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Another similar project in Deep Ellum was announced today.

Old strip buildings in Deep Ellum will give way to high-rise with apartments and shopping



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Construction will start in the next few weeks on an urban style mixed-use development in Dallas' popular Deep Ellum district.

The 7-story development will bring apartments and streetfront retail to an area that's seeing widespread new development.

"I think there is an opportunity to bring some basic neighborhood services there," Blackwell said.

Designed by Baltimore architect Hord Coplan Macht, the building mimics early 20th century industrial and commercial properties. Blackwell said the project — called Novel Deep Ellum — "borrowed from Deep Ellum's Continental Gin buildings and Henry Ford's Model T plant a block away.

"It's appropriately gritty for Deep Ellum."

The new complex will include 230 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Access to the interior of the development would be through an open area in the middle of the block, providing easy access to the rest of the shops.

Architect's project w/ similar façade:


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McKinney National Airport announces new terminal and hangar project



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The City of McKinney announced they have entered into a public-private partnership with Western LLC for a $16 million construction project at the McKinney National Airport that will update and expand its facilities and include a new state-of-the-art fixed-base operator (FBO) terminal and 40,000-square-foot hangar. Construction is expected to begin this spring and will take approximately 12-18 months.

“Operations continue to increase year-over-year at the airport and this opportunity to enter into a public-private partnership with Western LLC allows the city to capitalize on their expertise and reputation as a well-respected developer in the aviation industry while helping us meet the demands of new businesses pouring into Collin County and the larger Dallas area,” said Mayor George Fuller.

McKinney National Airport is home to Fortune 500 business aircraft that travel worldwide. McKinney Air Center, the FBO that provides fuel and other services to aircraft at McKinney National Airport, was named best in the nation in the 2017 Pilots’ Choice Awards by FltPlan.com for the third time in its four-year existence.

It was also named Top Star FBO and Top Regional U.S. FBO in the South Central region.

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Also regarding McKinney National Airport:

A new commercial passenger terminal is planned on the east side of a planned second runway and taxiway.

Current and future runway operations:

• Current runway - 7,002' X 150' with ultimate expansion of 8,502' X 150'
• Proposed runway - 6,002' X 100' with ultimate expansion of 7,002' X 150'
• Proposed taxiway - 6,002' X 50' with ultimate expansion of 7,002' X 75'

For comparison:

• William P. Hobby (shortest runway) - 5,148' X 100' (12L)
• Love Field (shortest runway) - 6,147' X 150' (18)
• William P. Hobby (longest runway) - 7,602' X 150' (30L)
• Love Field (longest runway) - 8,800' X 150' (13R)

View McKinney National Airport's Layout Plan here


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Alamo Drafthouse movie theater lands notable, new Texas address: Denton


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Denton has been on the minds of Alamo Drafthouse execs for years. But the first stop for this dinner-and-a-flick movie house in North Texas was Richardson. Then the Cedars in Dallas. Las Colinas and Lake Highlands are next. Finally, Denton gets its moment: Alamo No. 5 is expected to open in June 2018 in little d, the city where some Alamo high-ups went to college.

The coming-soon Alamo Drafthouse in Denton will be located in Rayzor Ranch, near the intersection of 380 and Interstate 35E.

"Denton has been a market we wanted Alamo Drafthouse to locate for a very long time," says DFW COO Bill DiGaetano in a statement.

The movie theater will be home to a bar and restaurant called Vetted Well.

You may recognize that as the same-named bar with "killer cocktails and Dallas skyline views," our beer editor Tiney Ricciardi reported, at the Alamo Drafthouse in the Cedars. At Vetted Well in Denton, it'll pour something like 30 local beers, according to a statement.

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Lakeside Professional Office, a Class-A office building in Flower Mound, breaks ground in December



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A Class-A office building, the Lakeside Professional Office, will break ground in Lakeside DFW this month at the southeast corner of FM 2499 and Lakeside Parkway in Flower Mound.

The two-story, 21,750-square foot building is expected to be complete in the summer, according to Jimmy Archie, managing partner of Realty Capital Management, developer of the project.

Archie said the office building’s proximity to DFW Airport and major thoroughfares, such as FM 2499, state highways 121 and 114, and Interstate 635 will help draw people in.

“The location will give Flower Mound executives a way to cut their commutes while offering their employees a centralized DFW location,” Archie said.

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Plans advance for 4-story hotel near downtown Plano



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The plot is across the President George Bush Turnpike from the city of Richardson’s massive CityLine development, which is home to State Farm and Raytheon corporate offices.

