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The general redevelopment initiative for Valley View, Doran Chevrolet etc has been around for about a decade, give or take; I see it kinda like the former Texas Stadium site with a location about as good as it gets, but time and scale just haven't formed a foundation -- and I'm becoming convinced th...

I wouldn't try anything more than DFW. A hefty attempt was made to brand the region as "North Texas" for the superbowl, but there was no follow thru so no chance that could have stuck anywhere outside the region... I'm glad for that, too. North Texas is a university, or geographic region l...

I put Grand Ricchi on the list of worst names.

The_Overdog The good take-away from that article is that Arlington is trying to create a central business district surrounding the ballparks, which should I think they need more concrete zoning plans and maybe a transportation plan and could lure many smaller companies. Cannot believe I never reall...

Korshak went years before breaking even; operating at a loss was anticipated, building clientele takes time. The bookstore and clothes store Headington brought to town could still be losing money, but probably that's the plan. The reorganization may be unusual, but I doubt there's any danger right n...

I'm not going there! Those people are all just food for Mega Swift! That is scary! We're one Smart District away from having this side of downtown sprout another branch... in less than a generation, Downtown Dallas grew the Uptown office market with more office space than Downtown Fort Worth. It's ...

Maybe it's GE Transportation-Wabtec merger and relocation; sure would accent the vehicle manufacturing moxie of the Dallas-Monterrey I-35 corridor. Corporations I'd like to see with Global or North American or Domestic or Regional headquarters in Downtown Dallas: Amazon (duh), Pennys, Keurig-Dr Pepp...

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DallasAg wrote:I know Fountain Place doesn’t have any, but has there been any mention of the Amli having any night time lighting?

I hope they don't do that on this tower.

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^ So, the five year estimate looks for about 10,000 new residents a year in the Greater Downtown Dallas Area.... that data does follow the trend of the past decade, and considering contemporary housing complexes hold twice or a little more residents than the two-generation garden apartments current...

Are there any plans to build a Hotel on North Park grounds? If we get another hotel tower, similar to the Sheraton by the Galleria, this would create a nice little cluster. Yes, there has been some discussion about that on the NorthPark thread. Maybe something will be proposed sooner than later, th...

That's nice for now, but (regrettably) I'm already looking forward to the day 35 additional stories are added to the triangular Magnolia Oil Building. *sigh* well, more precisely, I've been looking forward to that day for a generation, give or take a decade.

Is the property big enough to be it's own district? or is it simply big enough to be a development with a name? It's got to be packaged and marketed for sure and I'll be glad when we're past the identity shaping and onto day-to-day stuff. Whatever, I'm going to think of it as the shared courtyard of...

I wonder what held that PIzzeria space back from being completed. The owner/landlord (UNT) is the reason the ground floor remains empty. Some other businesses/organizations have looked at taking that space but chose elsewhere after all the difficulties working with UNT. The ground floor really need...

Remember that Sams Club mess proposed for the property next to this one? Talk about dodging a bullet.

The city needs a transportation renovation plan for the Peak Haskell Corridor, like, yesterday.

Dallas will have crossed another threshold if a big part of the residential turns into residential hotel units; having hotel apartments that rent for a season is a sign of neighborhood strength. Disappointing that the residential component is whacked out; but you know, if the hotel is so buttoned up...

Now, all that's left for the big "Midtown Dallas" masterplan redo of the consolidated properties to actually root, take hold and flourish is a name change. Everyone who tried to New Urbanist Mixed Use this stretch of LBJ over the last decade without folding the mall into the dealio was jus...

https://www.dallasnews.com/life/curious-texas/2018/05/16/really-underground-mall-downtown-dallas-curious-texas-goes-exploring Is there really an underground mall in downtown Dallas? Curious Texas goes exploring Brendan Meyer ...Using a map I found online titled the “Dallas Pedestrian Network,” Xan ...

Deep Ellum and West End were both warehouse districts. I like the ones with gigantic windows better, and it'll be a nice contrast to the space-age modern architecture inevitable to join the East Dallas reboot.

I'd rather have Starck Club than Starck Tower....

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Remarkable! I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Years ago we had tickets to this tournament, so we headed out to the golf course for bloody mary's and people watching, golf what? I kinda remember the package was Dallas Double D-luxe (one of our gang had the gold plated hook up) but the parking pass tu...

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2018/05/14/naysayers-said-att-byron-nelson-couldnt-happen-now-tee-time-southern-dallas Here's some helpful perspective as hundreds of thousands of fans travel deep into southern Dallas this week for the AT&T Byron Nelson at its new home at the Trini...

I think I remember a guy from college named Stacy Green, I wonder if he's the same one in Allen. oh, wait, different, not the same.

