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DART has released its Second Light Rail Alignment (D2) PDF.

The document includes:

• refined D2 alignment options
• underground subway station platform concepts
• underground subway station entry portal concepts
• Dallas Streetcar Central Link route options (connected to M-Line Trolley and Dallas Streetcar)
• visual of recessed I-345
• massing of The Epic

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Great news! Dallas needs a real subway system.

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Rolex Building


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M-Line Tower






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Bleu Ciel


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Victory Parkside (foreground)/Bleu Ciel (background)/Katy Station (left)


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Courtyard by Marriott


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Corrigan Tower


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Great news! Dallas needs a real subway system.

Agreed.

This is much needed and quite exciting.

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$70MM Fountain Place renovation includes glass lobby art piece by James Carpenter.

"Our intention is to create the finest office building in this part of the country, but we're able to charge lease rates that are significantly lower than rents in Uptown."

Parking garage and retail plaza:


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Renderings of UT Dallas' new Clark Center Engineering Building:


















AIA Dallas Design Awards - Winners

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My husband and I are planning on moving to Dallas next year and have really liked the Rowlett/Rockwall areas. Does anyone have an opinion of these areas? Any help would be appreciated.

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My husband and I are planning on moving to Dallas next year and have really liked the Rowlett/Rockwall areas. Does anyone have an opinion of these areas? Any help would be appreciated.

Rowlett and Rockwall offer lake-oriented, laid back communities in comparison to the rest of the Metroplex.

Access to central Dallas (I-30) and North Dallas/Plano/Frisco (LBJ/PGBT) are rather simple drives. Rowlett has DART Rail access.

For more information on schools and housing, I encourage you to create a posting here.

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D-FW second nationally for warehouse building and leasing

With almost 21 million square feet of projects under construction, Dallas-Fort Worth is hanging onto its spot near the top of U.S. industrial development markets.

With more than 6 million square feet of net leasing, the D-FW area was also second nationally in warehouse tenant demand.

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Waxahachie, Sachse to get two new assisted living communities

Plans for the project include 28 resort-style cottages and outdoor amenities on a 40-acre tract within a 10-minute walk to downtown Waxahachie.

Meanwhile, Dallas-based Mustang Creek Estates has begun construction on its latest North Texas community: A $7.5 million, 42,000-square-foot assisted and memory care community in Sachse.

The residential-style community will accommodate up to 16 seniors in each home, with in-home care service provided. In all, the community will create 50 jobs that can provide care for 90 residents.

The community will sit on a 7-acre tract at 3900 Ranch Road in Sachse. Construction is underway and the community is scheduled to open this fall.

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Data on the top ten fastest growing Texas cities was published today.

The study divided growth into total increase and percentage.

Texas Metros by Total Increase (2015-2016):
*limited to top ten fastest growing Texas cities

1. DFW -- 59,727
2. Houston -- 29,434
3. San Antonio -- 27,473
4. Austin -- 22,584

Texas Cities by Total Increase (2015-2016):
*limited to top ten fastest growing Texas cities

1. San Antonio -- 24,473
2. Dallas -- 20,602
3. Fort Worth -- 19,942
4. Houston -- 18,666
5. Austin -- 17,738
6. McKinney -- 9,607
7. Frisco -- 9,576
8. Conroe -- 5,924
9. Round Rock -- 4,846
10. Pearland -- 4,844

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NorthPark Center places in Nation's Top 100 Highest Property Tax list.

No other buildings in Texas made the list.

The high-end regional center paid $17,561,005 in taxes, placing the center at 64th.

NorthPark Center edged out some well-known buildings:

• 65th -- 550 Madison Ave, NYC ($17,515,102)
• 67th -- Manhattan Mall, NYC ($17,059,962)
• 75th -- Aon Center, Chicago ($16,424,059)
• 78th -- Macy's, NYC ($16,133,004)
• 79th -- Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas ($16,093,829)
• 82nd -- Disneyland® Resort, Anaheim ($15,833,728)

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Developer of Statler renovation buys Celina land for 168-acre project

"This tract adjoins the highly successful Light Farms master planned development," said Rex Real Estate broker Rex Glendenning, who arranged the sale.