The approved amendment allows an increase of the maximum allowable height of the hotel from two stories to four stories.

Plans for DART’s future Cotton Belt Line, which will link downtown Plano to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when completed, could have the potential to revitalize downtown Plano, Day said in a previous interview with Community Impact Newspaper.

“[The Cotton Belt] is basically a really unique opportunity to expand our downtown core to the south and … continue what we hope is a synergy between downtown Plano and CityLine station—revitalizing that southern K Avenue corridor in Plano,” Day said.

The Cotton Belt Line is projected to begin operation in 2022.

The approved site plans for the hotel will remain pending until Plano City Council decides whether to accept the zoning amendments approved by the planning and zoning commission.

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More information on Frisco's "green" neighborhood:

High-end green home community planned for Frisco would cover roofs with native plants



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An international builder is working on plans for a 55-acre modern home community where the houses would have roofs covered in native plants. The new neighborhood on Independence Parkway near Rolater Road would also include heavily landscaped public areas and a bridge across a wooded creek.

"The proposed development offers a unique housing product that is the first of its kind in the city of Frisco and the region," Frisco city planners said in their review of the development.

"The developer has been building these homes overseas for years, and they have been very successful," said Jim Knight, a senior principal with design and engineering firm Stantec. "A number of people already want to buy them."

The houses would be built with small front and rear yards and curved roofs that extend near ground level.

"We are working with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and they have come up with a planting, maintenance and monitoring plan for this entire project," Knight told the Frisco planning commission. "We know that the seasonal plants will rotate through as we go from spring to summer to winter to fall.

"We believe we have a very unique, sustainable, pedestrian-friendly community."

The development will have about 122 houses ranging in size from more than 4,000 to 5,000 square feet. "Your are looking at prices of $900,000 and up," Knight said.

Almost 20 percent of the land would be open space, with areas set aside for walking trails and a water feature and plaza area.

"The property is absolutely gorgeous," Knight said. "Rowlett Creek runs through it, and there are three ponds.

"Only 23 of the 55 acres will be built upon."

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That is about the coolest thing I've seen

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Indiana marketing firm shifting operations to Dallas


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Project Location

LST Marketing is relocating its head office from Indianapolis to a building in Dallas' Knox Street district north of downtown.

The company will open its new headquarters in the Travis Walk building at 4514 Travis Street.

"We're very excited about moving into the new office by early spring," CEO Starke Taylor said. "We have clients in Dallas and we realized we needed to have a bigger presence here.

"We put together a plan to be more focused on the Texas market."

"We are growing pretty quickly in Dallas, and I think by the end of 2018 we hope to have 25 to 30 employees," Taylor said.

The 7-year-old company specializes in promoting events and representing sports, entertainment and sponsorship clients.

"LST Marketing's new corporate office underscores the level of growth we're seeing in our region," said JLL's Brad Selner. "As more companies make their way to Dallas-Fort Worth, the business opportunities for firms like LST Marketing continue to mount."

"We looked at probably 15 different spaces - everywhere from the tollway and LBJ to Central Expressway and downtown and Uptown," he said. "We are looking to be in a more urban walking environment and we wanted a space that represented what we do as an agency."

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Flower Mound Town Council approves mixed-use development The Point



Project Location

With a 3-2 vote, Flower Mound Town Council approved the rezoning of 35 acres of land located at FM 2499 and Silveron Parkway within the Lakeside Business District Area giving the green light for The Point, a mixed-use development.

The development will feature multifamily units by developer Trammell Crow Residential. The apartments will be built in two phases. The first phase will contain 301 multifamily units and 32 carriage homes, which were also referred to as townhomes. The multifamily units will range in price from $1,200/$1,400 to $2,000 a month.

Phase 1 will also include a Hilton branded hotel, Tru. Developers are also required to have a minimum of 57,500 square feet of commercial space under construction in Phase 1.

Phase 2 will include the rest of the development’s residential units but only once the commercial space is finished in Phase 1.

The applicant, Direct Development, said two Class A office buildings will likely be built in Phase 2.

The developer said the reason why Flower Mound has not been able to attract Class A office buildings is because there is no where for the workers to live. Therefore, the multifamily must be built first.

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Dallas' Village apartment community borrows $126 million for its new 'Main Street'

Phoenix Property Group and Lincoln Property Co. are building a new mixed-use center at the heart of the 300-acre rental community on Southwestern Boulevard.

Called "Main Street" the 34-acre development includes more than 300 new apartments in a half dozen buildings, townhomes, entertainment and retail space, executive suites and a fitness center.

