I will never understand the hate for stucco on this site. I find it fascinating. My disdain for stucco is not for those type of aesthetic reasons. It has been my experience that it is not properly installed around here and then leaks like a sieve, cracks, and becomes discolored easily. This materia...
Did the weir furniture project start yet? The site is completely fenced in. Internal demolition has begun. Once again, the City of Dallas seems to have no idea how to manage the developers and their jobsites. All the parking spaces in front of and beside both jobsites (RH and Weirs) remain in use, ...
4802 Mckinney Avenue has a demo fence around it...rumor is 6 stories Actually, it's more than one address and I believe is all or almost all of the entire stretch from Hester to Chelsea Corner I remember this. The original proposal was about 15 stories with maybe 6 stories of garage all above groun...
DMN and D Magazine have both done stories about the rendering attached to the construction fence. No new information there. The Charlotte Business Journal ran this story back in January stating it was “potential plans” for a center there. The rendering appears to be the Dallas Knox RH with some gras...
This is a lesser known tenant but Two Sisters Catering which was located in a small retail strip on Monticello between Cole and McKinney Ave has moved their catering operation to Downtown Dallas. They didn't say where though. I’ve been wondering when this little center would turn over to accommodat...
H. L. Hunt died in the 70’s, Thanksgiving Tower is early 1980s. Perhaps his children developed Thanksgiving Tower (HuntOil?). I do recall that all original occupants were primarily companies owned by or doing business with the Hunts, sorta the 1980s version of Old Parkland.
19 units starting at $2.5mm. You have to assume the starting price units are this with direct views of the power lines. This better be VERY swanky. The gold toned metals in the renderings must be gold plate!
I not the retail guru, thankfully we have much more knowledgeable members on the site for that. However I am under the impression that this Neimans location relies heavily on personal shoppers and appointment only. If true, their customers would not see the garage. Whip in to valet and whip out.
They are starting to remove the cool, old (and leaky) windows from the RH store (old Packard (?) dealership) prior to demo. That building also has some interesting ironwork on the top and sides or is that cast stone? I can only imagine that any salvaged parts are destined for one of those architectu...
Thanks for attending and posting your thoughts. I have only been to a couple of "neighborhood" meetings myself. My experience was that NIMBYs rule. Who else would show up? It's like people who rate things or comment on reviews - it's usually the negative responses you hear. It seemed to me...
I commented just this weekend on how great NCX was looking. Finally, perhaps, we have a landscape that will survive those horrid conditions. Speaking of horrid conditions - I know NorthPark has nothing to do with NCX service roads, but the northbound exit at NorthPark/Park Lane is just disgusting. T...
The height request I saw indicated at least two towers from my reading of it. An office building at the SE corner of McKinney Ave and Lemmon Ave East and a residential tower on the opposite corner of the property (where Original Pancake House is currently. I want to say that one height request for f...
It is odd that they're spending the money to resurface parts of it if they're just going to slim it down... Speaking of....I have always wondered why we resurface Lemmon Ave (West of Oaklawn to Inwood) every 3-4 years like clockwork. How much does that cost? Why not just make it concrete? Why? Any ...
I don't know if this is current, but here is a link to Omniplan’s proposal for Collin Creek. It includes some townhomes (I don’t see 500 homes unless they are counting apts) and proposes to reopen the creek.
Today’s DMN. I figured this forum knew more than Steve Brown. Of course I checked just now and DMN story only mentions store and garage. Here’s the story.
Re: RH new project. DMN says the building permits submitted were for a 3 story REstoration Hardware/restaurant with a parking garage behind and 4 stories of hotel above the garage.
Is this reporting stale? I thought we heard the plans were changed since then. Any update?
Where is the intel on CB2 coming from? Very exciting if that is true! Simply from asking the official looking guys who were locking up the doors on my way to lunch from RH to Chipotle. They mentioned it had been leased- to CB2. I don't know anything about the building being torn down or replaced. A...
I would really like to see this take off. Perhaps it would help move similar Valley View project forward. Very surprised to see Pitman Creek HOA is supportive. This area of Plano is not known for supporting more apartments historically. I think of them as being more aligned philosophically with Rich...
