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Here's a photo taken yesterday by frankchitown of construction progress on the Vantage building in Turtle Creek. (The low-rise building in the middle of the photo.)

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From late August...

WHATS NEW DOWNTOWN

Alice Murray
President
Central Dallas Association and Downtown Improvement District

Everywhere you turn, Downtown Dallas is making news with announcements like its first grocery store to open in July, the donation of a full city block of buildings by Atmos Energy, the planning of the Woodall Rodgers deck-over project, 7-Eleven’s move Downtown, the expanding Arts District and the surge of residents moving to the core of the city. There is no denying Downtown Dallas is energized. And everyone wants to know, “What’s new Downtown?”
Real Estate
Over $647 million in private dollars has been invested in the Central Business District TIF district since 1996.

2,610 housing units are complete or under construction and an additional 1,249 are announced.
2,174 hotel rooms exist and 4 million square feet of Class B and C office space has been renovated, with an additional 1.6 million square feet of obsolete buildings funded for future conversion.
“If you build it, they will come” is the mantra of Downtown Dallas residential developers due to the great urban dwelling renaissance of the past five years. Downtown’s newest residential projects include the Dallas Power & Light Building with 158 for-lease units and 20,000 square feet of retail space; The Metropolitan, 275 for-sale condominiums and 1,100 square feet of retail at 1200 Main Street; and the Interurban Building on Jackson Street with 134 for-lease units and downtown’s first grocery store, Urban Grocers. In addition, construction has begun on 1407 Main Street and the Gulf States Building. The first new residential construction development Downtown in 40 years, 1407 Main will not only add residential, but also 20,000 square feet of retail space and 350 parking spaces for shoppers and short-term visitors. Together with the Gulf States Building, this complete project will add 120 for lease units in 2006.

Gables Residential has announced plans to turn one of Republic Center’s towers into 225 high-end apartments. And downtown will soon see the redevelopment of Mosaic Towers (corner of Pacific and Akard) into 433 multifamily rental units and 20,000 square feet of retail.

A pivotal residential and retail development for Downtown Dallas is the historic Mercantile Complex. Sitting vacant for nearly 15 years, the Mercantile has been a million-square-foot hole in the heart of downtown. In April 2005, Forest City Enterprises revealed detailed plans for renovation of the Mercantile Complex, Continental Building and Atmos Energy block that include monumental residential and retail development for downtown. To date, Forest City is still in negotiation with the City of Dallas over development incentives; however, all parties are positive that the deal will move forward by year-end.

Additional projects include 1217 Main Street and 1530 Main Street. Developers are under way, transforming the currently unnoticeable building at 1217 Main into a restaurant/retail combination called Cascades, and integrating a public roof top garden. “deLuxe Hotel Group” has begun construction on Joule Urban Resort, designed by famed Italian designer Adam Tihany. This project at 1530 Main Street will transform the once vacant building into a 125-room boutique hotel with ground floor retail. Next door, the development group will also be opening an upscale, white table-cloth restaurant in early 2006.

Two major projects will change the face of Downtown are the Woodall Rodgers deck-over and the Trinity River Corridor. The new Woodall Rodgers Park will be built over the highway between Pearl and Harwood in the Arts District, bridging the gap between Uptown and Downtown Dallas. The Trinity River Project will add innovative bridges to connect downtown, south Dallas and west Dallas, an Interpretive/Equestrian center, park improvements, lakes and other water amenities. Construction on the first bridge is expected to begin by the end of this year.

Downtown Dallas’ office sector is buzzing with the announcement of the relocation of 7-Eleven’s headquarters as a part of the development of a new project in the Arts District — One Arts Plaza. The entire mixed-use development will be made up of 60 high-rise condominiums, 30,000 square feet of retail space and 425,000 square feet of office space, and is estimated to cost over $100 million. Overall last year, the Central Business District realized 2,182,288 square feet of lease transactions with 30 new companies moving to the CBD.

Downtown Shopping, Entertainment and Culture
Downtown Dallas is made up of four entertainment and cultural districts — the Historic West End, the Arts District, the Main Street District and Farmers Market. And neighboring Downtown is Uptown, Deep Ellum, Victory and the Cedars.

The Main Street District
The Main Street District has established itself as a dining and entertainment hot spot led by pioneers like Jeroboam Urban Brasserie and the restaurants of Stone Street Gardens. Other staples of the district include Iron Cactus, a 15,000-square-foot Mexican grill and margarita bar, City Tavern, a traditional American pub, and Blue, a lavish downtown nightclub with a 3,000-square-foot dance floor and 16 bar stations. Obar, a subterranean nightclub and lounge, is a place “to see and be seen.” New additions include Press Box Grill, a sports bar; Pandora, a combination sushi bar, robata grill and Japanese restaurant; and Fuse, a trendy TexAsian restaurant and bar. Those looking for more dining and nightlife should keep their eyes open for TEN, to open at Main and Field, and a Russian vodka bar to open across the street in the Davis Building.

