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Update on the building going up on W Commerce and Beckley. It's called "West Commerce Gateway" and described as "315 apartments and 12,700 square feet of single story freestanding retail/restaurant space. The project is under construction and will deliver units in 2021. Good + West is...

Hard to tell from the street level, but they're removing the middle plexiglass panels and what's left of the fluorescent lights behind them. Not sure if the panels on the right side are new or old but since there don't appear to be any missing pieces, I wanna say that they're new. If that's the case...

Something called Nollege is taking over the Koleksiyon space. Looks like they've been in one of the upper floors for some time but decided to move down to the street level. https://www.nollegetx.com/

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^Thanks for adding that context, Noah. I had forgotten about that commemorative coin showing the three sites.

Whats going on with the lots around exposition and main? The one random yellow house building and the old tattoo shop are fenced up. Bummer. A New 7-Eleven (Complete With Gas Pumps And All) Will Open In Deep Ellum’s Eastern Edge In 2020, Replacing A Popular Instagram Photo Shoot Destination. https:...

The eastern sides of Malcolm X and Commerce have always been an unfortunate dead zone with its service stations and parking lots that don't really fit with the rest of Deep Ellum. Fortunately it looks like we're getting a popular fried chicken place on the SE corner and add some much needed life to ...

I'm sure it's been shared before, but I was watching this footage again from the city's official U.S. Bicentennial celebration at Old City Park: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc674009/m1/1/high_res/ My understanding is that a nonprofit, the Dallas American Revolution Bicentennial Corpo...

DART Approves Victory Plaza Development Agreement The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) board approved a development agreement for Victory Plaza with Anland North Commercial LP on Tuesday, June 11. The development agreement allows for the financing, design, engineering and construction of DART's one...

Dallas museum turning to coworking as a solution for historic preservation https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/06/13/dallas-heritage-village-coworking.html?iana=hpmvp_dal_news_headline The Dallas City Council approved a development agreement Wednesday to allocate up to $650,000 from the Ce...

Bottle Blonde will also have to go... I'm guessing they'll just lease in another nearby space. With Clutch coming to this area, I think this particular part of town is just getting started as the next party spot. Here is some additional info on the Clutch/Concrete Cowboy sibling to be called Vice P...

Dallas City Photographer Prints from the Mid-20th Century
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Is it correct that the crane fell at the location and angle in this diagram? Just trying to imagine a scenario where any of the building could be saved, assuming any section is structurally independent.

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Your Dallas apartment high-rise might become a pop-up hotel https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/06/06/dallas-apartment-high-rise-might-become-pop-hotel -Founded in 2017, WhyHotel leases big chunks of apartment buildings to use as short-term stay hotel space. -"Several major ap...

Pride and Halloween are two very different events in terms of their audience & purpose. There are some "purists" who are right to think Pride should be an adult-only event celebrating sexuality and defiance of heteronormativity, while others (maybe a growing majority) think that with i...

1900 Elm: They went through all that trouble to get approval for a corner-facing entrance to this aborted restaurant only to remove the steps leading up to the door. No clue what's going on with this (maybe it needs to be ADA compliant now), but it seems like a comedy of errors at this point. IMG_86...

Perhaps we are just getting a generic RH Gallery building. Looking at RH website, this design appears to also be the West Hollywood store and the Leawood (Kansas City) look. If so, that’s very disappointing for Knox Street considering what could have been. I don't hate the generic design either, es...

Couple of slightly different angles showing the upper floors.

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So now that Fair Park hosted the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, I'd like to see the numbers. All I have is a quote from NBC5 that said the parade itself was 50% bigger, which I believe based on what looked like a lot more corporate floats. It was great to see the parade televised but I never caught...

If this was such a problem, why not grant the land to Heritage Village, would have accomplished the same 'solution' but wouldn't grant the land to a developer. Setting the wrong precedence here. http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org/about Please look at the map, would have made more sense to add to ...

What still amazes me about the 80s construction boom is how many downtown businesses built new towers just a few blocks away (MCorp builds Comerica Bank Tower, LTV builds Trammell Crow Center, Southland Life builds Cityplace, etc.) and just abandoned the old towers under the assumption someone else ...

This fire could've easily spread to other historic buildings like the Gulf Cone Bldg next door and all of Dallas Heritage Village. As sad as this is, I'm just glad it wasn't worse. Not to speculate on the cause, but I do remember people complaining on the Cedars Facebook page about odd noises and po...

Really did not expect CM to advertise this location as "coming soon" anytime this year. Hopefully they'll have a construction timeline to share in the near future.

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It's Dallas vs. Charlotte for Lowe's 2,000-employee innovation hub https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2019/05/23/lowes-may-hunting-2000-software-engineers-dallas-area Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. is scoping out the Dallas area to locate a new technology hub, according to a report i...

cowboyeagle05 wrote:Bottle Blonde will also have to go...

I'm way more upset about losing Lizard Lounge, but I guess I'd be ok with it if they reopen elsewhere in Deep Ellum.

They don't need to reinvent the wheel. As a reminder, there were already plans in 2001 for a 10-story residential tower here. Of course, it should be much taller.

