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Red Bird Mall

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 16:11
by lakewoodhobo
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Haven't heard a peep about this redevelopment since last summer, but here's a big, and somewhat expected, setback:

Macy's to close Collin Creek in Plano and Southwest Center in Dallas
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/reta ... sings-soon

Southwest Center Mall owner Peter Brodsky declined to comment on Macy's closing. He said he plans to update area residents on redevelopment plans at a meeting he and Mayor Mike Rawlings are sponsoring Saturday at the mall.

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 22:27
by Tnexster
Old world retail continues to slide.

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 20:55
by texasstar
Amazon is eating them all alive.

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 06 Jan 2017 10:22
by Tnexster
Looks like Sears has spared the Southwest Center mall location for now but for how long. I went in there about a decade ago for a water filter and even then it was a ghost town.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/sears-sells ... 1483623215

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 08 Jan 2017 12:19
by Tnexster
The return of Red Bird: Name is one of many changes planned for lone southern Dallas mall

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/reta ... -name-back

Southwest Center Mall is losing its Macy's soon, but the owner of the long-troubled shopping center on Saturday revealed redevelopment plans in the works, including a Marriott Courtyard, tech incubator, new office and green space and upscale apartments.

And when major changes start to happen, Southwest Center Mall will take back an identity it had in 1975 when it opened as Red Bird, the only mall in the southern half of Dallas.

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 09 Jan 2017 00:54
by dfwcre8tive
Glad they plan to keep the exterior of the Macy's with the mosaic! With a new park in front it will make a great entrance. I expect good work from Omniplan.

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Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 10:06
by Tnexster
Does this look like the mosaic they are tearing down at Valley View?

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 10 Jan 2017 10:24
by The_Overdog
Does this look like the mosaic they are tearing down at Valley View?


Pretty much, though they are custom. There is also one at Collin Creek Mall. These are one of those things I don't really get beyond nostalgia - they scream cheap lazy tiling pattern that looks vaguely Native American (or perhaps an 8-bit video game baddie) with no context to the rest of the building's decoration or design.

And by 'lazy and cheap', I mean cheaper than windows to take advantage of a covered 2 story facade. From that angle it looks like the front door is a shirtless Homer Simpson's belt buckle. Keeps getting worse....

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 12:37
by Tnexster
How to use Red Bird Mall blueprint to bridge Dallas' north-south gap

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/edito ... -south-gap

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 11 Jan 2017 20:55
by dfwcre8tive
The_Overdog wrote:
Does this look like the mosaic they are tearing down at Valley View?


Pretty much, though they are custom. There is also one at Collin Creek Mall. These are one of those things I don't really get beyond nostalgia - they scream cheap lazy tiling pattern that looks vaguely Native American (or perhaps an 8-bit video game baddie) with no context to the rest of the building's decoration or design.

And by 'lazy and cheap', I mean cheaper than windows to take advantage of a covered 2 story facade. From that angle it looks like the front door is a shirtless Homer Simpson's belt buckle. Keeps getting worse....


Well, it was a simplified version of the downtown store. The downtown store was the one that had the expensive glass tiles, and it was the first one to lose its mural via DART.

After Sanger-Harris completed its flagship store in 1965, the chain turned to Harold A. Berry and Associates to express the company’s vision within the rapidly growing suburban mall culture. Stubel worked on the first of three Sanger-Harris rollouts in the region, at Six Flags Mall in Arlington. Designed in partnership with RYA, that store took on the Greek-influenced colonnade characteristic of the flagship location. But the mural presented a problem. Using the same Italian glass tiles and pattern language as the downtown store proved too costly, so the architects cut it from the store’s designs. But Sanger-Harris pushed back. So, to cut costs, they imported mosaic tile from Mexico and asked the youngest kid in the office to design the pattern. That was Stubel.

She took inspiration from the Spanish-influenced design of Six Flags Mall. “The pattern focused on blocks of color in broad strokes,” she says. “We were dealing with freeway recognition, and colors would catch the eye as well as define the entry. Indian and Mexican cultural influences were part of the language. Music would play a role in defining the rhythm of the pattern.”


http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d ... view-mall/

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 09:45
by The_Overdog
She took inspiration from the Spanish-influenced design of Six Flags Mall.


She should have gotten a job designing houses. Spanish inspired designs on a Greek-influenced colonade would have made her an innovator. She could have invented the first mcmansion.

