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Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 16:09
by Tnexster
Landmark downtown Dallas school will house co-working office center

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real ... ice-center

An old-school downtown Dallas real estate development will be home to a new-generation business hub.

Dallas-based co-working space operator Foundry Club will locate a collaborative office center in the historic Dallas High School building at Pearl and Bryan streets.

The 107-year-old former school building on the east side of downtown is being converted into offices by developer Matthews Southwest.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 18:44
by dukemeredith
That's great news that only the top floor remains to be leased.

I wonder when it'll be complete. If only Steve would tell us...

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:10
by joshua.dodd
Ah yes, the old Crozier Tech. My grandfather went to school there in the 1950s. Good to see it coming back to life.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 04 Jun 2017 21:14
by kingpin
6/4/17

ImageUntitled by Around My City, on Flickr

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 29 Sep 2017 15:53
by kingpin

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 30 Sep 2017 03:41
by DPatel304
Thanks for the picture updates. I had actually forgotten about this project, even though it was something I was originally looking forward to.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 05 Dec 2017 16:40
by LBK2013
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... igh-school

The first business has relocated into downtown's historic Dallas High School building.
The 110-year-old landmark at Bryan and Pearl streets during the last two years has been restored and converted into office and retail space.
The Dallas office of architect Perkins+Will has moved into almost 40,000 square feet of space on the second and third floors of the building.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 05 Dec 2017 20:00
by R1070
I wish this project would have included apartments around the building. The HUGE surface lot wrapping around the building looks AWFUL!

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 05 Dec 2017 21:51
by Tivo_Kenevil
R1070 wrote:I wish this project would have included apartments around the building. The HUGE surface lot wrapping around the building looks AWFUL!


My exact thought. At first I thought the parking was going to be surrounded by the brick wall.. but nope. Just another big ass parking lot.. you would think that having the Dart station literally at your door steps would impulse Matthews to try to at least do something else with that piece of land. But nope.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 05 Dec 2017 23:57
by eburress
Wow, really? I thought the open area was going to become apartments. Lame!

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 06 Dec 2017 00:49
by DPatel304
Aren't the plans for a Phase 2, which would eliminate most (all?) of the surface lot:
At today's panel review, there was more talk about Phase 2 -- three planned offices, a hotel and a parking structure -- than what Matthews has planned for the high school. The panel hopes it becomes a true transit-oriented development, a gathering space connecting DART's Pearl/Arts District Station, the Arts District and the coming Carpenter Park. That, says Matthews, is the plan.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas- ... l-downtown

Granted this is an old article (Nov 2015), but I haven't heard anything about this being changed.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 06 Dec 2017 03:32
by willyk
The new development will sit on the new Carpenter Park.

http://parksfordowntowndallas.org/carpenter-park/

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 06 Dec 2017 08:58
by cowboyeagle05
The other problem is the Live Oak exit ramp. Matthews Southwest planned to design further phases without the ramp since the city and TXDOT had agreed that the ramp was hindering development, dangerous and a safety issue, traffic problem etc. Last month the council voted on a resolution to support its removal but at the last minute TXDOT forced the city to change the language in the resolution to stuff like maybe one day if the stars align we could possibly maybe shutter the live oak ramp. Keep in mind the city can not shut the ramp down but the resolution would have been a directive to city staff to work with TXDOT on its speedy removal when funds could be allocated. There are public records showing that TXDOT supports removing the ramp and planned to remove it sooner than later but all of a sudden TXDOT got cold feet.

Last I heard Matthews Southwest had to return to the drawing board to redesign the 2nd/3rd phases because he just doesn't know when the ramp would be removed and its changes the access points and overall land available. If you notice in the plans above a parking garage would sit on land currently occupied by the ramp. To be realistic though Matthews Southwest long told the city, council and the press this project would be done in phases. Would he love to build in more density now sure. Its really in his best interest to wait for the ramp removal so he can have prime access to Carpenter Park and safer two way Live Oak complete street finished with construction.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 06 Dec 2017 09:09
by tamtagon
That whole I-345 access road deal is a disaster. I'm mostly in favor of replacing I-345 with a boulevard hybrid, but whether or not the limited access lanes remain, it's mostly the access roads that throwing the city into chaos with the numerous piers for the elevated highway coming in second.