Hopefully the Pacific Corridor will be replaced by a subway, eventually.

That'll be nice, but I'm still holding hope the hotel site closer to Pike Park and Katy Trail will be the special architecture putting the Harwood International exclamation point on skyline.

Just curious to know what the tallest vacant building (after 1401 Elm) is downtown. I can only think of one, and that's 505 N Ervay owned by First Baptist. Shame that they're allowed to just hold that property when it could be generating tax revenue. This would make a great free medical clinic and ...

Maybe they can tear down some more of the forest to build a fancy hotel. I'm surprised they haven't talked about it. Probably waiting to see whether or not the Byron Nelson elevates in stature on the link course. If the tournament gains popularity that draws during the rest of the year, we'll likel...

I've never understood why there's not a competition grade skate park at Fair Park.

There's plenty of room for several more expansion phases on the Northpark Center property, and probably the most fashionable of all hotels to eventually join the fold will be the last -- the loftiest level possible at Northpark cannot be identified until Caruth Plaza et al is scraped off and replace...

Paul Quinn College was almost gone. What a great come back.

Checkout theses quick Paint drawings I did of the Dallas skyline with Dallas Amli Fountain Place Thanks for your preview renderings of this new building in the skyline. Another interesting angle will be coming south on Central. After passing under the Fitzhugh bridge there should be a good view of ...

People at work were raving about how Deep Ellum is the hot place in town and that Uptown is cooling down. Such and easy observation, but I don't think the sentiment is quite accurate to the natural function, disposition of each part of town. Uptown does appear to be cooling down, but that's after o...

ArtVandelay wrote:IMO North End is the biggest barrier to connectivity between VP and Uptown.

Would love to see that redeveloped.

I think most of the North End real estate should be turned into a Natural History park.

It's between the Design District and Arts District, maybe they ought to try lands some art galleries.

Good reviews of this very beginnings of this addition only makes me wonder when the Headington corners will turn.

Since most of the folks in Plano can probably at least read a spreadsheet, maybe maybe not understand a spreadsheet... but the high density residential units once proposed (something like 1,000 units) would generate far less traffic than additional office space that would hold 1,000 employees. Even ...

Interesting that Plano residents are against the high density apartments packed into the employment center, not at all surprising, but antithetical to the long term success of their city.

Collin and Denton Counties should not have any new highways or thoroughfares built until firm urban growth barriers have been established.

I cannot wait for the Crow family to honor that family's Margaret matriarch. The city certainly needs another matching suspension bridge, completing the mangled triptych; hopefully, though, the emphasis will be uniting the trail networks through the managed wilderness park.

I've only ever been to the Buc-ee's in Luling... it's the designated meeting and consolidation spot for us when traveling between CenTx and the Golden Crescent. I love the place and am fascinated by the retail extravaganza. The novelty candy selection is surprising -- they have horehound candy my mo...

How is the Omni Hotel and restaurant annex doing? Is it turning a profit? Has the city had to dip into the $30-50 million reserve fund to pay the mortgage? Did the hotel meet the goal to bring more of the biggest conventions to town? How is the RevPar relative to other big convention/meeting hotels ...

Just curious to know what the tallest vacant building (after 1401 Elm) is downtown. I can only think of one, and that's 505 N Ervay owned by First Baptist. Shame that they're allowed to just hold that property when it could be generating tax revenue. This would make a great free medical clinic and ...

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There's your connection to Fort Worth! Amtrak & TRE, no problem.

^That's great to hear. There's no reason to keep Lemmon sequestered in the 1980s. The old Branniff terminal at Love Field will be up and running in the next couple years, the collection of fancy car dealership is known to people all over the world, Uptown has crossed the threshold from developers dr...

By itself, Downtown Plano has the potential to house thousands more residents in mixed use mid/high rise developments. Historic building conflicts is practically non-existent within the warehouses between Red Line and Shiloh Road Cotton Belt station but the presumed low density zoning being a major ...

Maybe we'll have a new Master Plan for the Arts District that reaches into Old East Dallas toward Deep Ellum. The Latino Cultural Center is primed to expand and anchor further Arts District facilities; it's embarrassing that Dallas does not have a Museum of Latin America. The smaller city performanc...

...just like NorthPark Center, Downtown cannot have too much high end retail.

^They almost dropped the basket the first year, but it was okay. Now they're working through the 2 or 3 or 4 year period? of students passing the tests that precludes final accreditation.... something like that.

Of course there will be some who say it's too expensive, that it takes resources away from other colleges... https://www.dallasnews.com/news/higher-education/2018/05/01/unt-frisco-city-leaders-approve-plan-build-new-branch Plans for a UNT branch in Frisco raise concerns about straining state funds W...

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