To spur growth of retail on Main Street, a program was launched last year to provide incentives to entice retailers downtown, called the Main Street Retail Incentive Program. Funds are offered in the form of rent subsidies and grants for tenant improvements. The first two retailers to open under this program are Kul Designs, a 10,000-square-foot ultra-modern furniture lifestyle store in the Davis Building, and Swirll, a Downtown winery and wine accessories store. Additional retail coming soon includes Benji’s Collezioni, BettyAnn Smith Gallery and Footgear. And Dallas Fashion Incubator, a retail/workshop space that provides a business incubation program for up-and-coming fashion designers, is now open across Main Street from the District’s anchor, the flagship Neiman Marcus.

The Arts District
Downtown Dallas has the largest urban Arts District in the country at 17 blocks, featuring the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Meyerson Symphony Hall — and it’s growing! The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is a $275 million project and will consist of six structures, which include the 2,200-seat Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House and the 600-seat Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts will undergo a $40 million expansion, and a $7 million renovation of the historic Moorland YMCA building will be transformed into new studios and offices for acclaimed Dallas Black Dance Theatre.

The Farmers Market
Dallas Farmers Market is recognized regionally as a vital center where farmers sell their seasonal crops directly to customers. Located in the southeastern corner of the Central Business District, it provides a unique opportunity to shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, specialty and international products. The Farmers Market features a regular schedule of cooking classes and special events.

The Historic West End
The West End boasts 40 restaurants and nearly 80 retailers included in the West End Marketplace. As a part of the 1001 Ross development, the West End also is home to downtown’s first above ground pharmacy, CVS and 204 apartments.

Also included in the West End District is the Old Red Courthouse, a premier Dallas landmark, currently under way on a $37.8 million renovation that includes the new Museum of Dallas County History & Culture to open in 2006.

Special Events
Downtown Dallas is home to hundreds of events annually, providing lots of play for residents, visitors and employees. Parks and greenspace are in the works to provide additional event venues while also serving the downtown population on a daily basis. Some of downtown’s signature events include the Taste of Dallas in the West End, Out to Lunch concert series, Jazz Under the Stars at the Dallas Museum of Art and the Neiman Marcus/Adolphus Children’s Parade. New, and quickly growing events Downtown include the Main Street Live evening concert series, and City Arts, a celebration of arts and culture in the Arts District.

Downtown Parking
Launching in September 2005, CityPark will offer 3,000 parking spaces in existing Downtown garages for $1 per hour (the same price as parking meters!) from 6 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and a $2 flat rate after 5 p.m. and all day on weekends.

A Safe Downtown
On October 15, 2004, the Downtown Safety Patrol was launched. The 31-member team patrol is trained in security measures and pairs up with Dallas Police Department officers to offer a heightened sense of safety in the core of Downtown. Officers are on the streets seven days a week, from 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.

Downtown Management
The Central Dallas Association (CDA) is the principle advocate and champion for Downtown Dallas, and is the centralized policy-setting group for affecting change for Downtown. The CDA is comprised of CBD stakeholders, companies and residents who are focused on one goal — to create a vibrant downtown. The mission of the CDA is to serve as a clearinghouse — the central hub for all that relates to Downtown Dallas and its surrounding neighborhoods.

The CDA recently completed a major restructuring in preparation for the next resurgence of development, and to better serve the needs of a prospering Downtown. Boards and staff of various downtown-focused organizations were combined under the CDA umbrella, allowing “a more nimble and focused effort on redevelopment plans,” as described by CDA past Chairman David Biegler. The City, in an innovative partnership with the CDA, approved the new Downtown Connection TIF and Downtown Dallas Development Authority (DDDA), a limited Local Government Corporation, in June 2005. The new Downtown Dallas Development authority will work toward a “critical mass” of 10,000 residential units and 250,000 square feet of diverse and unique retail by 2010.

How will this be done? The Downtown Connection TIF was created to provide funding assistance on several large projects that could not be funded by the original City Center TIF like the Mercatile Complex, Lone Star Gas Building’s execution of the Downtown Parks Master Plan. The new TIF takes in properties not in the City Center TIF expanding southward to Young Street, west to Lamar, east to Central Expressway and north into portions of Uptown.

