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The_Overdog wrote:I'd also go out on a limb and suggest that UT Richardson will surpass UT Arlington to be the #2 public college in DFW in the next decade in notoriety if not quite student population, both behind UNT.

I guess step 1 would be to come into existence? As far as I can tell, there is no such thing as UT Richardson...

The_Overdog wrote:

I guess step 1 would be to come into existence? As far as I can tell, there is no such thing as UT Richardson...

UT Dallas in Richardson, to differentiate it from the U of Dallas in Dallas.

tamtagon wrote:I'm hoping Six Flags takes part in all the upgrades finally settling in Arlington. The theme park needs to expand into something much more than it is today. North Texas is turning into a world city, and the Arlington - Grand Prairie corridor will become have more stuff for visitors to do. That old military base lake (city of Dallas) really needs to become an entertainment destination....

“We have plans to build well over 2 million square feet of class A office space,” he said.

Earlier this year, the Cordish Companies and the Texas Rangers announced One Rangers Way, an upscale, 300-unit residential community in the heart of the Entertainment District. Located at Nolan Ryan Expressway adjacent to Choctaw Stadium and the National Medal of Honor Museum, the forthcoming project is expected to total about 532,000 square feet.

Last year, Loews Hotels & Co. broke ground on the $550 million Loews Arlington Hotel and new Arlington Convention Center. The hotel will total 888 rooms on build-out. In an interview with the Business Journal late last year, Bruce Payne, Arlington economic development director, said the city is working to attract office and multifamily development in the area.

Tnexster wrote:'We're awake': Arlington, no longer a bedroom community, is aiming to create its own skyline

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“We have plans to build well over 2 million square feet of class A office space,” he said.

Earlier this year, the Cordish Companies and the Texas Rangers announced One Rangers Way, an upscale, 300-unit residential community in the heart of the Entertainment District. Located at Nolan Ryan Expressway adjacent to Choctaw Stadium and the National Medal of Honor Museum, the forthcoming project is expected to total about 532,000 square feet.

Last year, Loews Hotels & Co. broke ground on the $550 million Loews Arlington Hotel and new Arlington Convention Center. The hotel will total 888 rooms on build-out. In an interview with the Business Journal late last year, Bruce Payne, Arlington economic development director, said the city is working to attract office and multifamily development in the area.

Arlington’s city council is set to vote on a plan to give the city a new major hotel and meeting space.

The city wants to form a public-private partnership with Loews Hotels and Co. to build a 500-room hotel with a minimum of 25,000 square feet of convention center space.

The new hotel near Interstate 30 would replace the 311-room Sheraton Arlington Hotel which Loews acquired this summer. Built in 1984, the 19-story hotel has about 26,000 square feet of meeting space and was last renovated in 2009.

Under the proposal with the city, the hotel would be demolished to free up 14 acres for the new project.

R1070 wrote:How many Loews hotels can you pack into one area? lol

Seems wasteful to tear down a 19 story hotel in an area so filled with enormous surface parking lots and low density. Unless there are structural problems or something.

Triggerman wrote:According to Uniqlo filing with TDLR, a store will open at The Parks Mall @ suite 2070. It's a 12,500 sf store vs Houston's upcoming store at 21,000sf

Fort Worth-based Trademark Property Company’s vision for the 40-year-old shopping center is a walkable, mixed-use community that holds apartment units, new retail and shopping and a hotel with up to 200 beds.

A startup that manufactures satellites wants to establish its headquarters and manufacturing hub at Arlington Municipal Airport, which could create more than 3,000 jobs.

Arlington's city council is scheduled to vote April 23 on whether to approve the execution of a master agreement between the city, the Arlington Economic Development Corp. and E-Space Inc., to establish the company's headquarters and manufacturing plant.

Arlington Economic Development Corp. would give E-Space up to $50 million in sales tax proceeds for construction, according to the staff report. The proposed first phase of the company's construction would bring a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing and office building, a 40,000-square-foot hangar, aircraft parking apron and an airport access road on the west side of the municipal airport.