Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum

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It fits in so much better with the rest of the neighborhood as well, without the paint. In the photo maconahey posted above, you can see how much more cohesive the Deep Ellum appears.

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I wonder where all that empty acreage is in New York City. I have rarely ever seen an empty space there. Rochester, buffalo, Houston, Tampa, etc....less available space than nyc and Chicago. I have been to all theses cities, this report is highly questionable. Somebody on Skyscraper Central made a ...

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I've never seen that either. I wonder if this is a newer iteration of what had previously been planned for that site (the alternative version kept more of the existing structure).

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They're not wasting any time with this one!

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It looks like the tower itself will better interact with the street than I expected. Sweet!

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Thanks, that's the first time I've seen that video. Most of the retail/restaurants in the video appeared to be made-up and fake, but I did see Jamba Juice and Jimmy John's. Does that mean, at the very least, those two will be coming to The Epic? Also, still can't get over how lame 'The Epic' sounds...

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The the land the Walgreens is on being attached to this property. I'd love to see that lot re-developed as well. If we had at least one side of McKinney more urban through that block. It would really help connect West Village to the rest of Uptown. Right now it just feels separated. You bring up a ...

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joshua.dodd wrote:Absolute waste of land. Just like the Mutts dog park in the West Village.

At least Mutts is temporary...

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OK I got to visit casually with a person on the inside and they said that the plan is they will raze the existing structure and put a mixed use with Residential and office towers with retail at bottom with underground parking. A Central Market will be part of that retail at the bottom of the develo...

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Awesome, so glad they kept the drug store!

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:'A great modern city powered by sports'

..oh please...we have literally won 1 championship across all sports since 2000..

...so it's a good thing they didn't say "powered by championships" then.

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Those were some great shots of the city! It's too bad the visuals weren't better synced to the script though, so when the narrator was talking about Deep Ellum, etc, they showed the corresponding imagery. It was a bit disjointed to see the Infomart when they were talking about the convention center,...

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That it does! I wonder if what's shown in the renderings factors in weathering which could happen over time.

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Eburress - Aside from its charm, local history, relative walkability, uniqueness, and being much closer (and easier) than Northpark, I really can't think of the appeal Local History, Uniqueness? When did on the border, pottery barn, chueys, crate & barrel, Z gallerie, etc become unique lol. It’...

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Aside from its charm, local history, relative walkability, uniqueness, and being much closer (and easier) than Northpark, I really can't think of the appeal. :) Just because it's the last place *you* think of, surely you can still understand its appeal, especially to folks living in-town. It was the...

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Holy Cow! I did not see this coming.. I am glad the Sams was a no go.. and is the elevation part of the full structure height? i am confusion :?: :lol: Cant wait to see renderings for this site. We saw some very conceptual renderings before (about a year ago) which showed a good-sized mixed-use dev...

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I'm probably not reading those correctly but is that **four** different buildings of the same height, or does Central Office Point 1, 2, 3, 4 refer to the same tower?

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texasstar wrote:Those prices just buckled my knees.

You weren't kidding! They're not messing around with those prices! hahahaha

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maconahey wrote:

This will be a cute little residential tower once we're no longer driving, all this parking is no longer necessary, and they've made the inevitable conversion.

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Man, that's PRETTY, and I completely agree about the Melrose. I think it'd be a perfect anchor for that side of the gayborhood!

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Cool! But how are they clearing the site without touching the parking lot? Isn't the whole site parking lot? It's that weird strip right by the Olive exit ramp that wraps around Museum Tower. It looks like the work goes the length of the Pearl Side of the lot, but it's hard to tell for sure from my...

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"Dallas dodges list of Amazon HQ2 ‘biggest losers,’ while Toronto, Miami and LA get tagged" https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/03/29/dallas-dodges-list-of-amazon-hq2-biggest-losers.html I don't think this has been posted yet, but there are some interesting points. Essentially, th...

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I passed the HKS office at One Dallas Center during my lunch break today, and they had a lot of graphics posted on the wall. One caught my eye. It was a computer generated layout the Southwest corner of the CBD, with some development mapped out. The Trinity River was completely filled in with water...

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This is what *was* proposed for that corner, but it seems like it's gone through some iteration.

http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/comm ... ood-plans/

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Per the letter it seems they're trying to up-zone.

Hurray!

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The map represents some already quite dense areas which don't seem to have an aversion to density, so I can't imagine downzoning is what's happening.

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ContriveDallasite wrote:This one will be a real catalyst for the area when the Albertsons opens. I wonder if we will be seeing the lot immediately adjacent to this, turn dirt this cycle.