I like the separation created by an elevated highway, clearly marking Downtown and East Dallas/Deep Ellum, and I would probably like the effect should surface street underpasses come back as part of an I-345 boulevard hybrid.... Spire and Crozier Tech real estate should remain idle until I-345 is fixed.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:45
by lakewoodhobo
This one looks about finished. Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dallasraw/?fref=nf

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Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:49
by exelone31
^ So awesome! Love the restoration of this building, and hopefully the grounds get spruced up a bit out front as the tenants fill it.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 12:59
by DPatel304
Excellent. For a lot of people, this building might be the first (and maybe even only) impression they get of Downtown, so I'm really glad to see someone made us of the building. I feel like there's a decent amount of people who only see Downtown when they are riding the DART on the way to the fair (or any other event at Fair Park), and, if you're coming in from the north on the Red Line, then this particular station is all you're about to see, and it doesn't give off a great impression of the city.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Dec 2017 13:29
by eburress
exelone31 wrote:^ So awesome! Love the restoration of this building, and hopefully the grounds get spruced up a bit out front as the tenants fill it.


Man, that's an understatement...I sure hope they're not done with the exterior work. Turn the lights off inside and this looks like a haunted house or a scene from a zombie apocalypse.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:12
by lakewoodhobo
Apartment tower in the works for downtown's historic Dallas High School project
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ol-project

Now Matthews and his partners are working on a plans to build a high-rise apartment that would include homes for moderate and low-income residents.

The 14 to 15-story building at 2400 Bryan will have 230 apartments - 110 of which are reserved for residents earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area's median household income, according to filings with Dallas' office of economic development.

"The project also includes approximately 400 parking garage spaces and 10,000 square feet of retail," the economic development filing says. "The project will break ground in early 2019."

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:20
by DPatel304
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'?

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 16 Jan 2018 16:24
by Tivo_Kenevil
Hopefully the design meshes w the school

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 17 Jan 2018 01:40
by ContriveDallasite
DPatel304 wrote: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 downtown are always a positive. This is the kind of density we need as a city.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 17 Jan 2018 11:15
by lakewoodhobo
This one will be a great complement to The Gabriella (Greystar/Tom Thumb) across from 345. Not to say there are any bad places for affordable housing, but the walking distance to rail and bus transit, and soon a grocery store, makes it ideal for people who don't have or want a car.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 22 Jan 2018 13:11
by jsoto3
Some plans and renderings are visible in the photos posted in this tweet by the Dallas Planning & Urban Design department from a presentation by Perkins+Will to the Urban Design Peer Review Panel:

https://twitter.com/DallasPlanUD/status ... 52/photo/1

Watch for the full presentation to be posted here:
http://dallascityhall.com/departments/p ... nutes.aspx

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Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 13 Feb 2018 21:39
by jsoto3
^^ The presentation has been posted:
http://dallascityhall.com/departments/p ... mittal.pdf

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 15 Feb 2018 20:14
by R1070
The amount of surface parking is still unfortunate.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 10:23
by dch526
R1070 wrote:The amount of surface parking is still unfortunate.


Originally that larger surface lot was planned to have a hotel and office building taking up most of it. May still be part of a future phase.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 10:55
by tamtagon
I wonder if Matthews is in talks to buy some of that Spire real estate goldmine.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 16 Feb 2018 13:53
by jrd1964
It really looks nice all lit up and occupied at night now... beats the heck out of abandoned-looking pigeon fodder. Hopefully they will have the other phase(s) to go with it.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 17 Feb 2018 15:57
by cowboyeagle05
Some of what Matthews has planned relies on what happens to the Live Oak exit ramp and the future Carpenter Park. Once the ramp is removed some street frontage will be better facing south towards a completed larger Carpenters Park.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 23 Mar 2018 11:09
by Cord1936
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Take a sneak peek at the apartment high-rise planned next to the historic Dallas High School
by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 03-22-18

Developer Matthews Southwest has given a first look at the apartment community it hopes to build next door to the historic downtown Dallas High School.

Matthews Southwest just completed a $50 million restoration of the 1907 school at Pearl and Bryan streets.

Now developer Jack Matthews and his partners are working on a high-rise apartment project on the same block that would include rental units for moderate and low-income residents.

The 15-story building at 2400 Bryan is planned for about 230 apartments — more than 100 of which are reserved for residents earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area's median household income.

