburban + Exurban Development
Topic: Arlington Development and Transportation Projects
Replies: 128
Views: 80775

Re: Arlington Development and Transportation Projects

My question is can they put more parking in parking in garages? It's no secret that many team owners prefer large parking lots for not only tailgating but their customers usually hate having to stack into garages. Does Jerry Jones want development on his stadium parking lots? He proposed infill stuf...
by cowboyeagle05
05 Oct 2022 11:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583810

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

Here is a rough map overlay if you look at the 3D renderings, you can place the townhomes and the lone Serena store as landmarks to connect the dots. The renderings make the project look like something in Manhattan rather than an area of town that's rapidly going vertical after years of being a fair...
by cowboyeagle05
05 Oct 2022 11:30
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352049

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

Except according to RealPage, demand has dipped significantly, finally causing enough stir to make some real estate minds concerned we need to pause so many units. Availability has finally increased to 5% from the previous 3%, and rent increases have finally stagnated, which is good for us but just ...
by cowboyeagle05
05 Oct 2022 11:24
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Oak Lawn
Replies: 810
Views: 1321458

Re: Oak Lawn

What's astonishing to me is that they say they will add a retail spot on Throckmorton plus the community plaza, which is only being built cause S4 has to retain emergency access for the back of the patio due to fire code. I guess the parking garage ramps will not be on Throckmorton. This is def one ...
by cowboyeagle05
05 Oct 2022 11:13
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Replies: 556
Views: 457253

Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

^Thanks for the summary
by cowboyeagle05
04 Oct 2022 16:13
Forum: Rail + Guided Transit
Topic: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail
Replies: 556
Views: 457253

Re: DALLAS to HOUSTON High Speed Rail

The question I have is, why did Japan all of a sudden lose interest? I know what the naysayers have been saying for years now I've read those articles and seen the discussion here, and I am sure they will jump in here and claim they are right, but it seems strange that Japan Railway Co would go this...
by cowboyeagle05
04 Oct 2022 10:41
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352049

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

Plus Mark Cuban wants more surface parking cause he hates structured parking for his fans.
by cowboyeagle05
03 Oct 2022 17:25
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352049

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

Yeah, Goldman would not have wanted their offices staring into some outdated garden-style apartments, so I never thought they would partially keep units either. The ultimate question is, during construction, which will take a while will they get at least one additional tower approved on the rest of ...
by cowboyeagle05
03 Oct 2022 15:38
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown/Victory Park: NorthEnd
Replies: 800
Views: 352049

Re: Uptown Dallas - Field Street Development [North End Apartments Site]

Well, and let's be honest, Hunt doesn't sound like it publicly guaranteed Goldman Sachs anything for the rest of the property. Not to say they will never build anything cause having Goldman Sachs means some further development will be attracted with a lead tenant on the site but the rest of the land...
by cowboyeagle05
29 Sep 2022 11:37
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
Replies: 301
Views: 357328

Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.12 Harwood Hotel (20 ST)

Maybe Harwood didn't even realize till this point that they didn't build what they released as renderings, and they are suing themselves as lying to themselves in breach of contract. I swear Harwood is more like city hall and the Trinity. They promise grandiose projects for decades, then finally ann...
by cowboyeagle05
29 Sep 2022 11:34
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345004

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

I remember the Starbucks that was over by Express where it is now but was there one here as well? At this point, Ill just concede any and all options are potentially the truth.
by cowboyeagle05
28 Sep 2022 14:15
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345004

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

I used to visit is with my boyfriend cause he loved the candles and had no need for the Bath and Body works store. We were Northpark devotees. Peloton moved in after White Barn left, I believe. Which means the White Barn separate storefront has been gone longer than I realize.
by cowboyeagle05
28 Sep 2022 14:09
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: West Dallas Developments
Replies: 185
Views: 141438

Re: West Dallas Developments

I missed it, too, honestly. Back when Trinity Groves was just some dusty parking lots and a converted truck depot.
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 17:28
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!
Replies: 119
Views: 41650

Re: H-E-B Has Finally Arrived in DFW!!!