The Board of Directors for the Downtown Connection TIF overlaps the newly reorganized Executive Committee of the Central Dallas Association and Downtown Improvement District to align the interests of the public and private sectors. Potential revenues of the new TIF District are projected at $124 million, which allows funding assistance for several vacant Downtown buildings, the Woodall Rodgers deck-over park, a portion of the McKinney Avenue Trolley extension, improvements to the Cedar Springs median and the addition of green space in accordance with the CBD Parks Master plan
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From late August...

WHATS NEW DOWNTOWN

Alice Murray
President
Central Dallas Association and Downtown Improvement District

Everywhere you turn, Downtown Dallas is making news with announcements like its first grocery store to open in July, the donation of a full city block of buildings by Atmos Energy, the planning of the Woodall Rodgers deck-over project, 7-Eleven’s move Downtown, the expanding Arts District and the surge of residents moving to the core of the city. There is no denying Downtown Dallas is energized. And everyone wants to know, “What’s new Downtown?”
Real Estate
Over $647 million in private dollars has been invested in the Central Business District TIF district since 1996.

2,610 housing units are complete or under construction and an additional 1,249 are announced.
2,174 hotel rooms exist and 4 million square feet of Class B and C office space has been renovated, with an additional 1.6 million square feet of obsolete buildings funded for future conversion.
“If you build it, they will come” is the mantra of Downtown Dallas residential developers due to the great urban dwelling renaissance of the past five years. Downtown’s newest residential projects include the Dallas Power & Light Building with 158 for-lease units and 20,000 square feet of retail space; The Metropolitan, 275 for-sale condominiums and 1,100 square feet of retail at 1200 Main Street; and the Interurban Building on Jackson Street with 134 for-lease units and downtown’s first grocery store, Urban Grocers. In addition, construction has begun on 1407 Main Street and the Gulf States Building. The first new residential construction development Downtown in 40 years, 1407 Main will not only add residential, but also 20,000 square feet of retail space and 350 parking spaces for shoppers and short-term visitors. Together with the Gulf States Building, this complete project will add 120 for lease units in 2006.

Gables Residential has announced plans to turn one of Republic Center’s towers into 225 high-end apartments. And downtown will soon see the redevelopment of Mosaic Towers (corner of Pacific and Akard) into 433 multifamily rental units and 20,000 square feet of retail.

A pivotal residential and retail development for Downtown Dallas is the historic Mercantile Complex. Sitting vacant for nearly 15 years, the Mercantile has been a million-square-foot hole in the heart of downtown. In April 2005, Forest City Enterprises revealed detailed plans for renovation of the Mercantile Complex, Continental Building and Atmos Energy block that include monumental residential and retail development for downtown. To date, Forest City is still in negotiation with the City of Dallas over development incentives; however, all parties are positive that the deal will move forward by year-end.

Additional projects include 1217 Main Street and 1530 Main Street. Developers are under way, transforming the currently unnoticeable building at 1217 Main into a restaurant/retail combination called Cascades, and integrating a public roof top garden. “deLuxe Hotel Group” has begun construction on Joule Urban Resort, designed by famed Italian designer Adam Tihany. This project at 1530 Main Street will transform the once vacant building into a 125-room boutique hotel with ground floor retail. Next door, the development group will also be opening an upscale, white table-cloth restaurant in early 2006.

Two major projects will change the face of Downtown are the Woodall Rodgers deck-over and the Trinity River Corridor. The new Woodall Rodgers Park will be built over the highway between Pearl and Harwood in the Arts District, bridging the gap between Uptown and Downtown Dallas. The Trinity River Project will add innovative bridges to connect downtown, south Dallas and west Dallas, an Interpretive/Equestrian center, park improvements, lakes and other water amenities. Construction on the first bridge is expected to begin by the end of this year.

Downtown Dallas’ office sector is buzzing with the announcement of the relocation of 7-Eleven’s headquarters as a part of the development of a new project in the Arts District — One Arts Plaza. The entire mixed-use development will be made up of 60 high-rise condominiums, 30,000 square feet of retail space and 425,000 square feet of office space, and is estimated to cost over $100 million. Overall last year, the Central Business District realized 2,182,288 square feet of lease transactions with 30 new companies moving to the CBD.

Downtown Shopping, Entertainment and Culture
Downtown Dallas is made up of four entertainment and cultural districts — the Historic West End, the Arts District, the Main Street District and Farmers Market. And neighboring Downtown is Uptown, Deep Ellum, Victory and the Cedars.

