Commune + Ilume Tower (http://www.5gstudio.com/index.php/commune-ilume-tower-a)

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The design of the new mixed-use development, Ilume, will continue the exciting momentum for the Design District in Dallas, Texas. This 25-story building will be one of the tallest buildings in the Design District. Ilume will bring 213 rooms of premiere residential space and 147 hotel rooms to the corner of Oak Lawn and North Stemmons Freeway.

The development will have a number of amenities such as a 1500 SF rooftop dog park, rooftop garden, large hotel pool deck, pool bar, resident pool, fitness center, meeting rooms, sky lobby, and wonderful downtown Dallas views.

The architectural elements throughout the project were inspired by the spirit and history of the Design District. Flair, fashion, patterns, textures, and arts of the already existing area heavily influenced the design of the architectural elements throughout the project. The contour of the building uses volumetric thick and thin lines realizing a curved effect.

The feature architectural element is described as a stitched side (corner of building) that will be lit at night, like a beacon welcoming you into the city. The orientation of the building is positioned so each room has a great view of the Dallas city skyline. The interior design includes soft textures, rich colors, and polished materials, such as a luxurious marble tile.

FINALLY: $300M FIRST PHASE OF DALLAS MIDTOWN TO START (https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/commercial-real-estate/event-previewheadline-54499?rt=4744)
Tonie Auer
January 13, 2016

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Full Article (https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/commercial-real-estate/event-previewheadline-54499?rt=4744)

Perhaps I was a bit too impatient. ;)

TxDOT is planning another deck park in Dallas, this time in Oak Cliff.

I'll keep you updated as this unveils.


Recently, the Southern Gateway project has been adorned with a deck park proposal of its own. The proposal before the RTC includes a $30 million provision that would add a deck park over Interstate 35E somewhere between Colorado Avenue and the Dallas Zoo. It is to be paid for with $20 million from the RTC and $10 million from either the city of Dallas or private donors.

Here's the article (http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160113-editorial-where-to-put-dallas-next-deck-park.ece).

Lots of dirt moving on the Champions Park project in N Central Arlington and the 101 Center project in downtown Arlington. I'll snap pictures when I can.

Uptown tower project starts with morning groundbreaking (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/uptown-tower-project-starts-with-morning-groundbreaking.html/)
Steve Brown
January 15, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/01/hats.jpg


The project at Pearl Street and Woodall Rodgers Freeway is the largest development Crow has done in central Dallas since the 1980s.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers will lease 200,000 square feet of space in the Park District project — the first business to commit to the development. The office building will be named PwC Tower.


Park District will open in late 2017.

The building was designed by Dallas architect HKS. Balfour Beatty Construction is the general contractor. CBRE is leasing the project.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/uptown-tower-project-starts-with-morning-groundbreaking.html/)

Billionaire banker Beal buys $100 million Hicks estate in biggest home deal in Dallas history (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/billionare-banker-beal-buys-100-million-hicks-estate-in-biggest-home-deal-in-dallas-history.html/)
Steve Brown
January 15, 2016

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It’s the biggest home sale in Dallas history.


With a price tag of $100 million, the 27,000-square-foot mansion has been purchased by Dallas financier Andy Beal.


The Hicks mansion – also called the Crespi Estate – dates back to the 1930s. The house was totally rebuilt and substantially enlarged starting in 2000.

The main house has seven bedrooms plus additional staff bedrooms. The master suite alone is 3,000 square feet.

There’s a separate 2-story guesthouse and an entertainment building with theater, gamerooms and other features.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/billionare-banker-beal-buys-100-million-hicks-estate-in-biggest-home-deal-in-dallas-history.html/)

That's awesome. Beautiful home.

More from DBJ's Park District article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/15/trammell-crow-co-metlife-toast-start-of-park.html):

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McKinney & Olive (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=201967) update:

Taken today, by me.

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Brownstones update, the last phase of the Whole Foods/Gables McKinney Ave project (http://realestate.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/a-Gables-WholeFoods.jpg).

Taken yesterday:

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Wow. Those look awesome.

That looks like the red courthouse.

GFF is working on an infill development just north of Galleria Dallas.

The project, called The Muse (http://gff.com/projects/on-the-boards/north-dallas-mixed-use/), will replace the surface parking lot in-between Galleria North II and Z Gallerie.

View map here (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9338944,-96.8195091,17z).