You know what would be badass on this piece of land? A freakin' CASINO! Can you imagine? Winstar Dallas, MGM Grand Dallas, Horseshoe Dallas! Dallas would benefit so much from casinos. Plus, I wouldn't have to drive all the way to Oklahoma anymore. Just a thought. Texas will legalize pot before it a...

Too bad they're planning on getting rid of the Deep Ellum Station. Where does it say that Deep Ellum station is closing? I thought the issue was about how the rail alignment was going to fit with D2? All of the D2 alignment options had a wye where the new tracks met the existing track, which meant ...

Washburne said he will spend the next couple of months getting a plan together and could begin construction by the end of the year. Construction on what??? I don't know how long it takes to plan a significant project, so I wonder what the scale of this redevelopment will be if it's based on a plan ...

Former Dallas Morning News downtown campus sold to local developer Ray Washburne https://www.dallasnews.com/business/the-dallas-morning-news/2019/05/17/former-dallas-morning-news-downtown-campus-sold-local-developer-ray-washburne A. H. Belo Corporation said Friday it has sold its former campus of T...

According to Steve Brown's update to the story: "If a potential move of more than a thousand Uber office workers happens, the historic commercial district on the eastern edge of downtown will become one of Dallas' hottest real estate markets. Uber officials confirm that the ride-hailing firm is...

What I really wanna know is, if they choose the Epic will they fill the entire building?

There's also supposed to be enough space for a second office building and I wonder if there's a chance that Uber could build an Uber Air/Elevate skyport here.

Dallas could land major Uber expansion, thousands of jobs https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2019/05/16/dallas-could-land-major-uber-expansion-thousands-jobs Dallas is a leading contender for a major expansion by ride-hailing giant Uber that would transform the city into one of the tech...

We already saw what happened at the Statler Hilton when residents were kicked out for "repairs" and then saw entire floors converted into short-term rentals by Stay Alfred. If you go to their website you'll see they have similar units at LTV Tower, The Mayflower and the Miro. Stay Alfred i...

West Dallas shopping center sells to Highland Park Village co-owner Ray Washburne https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2019/05/14/west-dallas-shopping-center-sells-highland-park-village-co-owner-ray-washburne I feel like this can go one of two ways: Washburne slaps some paint, maybe divides t...

I walked down to Victory Park this morning/early afternoon and was surprised at all the people that were patronizing the businesses. It actually had some type of energy. I also seen someone who I assume to be a part of the redevelopment of Victory Park, talking to someone about the new restaurants ...

Looks like the long-dormant Davis Street Market (W Davis between Vernon and Van Buren) might be coming back to life. On this week's CPC agenda there's a request by the owner to terminate deed restrictions on the north side of the property in order to develop the site. It doesn't seem like the proper...

According to the park conservancy, their goal is to start construction of Harold Simmons Park in December 2020 and open in May of 2022.

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The massing is a little aggressive, but I'm really liking what they're doing with Jackson St.

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Do you think they will still do the observation deck? That feature promised under the Drever regime surprised me because you're taking rentable space out of inventory for an amenity that isn't going to generate as much revenue. This was probably a condition for receiving the $50M in TIF from the ci...

Restaurant with Latin American flair lights up Dallas' Harwood District
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Bishop Arts Cuban Sandwich Stalwart C. Señor Shutters Suddenly https://dallas.eater.com/2019/5/8/18535875/c-senor-bishop-arts-west-davis-closed-cuban-sandwiches "Additional digging indicates that the space will soon be occupied by an all-day breakfast spot called the Last Stand that will serve...

Dallas' upscale Royal Blue Grocery puts Oak Cliff on its shopping list http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/05-09-19-royal-blue-grocery-west-davis-oak-cliff/ The Austin-born supermarket chain has applied for a permit from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a store to open at ...

For instance, how do they know how much the new campus is going to cost if they don’t even know where it is going? This. I was surprised to read that they have an exact number allocated for this new campus but no decision on where it'll be located. Would not mind seeing 801 Main St completely redev...

I know Kroger opted for a standard remodel rather than the rebuild plans they had before, which included the library, but I wonder if they're actively planning for the inevitable. Tom Thumb, Whole Foods, Target, Trader Joe's and now Central Market will have mixed-use or urban stores. When will Kroge...

ArtVandelay wrote:I think we now know why 505 North Ervay was purchased by Todd Interest and being demolished for a parking garage.

If it's a parking garage for The Drever (new name TBD) then it's too bad the tunnel connection between these two locations is closed off.

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15 stories?... ZzzZzzZ... Honestly it's the expanded DART plaza that makes this project exciting to me. Not that I'm expecting anything remotely resembling a park, but something more visually appealing than the side of a parking garage would be a massive improvement. http://www.bokapowell.com/wp-co...

I can't tell you how many times I've almost been hit by someone that's not paying attention on Lemmon Ave near Howell St. Not sure what the answer is, but I'm all for some traffic calming here.

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Maybe I missed this, but has DCCCD released any detailed plans for their Dallas Education and Innovation Hub? $535 million of the $1B bond package that just passed will be used for this, which DMN said "would include a business training center, which would mean completely redesigning the El Cen...

So this will take out the gas station, Pizza Hut, and Einstein Bros. spots? The artwork looks like it goes that far north. I think the tower goes as far north as the parking lot, but doesn't include Einstein Bagels. That lot has a different owner on DCAD. This area outlined in yellow is owned by th...

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