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[R1070]

Originally Posted by TTU Arch

New Uptown Dallas apartment highrise to start soon

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/01/new-uptown-dallas-apartment-highrise-to-start-soon.html/

"Construction is starting on yet another Uptown apartment highrise.

The 1900 Cedar Springs rental community is located at Cedar Springs Road and Harwood Street and will be constructed on top of an existing parking garage..."

"...The 1900 Cedar Springs building is the fourth Uptown highrise apartment project under construction."

Sounds like this will be a similar height to the Skyhouse building.

[eburress]

Originally Posted by R1070

Sounds like this will be a similar height to the Skyhouse building.

You think? It seems to me that this is going to be about 10 stories/120 ft shorter than Skyhouse, but maybe I'm miscounting something.

[TTU Arch]

Well there adding the 9 floors on top of the existing parking garage (about 4 or 5 floors). It won't be as 'tall' as Skyhouse, but it does sit on a higher elevation than Skyhouse...... Maybe that's what he meant.....

[R1070]

Originally Posted by eburress

You think? It seems to me that this is going to be about 10 stories/120 ft shorter than Skyhouse, but maybe I'm miscounting something.

Sorry I'm talking about the new Street Lights Tower not the one on the parking garage on Cedar Springs.

[eburress]

Yet another very exciting project is starting soon. Good stuff, Big D!



http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/02/03/lincoln-property-co-to-develop-luxeuptown.html


(the "specialty grocer" is in fact going to be a Trader Joe's)

[Owlhorn]

Originally Posted by eburress

Yet another very exciting project is starting soon. Good stuff, Big D!



http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2014/02/03/lincoln-property-co-to-develop-luxeuptown.html


(the "specialty grocer" is in fact going to be a Trader Joe's)

Weird that they describe this as being Uptown. This is actually in the Knox Henderson area, which is great and walkable in its own right. Good to see that it will add more residents and a grocer is definitely needed there .

[R1070]

I've noticed "Uptown" creeping into Oak Lawn as well. We can't let these neighborhoods lose their identity.

[Owlhorn]

I guess from the outside it seems like the same place, but I would think they would sell the difference in the neighborhoods(more foot traffic, more of a neighborhood feel with less, but some density, less car traffic, lots of restaurants and stores in the vicinity)

[TTU Arch]

I wouldn't sweat too much what a reporter states a neighborhood as being. People outside the central core city know uptown better than Knox....

[BrandonJXN]

Anyone care to make a rundown on what's going on in Dallas?

[Sic'EmBears]

Have fun!

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215....793671&spn=0.078361,0.169086&dg=feature

[skys the limit]

Almost $4 billion in real estate projects in the works near DART’s rail stations


The $1.5 billion CityLine development in Richardson is the largest transit oriented development in the works in North Texas.
(Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)

By Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, Jan. 28, 2014


Back in the 1990s when DART built the first leg of its North Texas rail system, developers were late to catch the train.

It took several years before commercial real estate investors and builders figured out what the transit system would mean for the Dallas area real estate market.

“At that time we didn’t have a good grasp on what transit oriented development was and what it meant,” DART president and executive director Gary Thomas said in an interview.

Real estate developers have certainly caught on since then.

The folks at DART and the University of North Texas just completed a study of the impact of the commuter rail system on the Dallas-area real estate market.

Since the first transit-oriented project – Mockingbird Station – was announced in 1997, the private sector has spent more than $1.5 billion on real estate developments adjoining DART’s rail stations.

The bulk of that – more than $1.1 billion in property value – has been for apartments and retail construction near the transit stops.

“If we look at what has been planned and under construction within these areas, that’s another $3.8 billion of development activity,” said Terry Clower, director of UNT’s Center for Economic Development and Research, who worked on the study for DART.

The biggest of those is developer KDC’s huge Richardson CityLine project which includes a regional campus for State Farm Insurance, shops, apartments and hotel rooms. The total value of just that one deal is about $1.5 billion.

“In terms of sheer percentages the State Farm project is the large one on the board right now,” Clower said.

DART’s real estate development study doesn’t even include huge public-sector projects located next door to the rail stations, including the Parkland Hospital ($1.3 billion itself) and the Dallas Police Headquarters in the Cedars district.

And DART doesn’t count projects downtown at all for its figures, only developments outside the central business district.

“There is a lot of that happening in and around the stations,” Thomas said. “As the economy continues to improve we are seeing this really take off.”

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/0...darts-rail-stations.html/?nclick_check=1

[JoninATX]

Orange Line extension to DFW Airport to open early

By Travis Hudson
January 24, 2014

Commuters and travelers to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport can expect an early Christmas present this year. The 4.7-mile Orange Line extension to DFW Airport is trending ahead of schedule and we’ll be able to open the line earlier than the planned December date.

The current goal is to open the new DFW Airport Station at Terminal A by the start of the State Fair of Texas® in late September.

There’s a lot of work to do, so we’re not ready to set an official opening date, but we’re committed to beating the December target.

http://dartdallas.dart.org/2014/01/24/orange-line-extension-to-dfw-airport-to-open-early/

[Dallas Snob]

This is an awesome map!

I think it's missing a few:

Skyhouse
Dream Hotel
1900 Cedar Springs
Shops at Park Lane
StreetLight's Uptown Tower

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

Have fun!

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=215....793671&spn=0.078361,0.169086&dg=feature

[dch526]

Originally Posted by Dallas Snob

This is an awesome map!

I think it's missing a few:

Skyhouse
Dream Hotel
1900 Cedar Springs
Shops at Park Lane
StreetLight's Uptown Tower

Keep clicking through the pages. I think those are on pages 3 & 4

[Dallas Snob]

Pages?! There are PAGES?!?!?!? LOL! I did not know. Sorry for that.

Originally Posted by dch526

Keep clicking through the pages. I think those are on pages 3 & 4

[skys the limit]

Key projects to re-shape Trinity River into multi-billion dollar asset
for Downtown Dallas gaining momentum:




"Four major Trinity River projects, including Sylvan and Continental bridges and Skyline Trail, to open June 15"
Dallas Morning News, Feb. 3, 2014:
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2014/...-skyline-trail-due-to-open-june-15.html/





"Design work on first lake in Trinity Lakes to start this month; excavation to begin early 2015"
Dallas Morning News, Feb. 8, 2014
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/2014/...rder-to-start-building-a-toll-road.html/

[R1070]

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/comme...ce-eyed-by-developers-for-new-hotel1.ece

This area needs blasted with hotels and apartments and it will come back to life. Looks like things are starting to pick up!

[JoninATX]

48 story tower proposed for Dallas

http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103364-48-Story-Residential-High-Rise

There is a rendering available if you click on the link.

[skys the limit]

^^^^^^^
Here is the rendering for the proposed 48 story residential tower for Downtown Dallas.

More details should be forthcoming .... but what an exciting addition to central Dallas!