Tnexster wrote:Not altogether sure rebranding will fix the problem here.
Agreed..
Tnexster wrote:Not altogether sure rebranding will fix the problem here.
Tnexster wrote:Not altogether sure rebranding will fix the problem here.
Dallas is redeveloping the Valley View-Galleria area into the city's International District.
The city is developing a strategic plan for the area that will rename the 450-acres of "Midtown" north of I-635, between the Dallas North Tollway and Preston Road. It is a part of a redevelopment project that will include 10,000 homes, food and entertainment options, a 20-acre park and eventually a DART light rail connection.
Dallas has partnered with private developers, neighborhood stakeholders and the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce since 2011 to create the redevelopment vision for the Valley View-Galleria area, according to a presentation given to the city's economic development committee.
cowboyeagle05 wrote:this sounds like the city is just trying to take the steering wheel away from Beck Group who has shown they cant be the leader here. They had a chance and citizens are complaining about the state of things so the city is trying to keep momentum going.
Tucy wrote:But what, really, is the vision for the "International" District and what is "international" about it? Other than the new name, what is different from the original Midtown plan? Looks like lipstick on a pig.
Tnexster wrote:It's been six months since the last post on this one. Is anything happening here? Seems very quiet.
Tnexster wrote:It's been six months since the last post on this one. Is anything happening here? Seems very quiet.
IcedCowboyCoffee wrote:Tnexster wrote:It's been six months since the last post on this one. Is anything happening here? Seems very quiet.
At some point in that time window they redid the tall Valley View mall sign overlooking the service road to now say Dallas Midtown.
Sooo...
Unless that happened much longer ago? This space changes so slowly I can never tell. lol.
Sooo... will they be redoing that sign again to now say "International District"? LOL
Cbdallas wrote:The whole area from the Galleria up to Spring Valley and over to Preston is looking really shoddy with empty storefronts. I am hoping this the black hole before it regentrifies with new building apartments and mostly people. Drove around up there for the first time in about 3 years its looking pretty bleak.
Cbdallas wrote:The whole area from the Galleria up to Spring Valley and over to Preston is looking really shoddy with empty storefronts. I am hoping this the black hole before it regentrifies with new building apartments and mostly people. Drove around up there for the first time in about 3 years its looking pretty bleak.
In 2019, Seritage and Dallas developer KDC held a commencement ceremony to kick off construction on the project, which was to have up to 2 million square feet of office, retail and residential construction.
But the development never got off the ground.
Seritage now is hoping to sell the almost 17-acre property, which once was the site of the mall’s Sears department store.
KDC is no longer involved in the deal.
The_Overdog wrote:I don't get why they just don't build a bunch of condos/small lot houses/apartments there either. Dallas already has too many random office corridors. There is already a mall there and a few employment corridors.
cowboyeagle05 wrote:Can we just lease some of the lands to HEB and call it a day. Give at least North Dallas an HEB. The side facing the freeway can include the store with urban elements infilled behind. If HEB will be up for it, make the store the lower levels with housing/office stacked on top. You can still have a parking lot facing the freeway with extra parking built into shared garages for residential or office use.
Apartment builder Toll Brothers has targeted an early 2023 construction start for a new rental community to be built on part of North Dallas’ Valley View mall site.
The Pennsylvania-based builder back in 2019 first disclosed it planned to construct an apartment community at 13331 Preston Road, just north of LBJ Freeway on part of the old mall property.
The rental project is one of about a half dozen apartment developments Toll Brothers is working on in North Texas.
The builder intends to break ground in February on a 490-unit, five-story multifamily building on Preston Road, according to planning documents filed with the state.
The $98 million Toll Brothers Cassin apartments would open in 2025, based on information supplied to to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Dallas architect GFF is designing the project.
The apartments would be the first development on the Valley View site after almost a decade of planning and proposals for the former regional mall location on LBJ Freeway.
The_Overdog wrote:https://t.co/1GTMrosii5
Per Scott Beck, Midtown is still the name, there was a dispute about who should pay for the sewer infrastructure that was recently installed (and mentioned here years ago), it took a long time to acquire the Macys land, the Sears land holder has recently filed for bankruptcy (which is a lead for his company to possibly acquire the land), and the city is requiring him to complete demolition ASAP.
The land owner for the AMC movie theatre is not mentioned, but it was also owned independently of the mall - not sure that status on that property.
Also per Beck, the installation of the larger sewer line was gating towards any multifamily construction occuring on the site. So we will see...
Tucy wrote:The_Overdog wrote:https://t.co/1GTMrosii5
Per Scott Beck, Midtown is still the name, there was a dispute about who should pay for the sewer infrastructure that was recently installed (and mentioned here years ago), it took a long time to acquire the Macys land, the Sears land holder has recently filed for bankruptcy (which is a lead for his company to possibly acquire the land), and the city is requiring him to complete demolition ASAP.
The land owner for the AMC movie theatre is not mentioned, but it was also owned independently of the mall - not sure that status on that property.
Also per Beck, the installation of the larger sewer line was gating towards any multifamily construction occuring on the site. So we will see...
Doesn't Seritage own the former Sears land? I'm pretty sure they do, and I don't think Seritage has filed for bankruptcy.
What a sad mess this is. All parties look ridiculous. LOVE the city councilwoman: "It's a waste of our hopes and dreams" LOL
Why would the city declare this to be the "International District" when the extant developer continues to want to call it Midtown. The International District name is silly enough as it is, but when probably the largest landowner in the district is opposed to the name... (And by the way, Dallas proudly announced the "International District" almost 11 months ago. Has ANYTHING happened or even been proposed to further that so-called vision?)