"The property is located at the southeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and the planned Collin County Outer Loop.

"Centurion's plans include retail-commercial development, as well as apartments and townhomes, which should be an easy 15-minute commute back to Legacy Business Park and its growing new employment base."

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Mockingbird Diner history, information and renderings:

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Dallas Hyperloop Station conceptual renderings:

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Conceptual renderings for mixed-use development on former ACS HQ site.

OVERstreet on SEVENTYfive - Dallas, TX

A mixed use development with retail, restaurant, hotel, office and residential located at the only full access intersection between Knox St and downtown Dallas.

• 22-floor, 462,000 SF residential tower
• 18-floor, 450,000 SF office tower
• 12-floor, 300,000 SF office tower
• 5-floor, 150-room hotel
• 33,400 SF retail
• some underground parking
• rooftop deck

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AMLI Fountain Place new rendering:

"It was of the utmost importance we do something unique and different being next to I.M. Pei's Fountain Place," said Amli executive vice president Taylor Bowen.

"We want to have one of the premier timeless buildings downtown."

"We wanted a very clean, geometric object and the two towers will dance with each other across the garden," Speck said.

"It really will be distinctive on the skyline — the kind of signature just another box would never be."

"The glass needed to be the primary connection between the two buildings," Speck said. "We looked at tons and tons of alternatives and did testing.

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The Union


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New Virgin Dallas rendering by 5G Studio Collaborative.

Façade features diamond-shaped cladding.

Also, dirt is moving.


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Bishop Arts Station, Oak Cliff

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Plano backs pedestrian bridge that would connect Legacy West, Shops at Legacy

The city of Plano is seeking funding for a proposed pedestrian and bicycle bridge that would span the Dallas North Tollway, connecting The Shops at Legacy with the soon-to-open Legacy West mixed-use development.

Plano City Council on Monday announced support for an application to the North Central Texas Council of Governments for the design and construction of the bridge and approved $88,946 in local funds for the $444,730 project.

When completed, a 14-foot divided pedestrian walkway and a 14-foot bicycle pathway would stretch over the tollway. The project includes pedestrian traffic signals, lighting and five-foot buffers to separate foot traffic from vehicle lanes.

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Irving developer to begin new luxury community near Las Colinas' Lake Carolyn

The 286-unit high-end community, called Jefferson Eastshore, will sit blocks away from the soon-to-open Irving Music Factory and the Water Street mixed-use development upon completion of construction, which is slated for fall 2018.

Each apartment will have an urban mud room, high-end finishes within the homes and separate showers. Some of the homes will include private yards.

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Republic Property Group and Graham Dodds Launch New Restaurant in Celina

The concept is two in one: it will feature a café and market area filled with “chilled and dry snacks and goods for grab-and-go purchase, organic produce, pastries, school-kid lunch boxes, sandwiches and more.”

The menu for the café, open for lunch and dinner is “designed with a responsible mindset to preserve and support the local community while featuring foods prepared with local, farm-fresh ingredients carefully selected to meet the needs of Light Farms, Celina and surrounding areas in North Texas.”

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Klyde Warren Park by Gail Frederick

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It's done: Pioneer Natural Resources inks deal for its Hidden Ridge campus


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The Dallas-based developer behind Toyota North America's 100-acre campus in Plano's Legacy West has signed its latest deal with Irving-based Pioneer Natural Resources' (NYSE: PXD) on its new corporate campus.

"Pioneer's building will stand atop the highest point of the former Carpenter Ranch in Las Colinas, so it's only fitting that a great building site such as this go to a great company like Pioneer," said KDC CEO Steve Van Amburgh, in a statement.

"We've worked very closely with Pioneer to design a building that amplifies the beautiful and natural surroundings of the land yet is appropriately scale for Pioneer's employee-focused culture and modest character," he added.

The 10-story office building, which will sit at 777 Hidden Ridge near Hidden Ridge and John Carpenter Freeway, will include a glass curtainwall, stone facade with an adjacent seven-story parking garage.

The development group, which includes telecom provider Verizon, behind Hidden Ridge are expected to unveil plans later this year for the $1.5 billion project.

Construction is expected to begin by the end of the month, with completion slated for winter 2019.