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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Some Ivy on this building would help make it more appealing. The yellowish stucco is overwhelming.

We've gone over the stucco a thousand times. I'm just glad someone put some makeup on the ugly duckling and activated a critical building next to city hall.

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R1070 wrote:This area needs a small Target and or grocery store.

I grew up in the area and was always amazed how long it took for Whole Foods to move in.

I believe Central Market with an urban mixed use concept would be an amazing boost to the urban center.

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As unsexy as it seems, it's most likely these large residential projects that make DFW so attractive in the first place. There are not many major urban areas (especially in the top 10 US metro areas *outside of Texas*), in which an average family can afford to purchase a home that large. While all o...

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Back on AMLI, an observation about the now completed 10 story parking garage. Being in an office that looks down on this complex I can not help but notice that they have an abundance of parking in that garage. So much so that once you get above the third level there appear to be very few cars parke...

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It's a nice looking tower.

But, The setback is ridiculous and they should find a way to work with the existing buildings.

Little dream of mine - they find a way to make this happen on the Old Warsaw site.

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Didn't see this posted, but thought this was the correct place for it: Dallas goes to court to shutter Republic Ranch, Pilikia and The Pretty Diver on Ross Avenue https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-hall/2018/07/05/dallas-goes-court-shutter-republic-ranch-pilikia-pretty-diver-ross-avenue Da...

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I wonder when the central Dallas market stock will mature in to something that allows families to stay in walkable neighborhoods. That will change the area from SMU Greek Row 2.0 to an actual living neighborhood. But I suppose a lot of that is riding on DISD fixing itself first.

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joshua.dodd wrote:I really wish developers would build parking garages below ground instead of above as they have finally done with this project. Nothing looks worse than a tower sitting on a parking garage podium. We have enough of that garbage...

Absolutely agree. If only it didn't cost 10x as much to dig down.

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That is one massive parking garage.

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Warrior2015 wrote:
mdg109 wrote:From today.

Nice photos. I agree it does look a little out of place,but I really like it it's different

I agree, I think this one definitely outshined the renderings we had floating around here. I am excited to see the first pictures from the roof deck.

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I noticed over the last few days that work has begun in the spot that used to be the steakhouse overlooking the plaza. Permits are posted on the backdoor of the building for it with a construction cost of $1.0M. To be honest that is where the Hardrock Caffe should be. Once we get a few new towers, ...

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Doesn't look like Dallas.

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Wow this is quite a project. Now why can't we can some international capital to buy up the Riverfront or Spire project?

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Now if we get this one, Matthews Southwest High School Tower and the Brewery Building we've got possibly another 800-1,000 residents downtown!

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https://i.imgur.com/nHjjYHB.jpg I would be really a little sad to the smaller buildings go. They might not be able to place a 26 story building in the middle, but it seems like the parking lots and empty lot next door would allow for both. Just seems like this tower would add height but remove the ...

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R1070 wrote:Very exciting. I can't wait to see this start to show on the skyline.

Same here! I'm anxious to see this one start cranking up to the 20th floor, and to think there will still be 20+ left gives me goosebumps

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:
ContriveDallasite wrote:Wow, this one is chugging along. Is this currently the tallest U/C in town?

AMLI's is taller.

Meant as in it's current state, but thanks. Looking forward to seeing the residential component shoot up along side.

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Wow, this one is chugging along. Is this currently the tallest U/C in town?

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Wow, that looks fantastic. Now why can't we just get more residential midrises like this?

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It would be awesome if the Mutt's and the former Minyard's plot of land were re-developed at the same time. I would prefer Mutts and The Rustic to holdout. As we've been saying the past few days, if the "Uptownification" of Uptown continues, and we lose these two spots, we start losing th...

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Now if only we could get past this little crux.

All the plan needs is some non-millionaire housing that’s affordable to folks who work nearby that adds the vibrancy downtown Dallas really needs.

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Thanks as always, salivating at the idea of having 40 stories going up here. If the Perot and Asian Museum site ever get moving, this will be a critical piece of infill between the CBD and uptown. And to only imagine that a walk way extension from KWP to the Perot Museum is also on the table. Would ...

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Shame. Instead of getting a taller product which would add a little bit of variety, we get a cookie cutter rectangle just like what went up across the street.

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View of Pioneer site this morning. I never really appreciated how BIG this campus was going to be. I envisioned a typical sprawling suburban campus, but this thing is taller than I expected. For perspective... This is nearly 30% LARGER than Williams Square based on square footage. Great shot! Can I...

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Why isn't this still considered Farmers Market?

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DPatel304 wrote:I like that they see potential in connecting the Galleria to Midtown, but seems like a pretty hard task to pull off successfully.