The Main Street District
The Main Street District has established itself as a dining and entertainment hot spot led by pioneers like Jeroboam Urban Brasserie and the restaurants of Stone Street Gardens. Other staples of the district include Iron Cactus, a 15,000-square-foot Mexican grill and margarita bar, City Tavern, a traditional American pub, and Blue, a lavish downtown nightclub with a 3,000-square-foot dance floor and 16 bar stations. Obar, a subterranean nightclub and lounge, is a place “to see and be seen.” New additions include Press Box Grill, a sports bar; Pandora, a combination sushi bar, robata grill and Japanese restaurant; and Fuse, a trendy TexAsian restaurant and bar. Those looking for more dining and nightlife should keep their eyes open for TEN, to open at Main and Field, and a Russian vodka bar to open across the street in the Davis Building.

To spur growth of retail on Main Street, a program was launched last year to provide incentives to entice retailers downtown, called the Main Street Retail Incentive Program. Funds are offered in the form of rent subsidies and grants for tenant improvements. The first two retailers to open under this program are Kul Designs, a 10,000-square-foot ultra-modern furniture lifestyle store in the Davis Building, and Swirll, a Downtown winery and wine accessories store. Additional retail coming soon includes Benji’s Collezioni, BettyAnn Smith Gallery and Footgear. And Dallas Fashion Incubator, a retail/workshop space that provides a business incubation program for up-and-coming fashion designers, is now open across Main Street from the District’s anchor, the flagship Neiman Marcus.

The Arts District
Downtown Dallas has the largest urban Arts District in the country at 17 blocks, featuring the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Crow Collection of Asian Art and the Meyerson Symphony Hall — and it’s growing! The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is a $275 million project and will consist of six structures, which include the 2,200-seat Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House and the 600-seat Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts will undergo a $40 million expansion, and a $7 million renovation of the historic Moorland YMCA building will be transformed into new studios and offices for acclaimed Dallas Black Dance Theatre.

The Farmers Market
Dallas Farmers Market is recognized regionally as a vital center where farmers sell their seasonal crops directly to customers. Located in the southeastern corner of the Central Business District, it provides a unique opportunity to shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, specialty and international products. The Farmers Market features a regular schedule of cooking classes and special events.

The Historic West End
The West End boasts 40 restaurants and nearly 80 retailers included in the West End Marketplace. As a part of the 1001 Ross development, the West End also is home to downtown’s first above ground pharmacy, CVS and 204 apartments.

Also included in the West End District is the Old Red Courthouse, a premier Dallas landmark, currently under way on a $37.8 million renovation that includes the new Museum of Dallas County History & Culture to open in 2006.

Special Events
Downtown Dallas is home to hundreds of events annually, providing lots of play for residents, visitors and employees. Parks and greenspace are in the works to provide additional event venues while also serving the downtown population on a daily basis. Some of downtown’s signature events include the Taste of Dallas in the West End, Out to Lunch concert series, Jazz Under the Stars at the Dallas Museum of Art and the Neiman Marcus/Adolphus Children’s Parade. New, and quickly growing events Downtown include the Main Street Live evening concert series, and City Arts, a celebration of arts and culture in the Arts District.

Downtown Parking
Launching in September 2005, CityPark will offer 3,000 parking spaces in existing Downtown garages for $1 per hour (the same price as parking meters!) from 6 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and a $2 flat rate after 5 p.m. and all day on weekends.

A Safe Downtown
On October 15, 2004, the Downtown Safety Patrol was launched. The 31-member team patrol is trained in security measures and pairs up with Dallas Police Department officers to offer a heightened sense of safety in the core of Downtown. Officers are on the streets seven days a week, from 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.

Downtown Management
The Central Dallas Association (CDA) is the principle advocate and champion for Downtown Dallas, and is the centralized policy-setting group for affecting change for Downtown. The CDA is comprised of CBD stakeholders, companies and residents who are focused on one goal — to create a vibrant downtown. The mission of the CDA is to serve as a clearinghouse — the central hub for all that relates to Downtown Dallas and its surrounding neighborhoods.

The CDA recently completed a major restructuring in preparation for the next resurgence of development, and to better serve the needs of a prospering Downtown. Boards and staff of various downtown-focused organizations were combined under the CDA umbrella, allowing “a more nimble and focused effort on redevelopment plans,” as described by CDA past Chairman David Biegler. The City, in an innovative partnership with the CDA, approved the new Downtown Connection TIF and Downtown Dallas Development Authority (DDDA), a limited Local Government Corporation, in June 2005. The new Downtown Dallas Development authority will work toward a “critical mass” of 10,000 residential units and 250,000 square feet of diverse and unique retail by 2010.