The Muse is a creatively conceived infill development on the parking lot. Existing surface parking will be replaced with an 8-story mixed use building composed of 272 residential units above a 4-story parking garage.

A vibrant new street is created between the old and the new buildings, lined with restaurants and focused on a dynamic central plaza space with water, art, movies and significant pedestrian choreography. New restaurant leases will convert the rear of existing stores into “fronts” activating the mews. The roof of the parking structure forms the pool terrace for the apartments above.

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Sic Em', can ask you those developers to give OKC just one of those projects? lol

Sic Em', can ask you those developers to give OKC just one of those projects? lol

No need to worry.

Classen Curve, which I love by the way, has room for denser development at 56th and 57th streets.

Most likely residential and perhaps a hotel component will be built.

Yard House, Sur La Table and others to join Frisco’s Wade Park (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/yard-house-sur-la-table-and-others-to-join-friscos-wade-park.html/)
Steve Brown
January 19, 2016

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Yard House, which has one location in Addison, and the Mediterranean-themed Luna Grill, which has three locations all west of I-35E, will join three new retailers in adding to the lineup at the $1.6 billion mixed use development under construction at the Dallas North Tollway and Lebanon Road.

With more than 10,000 square feet of space, the rock-themed Yard House will serve more than 100 dishes made from scratch daily, along with more than 100 taps of beer.


Set to open in Wade Park’s first phase in 2017, the new tenants will join previously signed shops, restaurants and entertainment outlets including: Whole Foods Market; iPic Theaters; Pinstripes Bowling, Bocce, Bistro; The Rustic; Arhaus; Thirteen Pies; Steel City Pops; Torchy’s Tacos; Bread Zepplin; MiniLuxe; and The Lash Lounge.

The first phase will feature about 600,000 square feet of specialty retail space. Boutique Hotel ZaZa as well as Texas’ first Langham Hotels & Resorts hotel (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/second-hotel-announced-for-friscos-wade-park-project.html/) — a high-end high-rise — are also slated for Wade Park (http://www.jrnewman.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WFMThe-Forum-at-Wade-Park-to-be-built-on-the-northeast-corner-of-Dallas-North-Tollway-and-Lebanon-Road-in-Frisco-Texas.1-1024x566.jpg).

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/yard-house-sur-la-table-and-others-to-join-friscos-wade-park.html/)

Any Arlington news?

Brownstones update, the last phase of the Whole Foods/Gables McKinney Ave project (http://realestate.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/a-Gables-WholeFoods.jpg).

Taken yesterday:

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I love those!

Ross Perot Jr.'s Hillwood Properties to put up nearly 2M square feet of development (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/19/ross-perot-jr-s-hillwood-properties-to-put-up.html)
Candace Carlisle
January 19, 2016

http://www.alliancetexas.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=jRVR-svhjnE%3D&portalid=0


The new construction includes two industrial buildings in Alliance Westport and a third building in Alliance Center North.


Two of the buildings — Alliance Westport 18 and 19 — are located at the entrance of the BNSF Railway Intermodal Facility at FM 156 and Intermodal Parkway.

Westport 18 is being built to an initial total of 800,000 square feet of industrial space with the ability to expand to 1.3 million square feet. Westport 19 will total 360,000 square feet of industrial space.

The third building — Alliance Center North 15 — will total 588,000 square feet of industrial space and is located at Interstate 35W and Eagle Parkway.

Construction on the three industrial buildings is slated for completion in the second quarter of 2016.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/19/ross-perot-jr-s-hillwood-properties-to-put-up.html)

The 18,000-acre Alliance Texas development is home to the world's first 100% cargo airport.

One of Alliance's latest developments, Facebook's $1B data center (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2015/07/06/facebook-to-start-construction-on-1b-data-center.html), is currently under construction.

Oak Cliff's proposed I-35E deck park is now one step closer to reality:

Funding plan for Interstate 35 deck park receives preliminary approval (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2016/01/funding-plan-for-interstate-35-deck-park-approved/)
Rachel Stone
January 19, 2016

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The council of governments’ Regional Transportation Council approved the funding plan last week. It had been reported previously that the deck park would cost $50 million, but Texas Department of Transportation DFW spokesman Tony Hartzel confirmed it will cost $30 million.

$20 million will come from the council, and $10 million will come from the City of Dallas or private funding. The overall Southern Gateway project will cost about $656 million.


