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mhainli wrote:Is it just me or does the Goldman Sachs rendering look like an oversized 70s office building??

I45Tex wrote:If I had a dollar for every sentence of shade in this thread like that, I could probably open a KWP sidewalk cafe in July and do brisk business.

Nevertheless the point is to anchor ancillary uses and we can only guess how soon those will materialize and how well they will perform urbanistically.

If they perform well financially then a third wave of infill will likely occur that will be very interested to perform well urbanistically even if the first two phases took no risks and sandbagged the entire project with some urbanistically underwhelming city blocks.

Bottom line -- an office park in Plano doesn't re-bump the positive infill pressure by directly reducing our developers' supply of remaining viable land to build on in the central business district, and this certainly does. Quantified it may not be worth the subsidy for the number of job transfers, but it still certainly does.

rono3849 wrote:

mhainli wrote:Is it just me or does the Goldman Sachs rendering look like an oversized 70s office building??

The biggest disappointment from the announced development to what is actually coming out of the ground. I had such high hopes as to the impact on Dallas' skyline, but alas, this is nothing more than a office park in Plano. Pathetic.

I45Tex wrote:If I had a dollar for every sentence of shade in this thread like that, I could probably open a KWP sidewalk cafe in July and do brisk business.

CTroyMathis wrote:If the Texas Rangers win the World Series, this building will be reduced to a CVS. So, root for the Rangers anyway.

R1070 wrote:My hope is that GS causes other lots around there to finally be built on. As Uptown fills up…hopefully development will push back to downtown.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hunt Realty Investments and Hillwood Urban broke ground on the financial giant's $500 million campus in Dallas on Tuesday, marking what Mayor Eric Johnson called a "new beginning" for the city.

The 800,000-square-foot building, being constructed on three acres on the southeast corner of the broader North End Development, will be composed of two wings, with the tallest being 14 floors. The building will serve as regional base for New York-based Goldman Sachs, housing 5,000 employees when it opens in 2027.

Tnexster wrote:That doesn't look like it would hold 5000 people.

dallaz wrote:Additional Renderings: https://www.goldmansachs.com/media-rela ... allas.html

dallaz wrote:Additional Renderings: https://www.goldmansachs.com/media-rela ... allas.html

CTroyMathis wrote:If the Texas Rangers win the World Series, this building will be reduced to a CVS. So, root for the Rangers anyway.

IcedCowboyCoffee wrote:

dallaz wrote:Additional Renderings: https://www.goldmansachs.com/media-rela ... allas.html

I guess if you're going to pretend like you'll put trees on the roof you might as well go all out and promise a forest up there

Tnexster wrote:How much water got into the construction hole? I noticed some equipment partially submerged after a rain last week.

“I don’t know if there is a record for the biggest hole in Uptown, but this one is 4.5 acres and 75 feet deep,” said Colin Fitzgibbons, president of property owner Hunt Realty Investments. “It’s going to take two full years to go all the way down and build back up to grade.

“We are going to be digging that hole for much of next year.”

The new buildings are scheduled to open in 2027.

CTroyMathis wrote:Man, I really didn't read that first sentence correctly in the article the first time. Haha, I need a do-over.