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That looks like a bright red, broken windmill out there in Montana.

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That's not how leases work. When you sign a lease, the tenant and/or guarantor of the lease is on the hook for the full rent amount over the full term. Leases are contracts. Every contract is negotiable. ...consider this what-if: Wallyworld has tiny profit margin of ~3% ($485 billion revenue, $14 b...

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That business plan has totally changed and today they wouldn't pay $19.50 PSF for a store in the heart of Dallas for a Neighborhood Market. By your own logic, they are (still) paying that. You say they are paying $19.50 for a 35k sq ft place which is $682,500 in rent. I doubt they are paying that m...

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Does anyone feel that the success (or lack thereof) of the Mavericks and Stars plays into this at all? I don't think so. The Stars draw really well- 97% full at 18k per game average (http://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance) (I know that these are tickets sold and not necessarily fans in the seats - but ...

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The problem is the form of the development. Agree with that, but this is the comment I was referring to: Also, this development is much more fitting for the suburban, middle-class Hispanic population around the area than a trendy, $6 juice bar or coffee shop or "luxury" apartments. Which ...

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Also, this development is much more fitting for the suburban, middle-class Hispanic population around the area than a trendy, $6 juice bar or coffee shop or "luxury" apartments Oh please. Other than maybe Dennys and Fuzzy Taco and maybe Jimmy Johns, all those places are equally expensive ...

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The request for substantial financial municipal participation in all of these developments is appropriate, without question, and that participation is pedestrian infrastructure improvements Most of the financial asks for these places is for infrastructure (sewer and water upgrades that are long pas...

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It had nearly 100% DISAPPROVAL from the neighborhood OLC members, but the board passed it anyway (how much of the payday do they get?). Wah wah wah. They didn't like that project for NIMBY suburbia issues - but they ain't in suburbia, they are just a few blocks from downtown. If that's an example o...

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Recent speech by Tim McKay at SW Rail Conference That's a good example of a speech by a guy who's job title is "Director of line Growth at DART" or whatever it actually is. It's not particularly inspiring as a catalyst for any kind of growth or change in thinking at DART into a better tra...

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I saw at least 4 parks with significant programming... compared to our 2.

Klyde Warren Park was total madness on Friday night when I was there. Northpark at Christmas type madness. Another programmed park would actually be great.

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Fact is, neither Plano or Irving would be there without Dallas. Fort Worth developed independently and has its own suburbs that grew into Dallas's suburbs. I agree but I just don't care. Sure, some place came first. That just doesn't mean anything to me in terms of what makes a city or giving it so...

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and conversion of the 183 loft style apartments into 215 luxury rental units.

Going from 183 to 215 is only 32 extra units - pretty marginal - so this tells me that the owners of the Davis Building feel that any weakness or overbuilding in the downtown rental market is not going to last very long.

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I think it's been discussed, but Dallas tried simple parks with benches and trees in the past and they failed miserably That's because parks with grass and benches are for one specific group - kids playing ball, and if you put too many trees in the way it defeats the purpose. If there are no kids a...

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I don't mind if they hold a bit of land for platform extensions or station expansions (bathrooms would be nice) but yeah, I think they should immediately jump at these and sell/lease this land off as per each individual proposal. All of these, including the one that is mostly a public garden, are be...

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I don't think express trains would be a very good idea - it would basically be gifting residents who mostly live in cities that don't pay DART tax with faster service and more frequency than anyone else. I guess that would be fine if DART collected an equal amount of fare income to taxes, but they d...

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Those amenities will never be the same as Dallas or Fort Worth. Those are true urban centers that have been urban centers since the late 1800s and the type of residents that seek urban centers warrants those types of amenities. Eh. I mean judging by that, Dallas & Ft Worth can never be 'true' u...

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Plano will always feel like a bubble because it is so far out of the way and the only access is two tollways. They built it there knowing this and the type of people living there are okay with that fact. In fact, they embrace it because the bubble means much better schools than Dallas and the inner...

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I see what you're saying, but I don't think the history or character is really what draws people to Dallas.

I agree with this. If there is a city that has neglected its cool history more than Dallas, I'm not aware of where it is.

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We shall see over the next generation or two how exactly a conglomerate of suburban corporate campus sites evolves into a social and/or cultural destination. I think so too. You are seeing that now - with the Crayola Experience being added to Plano mall nearby and then the jobs experience/children'...

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I think she should have had her eyes on the road at all times, but, again, I don't think, in this specific case, it would have made a difference. This case actually illustrates the problem with expecting a human driver to step in to compensate for an autonomous car's failures. If the robot is doing...

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The city of Richardson has funded a contract to bury the creek in a storm-drain/concrete channel.

The creek is now almost fully channelized and partially buried. Should be done burying it in a couple of weeks.

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maximum height of 432 feet that will be comprised of 347 multi-family units in conjunction with 9,500 square feet of commercial uses consisting of restaurant, retail, and personal service uses. The proposed development will total 445,145 square feet. That request is for 3099 Olive, which is the sur...

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Site prep is in progress and a crane is up for the Drury Inn.

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^ You guys are just too young. There used to be plenty of cheap places in the 80's and into the 90's. Maybe, but then it was Little Mexico, partially deserted or whatever and not 'Uptown' and it was cheap because downtown was crushed due to S&L and moving up the road. If that's what the guy enj...

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I don't recall McKinney Avenue ever being 'affordable', but if it was it was only for a little while. It's always been a premium place, comparatively. If you wanted to drink cheap, you were in the suburbs.