Full Article (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2016/01/funding-plan-for-interstate-35-deck-park-approved/)

$120 million expansion planned for Grapevine’s Gaylord Texan (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/120-million-expansion-planned-for-grapevines-gaylord-texan.html/)
Karen Robinson-Jacobs
January 20, 2016


Nashville-based Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc., which operates as a lodging real estate investment trust, said the project at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine will add 300 guest rooms to the resort’s current 1,511 room count.

That would put it just below the 1,840 room count at The Sheraton Dallas Hotel downtown, the state’s largest hotel in terms of guest rooms.



The current project will add 86,000 square feet of carpeted meeting space, bringing the total meeting space to about 490,000 square feet.


Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year and be completed during the second quarter of 2018. The $120 million figure includes a $5 million expansion of the property’s resort pool complex, which is expected to be complete for the 2016 summer season.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/120-million-expansion-planned-for-grapevines-gaylord-texan.html/)

Lakeside mixed-use project coming in Denton County town of Little Elm (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/lakeside-mixed-use-project-coming-in-denton-county-town-of-little-elm.html/)
Steve Brown
January 21, 2016

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The 7.4-acre project is at the southeast corner of Eldorado Parkway and Main Street, across from Hydrous Wake Park.

The project – built in partnership with NE Development – will have 6,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 203,090 square feet of apartment homes in 4-story buildings.



The mixed-use development will have 242 apartments and will take 16 to 18 months to build.

Humphreys & Partners Architects designed the development.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/lakeside-mixed-use-project-coming-in-denton-county-town-of-little-elm.html/)

Margaret McDermott Bridge update:

May 15, 2014 - January 21, 2016

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Stream Data Centers to develop new Legacy-area data center in Plano (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/21/stream-data-centers-to-develop-new-legacy-area.html)
Candace Carlisle
January 21, 2016

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Dallas-based data center provider Stream Data Centers has snapped up 16 acres of land to develop a new data center development within Legacy Business Park in Plano.

The developer plans to build a 210,000-square-foot data center that will have the ability to withstand sustained 185-mph winds. Stream is seeking LEED Silver certification for the project.


Dallas-Fort Worth is the No. 2 data center market in the country based on the megawatt absorption in 2015, according to JLL's latest Data Center Perspective.

JLL's Bo Bond told me he expects to see a lot of data center development this year.


Stream Data Centers plans to begin construction on the site in the second quarter of 2016, with occupancy slated for early 2017.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/21/stream-data-centers-to-develop-new-legacy-area.html)

Sic'Em - Is the Shops at Legacy still booming? Its been awhile since I've been around there but I was told its expanded even further north and also west? What other similar new urban lifestyle centers are big now? Is The Village at...similar? Doesn't Perot own a lot of that land - or did?

Sorry for all the questions!

Sic'Em - Is the Shops at Legacy still booming? Its been awhile since I've been around there but I was told its expanded even further north and also west? What other similar new urban lifestyle centers are big now? Is The Village at...similar? Doesn't Perot own a lot of that land - or did?

Sorry for all the questions!

No worries, I enjoy helping others.

Legacy West

You are correct - the Legacy area of West Plano is booming.

This should help clarify the magnitude of the construction:

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Mixed-Use Developments

The following is non-comprehensive.

New - Under Construction:


Dallas Midtown (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=220544) (Dallas)
The Canyon (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=220636) (Dallas)
Preston Hollow Village (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/tag/preston-hollow-village/) (Dallas)
Clearfork (http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article4274570.html) (Fort Worth)
The Gate (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/friscos-plan-commission-will-review-details-about-proposed-700-million-gate-project-on-the-tollway.html/) (Frisco)
The Star (http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/frisco/headlines/20160103-cowboys-new-the-star-in-frisco-on-track-for-august-opening.ece) (Frisco)
Wade Park (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/07/friscos-wade-park-continues-to-add-new-tenants-including-the-rustic-and-arhaus.html/) (Frisco)
Music Factory (http://musicfactory.com) (Las Colinas)
Water Street (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/10/construction-starts-on-long-delayed-water-street-project-in-las-colinas.html/) (Las Colinas)
Legacy West (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/10/sneak-peek-at-how-planos-legacy-west-will-look-in-a-few-years.html/) (Plano)
Caruth TOD (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=220638) (Richardson - no official name),
Grandscape (http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/denton-county/2015/03/24/megastore-poised-for-grand-opening-in-the-colony/70401356/) (The Colony)
Entrada (http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Westlake-Builds-New-Town-Center-Along-SH-114-254289701.html) (Westlake)