How will this be done? The Downtown Connection TIF was created to provide funding assistance on several large projects that could not be funded by the original City Center TIF like the Mercatile Complex, Lone Star Gas Building’s execution of the Downtown Parks Master Plan. The new TIF takes in properties not in the City Center TIF expanding southward to Young Street, west to Lamar, east to Central Expressway and north into portions of Uptown.

The Board of Directors for the Downtown Connection TIF overlaps the newly reorganized Executive Committee of the Central Dallas Association and Downtown Improvement District to align the interests of the public and private sectors. Potential revenues of the new TIF District are projected at $124 million, which allows funding assistance for several vacant Downtown buildings, the Woodall Rodgers deck-over park, a portion of the McKinney Avenue Trolley extension, improvements to the Cedar Springs median and the addition of green space in accordance with the CBD Parks Master plan
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Trinity Crossing Entertainment Complex
(vision. . .)

http://www.dallascityhall.org/dallas...tycrossing.pdf




More updated Hunt Headquarters Tower renderings:
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One Arts Plaza crane:
(u/c mid-rise. . .)

Image» http://pages.sbcglobal.net/samclark/...laza_Crane.jpg




City Lights project info:
(mixed use. . .)

Quote:
October 17- October 30, 2005
This newsletter is brought to you by Central Dallas Association and Downtown Improvement District

http://www.downtowndallas.com/current.htm#ntcar

".....The audience of real estate professionals was also updated on the Trinity River Project, whose first Calatrava bridge will break ground by the end of this year, and the Woodall Rodgers Park, a 5.3 acre park to be developed over Woodall Rodgers Freeway to link Uptown and Downtown Dallas. Mr. Silverman discussed the City Lights project slated at Live Oak and Good Latimer, and the revised plan for 750 residential units and 150,000 square feet of retail...."
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Trinity Crossing Entertainment Complex
(vision. . .)

http://www.dallascityhall.org/dallas...tycrossing.pdf




More updated Hunt Headquarters Tower renderings:
(proposed mid-rise. . .)










One Arts Plaza crane:
(u/c mid-rise. . .)

Image» http://pages.sbcglobal.net/samclark/...laza_Crane.jpg




City Lights project info:
(mixed use. . .)

Quote:
October 17- October 30, 2005
This newsletter is brought to you by Central Dallas Association and Downtown Improvement District

http://www.downtowndallas.com/current.htm#ntcar

".....The audience of real estate professionals was also updated on the Trinity River Project, whose first Calatrava bridge will break ground by the end of this year, and the Woodall Rodgers Park, a 5.3 acre park to be developed over Woodall Rodgers Freeway to link Uptown and Downtown Dallas. Mr. Silverman discussed the City Lights project slated at Live Oak and Good Latimer, and the revised plan for 750 residential units and 150,000 square feet of retail...."
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Another blip about the Merc in this article of downtown

http://www.globest.com/news/390_390/.../139114-1.html

Panel Updates Dallas' Transition, Keys In on Future
By Connie Gore
Last updated: October 12, 2005 08:20am

(For more retail coverage, click GlobeSt.com/RETAIL.)


DALLAS-With yet another prestigious groundbreaking just a month away, a panel of key figures in the city's revitalization yesterday brought the brokerage community up to speed on the progress of an eight-year effort that's had $750 million invested to date into the renaissance.


The next landmark step will be the start of construction on an underground parking facility for the $275-million Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. One year from now, the first buildings in the five-venue cultural portal will begin to rise. "It will complete the cultural component for the Arts District," Howard Hallam, president of the Ben E. Keith Co. and the district's coordinator, told the roomful of brokers attending yesterday's meeting of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors at the Hotel Inter-Continental in North Dallas. The meeting is dovetailed with a Downtown and Uptown tour set for Friday afternoon.


The Nov. 10 groundbreaking for the performing arts center, which is 93% financed by private donations, is just one of several recent events that have public and private partners celebrating continued progress in a long-standing campaign to achieve a cosmopolitan ranking. Last week, the city inked a development agreement with Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises Inc. for a $250-million, mixed-use CBD project, with the Mercantile Building as the centerpiece, and next week the vacant buildings will be turned over for recasting into residential and retail space, said Alice Murray, interim president of the Central Dallas Association. Another notable project--the first of three Calatrava bridges--will begin to go up in October 2006.


But if there's one component that stands out as the linchpin, the panelists agreed it's the proposed Woodall Rodgers Park, an over-the-freeway connector to link Downtown and Uptown. "The deck has the potential to be like Millennium Park in Chicago," said Neal Sleeper, president of Cityplace Development. "It has the potential to create that center and make Downtown and Uptown feel like one." The 5.3-acre park could cost $60 million to build, but it will open the door for 6.1 million sf of development.


