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Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 06 Feb 2018 15:25
by jrd1964
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... llas-towerThe Dallas Center for Architecture will be a new space for exhibits, displays, and lectures, and will be located on the first floor of the southeast corner of the building (by Pacific/St. Paul). The Center is partnering with the local office of the American Institute of Architects and has named several architecture and design firms which will help put the space together. The collaboration is stopping short of calling the space a 'museum' but it is doing almost everything a museum would do--have an intriguing, inviting space; have regular exhibits; and have regular speakers on various topics regarding architecture.
http://www.dallascfa.comThe article doesn't say when the space will be ready for visiting, but the CFA site says this August will be when it will open.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 06 Feb 2018 17:38
by dukemeredith
I’m glad they’re doing something with that space. I’ve hoped it would eventually be a restaurant, since the future Pacific Plaza park is going right across the street.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 07 Feb 2018 09:01
by cowboyeagle05
Currently, they have this in the building next to Klyde Warren. I imagine that buildings owner is ready to lease that space out to a restaurant with direct access to the park so the Dallas Center for Architecture is moving to a new location. The space in Republic Tower they are moving to is tricky cause right in the middle of it is a hole for the basement atrium. It previously housed a furniture showroom. I imagine a restaurant wouldn't have worked there without major modifications to how the ground floor space is divided up. On both sides of this corner is a building lobby so its limited in how it could be reorganized. This space seems perfect because they will be able to watch the park get built. Then once the park is done and opened they could move again when the building will have a lot more interest in leasing the odd space.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 17 May 2018 22:24
by Tnexster
Downtown Dallas' landmark Republic Center lands new tenantshttps://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ew-tenants The high-rise - built in 1964 for Republic National Bank - is located across the street from where construction has started on downtown's next major park, Pacific Plaza.
Maybe that has something to do with a half dozen new business leases in the silver metal clad building.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 18 May 2018 10:48
by Tucy
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Tnexster wrote:Downtown Dallas' landmark Republic Center lands new tenantshttps://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ew-tenants The high-rise - built in 1964 for Republic National Bank - is located across the street from where construction has started on downtown's next major park, Pacific Plaza.
Maybe that has something to do with a half dozen new business leases in the silver metal clad building.
For a more accurate rendering of the story:
https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/office/downtown-office-building-signs-slew-of-leases-88558 (at least half of the square footage of "new tenants" reported by Steve are renewals.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 18 May 2018 11:41
by exelone31
Great news!
The author of this one had a doozy of a TL;DR link in the story. For reference, Kylde Warren is 5 acres.
Pacific Plaza Park is being built across the street, adding an amenity for Republic Center tenants, Permenter said. That $15M, 3.4-acre project (link) is adding a park three times larger than Klyde Warren, which has been pivotal in the revitalization of Downtown.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 18 May 2018 11:55
by Tucy
exelone31 wrote:Great news!
The author of this one had a doozy of a TL;DR link in the story. For reference, Kylde Warren is 5 acres.
Pacific Plaza Park is being built across the street, adding an amenity for Republic Center tenants, Permenter said. That $15M, 3.4-acre project (link) is adding a park three times larger than Klyde Warren, which has been pivotal in the revitalization of Downtown.
LOL At least they accurately reported on the main topic of the article.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 18 May 2018 13:37
by exelone31
Haha, very true Tucy
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 18 May 2018 14:56
by cowboyeagle05
This park will certainly be a boon for Republic Tower. The main entrance faces the park and instead of looking at an ugly parking lot it will be trees and a grassy lawn. I just hope eventually they could add an eatery on this side of the building. The ground floor of this building is beautifully set up for retail but it has mostly been passive office space until now. The Dallas Architecture center will take up the only empty site facing the park. The space near the DART station facing this park could be regeared at a later date if desired. In general, the Park will help change the energy of this property.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 28 Jun 2018 11:43
by jrd1964
jrd1964 wrote:https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2018/02/06/new-architecture-center-headed-landmark-downtown-dallas-tower
The Dallas Center for Architecture will be a new space for exhibits, displays, and lectures, and will be located on the first floor of the southeast corner of the building (by Pacific/St. Paul). The Center is partnering with the local office of the American Institute of Architects and has named several architecture and design firms which will help put the space together. The collaboration is stopping short of calling the space a 'museum' but it is doing almost everything a museum would do--have an intriguing, inviting space; have regular exhibits; and have regular speakers on various topics regarding architecture.
http://www.dallascfa.comThe article doesn't say when the space will be ready for visiting, but the CFA site says this August will be when it will open.
