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Cbdallas

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 develop...

Cbdallas

I guess all we have to hold on to hope at the moment is that they are playing with lighting the building. I really hope this keeps going it is so important to bring this part of downtown all together.

Cbdallas

Start this with a dedicated bus system and see where the ridership is in 2040. If it is there then build the fixed line with more stations. Otherwise this is a waste of money and focus for the region.

Cbdallas

Still nothing about a hotel and or condo tower coming. I would think that with the mass consolidation of retail that they would want to take this up another notch and make this the go to multi state regional shopping destination. It seems like such an easy button to do and they originally discussed ...

Cbdallas

Why is High end sad???

Cbdallas

Many of these apartment towers will make great Condo conversion projects as the market changes away from post college drinking to adult living.

Cbdallas

Knox is going all in on high end because that is the only level of retail that is growing in actual storefronts. The market for middle level retail is shrinking by the day and with the Knox area it is a perfect junction of money and location.

Cbdallas

This line is being built to service that area in 2058. It is a toy train for the burbs that hardly anyone will ride. Meahwhile in the densest most urban part of Metro the entire system is clogged through a single line. I really don't see this being good for the overall system.

Cbdallas

That is what this board is all about sharing information so we can learn and understand how it all works and how to improve. Thanks for providing that insight I was not aware of all of those conditions at lower Greenville site or the Cityplace Target center. Based on what you have said again sadly m...

Cbdallas

The greenery shown in most of these drawings would never live past July in Dallas we need to get real about that.

Cbdallas

Was down there again yesterday about 6pm there was almost no one anywhere all existing restuarants were empty not even people having a drink at the bar. I just have to wonder where are the people that already live down there and what are they doing? I sure hope all of this works but I have to wonder...

Cbdallas

I think a good option would be a new urban target at this location. Close the cityplace one tear down that entire strip center and densify mixed use that entire block and do another urban target somewhere in uptown... downtown... oaklawn.

Cbdallas

What kind of super half off half off special deal did they get for that yellow paint. Ugh.

Cbdallas

At least Museum tower is beautiful. This building for me is a huge let down. The very top of that thing looks horrific. Still glad it got built but could and should have looked much better.

Cbdallas

I would love to see Oak Lawn and Lemmon Ave. be lined with these type of developments and would not mind some of them to be real towers. The entire Oak Lawn area can and should be much denser than it currently is so it can merge into the taller urban part growing our way. this is a sweet little gem ...

Cbdallas

Unless this is a problem with packed trains then Express is just another way to expand the suburbs. Someday I could see using express when Dallas urban density is such that local stop trains in the core are too full but we are light years away from full trains. I could see adding express at the same...

Cbdallas

Just for branding purposes alone I think they should locate 2nd Headquarter actually in the middle of the Amazon.

Cbdallas

I see that from my office window every day. I would rather see this all as open land fenced off.

Cbdallas

When all of the trains are full all day then that is when we start thinking about express trains. Until then lets focus on dense train station development and ridership first and one mile radius station pathway improvements.

Cbdallas

As much as I would love to see this project get going ( I work across the street) I think maybe a delay is ok if we continue to see the absorption downtown and around it of more apartments and offices so it can max out and define itself as the urban center of Dallas. If this one takes another 5 year...

Cbdallas

Does anyone know what is goig to be built on this massive redo, all of the old townhome apartments on the North west corner from Forest up to Willow have been torn down. I have also heard of retail and apartment developement going in across the street where the old antique mall sits. Since this is s...

Cbdallas

I walked off the Katy trail last evening around 6pm into Victory Park and I have to say it had been a while since I had been there at that time during the week with no event at AAC. I had hoped with all of the new apartments leasing up and opening that I would have seen more people walking around ea...

Cbdallas

I would love to see more of this highrise developement around the urban downtown loop jumping over the highways. Hopefully places like the Cedars and the other side of the Trinity will see more of this in the near future.

Cbdallas

I love the idea of DART expansion to include crossover 635 and Galleria area (where I work) but did D2 ever get finalized maybe I missed that seems like the cart before the horse.

Cbdallas

I too noticed the removal of the top of the clock but I thought I remember seeing renderings of the redo of the clocktower with LED boards in place of the clocks. I am hoping they do that as it would add some life to overall building.