A boutique hotel and private residents' club are planned, along with an event lawn, putting green a ball field and soccer field.

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Mercedes-Benz zooming into bigger future in far north Fort Worth

To accommodate its expanded workforce, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services will move into a new 200,000-square-foot building to be built near its current offices at Alliance in far north Fort Worth.

The state-of-the art building will be built less than a mile north of the 164,000-square-foot building that the business now occupies off Interstate 35W near Westport Parkway. Construction will begin in early 2018, and the company hopes to move in by early 2019.

BOKA Powell, a Dallas-based design firm, will serve as the design architect for the building and site development. JLL Fort Worth Project and Development Services of Dallas will oversee the project for Mercedes-Benz.

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Houston developer kicks off new Baylor Scott & White medical office building in DFW



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The three-story medical office building, called Medical Office Building III, will sit adjacent to Baylor Scott & White's 296-bed hospital on the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Irving campus.

The new medical office building is roughly 80 percent pre-leased to medical providers, including, HealthTexas Provider Network, the Arlington Orthopedic Associates, the Dallas Nephrology Associates, Pure Dermatology Center and Touchstone Imaging.

GSR Andrade is the project architect. Dallas-based MYCON General Contractors is the general contractor for the project.

The Irving medical office building is slated to open to patients this fall.

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Dallas, Austin are among 20 finalists for Amazon's coveted HQ2

Two Texas metro areas made it on Amazon's list: Austin, a perennial favorite and the home of Whole Foods Market, which Amazon now owns. And yes, Big D. Houston didn't make the cut, and San Antonio didn't enter the competition.

Both Austin and Dallas "have proven themselves to be among the most sought-after locations for companies looking to grow and thrive," Abbott said. He said the state's "low-tax and limited-regulation environment will appeal to a company's bottom line."

Abbott also noted the state's workforce, calling it "one of the best — if not the best" in the country. Abbott played no favorites and said he believed "either Austin or Dallas" is an ideal fit for Amazon.

While other cities are naming big rewards to attract HQ2, Texas is still keeping specific financial incentives secret.

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New Knox Street district apartment plans include affordable units



Project Location

Developer Alliance Residential plans to build the 335-unit project on a 2-acre site at Cole and Armstrong avenues. It's just across the street from the 17-story Highland Park Place office tower. And the new Trader Joe's grocery and apartment block is on the opposite corner.

"This will definitely will be the most high-profile location we have done," said Alliance development director Nick Wilhelmson. "It's one of the best neighborhoods in Dallas."

Dallas architect GFF designed the new rental community with seven levels stepping back from the street across from the office tower on the north side. The building will be five levels at the other end near Oliver Street.

"We want to open up the sidewalks and make it feel walkable," Wilhelmson said. "We have two large courtyards off the sidewalk, too," he said. "There is no ground floor retail — it's pure residential."

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Boeing doubles its new Plano operation, makes room for 200 more workers


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Less than a year after announcing the move, Boeing is doubling the size of its office in Plano's Legacy West development.

The Chicago-based aerospace firm has rented another large block of offices at the northwest corner of Legacy Drive and the Dallas North Tollway.

In April 2017, Boeing announced it was moving the headquarters for its new global services division to the $3 billion Legacy West project, joining Toyota, Liberty Mutual Insurance, JPMorgan Chase and FedEx Office.

"Yes, Boeing is expanding its footprint in Legacy West," said spokeswoman Lisa Maull. "We will add another 35,000 square feet to accommodate global services as well as growth in some other capability areas within Boeing.
"This added capacity will allow for more than 200 employees at this location."

Boeing's Plano office is located above the shopping and retail buildings along Windrose Avenue.

Boeing said it chose to locate its new division here because of the geographic location and access to a large, talented labor pool.

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Apartments, live theater planned for former Bishop Arts medical building



Project Location

A developer plans to reuse a medical building in the Bishop Arts area as part of a 135-unit residential complex.

The five-story former hospital is on the east side of Madison between Ninth and Tenth. It consists of two buildings, which are connected by a skybridge, and the developer plans to construct an additional building on the north side of the hospital. A zoning variance is required for the developers to reuse the existing skybridge, zoned for medical use over the alley between Ninth and Tenth, for residential purposes.

The main building has a 5,000-square-foot basement, which they’re planning to turn into an actual theater, to be leased to a theater company for live plays.

“We want to make it look old-world as much as we can. The project is a unique opportunity,” he says. “We’re designing it to look like an old theater that was converted to apartments.”