I'll wait till it's closer to drive to. I shop at two different Krogers that are within 3 miles of me. If I need fancier ingredients, I have two Whole Foods within a 5-mile distance of me plus an Eatzis in less than a mile. I visited HEB when I was in Austin, and it felt like a decent Walmart to me....
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 17:14
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: West Dallas Developments
Replies: 185
Views: 141438

Re: West Dallas Developments

That area needs about 10,000 more people living near there. Based on what's coming down Singleton Blvd at the Trinity Green site and just past it, they have a good amount coming but probably under 5,000 units within the next two years. The connectivity is, of course, abysmal between Trinity Green w...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 17:03
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: North Dallas: Galleria
Replies: 621
Views: 345004

Re: North Dallas: Galleria

I noticed something weird yesterday. I distinctly remember seeing a White Barn Candle store in the Galleria the last time I was there (several months ago), and the mall's website still has the store in their listing, but there's no hint of the store existence on Google Maps and the White Barn websi...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 16:55
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583810

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

I agree there are just a lot of priorities here and cars going to and from the Park Cities are still very much a priority for many, including those who will influence Dallas City Council votes. The entire reason most of this development is so tall is cause the Park Cities won't allow density, but th...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 16:22
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Fairmount & Carlisle (~320 FT | ~31 ST)
Replies: 37
Views: 11900

Re: Uptown Dallas: Fairmount & Carlisle (~320 FT | ~29 ST)

Nice that it has a radio city art deco look to it. I will be curious if the finish of the exterior will read as high quality. The renderings always make it hard to tell without reading the construction material notes, and I didn't read them detailed like in the Oak Lawn Committees' agenda notes.
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 16:17
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Harwood District: Hotel Swexan (20 ST)
Replies: 301
Views: 357328

Re: Harwood Int'l District: No.12 Harwood Hotel (20 ST)

Also, since they are the owner and operator, they very much so could have slowed the project down on purpose by shifting construction workers away to other projects. Doing so may have also meant people they hired to run the operations might have jumped ship to work on other projects or companies rat...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 15:58
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Magnolia Hotel
Replies: 7
Views: 3057

Re: Downtown Dallas: Magnolia Hotel

Found the renderings from May of 2021, when the addition was reviewed by the landmark commission. They probably have changed some things since then, but this is what was originally proposed. Screen Shot 2022-09-27 at 3.52.35 PM.png Screen Shot 2022-09-27 at 3.52.49 PM.png Screen Shot 2022-09-27 at 3...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 14:50
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Downtown Dallas: Magnolia Hotel
Replies: 7
Views: 3057

Re: Downtown Dallas: Magnolia Hotel

Yes, I had seen the concept renderings before because they previously showed them to get buyers of the hotel interested. The hotel has already moved its Valet on to Commerce. The city, a few years ago, in agreement with the Adolphus and the Magnolia Hotel, agreed to take a lane away and declare it f...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 14:33
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583810

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

I'm usually one to never bring up traffic, as I've always thought it's just what you get for living in certain areas... But poor Knox is going to take a beating with all these new developments. It's already congested! Funny enough, the land and location are so damn valuable the traffic isn't the bi...
by cowboyeagle05
27 Sep 2022 14:19
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Knox District / Knox Park
Replies: 814
Views: 583810

Re: Knox / Henderson - Knox Street Side

While I, too, am romantic about HWY 75 being a loose chain of deck parks, I can imagine the cost being well above what just buying some apartment building in an existing neighborhood and just building a park on land already stable for a park. Klyde Warren is nice, but its a commercially successful g...
by cowboyeagle05
22 Sep 2022 15:49
Forum: City Issues/News
Topic: Northpark Center
Replies: 1624
Views: 839391

Re: Northpark Center

I agree^
by cowboyeagle05
22 Sep 2022 15:33
Forum: Urban Development
Topic: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon
Replies: 417
Views: 418039

Re: Uptown Dallas: Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon

I would like to point out that both projects, the CBRE/Trammel Crow Co./Trulucks tower and this one have ties to very conservative companies. HEB does not work with a lot of outsider money they spend their own money on store development, so they like to be super double sure before they turn one shov...
by cowboyeagle05
21 Sep 2022 22:25
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Dallas Zoo
Replies: 16
Views: 13902

Re: Dallas Zoo

Well, Mcdonald's is trying to remain relevant to the generation that prefers Starbucks and fresh organic/gluten-free/all natural/local etc. I certainly hated the hut design they have had for decades and was glad to see everyone from McDonalds/Wendys, and JackNBox modernize despite not changing much ...
by cowboyeagle05
21 Sep 2022 22:21
Forum: The Parks, Trails, + Miscellaneous Infrastructure
Topic: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park
Replies: 228
Views: 173215

Re: Downtown: Klyde Warren Park

It looks like it's bigger than the food kiosk they built into Main Street Gardens, which to this day seems too damn small for much of anything ever to succeed, so there might be enough room in this to host popups every spring/summer for chefs they want to partner with for grab n go food and beverage...