Re: Southwest Center Mall

Posted: 12 Jan 2017 11:12
by tamtagon
It may be another generation before mainstream retail store evolution can restock the climate control shopping malls in the middle of the retail segment.

Maybe the redevelopment of Red Bird Mall can come a little closer to the initial concept of an enclosed mall with education, government services and residential forming as anchor tenants around which a wide variety of retail stores gather.

DCCCD takes over one of the department stores, USPS takes a large suite, etm

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 May 2017 16:47
by Tnexster
Starbucks joining effort to help revitalize Red Bird Mall

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/ret ... -bird-mall

Starbucks has selected Dallas' Red Bird Mall (formerly Southwest Center Mall) for one of 15 stores it's opening in low- to medium-income neighborhoods across the U.S.

It's a project that's part of what the Seattle-based coffee giant has called its social impact investments. While the stores are part of efforts to rejuvenate business districts, the locations still have to be profitable, the company said. And city officials stressed that the business has to be successful.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 May 2017 17:09
by Tivo_Kenevil
Honestly efforts to revitalize malls should be one of the last things we should be doing. They're dying.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 May 2017 17:30
by cowboyeagle05
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Honestly efforts to revitalize malls should be one of the last things we should be doing. They're dying.


It's a part of the larger effort to tear down the old mall and rebuild more of an urban infill project I see no reason this project shouldn't move forward.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 May 2017 18:21
by Tivo_Kenevil
cowboyeagle05 wrote:
Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Honestly efforts to revitalize malls should be one of the last things we should be doing. They're dying.


It's a part of the larger effort to tear down the old mall and rebuild more of an urban infill project I see no reason this project shouldn't move forward.


Gotcha. Wasn't aware.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 May 2017 18:25
by lakewoodhobo
Tnexster wrote:Starbucks joining effort to help revitalize Red Bird Mall
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/ret ... -bird-mall


Great news! When I first read about their Ferguson store and this initiative by Starbucks, I actually wrote to someone at the company asking them to consider Oak Cliff. I'm happy they finally did, but was hoping for something along I-35 near the zoo or maybe Wynnewood. We'll see how this does.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 06 Jul 2017 22:21
by Tnexster
What's keeping $30 million in private money from making southern Dallas better?

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/eco ... ern-dallas

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 10 Jul 2017 12:38
by lakewoodhobo
Tnexster wrote:What's keeping $30 million in private money from making southern Dallas better?

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/eco ... ern-dallas


Per the article, "The problem now is that the fund’s managers are struggling to find qualified projects to invest in," I'm just not sure what the qualifications are. I can think of several investable projects for this fund that are much safer bets than Red Bird Mall:

-Redevelopment of Wynnewood Village into a combination of townhomes, green space and neighborhood retail
-New apartments facing the future Oak Cliff Deck Park
-Elmwood commercial district on Edgefield near Illinois Ave

The only difference between these projects and Red Bird is that they don't have a well-connected backer like Peter Brodsky.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 28 Mar 2018 08:49
by cowboyeagle05
I know the initial theme seemed to be about Valley View but they did post some renderings I have not yet seen before of the planned reuse of some of RedBird Malls existing department store buildings.

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Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 28 Mar 2018 09:22
by lakewoodhobo
^You can see from the second rendering that they intend on keeping one of the two existing Sanger-Harris murals. Not sure if the one that's being removed is the large one or the small one there currently.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 17 May 2018 22:22
by Tnexster
Dallas seniors to get a $1.4M health and wellness center in Red Bird area

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/souther ... -bird-area

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 Oct 2018 14:29
by Tnexster
Why proposed development is bringing new energy to the Dallas Red Bird area

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... -area.html

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 30 Nov 2018 20:30
by itsjrd1964
Starbucks takes big step in bringing Dallas' Southwest Center Mall back to life

Among the planned developments at Red Bird: a new street grid, a campus of Jarvis Christian College (a long-time HBCU college in Hawkins, north-northeast of Tyler), and a Marriott-brand hotel (the exact kind isn't specified).

The Starbucks in the article is dubbed a "community" location; the freestanding building will open Friday.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/ret ... enter-mall

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 03 Dec 2018 21:35
by Tnexster
Oak Cliff gets a Starbucks — and the reaction reveals the bittersweet reality of southern Dallas

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm ... ern-dallas

It’s a sad but telling story of the southern half of our city: Since Starbucks opened its only stand-alone location in Oak Cliff a few days ago, the prevailing reaction of customers is shock — they can’t believe the store is so very, very nice.