The first apartments could be delivered in late spring or early summer 2019.

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Baylor to open a new $30 million heart hospital in McKinney in 2019



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Construction may begin this month on a new 35,000-square-foot heart hospital slated to open in first quarter of 2019 on the Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinney campus.

The new Heart Hospital Baylor McKinney will serve patients in need of cardiovascular care in Collin and Grayson counties, as well as in parts of Oklahoma, according to Baylor Scott and White Health executives. The facility will sit on the northwest corner of the existing campus.

The facility will include an outpatient nursing unit and four procedure rooms. It will have 22 ambulatory surgery beds and offer more complex heart procedures, such as electrophysiological services and catheterization, said Baylor’s chief strategy officer, LaVone Arthur, in a phone call.

It’s the latest expansion to the nearly 57-acre Baylor McKinney campus that opened in 2012 with a $195 million, 95-bed hospital on the northwest corner of U.S. 380 and Lake Forest Drive.

The heart hospital will cost an estimated $30 million to construct, according to Baylor Scott and White Health, and add 60 staff members to the medical campus that already employs over 600.

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The Union:


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Hall Arts Residences:


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Independent Bank breaks ground at McKinney’s Craig Ranch



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Independent Bank broke ground Jan. 17 on its new corporate headquarters located at the southeast intersection on Henneman Way and Grand Ranch Parkway in the McKinney Corporate Center at Craig Ranch.

The 150,000-square-foot, six-story headquarters will be the city’s tallest building.

The $52 million headquarters will house between 1,100-1,300 employees, according to David Craig, the master developer of Craig Ranch.

David Brooks, chairman, president and CEO of Independent Bank, said construction will begin tomorrow and is expected to be done in December.

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High-rise under construction near Dallas' Knox Street


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Project Location

Developer Southern Land Co. is building its 20-story residential tower on North Central Expressway at Oliver Street.

The 310-unit building is just a few blocks from the booming Knox Street district and is east of Highland Park. Building permits say that the tower will cost almost $71 million.

Southern Land representatives say the building will open in early 2020. It replaces two small office buildings that were previously on the site. The development has been in the works for almost two years.

The North Central Expressway apartment tower Southern Land is building is one of almost a dozen new high-rise rental projects in the Dallas area.

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Sources: Frisco to develop park bigger than Dallas' Fair Park


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Project Location

The city of Frisco has roughly 300 acres of prime developable land alongside Panther Creek on Brinkmann Ranch under contract, with plans to build a city park with sports fields that, if developed, would be bigger than Dallas' Fair Park.

Officials with the city are expected to close on a tract at the northwest corner of Eldorado Parkway and Preston Road on Feb. 5, multiple sources say.

By luring the Dallas Cowboys' world headquarters and practice facility and recently landing a Major League Lacrosse team, sources say Frisco is branding itself a premier city in North Texas to raise a young athlete.

Mayor Jeff Cheney declined to comment on the would-be deal, but said parks are an important part of Frisco's future.

"I've always said I want Frisco to have the best park system in the entire country," Cheney told the Dallas Business Journal.

The Brinkmann Ranch tract is owned by North Texas businessman Baxter Brinkmann.

As North Texas continues to add rooftops and residents to its ranks, parks have become an important part of communities' development strategies. In Dallas, city leaders are working to develop and program four parks within the central business district for residents.

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Good to see thoughtfully-planned townhomes in Dallas.

Sylvan|Thirty Developer Adding a Third Piece in West Dallas



Project Location

Local developer Oaxaca Interests LLC broke ground the second week of January on a 16-unit townhome development in West Dallas.

This latest project, located at 707 West Commerce Street, is only two blocks north of Oaxaca Interests’ flagship Sylvan|Thirty development.

Oaxaca Interests President Brent Jackson worked with the architects of Far+Dang on what he describes as a “foward-thinking approach to design.”

“Known for their incredible use of space and natural light, the duo’s progressive and contemporary design aesthetic falls perfectly in line with our vision for 707,” Jackson said in a prepared statement.

The landscape architecture firm Hocker Design Group was brought on to create the landscaping and hardscaping details. This includes a generous 15-foot wide sidewalk with streetscaping along West Commerce Street.

Unit sizes range from 1,380 to 1,510 square feet and will start at $324,000.

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Dream Hotel - new rendering includes wider facade along McKinney Ave. due to demolition of adjacent building.

Opening 2020.

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Previous rendering:

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I really hope Dallas gets the Amazon HQ2!