Existing - New Construction:


Southlake Town Square

Garden District (http://www.dfwmoves.com/garden-district-brownstones-southlake-homes-real-estate.php)
Granite Place (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/12/granite-properties-breaks-ground-for-southlake-office-project.html/)
Parkview (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/condo-building-planned-at-southlake-town-square.html/)
Z Gallerie (http://www.fortconstruction.com/z-gallerie-coming-to-southlake-town-square/)

Proposed:


Texas Stadium Site (http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/2015/10/07/proposed-plan-would-bring-shops-hotels-to-old-texas-stadium-site/73503732/) - Irving
Verizon Campus (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/11/verizon-plans-huge-irving-development-with-office-residential-and-retail.html/) - Las Colinas

Preston Center lands Carlo's Bakery:

Carlo's Bakery of 'Cake Boss' fame opening a location in Dallas (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/2016/01/carlos-bakery-of-cake-bossfame-opening-a-location.html)
Korri Kezar
January 22, 2016


The concept’s 13th location is under construction in Dallas at Preston Center. The bakery, at 8319 Preston Road, is slated to open in March.


“Dallas was top on the list."


The concept is also looking at building in Santa Monica, California; Chicago; Boston; and São Paulo, Brazil.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/2016/01/carlos-bakery-of-cake-bossfame-opening-a-location.html)

M-Line Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218112) update, via McKinney Avenue Trolley's Twitter (https://twitter.com/DallasTrolley):

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Thanks for all the info, Sic'Em!

A lot of information, but wow. I learned something I'm surprised I hadn't heard about and that's the Dallas Cowboys move from Valley Ranch to Frisco. Nice new offices and practice facility - among other things. I wonder how many other NFL team HQ's have an Omni Hotel attacked to it? Thanks again, amazing stuff.

Mercedes-Benz to develop new regional distribution facility in Grapevine (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/22/mercedes-benz-to-develop-new-regional-distribution.html)
Candace Carlisle
January 22, 2016

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The Learning & Performance Center is relocating from Houston to Grapevine and will accommodate the ongoing training of Mercedes-Benz dealership technicians from throughout the southwestern United States.


The two facilities are slated to sit on more than 31 acres along Lakeside Parkway at Enterprise Road in Grapevine.


The parts distribution center — which is one of six of its kind in the country — will total about 254,000 square feet of space and will parcel out parts throughout the southwest United States.
Once staffed, the 59,000-square-foot training facility will employ 50 full-time employees and will be able to train 150 to 200 technicians per week.


Mercedes-Benz is expected to take occupancy of the two buildings in January 2017.


Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/22/mercedes-benz-to-develop-new-regional-distribution.html)

Vickery Meadows will soon be home to a new development.

New retail, a farmers market and a White Rock Creek Trail connector are planned for The Hill.

View the PDF here (http://www.scribd.com/doc/296497265/The-Hill).


West of the site is the first phase of Preston Hollow Village development, with Presbyterian Hospital located to the east. Also notable within the adjacent complex are a series of multifamily developments currently underway between Walnut Hill and Royal Ln.

The current proposal, referred to as The Hill, has been proposed as a first phase of development for the overall project site,” it begins. “Phase I will focus on retrofitting an existing, auto oriented shopping center in an effort to transform the existing and proposed buildings into a more walkable series of shops and restaurants arranged around a landscaped and amenitized central common space.

TIF reimbursement is currently being considered to augment costs related specifically to public realm improvements around and throughout the site, improvements to the alley ROW located along the northern edge of the project, and potential trail connection opportunities to link up various existing trail systems located in proximity to the development site.


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Four more Fortune 1000 companies look to relocate to D/FW.

Read about it here (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/2016/01/exclusive-four-fortune-1000-companies-considering.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2016-01-25&u=4ybI8ow9yFFKuqXNQYTrpw0e9002ea&t=1453756604).

Over the past five years, 70 companies have relocated their headquarters to D/FW, including 35 from California.

Construction begins on multimillion-dollar redo of former Belo Building (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/25/construction-beginson-multimillion-dollar-redo-of.html)
Candace Carlisle
January 25, 2016

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20150423-towerredo_0424bus_43503079.jpg.ece/BINARY/w940/TOWERREDO_0424BUS_43503079.JPG


Hartland-Mackie is hosting a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday to mark the occasion.