The generations of residents south of Interstate 30 who have too often been ignored — or outright discriminated against — are accustomed to the sorry fact that most anything that comes their way will be, at best, second rate.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 07 Dec 2018 13:27
by Tnexster
Dallas public-private partnership brings multimillion-dollar senior center to Red Bird

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/souther ... ior-center

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 13 Feb 2019 21:37
by Tnexster
Drove around this mall this week, can't say I can see much going on. It still looks about the same way it did last summer except for the Store Closing sign on Sears.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 Mar 2019 11:41
by Tnexster
Construction should pick up on Tuesday, hearing that Brodsky has changed some of the plans and will cut up the old mall into even more pieces basically gutting the mall. This will no longer be a mall at all and will be a series of office buildings with some retail scattered about in between the office, residential and Courtyard hotel. Some Fortune 500 companies are being scouted for possible call center locations inside the new office space. Hopefully that will happen, Red Bird as a mixed use job center would be a welcome change.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 00:29
by Thymant
Tnexster wrote:Construction should pick up on Tuesday, hearing that Brodsky has changed some of the plans and will cut up the old mall into even more pieces basically gutting the mall. This will no longer be a mall at all and will be a series of office buildings with some retail scattered about in between the office, residential and Courtyard hotel. Some Fortune 500 companies are being scouted for possible call center locations inside the new office space. Hopefully that will happen, Red Bird as a mixed use job center would be a welcome change.


That's actually a pretty smart idea to bring call center jobs directly into this area! As many residents in this area already partake in such jobs downtown and farther off. I really hope this is successful and able to jumpstart improvement to this end of Dallas. It's sad were letting Arlington and other far off areas pull the steam away.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 10:39
by tamtagon
How about a bilingual call center?

UNT-Dallas can lead the educational needs of an industry segment by delivering a workforce fluent in Spanish & English.

https://las.untdallas.edu/spanish-commu ... hip-course

More than a few North Texas multi-national corporations will benefit from a bilingual workforce which understands the voice of the Western Hemisphere customer.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:17
by Tnexster
Thymant wrote:
Tnexster wrote:Construction should pick up on Tuesday, hearing that Brodsky has changed some of the plans and will cut up the old mall into even more pieces basically gutting the mall. This will no longer be a mall at all and will be a series of office buildings with some retail scattered about in between the office, residential and Courtyard hotel. Some Fortune 500 companies are being scouted for possible call center locations inside the new office space. Hopefully that will happen, Red Bird as a mixed use job center would be a welcome change.


That's actually a pretty smart idea to bring call center jobs directly into this area! As many residents in this area already partake in such jobs downtown and farther off. I really hope this is successful and able to jumpstart improvement to this end of Dallas. It's sad were letting Arlington and other far off areas pull the steam away.


True, imagine if you are one of those that lives in south Dallas and drives north, even far north for a job. Get a job closer to home, save time and money.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:26
by Cooley
Lot of white collar workers live in the area as well that drive far north. Not just call center employees

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:30
by Tnexster
Cooley wrote:Lot of white collar workers live in the area as well that drive far north. Not just call center employees


Yes, myself included. A successful office development here proves it works and could lead to more. This has tremendous potential if it works out as planned.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 12:16
by tamtagon
...not to mention an airport around the corner.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 19:23
by DPatel304
This is great news if they can pull it off, I'd really love to see more jobs come to this part of town.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 26 Mar 2019 10:05
by lakewoodhobo
Groundbreaking is at 2pm today, although still very few details out.

'Reimagine Red Bird' Breaks Ground Tuesday in South Oak Cliff
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/Re ... t_DFWBrand

According to the slideshow on this DBJ story, new tenants include Foot Locker, Frost Bank and Urban Air Trampoline Park https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... g/451706/3

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 26 Mar 2019 14:26
by Tnexster
^Good news and a good start! Hope to see more.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 27 Apr 2019 12:49
by Tnexster
Drove by last weekend as saw lots of equipment tearing up the parking lot. Need to go by again and get a closer look. The Foot Locker store will be unique to Texas with all of the Foot Locker brands under one roof, I believe the closest store like this is on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, at least that is what I have heard. If true it will be a major draw to the area.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 29 Apr 2019 11:23
by dallaz
International property firm will build apartments at Dallas' RedBird mall

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... dbird-mall

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 29 Apr 2019 11:42
by lakewoodhobo
Reimagine RedBird and Palladium USA will announce the development of Palladium RedBird Apartments, luxury residences with modern, upscale amenities, to the Oak Cliff community.