The Knox district is going to be amazing in a couple of years! Between the massive retail work on Knox, Complete Streets on Knox and Henderson, McKinney and Cole street conversions, and various big residential projects increasing the density, I really think it'll turn into a jewel of a neighborhood...
The skin and windows are going up quickly. Parking garage covering started on west side of building.
This one is a little darker in color compared to renderings. The drawings had blue windows instead of gray, but that may be a common way to illustrate glass and not indicative of glass color.
Small office building updates from Knox area. This is an announcement for a small project on Buena Vista a block south of Knox Street backing to the Katy Trail at Buena Vista and Armstrong (immediately south of 2M building). IMG_1578.jpeg It appears the lot is cleared for this project to begin. IMG...
Ben Milam is a terrible location for a school; however it has stood on that spot for over 100 years. If they need more room, conveniently the small apartment building immediately north was listed for sale a couple of weeks ago. The next lot north of that are some small dated condos ripe for redevelo...
I seem to remember a mention months ago of this plan. I’m thinking they said they would relocate the school to property already owned by DISD near 75 and Fitzhugh. Does anyone know more? All I can think is Ben Milan Elementary (a teardown??). If so, where does the elementary school go? They’ve alrea...
I noticed SkinnyFat was open last Sunday from across the street at Grimaldi’s. They had a raucous crowd watching college basketball that afternoon. It was loud and packed. Great energy! Hope it remains that busy and drives more retail/restaurants east down Cityplace. I’ve been wondering about the re...
The pedestrian bridge over Mockingbird would be perfect for this proposed development. The approach begins right at the northern edge of this lot. The bridge dumps you off at the Dart station. I do wonder how this proposed building would have vehicular access. It would only be from NCX access road. ...
There was a full page ad in last weeks Observer for South Victory as well. I dunno.....is it that big a space it needs two monikers? As long as it brings traffic though
If the market is overbuilt with luxury apartment units, what is the historical solution based on previous cycles? Do they eventually convert to condos? Are the prices lowered to reflect softer market conditions? If the prices are lowered does this make it even harder to rent out older less luxurious...
Good to hear that is finally moving forward. 12 month construction schedule seems very aggressive. Isn't RH to have underground parking and 7-8 stories total? It makes me wonder if this is stick construction above the pedestal (retail store) for the hotel portion. RH-Side-Drawing-1.jpg UPDATE---Went...
As of today, I believe they are forming the last floor with the roof yet to go. Bricks are being applied to outer skin. Two colors, a taupe color and a very dark blackish/grey brick. Glass work yet to begin. I took these shots of the buildings’ west facade this time (facing McKinney Ave). The photo ...
Demo almost complete. Here is a reminder of what’s planned and a shot of the (now) empty lots with Nove at Knox under construction in the background a block over.
In a similar vein - maybe I missed it, but I was very surprised to see a story on a local news station yesterday telling how Laura Miller was announcing her bid to run for City Council District 13 (currently held by Jennifer Staubach Gates). She just can't keep out of this Preston Center stuff. What...
This type of development (3 or more stories of condo flats) is seen more in Oaklawn west of Preston Road. I’ve only seen a small number (example 4345? McKinney Ave). I wonder what the difference in land cost is between these two parts of Oaklawn is and how much impact that has.
I like the idea of honoring Stanley Marcus. The article said he grew up in the Cedars. How about a park there? The name Turtle Creek Park is kind of a snooze. Agreed, there are plenty of things named Turtle Creek already. What’s wrong with the temp name Oak Lawn Park? Finally the article says to hav...
Has it really been almost an entire year since the last posting about this project? The wheels of development turn slowly. Some news...demolition is well under way on several existing buildings, townhomes vacated, and fencing around the entire site including orange net fencing around lots of the tre...
The long timeline could have something to do with finding replacement parking spaces for all that surface parking that would need to be sacrificed. In addition to mall shoppers, they need to plan on space for construction crews and equipment. A new parking garage could add a year easily to the timel...
I’m not convinced this is a reflection of Dallas market conditions. This development has been a cluster bomb from the beginning. I for one am hoping they just walk away and someone else acts on this piece (now two pieces) of land.