"We are seeing downtown Dallas become more walkable and we wanted to take the divider away from outside to inside," Hartland-Mackie told me.

The redevelopment includes adding glass walls to the lobby of the tower, a French-style restaurant being created by former Mansion on Turtle Creek chef Bruno Davaillon, a sky garden on the top floor of the tower, 200-person conference facility and a fitness center.

The restaurant is in the early concept phase.


The tower is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2017.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/25/construction-beginson-multimillion-dollar-redo-of.html)

Dallas being considered for relocation for (4) major Fortune 1000 companies. Interesting article. Seems Dallas is blowing and going!! I really wish OKC could be more aggressive in attracting these Fortune companies. OKC is just as deserving.




Exclusive: Four Fortune 1000 companies considering headquarters moves to North Texas - Dallas Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/2016/01/exclusive-four-fortune-1000-companies-considering.html)

Empty medical building on Gaston Avenue in East Dallas will become Westin hotel project (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/westin-hotel-project-planned-on-gaston-avenue-in-east-dallas.html/)
Steve Brown
January 26, 2016

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Carrolton-based Atlantic Hotels Ltd. has purchased the vacant Dallas Health & Rehabilitation Center building on Gaston Avenue near Baylor Medical Center.


The 7-story medical building has been empty for years. The 70,000-square-foot former medical building was built in 1964 and is just a block from Baylor’s campus.

Atlantic Hotels has filed permits with the City of Dallas to convert the building into an Element by Westin Hotel.


He said East Dallas needs the hotel rooms. “There is a dire need of the hotel near the hospital,” Molubhoy said.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/westin-hotel-project-planned-on-gaston-avenue-in-east-dallas.html/)

Lamar Hunt family affiliate begins developing speculative Fort Worth project (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/26/lamar-hunt-family-affiliate-begins-developing.html)
Candace Carlisle
January 26, 2016

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The 301,500-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility will sit on 16.66 acres within Riverbend West Business Park at 2101 Reeves Place in northeast Fort Worth.


Construction is expected to begin immediately with completion of the new hub expected in the third quarter.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/26/lamar-hunt-family-affiliate-begins-developing.html)

Dallas’ ‘Complete Streets’ plan will get a vote this week, just in time for Knox Street makeover (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/future-knox-street-redo-previews-complete-streets-the-dallas-council-will-vote-on-this-week.html/)
Robert Wilonsky
January 26, 2016

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At long last, this Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote on the $800,000 Complete Streets Design Manual that’s been in the works since 2011 and is intended to do just that.

Improving streets like Knox is exactly what the Complete Streets plan is about.

Says Tanya Brooks, the interim assistant director for Planning and Neighborhood Vitality at Dallas City Hall, the Knox do-over “is a Complete Street bond-funded project intended to improve walkability in the corridor by reducing a lane of traffic and widening the sidewalk.”


Among their suggestions: Close the alley next to Lamps Plus, improve the streetscape, add bike racks, widen those narrow sidewalks, and bury the poorly placed utility poles that block pedestrians.

Full Article (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/future-knox-street-redo-previews-complete-streets-the-dallas-council-will-vote-on-this-week.html/)

Are they actually using a Streetmix graphic as an official project rendering? Lol

Preliminary rendering for the empty medical building/Element hotel conversion (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/westin-hotel-project-planned-on-gaston-avenue-in-east-dallas.html/):

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/01/element.jpg

New Frisco mixed-use project across from Toyota Stadium is on the drawing boards (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/new-frisco-mixed-use-project-on-the-drawing-boards.html/)
Steve Brown
January 27, 2016


The 22-acre development on Main Street east of the Dallas North Tollway will be next door to the Toyota Stadium.

Property owner and developer Paul Cheng has filed plans for a complex of one to 4-story buildings on the north side of Main

The project is designed to include two office buildings, five retail and restaurant buildings and 597 apartments. There’s also a 6-story garage and retail building.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/new-frisco-mixed-use-project-on-the-drawing-boards.html/)

Perhaps this project will be similar to its initial plan (http://www.corgan.com/projects/frisco-design-center/) by Corgan.

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Are they actually using a Streetmix graphic as an official project rendering? Lol
Is that a problem? It shows people what is going there and what to expect.