It's a Tom Thumb, right, or did something change?

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Ahhh, I bet you're right. Well I hope they're wrong and that McKinney/Boll proceeds as planned.

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joshua.dodd wrote:Then there's some major misunderstanding in the Uptown community. Everyone in Uptown is claiming the project is dead.

Was there something in the news giving them that impression or do you think it was more gossip/hearsay?

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Assuming they come to Downtown Dallas, then that automatically adds a lot more people on the streets which, I'd imagine, brings more things to do. Imagine how much new construction would occur Downtown if this is what happened (Amazon setting up shop there). From an article about Amazon's impact on...

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One might be able to infer a preference for an urban setting from some of the RFP language, but that is quite different from what was stated above, to-wit: that a downtown location was one of their stated requirements. That is simply not true. If you didn't see Amazon's original HQ2 site, how are y...

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One might be able to infer a preference for an urban setting from some of the RFP language, but that is quite different from what was stated above, to-wit: that a downtown location was one of their stated requirements. That is simply not true. If you didn't see Amazon's original HQ2 site, how are y...

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Now that Virgin is opening a hotel in Dallas does that signal a market for a potential Hard Rock? I ask because Virgin is a brand that markets differently than a Marriot or a Hilton. Was W Hotel that bellwether of more rock and roll brands coming to the market? How about the Lorenzo it certainly pl...

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What are we trying to prove at this point? The RFP clearly shows a preference for an urban campus but they are open to new creative ideas blah blah. The simple fact that they say it could be a downtown campus but doesn't have to be shows their preference for an urban site with an open mind to a sit...

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It looks like you're misremembering. The website is still up, and it was frequently archived. It appears to have never said what you claim. And as I said earlier, it seems very unlikely they would say something on their website that is contrary to the information in the actual RFP. The "site&q...

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Link? Quote? Anything? It seems unlikely they would have requirements listed on their website that are contrary to what is in the actual RFP. Relax dude. They took down the website once HQ2 fever took hold, but yes, it was clearly stated there. It looks like you're misremembering. The website is st...

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No. It was not. Nothing of the sort appears in the RFP. It was listed as a requirement on the HQ2 website, along with their requirements about international airport, being adjacent to transit, etc. Link? Quote? Anything? It seems unlikely they would have requirements listed on their website that ar...

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Where in the RFP did they state that they required (or even preferred) a downtown site, or that they were "probably headed" to a downtown site? (If a downtown site is one of their requirements, it seems very odd they would include the Maryland and Virginia suburbs of DC as two of their 20...

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According to DMN's sources, if Amazon chooses DFW for HQ2, they're probably heading to Downtown Dallas Awesome reporting, DMN. My "source," Amazon, already stated as much in their initial HQ2 requirements. Where in the RFP did they state that they required (or even preferred) a downtown s...

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From what I saw on NBC5 last night, they were saying Amazon toured the Smart District site behind City Hall. On a moderately related note, one of my good friends and business partners also so happens to be Google's head of real estate. He's been making frequent trips to Dallas for "meetings&qu...

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trueicon wrote:According to DMN's sources, if Amazon chooses DFW for HQ2, they're probably heading to Downtown Dallas

Awesome reporting, DMN. My "source," Amazon, already stated as much in their initial HQ2 requirements.

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I'm sure my opinion has no impact on the building's sales, but I think Blue Ciel turned out awfully. I wouldn't buy a place there.

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Damn that's pretty! LOVE it!

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I've traveled a lot around the US and seen many up and coming areas in other thriving cities that still get more interesting midrise architecture than this. Definitely not in California. Most places here would dream of having that sort of structure built because with only a few exceptions, it's onl...

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I'd be delighted with a bunch more groundbreaking architecture like this in that area. Keep 'em coming!

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What a crock of crap! Is this the same work group that bluffed the world a mixed use, urban-pedestrian Citiplace Sam's Club then tried to deliver the exurban edge drive-thru boilerplate.... doing it again with the garage pedestal supporting a 250 key luxury hotel tower and a luxury residential towe...

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Maybe it's another CVS? I feel like that's where we're at these days, a CVS on every corner.

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I don't normally post a lot of photos but here's a quick iPhone update pic of the Epic.

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It's such a poor location (no visibility, crammed in between some pretty unfriendly streets, isolated, etc...) that it seems like it would have to just be lunchtime office worker fare.

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dallaz wrote:...it shows that they like Austin a lot.

Like I mentioned a few weeks ago, my sister who works for Amazon said that Austin won the employee HQ2 destination survey by a landslide, so Amazon employees clearly like Austin a lot.

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