IMO some of the parking garages will have to go. Seems as if the Galeria walled its backside off with parking garages.

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Are there any plans to build a Hotel on North Park grounds? If we get another hotel tower, similar to the Sheraton by the Galleria, this would create a nice little cluster.

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I wish the parking lot at Elm/Main and Malcolm X would be developed. Even if a cool public space. A year round skate park with half-pipes should be built somewhere in Deep Ellum. That place would be packed and a great spot to people watch and be entertained. This. Stil surprised there is no pubic s...

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I checked out the Ascension Annex yesterday. The plaza at Fountain Place is really chill. Looking forward to the activity once AMLI finishes and more restaurants/retail move in. Also hoping the "nub" to the garage facing Ross gets built. Agreed, would make for a perfect 2 story CVS/Wallgr...

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Glad too see another intersection being filled in. Does anyone have any more renderings of what the final building is supposed to look like? My Google skills are apparently lacking and didn't pull in any new images.

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Almost 370 units, will be amazing to see what kind of an impact this building will have on the surrounding area. This side of the freeway is still kind of a residential deadzone. Can help but wonder how the residents here will interact with the urban fabric. Will they just drive out of the parking g...

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Thanks for the update! The fringes of Deep Ellum are getting seriously dense. It's great to see this level of development spread outside of the uptown. A wild fantasy of mine, is to imagine all these neigborhoods (Deep Ellum, Uptown, Oak Lawn, Knox / Henderson, extending south through the Cedars and...

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Airport you say? Sounds like something Hillwood should move on. Not many Developers own airports I would assume. Anyways, this speculation is starting to drain my imagination. A new "Victory Park" sized office campus with 50,000 employees would be an absolute game changer for this city. An...

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Will there be any retail at the base of this tower? Could easily throw in a Coffee Shop.

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Thanks for sharing that, looks great! Almost looks like a rift has grown between the core CBD and uptown "Victory Park", would love to see more new activity replace some of those surface lots!

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The unspoken factor in Amazon’s search for a new home: Jeff Bezos’s support for gay rights https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-unspoken-factor-in-amazons-search-for-a-new-home-jeff-bezoss-support-for-gay-rights/2018/04/20/9cfa8c66-31e6-11e8-8bdd-cdb33a5eef83_story.html When Amazon e...

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Agreed. It makes me happy to see that Addison is doing well. It could have gone the other way, being in a vacuum between Downtown and Plano/Frisco. I remember reading somewhere that the new LBJ freeway had additional space planned for submerged light rail tracks. Does anyone know anything about this?

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The next battle in the Bishop Arts gentrification saga comes as an update to this story from March 2017: https://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2017/03/investor-buys-bishop-arts-apartment-block/ Minnesota-based Oaks Properties had no plans for the 11 buildings they purchased, which are some of the nicest...

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For all you Google Maps Nerds, Google has update their aerial imagery, plenty of new construction sites and developments to take a look at.

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Have to give it to them, this one took ages. But the exterior finish doesn't look cheap.

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Perfect scale, street level retail no 5 story parking podium. Place 15 more of these in and around Oak Lawn / Uptown and we have the workings of a real urban city.

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Nice stuff, recently stayed at the Moxy hotel in Berlin, very similar experience to an ALOFT hotel. Would be cool to see what happens with the river walk in the design district. Would be even better if they could tie it in with the Trinity project as well.

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Crazy to think they're building a 12 story building here. Really loving the amount of infill along 75.

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The buildling looks great. I lived in Oak Lawn for a years and always enjoyed the mid-century modern townhomes that were so frequent in the area. While I enjoy the type of product Crescent will ultimately develop, I personally am afraid of seeing Oak Lawn go Uptown with the Miami-esque style. But pe...

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Excited to hear that some of the retail options are a hit. Could you guys post some pictures of the new developments? As an ex-Local I am excited to see what many of the new developments look like!

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This one will be a real catalyst for the area when the Albertsons opens. I wonder if we will be seeing the lot immediately adjacent to this, turn dirt this cycle.

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I dig that piece of infill.

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Looks good to me! That's a surprisingly high amount of affordable apartment units. Is that possibly because this building is basically on the edge of the CBD and is sorta 'tucked away'? Could also be due to the fact that it's also bordering a freeway. Regardless, quality affordable options in downt...

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It appears that someone deleted multiple layers, removing most of the data we had compiled. I will regularly save backups of the map, but we would need together as a forum to recompile most of the sites.

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Imagine the streetlife this would bring if we could start replacing all the 5 Story Podiums with 10+ Story construction with retail. Excited to see this one come to reality!

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