A major win for The Cedars neighborhood and historic preservationists:

Time Warner will move Victorian home in The Cedars it planned to raze (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/time-warner-will-move-victorian-home-in-the-cedars-it-planned-to-raze.html/)
Robert Wilonsky
January 28, 2016

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In a city where history lasts as long as it takes to crank up the bulldozer, this truly is big and breaking news: One of the oldest houses in The Cedars has been granted a stay of execution.

Time Warner Cable, which only weeks ago was preparing to raze the circa-1885 Victorian home overlooking R.L. Thornton Freeway, now says it will pay to move the structure to a nearby location.

“Time Warner Cable has committed to working with preservation leaders to relocate the home,” says a statement company spokesperson Melissa Sorola sent to The Dallas Morning News Thursday. “This plan serves everyone’s interests: The home will be preserved in a new location, and Time Warner Cable can move forward with construction on a new hub that will add capacity and reliability for our downtown customers.”


Said Emery, the house serves as “a reminder of what began as one of Dallas’s first ‘Streetcar Suburbs,’ and continued as one of the city’s first neighborhoods that middle- and upper-class Jewish families called home. The house holds a visually prominent perch over I-30 and has captured the attention and wonder of not only neighbors, but daily commuters.


“They have a very quick time line but have given us some breathing room. And they’re happy to have played a major role in seeing this house saved. That’s really good news.”

Full Article (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/time-warner-will-move-victorian-home-in-the-cedars-it-planned-to-raze.html/)

Construction underway on Scott Beck's $4B Dallas Midtown project (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/28/construction-underway-on-scott-becks-4b-dallas.html)
Candace Carlisle
January 28, 2016

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Dallas developer Scott Beck has begun environmental remediation and pre-demolition work on the $4 billion Dallas Midtown mixed-use development in North Dallas that will make way for a new corporate magnet and entertainment destination.

Beck's Dallas-based Beck Ventures is overseeing the redevelopment immediately surrounding Valley View Center, which is about 17 blocks within a larger 40-block, 430-acre mixed-use development.


Valley View Center is expected to be taken down brick-by-brick versus an implosion to salvage materials that could ultimately be used in the new development on the site in North Dallas. Beck Ventures also is in the process of creating a tree farm by pruning back the roots of certain trees to ready them for being moved, he said.

The pre-demolition work began in earnest in December. By May 1, Beck said he expects to begin demolition on Valley View Center and have the entire site cleared and ready for vertical construction by the end of the year.


Our retail partner Shop Cos. is working on bringing all kinds of interesting retail and restaurant groups to the project.


We plan to be open by December 2017 with some opening the first quarter of 2018.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/01/28/construction-underway-on-scott-becks-4b-dallas.html)

Love those details. Just goes to show how much work these people are putting into this and how much they really care.

Circuit City is coming back and the rumor is the first store is going to be in the Dallas area.

Circuit City Set To Return This Spring | Twice (http://www.twice.com/news/retail/circuit-city-set-return-spring/60261?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook)

5GStudio (http://www.5gstudio.com/index.php/alpha-road-apartments-a) has designed a 320-unit apartment building for North Dallas.

The development is to be built on two empty lots, just east of City View.

Both the Muse (http://gff.com/projects/on-the-boards/north-dallas-mixed-use/) and Modera Galleria (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/09/prweb12989580.htm) are within two blocks walking distance.


Alpha Road Apartments is a 320 unit multi-family residential project located in Dallas, TX. This community is 352,778sf consisting of two expansive pool decks with generous outdoor space, a fitness room, and party room which opens to the pool deck through a wall of glass bi-folding doors. The layout and locations of the outdoor amenity spaces are at the heart of the complex with apartments rising around them.

The materiality of the design respects the context through the use of brick and stucco and bringing interest to the design through the composition of these materials. To define the project an aluminum louver system stands at the entry of the development providing a memorable icon and gateway into the complex. Alpha Road Apartments is a master planned community providing a home for its residents within an urban environment.

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‘It’s showtime’: The Cedars is about to debut the Alamo Drafthouse it’s been awaiting for years (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/its-showtime-the-cedars-is-about-to-debut-the-alamo-drafthouse-its-been-awaiting-for-years.html/)
Robert Wilonsky
January 30, 2016

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The Alamo Drafthouse, a seven-screen multiplex, bar and restaurant, is nearly finished on South Lamar Street in the shadow of downtown Dallas.