"There are still significant tracts of land that are developable," Hallam said about the Arts District. The one-time predicted commercial development never materialized, but "there's been more cultural development that we thought there would be," he says.


With the number of cranes dotting the skyline and more on the way, the NTCAR meeting and tour are aimed at putting all the construction activity into perspective. In the next five years, it's projected that another 10,000 residential units and 250,000 sf of retail space will be built inside the loop. At last count, there were 2,400 units on the ground, 870 more rising and another 1,500 ticketed to go up next year.


Still, the city's "Holy Grail" is securing diverse and unusual retailers to provide continuous storefronts along its streets, much like the 175,000 sf in West Village where upscale national and local retailers draw shoppers from around the metroplex. "Dallas didn't have that before. We had buildings, but not continuous storefronts," Sleeper says. "It seems like it just happened, but people have been working on it for a very long time." His five-year plan for the 140-acre Cityplace will add another 200,000 sf of retail and 400,000 sf of residential, hotel and office space to the existing 1,883 residential units and several million sf of office space.


Margaux Development's CEO Don Silverman says his City Lights project at Live Oak and Latimer streets has been revised to 750 residential units and 150,000 sf of retail, allowing a pod-type development right at a freeway off-ramp. Residential developers and retailers like Starbucks and Subway, including several casual dining chains, are interested in taking down space in the nine-acre infill project, he said. "We're just trying to figure out how to get under construction as quickly as possible," he said. And as that plays out, he says he's got his eye on a couple more infill tracts.


Panel moderator Carl Ewert, executive vice president for Dallas-based Staubach Co., emphasized that it's the sum of all parts--Victory, South Side, the Arts District and Baylor Medical Center projects--that "are redefining Downtown to make it economically viable." And, he said, the Woodall Rodgers Park is the key.


Corporations and residents alike are looking at in-town spaces in a different light; several of Ewert's clients who left the Downtown are now eyeing a return. "For the first time in years, we are being questioned by our clients about 'hey, what's going on in Downtown. What is so great in the metroplex is that you now have a choice," Ewert stressed, "and choices work."
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Current info via article:

Quote:
Another blip about the Merc in this article of downtown

http://www.globest.com/news/390_390/.../139114-1.html

Panel Updates Dallas' Transition, Keys In on Future
By Connie Gore
Last updated: October 12, 2005 08:20am

(For more retail coverage, click GlobeSt.com/RETAIL.)


DALLAS-With yet another prestigious groundbreaking just a month away, a panel of key figures in the city's revitalization yesterday brought the brokerage community up to speed on the progress of an eight-year effort that's had $750 million invested to date into the renaissance.


The next landmark step will be the start of construction on an underground parking facility for the $275-million Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. One year from now, the first buildings in the five-venue cultural portal will begin to rise. "It will complete the cultural component for the Arts District," Howard Hallam, president of the Ben E. Keith Co. and the district's coordinator, told the roomful of brokers attending yesterday's meeting of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors at the Hotel Inter-Continental in North Dallas. The meeting is dovetailed with a Downtown and Uptown tour set for Friday afternoon.


The Nov. 10 groundbreaking for the performing arts center, which is 93% financed by private donations, is just one of several recent events that have public and private partners celebrating continued progress in a long-standing campaign to achieve a cosmopolitan ranking. Last week, the city inked a development agreement with Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises Inc. for a $250-million, mixed-use CBD project, with the Mercantile Building as the centerpiece, and next week the vacant buildings will be turned over for recasting into residential and retail space, said Alice Murray, interim president of the Central Dallas Association. Another notable project--the first of three Calatrava bridges--will begin to go up in October 2006.


But if there's one component that stands out as the linchpin, the panelists agreed it's the proposed Woodall Rodgers Park, an over-the-freeway connector to link Downtown and Uptown. "The deck has the potential to be like Millennium Park in Chicago," said Neal Sleeper, president of Cityplace Development. "It has the potential to create that center and make Downtown and Uptown feel like one." The 5.3-acre park could cost $60 million to build, but it will open the door for 6.1 million sf of development.


"There are still significant tracts of land that are developable," Hallam said about the Arts District. The one-time predicted commercial development never materialized, but "there's been more cultural development that we thought there would be," he says.


With the number of cranes dotting the skyline and more on the way, the NTCAR meeting and tour are aimed at putting all the construction activity into perspective. In the next five years, it's projected that another 10,000 residential units and 250,000 sf of retail space will be built inside the loop. At last count, there were 2,400 units on the ground, 870 more rising and another 1,500 ticketed to go up next year.


