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dch526 · #**3421** Posted **Jan 9, 2015, 8:05 PM**

Legacy West plans are detailed with zoning approvals

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The first 35.4-acre phase of the $2 billion project will start next month, developer Fehmi Karahan confirms.

Included in the first phase will be 784 luxury apartments, 280,000 square feet of retail and 260,000 square feet of office space.

There’s also a 300-room, $82 million Renaissance Hotel that will be built on Legacy Drive just west of the tollway.

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Legacy West’s developers are also working on plans for a high-rise condominium building that would be constructed at the north end of their mixed-use project.

Gram3000 · #**3422** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 11:28 AM**

Seems like Dallas really loves going for that over the top ultra corporate look/ feel...Such an unreasonably uptight city sometimes.

Thymant · #**3423** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 4:18 PM**

Well for starters this is not in Dallas and for this being a suburban development I feel that they are really trying to aim for a more urban style development with the inclusion of retail and elimination of the surface parking lots that are usually prominent in these types of developments, plus there's the additional condo tower which will bring some permanent residents to the development so I don't agree with the 'over the top corporate feel' and if so what should they have done differently?

R1070 · #**3424** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 4:52 PM**

I think it will have a nice modern feel to it. A lot of the new mixed use developments in Plano, Frisco and Richardson look very clean and modern.

Dale · #**3425** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 5:37 PM**

Unbelievable the bad rap Dallas still gets from some quarters. It's not stuffy and uptight. And it did not kill JFK.

Gram3000 · #**3426** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 5:57 PM**

I don't just mean Plano or Las Colinas, I mean alot of office projects some apts included ( I've been a resident for 7 yrs) so I'm not making assumptions or going off reps. Just feel like in some ways alot of the new stuff going up is uninspired but that's not just a Dallas thing sheesh LA is getting stuff like that too & FWIW. NYC too. But for Dallas' case it just feels overly corporate/ sterile in many new areas/ developments just my opinion!

futuresooner · #**3427** Posted **Jan 10, 2015, 9:40 PM**

Well, that is Plano, Frisco, McKinney, and other northern suburbs for you. Sprawl, office parks, and utopian-type subdivisions, but I can't hate of some of the new/newer developments that at least attempt some form of urbanity.

Thymant · #**3428** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 12:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by futuresooner

Well, that is Plano, Frisco, McKinney, and other northern suburbs for you. Sprawl, office parks, and utopian-type subdivisions, but I can't hate of some of the new/newer developments that at least attempt some form of urbanity.

I agree 100%, I just can't see where the disappointment for this development is coming from, they are making a decent attempt at a vibrant urban development. In the suburbs at that. If anything this development is a good sign of developers stepping away from the typical dry suburban style office parks. What some people fail to understand is there really is no such thing as perfect, something can always be changed to make something better.

dollaztx · #**3429** Posted **Jan 11, 2015, 1:23 AM**

Count me in as a a former Plano, Mckinney, Frisco hater. With their latest developments however, they are making a smooth and quick transition from suburb to urban cities. They seem to have adopted the suburban lifestyle temporarily only. That is the mistake that many suburbs make (including some older ones in DFW), they appease to suburbanite residents instead of increasing their tax base and continue to grow. The northern Dallas suburbs seem to not give a ****. They want to be 2nd to nobody and are earning my respect.

dch526 · #**3430** Posted **Jan 12, 2015, 9:25 PM**

Your first look at new facility the Dallas Holocaust Museum hopes to build in West End

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The Dallas Holocaust Museum is hoping to build a new permanent home in the West End that will allow it to expand its exhibits — and its mission.

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A new home has already been picked out and purchased — a parcel of land bound by Ross Avenue, Houston Street, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit light-rail tracks and Record Street, across from its current 6,000-square-foot home. That land was bought last year, says Higgins.

R1070 · #**3431** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 12:57 AM**

I love this building and the location.

Dariusb · #**3432** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 2:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by manuelpr

Count me in as a a former Plano, Mckinney, Frisco hater. With their latest developments however, they are making a smooth and quick transition from suburb to urban cities. They seem to have adopted the suburban lifestyle temporarily only. That is the mistake that many suburbs make (including some older ones in DFW), they appease to suburbanite residents instead of increasing their tax base and continue to grow. The northern Dallas suburbs seem to not give a ****. They want to be 2nd to nobody and are earning my respect.

Would you say the northern suburbs are going through a major transformation or not just yet?

Dale · #**3433** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 3:08 AM**

Saw where a redesign of a prominent downtown highrise is going to be announced tomorrow.

R1070 · #**3434** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 3:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

Saw where a redesign of a prominent downtown highrise is going to be announced tomorrow.

The rumor has been that it will be mixed use and include a Westin hotel. After the Westin left the Plaza of the America's location they haven't had a presence downtown, so that may be true. We shall see tomorrow.

Dale · #**3435** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 3:56 AM**

Can't wait! Is the Statler a go ?

DFW · #**3436** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 4:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

Saw where a redesign of a prominent downtown highrise is going to be announced tomorrow.

One Main Place
http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/0...er-makeover-details-coming-tomorrow.html

Dale · #**3437** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 4:25 AM**

Thanks!

futuresooner · #**3438** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 4:28 AM**

It'll be nice to see what recladding OMP gets because it's one of the biggest snoozes in the skyline. Thankfully it's not highly visible from most angles except from the the south or southeast.

llamaorama · #**3439** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 4:35 AM**

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Dallas named as 1 of 5 key emerging U.S. high technology hubs

Emerging? Yeah, maybe in 1978.

Dallas was one of the birthplaces of, lets see, the integrated circuit itself, mass market calculators and early PC's, the first really good 3D first person shooter video game, multiple large tech companies in the late 1990s, etc.

dch526 · #**3440** Posted **Jan 13, 2015, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by DFW

One Main Place
http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/0...er-makeover-details-coming-tomorrow.html

The official announcement: Starwood Hotels signs on to new One Main Place redevelopment with Westin hotel

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Construction has already begun on the new Westin Dallas Downtown, which is scheduled to open by December 2015.

Upon completion, the skyscraper will feature 323 luxurious guest rooms and extensive meeting facilities

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The group plans to put a dedicated hotel entrance on Elm Street with a second-floor hotel lobby in the former banking hall of the building. The hotel will include a full-service restaurant, a contemporary bar and more than 27,000 square feet of meeting space including a ballroom.

The hotel also includes 21 suites, an executive lounge, two boardrooms, a fitness studio and indoor pool overlooking Main Street.

One Main Place will also includes 50,000 square feet of retail space, 600,000 square feet of Class A office space and underground parking.