The Dallas Center for Architecture has a name change coming. It will be "AD EX", or the Architecture and Design Exchange.
https://candysdirt.com/2018/06/27/dalla ... ure-ad-ex/
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2018 08:22
by cowboyeagle05
Looks like it will make for a much more attractive ground floor visual for the park side of the Republic Tower.
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Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 09 Sep 2018 15:35
by mdg109
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Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 Nov 2018 18:22
by dfwcre8tive
AD EX opens to the public this week. For the opening I designed an exhibition diving into the architectural heritage of the neighborhood. We found some great historic photos and 3D objects. Check out the new space.
https://www.dallasadex.org/exhibitions/current/
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 Nov 2018 21:57
by joshua.dodd
The real historic architecture doesn't exist anymore. Theater Row and the old Medical Arts Building are long long gone. I hope they have historic photos for the exhibit. Probably the biggest loss, besides the Medical Arts Building, was the giant Coca Cola signage that used to light up the area like a mini Times Square.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 Nov 2018 23:06
by dfwcre8tive
joshua.dodd wrote:The real historic architecture doesn't exist anymore. Theater Row and the old Medical Arts Building are long long gone. I hope they have historic photos for the exhibit. Probably the biggest loss, besides the Medical Arts Building, was the giant Coca Cola signage that used to light up the area like a mini Times Square.
Well, it's more of a brief exhibit of the history/evolution of what is
currently in the area now. Yes, there could be a full exhibit on just the demolished buildings and history within a 1 block radius of this location. I did sneak a photo of the Medical Arts building in.
Some of the artifacts from the City of Dallas boneyard will find a home inside the space -- decorative pieces from the demolished Dallas Architectural Club, which once stood nearby.
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Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 13 Nov 2018 11:33
by Tnexster
Wow that was beautiful, and look at that little Walgreens store out front.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 00:44
by itsjrd1964
Tnexster wrote:Wow that was beautiful, and look at that little Walgreens store out front.
Too bad Walgreens hasn't figured out that they could come back to the CBD here...they certainly are well-represented in Manhattan and in Chicago. Would be much better than those CVS locations downtown. Oh well.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 07:54
by lakewoodhobo
I didn't know there had been a Walgreens here at one point. I've seen photos of the location at Main and Akard and the one in the Adolphus, where Rodeo Bar is today.
It's unfortunate that the company left the urban core and hasn't looked back.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 17:13
by cowboyeagle05
Considering how obtuse CVS is at making real urban stores its even more surprising that they keep the one alive on Main Street and the one in the West End.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 17:15
by cowboyeagle05
Personally, the mid-century is my favorite architecture time in Dallas History so I am super glad we got to keep things like the Republic, Statler, and Alto211.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 10 May 2023 14:46
by dallaz
More apartments in the works for landmark downtown Dallas skyscraper
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... kyscraper/Parts of the adjoining second tower are now also planned for new residential space, according to filings with the city and state.
The new Parkside Residences at 325 N. St. Paul will include five floors of offices converted to multifamily residential, according to Dallas building permit filings.
Work on the project is scheduled to start next month, according to details provided to the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation. CallisonRTKL is the project architect. Swinerton Builders is the general contractor.
The permit filings didn’t specify how many residential units are included in the project. Representatives of the building owner could not be reached for information.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 10 May 2023 16:45
by lakewoodhobo
Looks like this is just the 8-story mid-rise section, which is still great news. Nice complement to 211 Ervay and a good sign of things to come (hopefully 1700 Pacific is next).
