“We plan to have a 70-foot waterfall coming down the side of the building.”
I wonder if it would be possible to add some lighting to make this rainbow colored, that would really go a long way, IMO.
“We plan to have a 70-foot waterfall coming down the side of the building.”
tamtagon wrote:The impending wave of development washing over Oak Lawn for at least the next generation hopefully will free the gayborhood from Caven's grasp. The LGBTQlmnop scene in Dallas should have a much larger footprint than a couple blocks. The concentration of clubs, bars and discotheques is great, historically significant, but guests shouldn't be able to walk the gamete in 15 minutes. From Maple to Lemmon and Wycliff to Turtle Creek Park, visitors should find half of the sidewalks dotted and lined with LGBTQlmnop friendly retail, performance venues, clubs, bars, restaurants, bar & grills, delis, bakeries, butchers, etc.... Open up the Crossroads, rezone targeted streets between the major thoroughfares and let the scene grow to what one would expect from a population center poised to take the number three spot from Chicago.
R1070 wrote:Gayborhoods are shrinking in most cities. We are lucky to still have a scene the size we do.
Matt777 wrote:Has anybody heard anything new about the Braniff hostess academy redevelopment at Wycliff and the DNT? I keep dreaming about a residential conversion (so I can live there) but last I heard it was going hotel and boutique office. Both of those real estate sectors are doing poorly, so I would think boutique residential might make more sense now due to COVID-19.
CTroyMathis wrote:Matt777 wrote:Has anybody heard anything new about the Braniff hostess academy redevelopment at Wycliff and the DNT? I keep dreaming about a residential conversion (so I can live there) but last I heard it was going hotel and boutique office. Both of those real estate sectors are doing poorly, so I would think boutique residential might make more sense now due to COVID-19.
This one came back up today: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/air ... hip-again/
uptown74 wrote:Has anyone noticed how bad the facade of the Centrum is looking?
That update has not aged well and it's only been a few years?! wow
Dallas Gypsy wrote:Considering the cheap and incredibly badly built apartment complexes that have been built with their stucco and slapped together facades, I would think that a lot of these buildings will look like trash in a few years.
cowboyeagle05 wrote:Well according to someone close the Centrum the building it is pretty damn empty now. Supposedly Capitol Factory vacated and many other tenants have evaporated as well. Not because of the building itself but just COVID hasn't done well to this building. They are offering move in incentives to get any new tenants in cause its so empty. I haven't walked the hallways myself but its what someone else who has been inside has told me.
I would welcome corrections to this info as well. The Capitol Factory website doesn't list locations but I only found one mention of Dallas on their website for a event in DFW. Majority of the site is about Austin. I believe Capitol Factory took over management of the Dallas Entrepreneurial Center down in West End as well.
cowboyeagle05 wrote:Well according to someone close the Centrum the building it is pretty damn empty now. Supposedly Capitol Factory vacated and many other tenants have evaporated as well. Not because of the building itself but just COVID hasn't done well to this building. They are offering move in incentives to get any new tenants in cause its so empty. I haven't walked the hallways myself but its what someone else who has been inside has told me.
I would welcome corrections to this info as well. The Capitol Factory website doesn't list locations but I only found one mention of Dallas on their website for a event in DFW. Majority of the site is about Austin. I believe Capitol Factory took over management of the Dallas Entrepreneurial Center down in West End as well.
uptown74 wrote:Has anyone noticed how bad the facade of the Centrum is looking?
That update has not aged well and it's only been a few years?! wow
Cbdallas wrote:It was pretty weak redo when it was done. I expected more for such a building. Maybe someday someone will buy it and really refresh it all the way.
R1070 wrote:They should use the retail space for a Trader Joe’s or city Target concept.
tamtagon wrote:... well, you used to be a coffee shop guy
tamtagon wrote:... well, you used to be a coffee shop guy
DPatel304 wrote:Yep, the building is looking pretty vacant these days. Mudsmith and Pints & Quarters vacated sometime ago and Mille Lire shut down during COVID. As far as restaurants go, I think only Steel and Mattito's are left.
vman wrote:DPatel304 wrote:Yep, the building is looking pretty vacant these days. Mudsmith and Pints & Quarters vacated sometime ago and Mille Lire shut down during COVID. As far as restaurants go, I think only Steel and Mattito's are left.
I have friends that love Mattito's and I meet them there often. Every time I've gone there the last few months (always on Sunday) business seems to have lessened more each time. Last time I went, about three weeks ago, it was sparse the whole 2.5 hours I was there. I would hate to see this place go too.
tamtagon wrote:Convert to hotel, would be better.
DPatel304 wrote:Ablon said the apartment towers would be built in phases with a total of 450 rental units. The tallest of the high-rises would be about 20 floors with retail on the lower floors facing a new public plaza along Throckmorton Street.He said if everything works out, construction would start in mid-2022.
Matt777 wrote:Oak Lawn Apartment Sale to Crow Holdings: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... -purchase/
Seville Uptown, an apartment complex in Oak Lawn, has sold one of the 3 buildings that that compose the complex to a partnership between Crow Holdings. The article incorrectly says that the entire complex was sold. The only building sold was building #2, 2525 Reagan, which shares a block with Sprezza and Merchant House (recently closed).
I actually live in this particular building, and got an email notifying me about it. I bought a house in Oak Cliff and am moving out of this apartment later this month, so it doesn't matter much to me, but it is sad to see a barely 16 year old apartment get torn down. My unit was completely remodeled right before I moved in, with brand new floors, paint, and kitchen. It's quite nice, loft style, very high ceilings with exposed ducts, a gorgeous new kitchen, and massive glass windows and sliding doors with a treeline view. Each unit comes with 2 garage parking spots. I have always felt this apartment was built almost like a condo, and is miles better built than the garbage donut apartments they're building these days.
The apartment complex said the developer bought the entire block, so I guess we will eventually see this building, Sprezza, and Merchant House come down for a tower. Since Crow developed Old Parkland across the street, I guess they have even bigger plans for this area.
TacoTuesdays wrote:Did they buy this to tear it down and redevelop or as an income asset? I don't believe the land values in this area are nearly high enough to justify tearing down a higher density multi-family building.Matt777 wrote:Oak Lawn Apartment Sale to Crow Holdings: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... -purchase/
Seville Uptown, an apartment complex in Oak Lawn, has sold one of the 3 buildings that that compose the complex to a partnership between Crow Holdings. The article incorrectly says that the entire complex was sold. The only building sold was building #2, 2525 Reagan, which shares a block with Sprezza and Merchant House (recently closed).
I actually live in this particular building, and got an email notifying me about it. I bought a house in Oak Cliff and am moving out of this apartment later this month, so it doesn't matter much to me, but it is sad to see a barely 16 year old apartment get torn down. My unit was completely remodeled right before I moved in, with brand new floors, paint, and kitchen. It's quite nice, loft style, very high ceilings with exposed ducts, a gorgeous new kitchen, and massive glass windows and sliding doors with a treeline view. Each unit comes with 2 garage parking spots. I have always felt this apartment was built almost like a condo, and is miles better built than the garbage donut apartments they're building these days.
The apartment complex said the developer bought the entire block, so I guess we will eventually see this building, Sprezza, and Merchant House come down for a tower. Since Crow developed Old Parkland across the street, I guess they have even bigger plans for this area.
Cbdallas wrote:The Zoning commission did not approve this last night mainly due to input from the anti urban anti density anti growth Oak Lawn Committee. They approved a giant project along McKinney Ave. similar in size that butts directly into a historic area but did not approve this. Very frustrating.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... ngs-strip/