Crews are finishing out the 700-seat, seven-auditorium theater for its Feb. 12 “soft” opening, attaching small tables to leather seats, building outdoor patio structures, installing the elevator, polishing the 3,000-square-foot kitchen, decorating karaoke rooms that look like space ships and the insides of a pinball machine.


“The reason Jack approached the Alamo was he wanted a theater as a neighborhood anchor,” DiGaetano said. “He wanted a place where people could gather.”

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/01/AlamoPatio.jpg


The Alamo, which will have a restaurant and bar (the Vetted Well) on the second floor and some 400 parking spots next to and behind the theater, is intended to change that. This is all-hours traffic coming directly to The Cedars’ front door.

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/01/AlamoView.jpg

Full Article (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/its-showtime-the-cedars-is-about-to-debut-the-alamo-drafthouse-its-been-awaiting-for-years.html/)

Large datacenter planned for Richardson one of several in the works for North Texas (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/large-datacenter-planned-for-richardson-one-of-several-in-the-works-for-north-texas.html/)
Steve Brown
February 1, 2016

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The more than 470,000-square-foot 3-story datacenter would be built on more than 20 acres at the northwest corner of Security Row and International Parkway.


North Texas was the second fastest growing datacenter market in the country in 2015, behind only suburban Washington, D.C., according to a new report by commercial property firm JLL.

“We are continuing to have record absorption here,” said JLL’s Bo Bond. “Those numbers do not include corporate build-to-suit projects like Facebook and State Farm.”


Bond said the next generation of projects will be bigger and will include more ground-up construction, rather than converting old commercial buildings.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/large-datacenter-planned-for-richardson-one-of-several-in-the-works-for-north-texas.html/)

Farmers market will be centerpiece of new Frisco development (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/farmers-market-will-be-centerpiece-of-new-frisco-development.html/)
Steve Brown
February 1, 2016

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Called Frisco Fresh Market, the Main Street project will also include office buildings, apartments and a hotel on 32 acres just east of the Dallas North Tollway.

“Our project is a specialty lifestyle retail project with primary focus on fresh food and farm fresh produce as well as a variety of small vendors selling artisan products,” said developer Paul Cheng who heads USA Infrastructure Investments. “It will be about 70,000 square feet of indoor facilities and 10,000 square feet of outdoor facilities.


The project is planned to include two office buildings, five retail and restaurant buildings and 597 apartments. The development will be next door to the Toyota Stadium.


Cheng said work will start on the development this fall.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/farmers-market-will-be-centerpiece-of-new-frisco-development.html/)

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This is what they are trying to put together at Chisholm Creek in OKC.

Will be interesting to see how they compare.

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This is what they are trying to put together at Chisholm Creek in OKC.

I think choosing that location is a very poor for a place like this.

I think choosing that location is a very poor for a place like this.

I'm not so sure...

Lots more people with disposable income live in that area than anywhere else in the City.

I think we'll see some similar things downtown, just on a smaller scale.

Hopefully they can create placemaking similar to places like Pike Place, Reading Terminal Market, Eastern Market in DC, Milwaukee Public Market and others. We'll see...

LEDs will wrap around each floor plate of One Uptown.

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/02/mckinney.jpg

Frisco's The Gate development costs to exceed $1B.

Here's the article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/02/02/exclusive-palatial-the-gate-development-in-frisco.html), along with new renderings.

J.P. Morgan Chase's new $300M regional headquarters in Plano aquires land for future expansion.

Read about it here (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/chases-planned-legacy-west-campus-in-plano-is-getting-bigger.html/).

Investors from China, Germany, Korea, Peru and UAE are interested in investing in Frisco's $5.4B mile.

Read about it here (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/2016/02/frisco-s-5b-mile-reputation-going-global.html).

Now how can that be with all of those horrible highways and six lane roads prohibiting development? I thought walkability was key to making cities thrive lol...

Great projects going on though. I love it. Frisco is a beautiful community and I can't wait to see what is in store for their future.

While not a physical development, Dallas' film industry continues to grow:

Reese Witherspoon-produced pilot will be filmed in Dallas, highlighting the city's urban vibrancy.

Read about it here (http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2016/02/abcs-reese-witherspoon-produced-pilot-about-ruthless-dallas-divorce-attorney-will-film-here.html/).