Wonder if we'll see an amenity deck on the roof.
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Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 11 May 2023 14:17
by scott2
These projects converting older office buildings to residential are SO exciting ( to me anyway ). They take old office space off the market and add residents to the CBD which is such a good thing for the district. Finally Dallas is really doing something right. I do not know if other cities are doing the same but we seem to be ahead of the curve in this and I have to applaud the developers here. Good news all around.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 11 May 2023 19:18
by R1070
Dallas has been amazing at building conversions and adding greenspace downtown. I can't think of anywhere doing what we are.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 11 May 2023 21:33
by I45Tex
Most of the loft-conversion candidates in postindustrial cities with a big stock of multistory light industrial office/warehouse/workshop factory spaces like Manhattan, Philadelphia, Northern Brooklyn, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis already got adapted to residences or hospitality in the previous few decades and are not part of the current wave anymore.
Most of the Sunbelt cities by contrast didn't have industry back then to readapt it to lofts now. Dallas trailed only Manhattan in 1950s office space construction, so compared to other Sunbelt cities we may indeed be leading the (current) pack in office to multifamily conversions now.
Re: Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 May 2023 07:14
by citygeek
This is one area where Dallas is really doing great--leading almost! We are way ahead of most cities in the conversion of these older, major office towers. It's also happening over in Fort Worth too which is way cool and exactly what needs to happen there to bring about more downtown living.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 May 2023 09:27
by Tucy
I45Tex wrote:Most of the loft-conversion candidates in postindustrial cities with a big stock of multistory light industrial office/warehouse/workshop factory spaces like Manhattan, Philadelphia, Northern Brooklyn, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis already got adapted to residences or hospitality in the previous few decades and are not part of the current wave anymore.
Most of the Sunbelt cities by contrast didn't have industry back then to readapt it to lofts now. Dallas trailed only Manhattan in 1950s office space construction, so compared to other Sunbelt cities we may indeed be leading the (current) pack in office to multifamily conversions now.
Good points. Plus, no other city has the supply of
empty or near-empty office buildings that downtown Dallas has.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 May 2023 16:31
by lakewoodhobo
Tucy wrote:Good points. Plus, no other city has the supply of empty or near-empty office buildings that downtown Dallas has.
Imagine that colossal failure to fill office buildings resulting in Downtown Dallas becoming the top market for downtown living in the southwest.
Also, can we assume that the recent uptick in conversions is largely due to the new parks?
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 12 May 2023 21:06
by Tivo_Kenevil
lakewoodhobo wrote:Tucy wrote:Good points. Plus, no other city has the supply of empty or near-empty office buildings that downtown Dallas has.
Imagine that colossal failure to fill office buildings resulting in Downtown Dallas becoming the top market for downtown living in the southwest.
Also, can we assume that the recent uptick in conversions is largely due to the new parks?
This would be awesome. But Austin is already ahead of us in this regard.
Re: DTD: Republic Center/Towers (I, 36 st., 602 ft.; II, 50 st., 508 ft.; III, 8 st.)
Posted: 13 May 2023 07:34
by I45Tex
lakewoodhobo wrote:Tucy wrote:Good points. Plus, no other city has the supply of empty or near-empty office buildings that downtown Dallas has.
Imagine that colossal failure to fill office buildings resulting in Downtown Dallas becoming the top market for downtown living in the southwest.
Also, can we assume that the recent uptick in conversions is largely due to the new parks?
I think that there could have been other design oriented trigger policy decision scenarios that had the same desired end result, but yes, a park is one of those things like a rail line that is not going to go anywhere else in the future, so it increases investor sentiment in a positive direction.
That's regardless of whether it's well designed or not. Parks may or may not be what the neighborhood lacked (compared to an HEB, say) but, if you're following my logic, Bus Rapid Transit likewise can be a better option for actually moving workers and tourists, and yet the fact that a bus route can go away makes it less of an investor opportunity sparkplug for a neighborhood than a new rail stop is.