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"How can I possibly make this decision without knowing how much you're estimating the garage for the normal house would cost?!" And if you want to argue about the unit cost of rebar or whatever like you do in your house bathroom remodel, the City Council produces those documents too as pa...

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I'm still a little confused, are you saying high population areas that didn't used to have bars are now getting them, so that is pulling away from other parts of town? Didn't think we ever had many bars outside of Deep Ellum/Lower Greenville/now uptown Yes, it is pulling people and business away fr...

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I'm genuinely curious, because I think you're onto something, but can you elaborate? I think the compass direction is wrong. It's north that has the population and a bar scene that used to be nonexistent but now is in it's infancy. That's the overflow - nonresident spending leading to a desire for ...

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PDQ restaurant

PDQ restaurant is closing. Their bold expansion and giant restaurants for a place that only sold fried chicken tenders was only slightly less crazy than Pollo Tropical's. Which was right across the street for all of 6 months before they closed.

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I'm not sure if Dallas has any bike share regulations yet but the other suburbs are, from the extreme (I believe they are banned in Highland Park) to the reasonable, and the city of Dallas would do well to copy the reasonable ones, which include: *) limiting the bikes initial placement to a limited ...

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I just think you are wrong - good architecture does cost more money - buried parking costs more, balconies cost more, shorter block lengths cost more (less units per acre), false pitched roofs cost more - raised stoops cost more - wooden windows cost more. Bricks cost more too, but the value of them...

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Even most of the garden style apartments that went up around DFW in the 90s and early 2000s used much higher quality materials and ornamentation, including a heavy use of brickwork. None of the ones that I lived in were high quality construction, and I don't defacto consider brick to be higher qual...

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But because Dallas has block after block of these, it's very easy to notice the repetition. That's because Dallas went about 20 years without building much multifamily at all. It sticks out here because the designs are all contemporary because they have all been built this decade and because DFW is...

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I go to other cities and am blown away by the designs of the new residential going up.

Most of the Dallas apartment builders are national firms, and it's very easy to find the exact same buildings in other cities around the US.

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So, I guess this is the last large development site, except for the other sites Hillwood has on Victory Avenue; and except for the site of Hines' proposed second office tower?? It's the last site in Victory Park in the same way that every suburb north of Dallas is 'built out' which is why they have...

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If they pick DC, how will you know that Dallas came in second place?

Dallas will get a set of steak knives.

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I don't think anyone guessed that Frisco would be the next Skyhouse location. Just in case anyone is curious, the Frisco one built on empty land next to The Star is supposed to be 332 units in 25 stories, the Dallas original was 24 stories and 336 units, and Victory Park was 25 stories and 352 units.

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The RR ROW along the northern side of LBJ belongs to KCS, not to DART. I'm not aware that KCS wants light rail trains running adjacent to their freight trains. The Cotton Belt Line belongs to Kansas City Southern - KCS. I would assume they are working on sharing agreements or are cool with DART bui...

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I know DFW apartment vacancy numbers have been low, but what about the urban core?

The urban core numbers are fine.

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That's disappointing to hear about Skyhouse lowering rents, but I've always felt Victory Park has been overpriced for quite a while. It's not disappointing at all - it's great. The margins on apartment towers are not so tight that lowered rents will hold back development, and money in renters' pock...

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I see they are mentioning the "northern CottonBelt alternative" to Amazon for that site but Richardson and DART are pushing the southern CottonBelt alternative pretty hard, and have an engineering plan and potential station locations determined already. Also there is no station adjacent, s...

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Same group that is rumored to be buying Collin Creek Mall in Plano. He's going all-in on Dallas and good for him.

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Yikes that's bizarre! The most dense parts of Dallas get nothing, the LBJ line is incomplete, and the only complete E/W central Dallas connector is the Cotton Belt line. Of course, that tiny sliver of Irving will have 2 legit N/S lines and an E/W one and east side of US75 along 635E will have full r...

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was an Albertsons before

It was probably abandoned because the infra was shot vs the sales/rent, so repairing is as expensive as building new.

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Texas has none of that, which means that new hospitals can be built, partnerships can be established, and existing facilities can be bought up without the same amount of oversight as in other states. Texas doesn't need a CON program, because Texas (even the nice parts) have lower numbers of doctors...

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Curious if the vacating Toys R Us changes their plans at all... They could probably get a sweet deal on that space. It's also very expensive to turn a toy store into a grocery store. The infra is all wrong. The one in Plano sat empty for 10 years before it became a car dealership. These types of st...

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The wording is a little confusion. I'm seeing one year and five year being said in the article. My interpretation of it is that the existing buildings will be re-developed within a year. The buildings are 40% leased per the article. I'd assume the "one year" refers to updating and putting...

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I think no residential is a bad idea. This is going to be another part of downtown people come to for work and then leave at 5:00pm. Any good that is done here is just going to pile on top of others' better, harder work.

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The Toys-R-Us / Babies-R-Us location on MacArthur was recently announced for closure. That company has gotten crushed in the past few years. Locations in Allen, Irving, Lewisville, and the Dallas Galleria are also closing leaving, Garland, Frisco, and Dallas US75 as the only locations in north Texa...

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They leave not because of housing they leave because they can't afford private schooling on top of housing so they move to where they have public schools that they consider worth the sacrifice of moving to the burbs I'm not sure I believe that is true today, though it probably was true historically...

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