Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

potatocoins wrote:

tamtagon wrote:Having some quite residential blocks in-between multiple block of over-retailed block isn't a bad thing. Could become a major draw for more residential....

That's a good point. Currently, it's a bit too quiet/sleepy for my tastes, but once the East Quarter and Smart District area start developing more, I could see myself really enjoying some of these apartments around the Farmer's market just because it may be comparatively more quiet.

cowboyeagle05 wrote:I am still caught in a back and forth in my mind on replacing most of the Farmer's Market with apartments. While I wholeheartedly agree more units near the farmer's Market were desperately needed I had hoped with more units surrounding the old footprint of the market the other sheds would get more use as the market became a larger attraction. The new owners obviously decided that was never gonna happen and that shrinking the market down to two sheds was enough. I guess I was just delusional to think it could one day become a real big market with larger permanent merchants taking shed space. I will always still wonder but I am happy the city got out of the way and I still like the way the current owners changed the farmer's market itself. The old way of reselling old produce off the back of 18-wheelers was garbage and was the reason it was so dead in the first place. It was not a Farmers Market back in those days it was a glorified trunk sale in an old Walmart parking lot back then.

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council approved a $6.5 million development agreement with local developer Spectrum Properties Ltd. for Pearl Lofts, a six-story community with 100 apartment units along Pearl Street and Jan Pruitt Way. The development is estimated to cost $33.2 million.

This marks the final parcel to be redeveloped at the Dallas Farmers Market, which spans 16.5 acres bounded by Marilla Street, Cesar Chavez Boulevard, Harwood Street and Interstate 30.

Zmitz wrote:

DPatel304 wrote:
A few years ago, I recall reading the city wanted to make more of an effort to make Marilla street more pedestrian friendly hoping to better connect the Farmer's Market and City Hall. This development will certainly be a (small) step towards that goal.

Here is an update from 6/3 on that small condo development at 1880 Canton. I wonder what the pricing will be given the location.

cyklopz wrote:

Zmitz wrote:

DPatel304 wrote:
A few years ago, I recall reading the city wanted to make more of an effort to make Marilla street more pedestrian friendly hoping to better connect the Farmer's Market and City Hall. This development will certainly be a (small) step towards that goal.

Here is an update from 6/3 on that small condo development at 1880 Canton. I wonder what the pricing will be given the location.

It's actually a huge step backwards. This is project is an absolute disaster...a total eye sore brought to by the same builder of The Destination on Peters which is already falling apart. These guys scour for "cheap parts" and hodge podge a "structure" together over a long period of time. Guaranteed this will be the ugliest & worst build building in CBD.

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:

cyklopz wrote:

Zmitz wrote:
Here is an update from 6/3 on that small condo development at 1880 Canton. I wonder what the pricing will be given the location.

It's actually a huge step backwards. This is project is an absolute disaster...a total eye sore brought to by the same builder of The Destination on Peters which is already falling apart. These guys scour for "cheap parts" and hodge podge a "structure" together over a long period of time. Guaranteed this will be the ugliest & worst build building in CBD.

Nah it's a W. This site is near the old stew pot site. There's homeless ppl that frequent around that area and sleep outside the stew pot site. We have developer willing to build there and add some value. That's a dub.

Woodfield Development has filed plans with the state for a 21-story residential tower on South Good Latimer Expressway near Interstate 30.

The high-rise would be built on one of the last large development sites in the Farmers Market area which has seen hundreds of new apartments built in the last decade.

The $125 million residential building called the GreenHouse would be one of the first such high-rise projects in the Farmers Market neighborhood.

Construction is set to start on the 573,000-square-foot project in May of 2023 with a two year development timetable.
Dallas architect Corgan is designing the building.

Founded in 2005, Woodfield Development has built more than 30 luxury apartment communities in the Carolinas, Washington, D.C. area, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Florida. Earlier this year the developer opened a Dallas office to expand its activities to Texas. The company’s first Dallas project is planned across the street from the 340-unit Skyliine Farmers Market apartments, which were purchased this summer by investor SPI Advisory of Dallas.

IcedCowboyCoffee wrote:If that's the design they end up going with it's not too awful as far as garage coverage goes, but It's probably safe to assume the freeway facing side looks abysmal like these things always do

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:

cyklopz wrote:
It's actually a huge step backwards. This is project is an absolute disaster...a total eye sore brought to by the same builder of The Destination on Peters which is already falling apart. These guys scour for "cheap parts" and hodge podge a "structure" together over a long period of time. Guaranteed this will be the ugliest & worst build building in CBD.

Nah it's a W. This site is near the old stew pot site. There's homeless ppl that frequent around that area and sleep outside the stew pot site. We have developer willing to build there and add some value. That's a dub.

To add...

Yeah we all know the architect is ass...
But Digit 1919 wasn't as bad

The south-facing tower is shorter than the north-facing tower. We wanted to have an effect where the towers look like separate towers, but they are one, and I feel like we did that.

If you're driving North on Highway 75, like from Houston or South Dallas, the buildings will have this extraordinary effect as you enter downtown and look at the iconic Dallas skyline.

We wanted to blend the old with the new, but we also wanted to speak into more contemporary architecture. We have a lighter facade, a different color brick, and curtain wall elements that are very new and modern.

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:I don't think the development is an eyesore ...at least in it's current form. Certainly not the worst I've seen..

R1070 wrote:Have the apartments where the NTX Food Bank Headquarters was started yet?

LPG wrote:

R1070 wrote:Have the apartments where the NTX Food Bank Headquarters was started yet?

Yes, substantive site work began a few weeks ago.

R1070 wrote:Have the apartments where the NTX Food Bank Headquarters was started yet?