Cbdallas

I would be fine with improved crosswalks all the way from Cedar Springs/Turtle Creek to Douglas/Cedar Springs. Imagine if all the major Crosswalks along that corridor were improved with visible and permanent pedestrian oriented crossings. No need to change the street just improve the crosswalks. I w...

Cbdallas

So there is a notice in the Dallas Observer that Central Market is opening at Bishop Arts. Does anyone know anything about the McKinney & Lemmon property. Nothing is happening that I can see or hear. I am fine waiting if it is going to part of a taller denser development but some news would be g...

Cbdallas

I also heard that Pints and Quarts is open at the Centrum. Oak Lawn and Cedar Springs intersection is begging for a real pedestrain crosswalk to connect that area up for better foot traffic.

Cbdallas

So I guess that the chatter on a hotel and living onsite at Northpark is dead as nothing has been heard on that matter for over 2 years.

Cbdallas

I am counting the blessing that at least the train stops at edge of our downtown and will be able to connect with DART at the center of our city. Houston was not so lucky.

Cbdallas

Phase by phase getting one step closer to being able to ride streetcar from Knox through uptown and downtown to Bishop Arts. How exciting.

Cbdallas

I agree Fogo De Chao looks dead most of the time. I am not sure how you transition McKinney away from the bar/pub scene. I think you would have to have more density and diversity(owners not renters) to make regular restaurants be more viable. Better be careful if you take away nightime scene that th...

Cbdallas

They have their newest location at Royal and Preston. There is another on Lovers between the tollway and inwood. I think someday we will see a downtown location but we still would need more density before that will happen. They have a higher price point so the demographics pretty much tells them whe...

Cbdallas

Portland has a metro population of 2,424,955 Austin has a metro population of 2,056,405 Portland has a great city center and metro transit system combined of streetcars and light rail that connects to thier airport. You truly can live in the urban center without a car. Austin has one commuter rail l...

Cbdallas

Is just the Round Up for sale or the strip center along entire block that fronts Cedar Springs. Would love to see an 8 story midrise take up that entire block with storefront on the bottom floor.

Cbdallas

I am glad to see us on the list but I would have rather seen a top 5 list. This still feels like the ball has moved very little.

Cbdallas

I took some friends visiting from Oklahoma City during the holidays on the streetcar (they were staying downtown) and we arrived in all of that construction. They were blown away with all of it Downtown, the streetcar and Bishop Arts. I am excited to see this spread out from this core into that enti...

Cbdallas

I would love to see any data showing that happening in DISD. I just don't see it happening I just see people making between 50,000 and 150,000 moving to the burbs. If you make more than 150,000 then you can afford private.

Cbdallas

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. It has been this way for decades.

Cbdallas

And now Apple has jumped into HQ2!

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-bu ... ees-2018-1

Cbdallas

I don't think parking closed down those clothing stores. I have noticed most of the retail that is closing are clothes related. I think the young kiddos are real comfortable ordering on line from sites and apps. This segment of retail will mostly shrink and vanish over time except for the high end s...

Cbdallas

I propose Ice House Condo tower on the old Company Cafe lot.

Cbdallas

Has there been any progress on this space?
https://www.urbanfarmhouse.com/

Cbdallas

The Melrose has a planned development for that lot if the old owner of empty and ragged and probably out of code compliance cafe brazil space would sell. As far as I know Caven has nothing planned for their lot.

Cbdallas

Change will come when the owners pocketbook takes a hit and I think that is already happening at certain places. The entire section from Oak Lawn to the Tollway should be midrise density with retail front at street level. As more residents continue to move in and consume parking that don't go to the...

Cbdallas

I was at the food Hall over the holidays on a Saturday. Took friends and it was very busy but also very easy to manuever. The one thing we noticed is that while the food hall was packed all of the other restuarants outside on the strip were almost empty. Not sure how all of this will play out but I ...

Cbdallas

From what I have heard inside the apartment leasing business is that there is a small blip of too much high end product opening all at the same time in the same are of urban Dallas. They are all trying to grab anyone they can to fill up their buildings and lock in leases. I agree if the influx of pe...

Cbdallas

I will second that.

Cbdallas

I like the energy this brings to that side of downtown.

Cbdallas

Any word on this deal.

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