Still, the city's "Holy Grail" is securing diverse and unusual retailers to provide continuous storefronts along its streets, much like the 175,000 sf in West Village where upscale national and local retailers draw shoppers from around the metroplex. "Dallas didn't have that before. We had buildings, but not continuous storefronts," Sleeper says. "It seems like it just happened, but people have been working on it for a very long time." His five-year plan for the 140-acre Cityplace will add another 200,000 sf of retail and 400,000 sf of residential, hotel and office space to the existing 1,883 residential units and several million sf of office space.


Margaux Development's CEO Don Silverman says his City Lights project at Live Oak and Latimer streets has been revised to 750 residential units and 150,000 sf of retail, allowing a pod-type development right at a freeway off-ramp. Residential developers and retailers like Starbucks and Subway, including several casual dining chains, are interested in taking down space in the nine-acre infill project, he said. "We're just trying to figure out how to get under construction as quickly as possible," he said. And as that plays out, he says he's got his eye on a couple more infill tracts.


Panel moderator Carl Ewert, executive vice president for Dallas-based Staubach Co., emphasized that it's the sum of all parts--Victory, South Side, the Arts District and Baylor Medical Center projects--that "are redefining Downtown to make it economically viable." And, he said, the Woodall Rodgers Park is the key.


Corporations and residents alike are looking at in-town spaces in a different light; several of Ewert's clients who left the Downtown are now eyeing a return. "For the first time in years, we are being questioned by our clients about 'hey, what's going on in Downtown. What is so great in the metroplex is that you now have a choice," Ewert stressed, "and choices work."
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12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 19, 2005
By SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning News

The effort to attract conventiongoers to Dallas is gaining some momentum, with future bookings exceeding last year's results by more than 10 percent.

But the lack of an attached convention center hotel continues to limit the city, Phillip Jones, chief executive of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, said Tuesday.

"We're the last of the top 20 convention destinations in the country without one," he said, adding that more than 70 planners for major meeting groups continue to tell him they won't consider Dallas until it has an attached facility.

Negotiations with Dallas-based Woodbine Development Corp. to build a Marriott hotel have been under way, and a proposal was expected to come before the City Council this fall. But recent talks between the city and developers for the proposed adjacent Trinity Crossing entertainment district have taken priority.

Mr. Jones said he is still hopeful the city will consider the hotel project by the end of the year.

"Every day that we wait is a lost opportunity," he said, adding that Dallas recently lost four major conventions to Houston, which funded an attached hotel nearly two years ago.

The bureau's marketing budget is also a challenge. Dallas spent $1.7 million last year, or 16.8 percent of its budget promoting the city – significantly less than San Antonio, which spent $10.8 million. Las Vegas, the industry's convention heavyweight, spent $114 million.

Mr. Jones said he plans to ask the city for additional marketing funds to promote the city. The Dallas visitors bureau is contracted by the city to do visitor marketing and attract meetings business.

The year's booking results show the city can be competitive with existing infrastructure, he said, but "we can't be in the top tier if we don't make the necessary investments."
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12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 19, 2005
By SUZANNE MARTA / The Dallas Morning News

The effort to attract conventiongoers to Dallas is gaining some momentum, with future bookings exceeding last year's results by more than 10 percent.

But the lack of an attached convention center hotel continues to limit the city, Phillip Jones, chief executive of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau, said Tuesday.

"We're the last of the top 20 convention destinations in the country without one," he said, adding that more than 70 planners for major meeting groups continue to tell him they won't consider Dallas until it has an attached facility.

Negotiations with Dallas-based Woodbine Development Corp. to build a Marriott hotel have been under way, and a proposal was expected to come before the City Council this fall. But recent talks between the city and developers for the proposed adjacent Trinity Crossing entertainment district have taken priority.

Mr. Jones said he is still hopeful the city will consider the hotel project by the end of the year.

"Every day that we wait is a lost opportunity," he said, adding that Dallas recently lost four major conventions to Houston, which funded an attached hotel nearly two years ago.

The bureau's marketing budget is also a challenge. Dallas spent $1.7 million last year, or 16.8 percent of its budget promoting the city – significantly less than San Antonio, which spent $10.8 million. Las Vegas, the industry's convention heavyweight, spent $114 million.

Mr. Jones said he plans to ask the city for additional marketing funds to promote the city. The Dallas visitors bureau is contracted by the city to do visitor marketing and attract meetings business.

