Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

Developers have filed permits to build a 40-story residential tower in downtown Dallas' Arts District.
The high-rise will be one of the tallest buildings started downtown in almost two decades.

The planned apartment tower at Flora and Olive streets is right next door to the Museum Tower and a block south of Klyde Warren Park.

The high-rise has been in the works for more than a year.

Developer ZOM Holdings just applied for building permits to construct the 416-unit apartment tower, which also is to include retail and restaurant space.

DBadger wrote:I think the original rendering was for 29 floors. The new design should be quite a bit taller.

Tucy wrote:I don't think anything has changed recently. There's been some bad reporting on this building. We've had stories announcing a 29 story tower while showing 39-story renderings, and now we have a news article telling us it's a 40 story tower, when there does not seem to be any evidence the design has changed. I think it's actually still a 39 story tower, approximately 446 feet tall. Museum Tower is 560 feet, according to Emporis.

This building will be a very exciting addition to Flora Street. Nice design.

http://dallascityhall.com/departments/c ... mittal.pdf

tamtagon wrote:So, this the last developable Flora Address in the Arts District, right? The city performance hall has a pending whenever plan that could change, but with Hall Condos seemingly on tap, this will be the last of it. I wouldn't be at all disappointed to see the Belo addition replaced with a welcoming street presence - actually that would be great - but I wonder if the lawyers association would go for something like that....

I was wondering about the same thing, especially since the Arts District says they want more residential there. So where would it go?

The_Overdog wrote:

I was wondering about the same thing, especially since the Arts District says they want more residential there. So where would it go?

Unless google maps of the area is way off, there are tons of surface parking lots to the southeast and southwest that can still be developed. They have plenty of space all the way to the DART station on Pearl.

willyk wrote:

The_Overdog wrote:

I was wondering about the same thing, especially since the Arts District says they want more residential there. So where would it go?

Unless google maps of the area is way off, there are tons of surface parking lots to the southeast and southwest that can still be developed. They have plenty of space all the way to the DART station on Pearl.

Correct-- I am pretty sure you are describing the brain dead Spire site.

lakewoodhobo wrote:City's Economic Development Committee will get an update on Tuesday with some next steps. Construction is scheduled to begin by July 1st.

http://dallascityhall.com/government/Co ... 022117.pdf

homeworld1031tx wrote:A forty story tower that only costs 25 million? That doesn't sound right

willyk wrote:The developer does not state the rent per affordable unit. Since affordability is based on residents having 50-60% of the Average Median Family Income, I wonder how much rent will be. I fear that in fact this will not be very affordable at all, based on the high incomes in the area. I wonder if our local artists will even be able to afford this place.

But a vote by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday has jump-started the moribund project. The developers, among them La Reunion TX and architect Graham Greene, now expect to begin work by July, with March 2019 penciled in as the opening date.

eburress wrote:Man, that's terrific news! With this, the Epic, the nearby 2000 Ross and AMLI towers, there's going to be a new "generation" of cranes sprouting in Downtown! Wooohoo!

DPatel304 wrote:Two *quality 40 plus towers going up at the same time. Not only are these both quite a bit taller than what we usually see, they also aren't the standard cookie-cutter apartment we have seen go up all over Uptown.

Tucy wrote:At last count, this one is still 39 stories.

But this project is also a physical representation of precisely why this city faces a long, uphill battle with poverty and homelessness. The project is another pretty thing that helps bolster the city's already glistening reputation as a city of wealth (current city government notwithstanding) and passion for the arts. Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is right around the corner, after all. And let's not forget the Museum Tower condos.

In order for this city to make significant headway for the families on the edge of homelessness, the millions of dollars going into this project (and any other like it) could most certainly be more wisely used. If ever there was a project that would lead to economic benefit for the City of Dallas, it is funding pre-kindergarten and after school programs at schools with disproportionally high levels of children living in poverty. Forget Dallas ISD, put City of Dallas Economic Development money into those programs.

Tnexster wrote:

Tucy wrote:At last count, this one is still 39 stories.

Page 17 and 18 show 41 floors but there also appears to be no 13th floor so technically thats 40. Unless they have changed the design since this was published. This was from 2015 so it could have changed.

Tnexster wrote:The 10th floor is also taller than the others and they (Zom) label the top floor at 40 so 40 it is. Aside from the technical aspects of floor sizes and such I believe the general thought is that the towers going up are taller and more architecturally significant than the usual 20 floor box. Dallas has seen a nice progression as time has moved along, maybe we will get something even taller than 40 sooner than later.

cowboyeagle05 wrote:Well the building I work in is listed everywhere as 20 stories. I am still trying to find those missing floors cause we do have a labeled 13th floor and the rent-able space only goes to 18. If you count the basement there is 19 and if you count a equipment space half a staircase up on 18 maybe that's the "20th floor". Its all a parlor trick.
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