A parking garage and almost 10,000 square feet of retail are also planned for the triangular shaped building, which overlooks the U.S. Highway 75 overpass on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas.
...
Matthews Southwest has also left a site for a future office building in its plans.
...
Article: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2018/03/22/sneak-peak-apartment-high-rise-planned-next-historic-dallas-high-school

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 23 Mar 2018 13:11
by muncien
Whoa.... That is much more impressive than I would have expected. It would be great to see something like this come to fruition. New tower, Residential, Inside the Loop, Affordable Units = Unheard of.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 23 Mar 2018 13:20
by cowboyeagle05
I still wonder what they are expecting out of the retail space they are building at ground level. Do they expect a Jimmy Johns type operation or a real sit down place? Maybe something less dependent on walk ups even a hair salon could work since people are always googling for services like a haircut.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Jul 2018 12:09
by Tnexster
State approves tax credits for downtown Dallas apartment tower

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ment-tower

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Jul 2018 13:45
by muncien
It would be nice if they extended the DART Transit Promenade setup along this development. I realize there is nothing on the other side worth walking to at this time, but it seems like the best way to manage the rail ROW. If we end up with an iron fence or 'chain-link', it'll look quite awful.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Jul 2018 14:22
by Tnexster
So yet another high rise going up right next to 345.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 07:44
by lakewoodhobo
New downtown Dallas apartment high-rise includes affordable units
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... able-units

Developers plan to break ground soon on a high-rise apartment project on downtown Dallas' eastern edge that will provide affordable housing.

"We expect to close with our tax credit investor and financing and provide the notice to proceed to our general contractor in early to mid-April," developer Jack Matthews said in an email. "There will be 18 months of construction to get our first units occupied in fourth quarter 2020."

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 09:25
by Tivo_Kenevil
Another high-rise with an above ground exposed garage....booooo...

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 10:58
by eburress
^^ Think about how far we've come though that there's room to poo-poo a residential high rise of *any* sort built inside the Downtown loop.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 13:04
by DPatel304
It's not great, but not terrible. The ground-floor retail certainly saves this one from being god-awful for me.

I've always felt this plot of land is particularly significant, because it is sorta the 'gateway' into Downtown for people who are riding the DART from the north. Many people only ride the DART to get to Fair Park for events, so this might be the only part of Downtown they ever see, and it doesn't exactly leave a good impression at the moment.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 14:04
by Tucy
Aren't this and the Epic both on land we were told was a permanent wasteland because of I-345?

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 14:21
by Hannibal Lecter
:lol:

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 20:25
by Tnexster
Tucy wrote:Aren't this and the Epic both on land we were told was a permanent wasteland because of I-345?


Yes, another tower practically kissing 345. Bet it's not the last either.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 26 Feb 2019 21:10
by NdoorTX
I was just thinking about this development. I’m glad it’s still a go & getting ready to start!

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Feb 2019 06:28
by joshua.dodd
All of the towers now butting up against 345 actually has a really cool look and dynamic to it. Not gonna lie, it's some tasty eye candy.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Feb 2019 09:16
by The_Overdog
Yes, another tower practically kissing 345. Bet it's not the last either.

And all it took was for Dallas to be a top 3 hottest city for tower development for a solid decade. I'm sure we can count on that to last forever.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Feb 2019 09:33
by jetnd87
Is the consensus here somehow that IH-345 isn't a monstrosity which has no business cutting through our urban core?

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Feb 2019 09:56
by Tivo_Kenevil
jetnd87 wrote:Is the consensus here somehow that IH-345 isn't a monstrosity which has no business cutting through our urban core?

Nah, only Baby boomers and Gen X'ers think it's beautiful and the life blood of the city.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Feb 2019 10:57
by Hannibal Lecter
jetnd87 wrote:Is the consensus here somehow that IH-345 isn't a monstrosity which has no business cutting through our urban core?


Nah. There are still plenty of kids who think life is all about riding a scooter to Starbucks for an $8 coffee.

They'll grow up some day.

Re: Downtown Dallas: Dallas High School

Posted: 27 Feb 2019 12:29
by tamtagon
jetnd87 wrote:Is the consensus here somehow that IH-345 isn't a monstrosity which has no business cutting through our urban core?


Some of the hyperbole and sarcasm from one side is in response to hyperbole and sarcasm from the other side, round and round and round and round (this fun 'exchange' is more than a decade old, too!). Heartfelt claims that no one will live or work next to an awful highway miss their mark entirely by leaving out the impossible to really know what if --- which is this residential high rise and The Epic would be so much better if the land taken up by I-345 was better-purposed.

Woodall Rodgers recently got a better-purpose make over -- and expensive, small(ish) deck park and the flanking real estate became the hottest property in the region.... the same effect would happen one this side of the CBD with a thoughtful and thorough renovation of the real estate and transportation directives of I-345.