"Luxury residences" and RedBird in the same sentence. My brain needs to Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 29 Apr 2019 12:20
by itsjrd1964
lakewoodhobo wrote:
Reimagine RedBird and Palladium USA will announce the development of Palladium RedBird Apartments, luxury residences with modern, upscale amenities, to the Oak Cliff community.


"Luxury residences" and RedBird in the same sentence. My brain needs to Ctrl-Alt-Delete.


Or find some flying pigs somewhere....

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 29 Apr 2019 12:41
by dallaz
lakewoodhobo wrote:
Reimagine RedBird and Palladium USA will announce the development of Palladium RedBird Apartments, luxury residences with modern, upscale amenities, to the Oak Cliff community.


"Luxury residences" and RedBird in the same sentence. My brain needs to Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
Hahahaha...my thoughts exactly. Maybe they know something that we don’t...

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 23 May 2019 11:26
by Tnexster
Dallas City Council approves economic development grants as companies promise jobs, training

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... rants.html

Chimes Solutions, an Atlanta-based, African-American-owned company, is expanding its business process outsourcing center to Red Bird Mall, where contractors are hard at work revitalizing the southern Dallas landmark. Shelly Wilson, the company’s COO, and Lauren Wilson, the chief of staff, made a presentation to City Council about the public-private partnership.

"We felt that we can make an economic impact in that area," Wilson said. “That's part of our mission.”

Chimes Solutions is planning to bring 500 jobs to its Red Bird location when it opens in the fall. The executives of the family-run business say starting wages will be $14 per hour.

Several council members boasted about how the living wage could significantly improve quality of life options for residents across the Red Bird area.

Chimes Solutions says it has done its research on the Red Bird area, and the executives plan to train and add an additional 500 workers in its second year at its new southern Oak Cliff location.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 26 May 2019 23:53
by Hwulivn
dallaz wrote:
lakewoodhobo wrote:
Reimagine RedBird and Palladium USA will announce the development of Palladium RedBird Apartments, luxury residences with modern, upscale amenities, to the Oak Cliff community.


"Luxury residences" and RedBird in the same sentence. My brain needs to Ctrl-Alt-Delete.
Hahahaha...my thoughts exactly. Maybe they know something that we don’t...


It may be that they realize that there are people that grew up in the area that work in other areas of the metro (downtown, Arlington, Uptown) but would like to live where or near where they grew up. However, I do think anytime luxury product is introduced into traditionally non-luxury markets management of such properties has to be A-1 and sustained at that level.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 30 May 2019 11:16
by cowboyeagle05
Anything in that area that's brand new I would call luxury. It's a term the industry uses too fluidly but I think compared to what else in this area makes sense.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 19 Jun 2019 16:28
by Tnexster
What to expect this time next year from the $160 million redevelopment of RedBird

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/ret ... nt-redbird

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 28 Jun 2019 14:22
by Tnexster
Dallas County aims to open full-service health clinic at old Red Bird Mall by next year

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/souther ... -next-year

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 14:09
by Tnexster
More construction underway, this time the parking lot on the far west side closest to Westmoreland is being torn out, this should be the location of the two new apartment buildings.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... n+Plan.pdf

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 17 Jul 2019 14:22
by cowboyeagle05
I am sure a lot of developers will be coming to see what happens to RedBird from other parts of the country there is a lot of dead malls in this country and while some make sense for teardowns and starting from scratch the goal of MidTown...for some it makes more sense to match redevelopment of existing retail space with office jobs like they seem to be doing here along with residential and a hotel.

Re: Red Bird Mall

Posted: 18 Jul 2019 21:47
by Tnexster
A family-owned company breathed life into a dead Atlanta mall. Now, it wants to do the same in southern Dallas

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/job ... ern-dallas

At Red Bird, the company will take over a 50,000-square-foot space that's a combination of 10 storefronts formerly occupied by retailers. It's part of a bigger $160 million plan to turn the former mall into a 78-acre mixed-use project that'll bring more amenities to southern Dallas.