The year's booking results show the city can be competitive with existing infrastructure, he said, but "we can't be in the top tier if we don't make the necessary investments."
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W Hotel towers going up (photo by TexasStar on 18 Oct 05) :



Same, photos by psukhu on 15 Oct 05:








Old Red Courthouse commenced the building of the center clock tower.
Drawing:






Cityplace West - West Village area construction (photos by psukhu on 15 Oct 05) :








The Azure tower crane (photo by psukhu on 15 Oct 05) :

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W Hotel towers going up (photo by TexasStar on 18 Oct 05) :



Same, photos by psukhu on 15 Oct 05:








Old Red Courthouse commenced the building of the center clock tower.
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Cityplace West - West Village area construction (photos by psukhu on 15 Oct 05) :








The Azure tower crane (photo by psukhu on 15 Oct 05) :

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1. Updated the list on the first page.




2. Two buildings appear to have names now:

Working title of 'Sunshine Senior Living" is now The Sterling at Turtle Creek.
http://www.thesterlingturtlecreek.com

Working title of '1407 Main' is now Third Rail Lofts.
http://www.thirdraillofts.com (*no active index page at this time.)




3. Added the renovation of the base area of San Jacinto Tower which has officially been renamed in mid-'05 to 2100 Ross Ave.




4. Gables at Cityplace West (Hank Haney site) is looking at 19 stories vice 20. Looking for a height variance of 25' to top out at 265' vice standard 240'. Another portion of the Hank Haney site will be mixed-use and 12 stories. Not to be incl. on the list is also yet another building on the site that will be 7 stories.




5. Other:
http://www.2artsplaza.com & http://www.twoartsplaza.com
http://www.3artsplaza.com & http://www.threeartsplaza.com
http://www.4artsplaza.com & http://www.fourartsplaza.com
^ All reserved by Billingsley Co. No active index page at this time.
This refers to the planned 30 st., 26 st., and 20 st. additions to the district and the u/c One Arts Plaza/7-Eleven Hdqtrs. bldg.
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1. Updated the list on the first page.




2. Two buildings appear to have names now:

Working title of 'Sunshine Senior Living" is now The Sterling at Turtle Creek.
http://www.thesterlingturtlecreek.com

Working title of '1407 Main' is now Third Rail Lofts.
http://www.thirdraillofts.com (*no active index page at this time.)




3. Added the renovation of the base area of San Jacinto Tower which has officially been renamed in mid-'05 to 2100 Ross Ave.




4. Gables at Cityplace West (Hank Haney site) is looking at 19 stories vice 20. Looking for a height variance of 25' to top out at 265' vice standard 240'. Another portion of the Hank Haney site will be mixed-use and 12 stories. Not to be incl. on the list is also yet another building on the site that will be 7 stories.




5. Other:
http://www.2artsplaza.com & http://www.twoartsplaza.com
http://www.3artsplaza.com & http://www.threeartsplaza.com
http://www.4artsplaza.com & http://www.fourartsplaza.com
^ All reserved by Billingsley Co. No active index page at this time.
This refers to the planned 30 st., 26 st., and 20 st. additions to the district and the u/c One Arts Plaza/7-Eleven Hdqtrs. bldg.
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I was in Dallas last Thursday and got some construction shots from our conference room on the 46th floor of the Republic Center. There are more general downtown shots in the Texas Subforum here.

The Ritz Carlton?



The Church Building on St. Paul St.



I couldn't get shots of the W Hotel or any of Victory because the view was blocked by other scrapers, but I'll be able to get decent shots of the towers pictured or in that general first view. I come out to Dallas for work about every other month, so when I get a chance, I'll post updated pics from this viewpoint.
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I was in Dallas last Thursday and got some construction shots from our conference room on the 46th floor of the Republic Center. There are more general downtown shots in the Texas Subforum here.

The Ritz Carlton?



The Church Building on St. Paul St.



I couldn't get shots of the W Hotel or any of Victory because the view was blocked by other scrapers, but I'll be able to get decent shots of the towers pictured or in that general first view. I come out to Dallas for work about every other month, so when I get a chance, I'll post updated pics from this viewpoint.
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Cool photos.

Hey cole, if you want an easy spot (without monetary deduction from the backpocket) to glimpse Victory Park and adjacent construction sites in addition to the views you captured above - walk over to the JPMChase building and head up to the skylobby. It's free and has an express elevator to the skylobby/watergardens floor. (That's the building with the keyhole near the top. . .)
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Cool photos.

Hey cole, if you want an easy spot (without monetary deduction from the backpocket) to glimpse Victory Park and adjacent construction sites in addition to the views you captured above - walk over to the JPMChase building and head up to the skylobby. It's free and has an express elevator to the skylobby/watergardens floor. (That's the building with the keyhole near the top. . .)
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Thanks for the tip! I'll try to do that next time I'm out there.
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