DALLAS FORT WORTH | Urban + Suburban P & C

[R1070]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

The former Dream Hotel lot at McKinney and Bowen has been presented with another hotel application.

Via Dallas City Plan Commission, pg. 3-1:





It is also noted the outdoor pool will be located on the hotel's top floor.

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Is this still going to include the lot that currently has the brick building next door? Also, with the room increase, will it be more floors?

[R1070]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

I'll put this here since the General Development threads garner less attention.

Via Parks for Downtown Dallas:





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This will be such a great public space. I'm excited for this one!

[Sic'EmBears]

Originally Posted by R1070

Is this still going to include the lot that currently has the brick building next door? Also, with the room increase, will it be more floors?

Yes.

The proposal includes the 3219 McKinney Ave. office building.

[R1070]

Nice. This hotel plus the other proposed for Hall and Oak Grove will be nice for that area. I'd like to see the NE side of Hall/McKinney redevelop. That is already a pretty hot corner.

[Urbannizer]

Proposed Case for: 2017-ASW-221-OE

Structure Name: AMLI Fountain Place - Corner 1

Structure Height: 562

Work Schedule: 03/01/2017 to 12/31/2019

Architect: Page

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-botero-aia-5b83667/

- Project Architect for AMLI Fountain Place, 45-story tower, 367 residential units, 600,000 SF

[Sic'EmBears]

Nice find.

Hopefully the aesthetics and, more importantly, urban design will be well-thought-out.

[R1070]

I was thinking the Amli tower would be around 45 stories with the overall height of the project that was proposed.

[futuresooner]

Originally Posted by Urbannizer

Proposed Case for: 2017-ASW-221-OE



Architect: Page

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergio-botero-aia-5b83667/

I hope they spend extra $$$ and get excellent architecture because it'll be adjacent to the most famous skyscraper in Dallas and one of the most iconic in the world.

The huge downside, it'll block it's critical western elevation below the pyramid top.

[Sic'EmBears]

AT&T will spend $100 million rebuilding its downtown Dallas campus

AT&T also will add 500 workers to its 5,800 employees in its buildings on the south side of downtown.

AT&T unveiled preliminary downtown design plans this week for the first time.

The biggest changes are on the way at street level, where AT&T intends to expand landscaped plaza areas, and add eateries and shops.

The company also wants to close almost three blocks of Akard and Jackson streets to vehicles as part of the new pedestrian plan.

"We plan to have the whole project completed sometime in 2019," Peterson said.

A new drop-off lane and canopy is planned along Commerce Street.


The plaza in front of AT&T's headquarters will get new fountains, lighting and art.

[Dale]

Step by step, downtown humanizing.

[houston19514]

Population estimates are in.

Via Buffalo Business First:

"Business First has developed a computer formula that uses 15 years of demographic data to estimate the population of any community at any given moment. It focuses primarily on the 108 markets with more than 500,000 residents, which are defined as major metros."


The odometer for Dallas-Fort Worth is projected to show a population of 7.3 million in mid-January, as noted above, followed by 7.4 million on Oct. 21.

Texas Metropolitan Population Figures:
(as of 1/1/17)
Dallas / Fort Worth / Arlington -- 7,295,110
Houston / The Woodlands / Sugarland -- 6,871,608
San Antonio / New Braunfels -- 2,454,061
Austin / Round Rock -- 2,087,345

Projected Texas Metropolitan Population Figures:
(as of 1/1/18)
Dallas / Fort Worth / Arlington -- 7,425,602
Houston / The Woodlands / Sugarland -- 7,017,872
San Antonio / New Braunfels -- 2,501,637
Austin / Round Rock -- 2,146,793

[Thymant]

It's really nice to see the investments that AT&T is making downtown, if all goes well this is sure to spur more development in this area of downtown!

[Roman_Patrick]

Does anyone have any updates on Victory Center tower??
I have not heard of any updates on this tower for a while now..

[futuresooner]

No tenant, no dice right now.

[Sic'EmBears]

Apartment community starts construction on downtown Dallas' near east side

View rendering here.

Apartment builder Encore Multi-Family LLC has finally gotten started its new rental community just east of downtown Dallas.

The 253-unit project is just off Live Oak Avenue at Swiss Avenue and Peak Street.

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[dollaztx]

Downtown Dallas tower garage ready to start construction

A downtown Dallas skyscraper owner is weeks away from breaking ground on a major addition to the high-rise.
New York-based Fortis Property Group is building a 10 and a half story garage to serve its 36-story Harwood Center office tower at Bryan and Harwood streets.
The garage will be constructed to the west of the tower at St. Paul and Federal streets.

"This is probably the highest end garage being built downtown," Landau said. "We are putting something that is going to look great and serve the downtown office market."
Along with the new garage, Landau said plans are in the works to remodel the lobby area of Harwood Center.

Hope it does turn out looking good because I don't expect much from a garage. Oh well, at least it's replacing another surface lot.

[Sic'EmBears]

Downtown’s Trammell Crow Center tower gets a redo and major addition

The owners of the 32-year-old post modern high-rise are about to begin substantial changes to the building -- including construction of a retail, hotel and parking structure across the street.

"The idea is to pour light and life into the heart of the building and encourage foot traffic between the Arts District and Ross Avenue," said March, the development manager.

The redevelopment will bring more than 30,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space to the two blocks, which are just south of Klyde Warren Park.

"We are going to land two or three full-service lunch or dinner options that law firms and investment banks are going to want," March said.

The most notable change will be a 50-by-80-foot glass and metal entry atrium, which will extend out to Ross Avenue.

Dark wood and stone that now lines the lobby will be replaced with lighter-colored wood, stone, metal and glass.

The Ross Avenue side of the building will be enlarged with two new retail wings that will extend toward the street on three sides.

"It effectively pops out the ground floor of the building," Marsh said. "We will have about 8,000 square feet for two restaurant outlets.

The corner of Harwood and Ross we have really reserved as our full-service upscale dining option."

The original plan was to build additional parking for the Trammell Crow Center. But the project has expanded to a major mixed-use development.

But the same building in the first phase will house 26,000 square feet of retail space plus a 200-room boutique hotel. A second phase of the development will add a 400-unit residential tower.

"The skin on that building has a lot of glass and metal and sculptural quality we think will make sense with the Arts District," March said. "It won't look like another parking structure."

Construction will start this quarter on the new building on the south side of Ross, and work on the Trammell Crow Center renovations will be underway by midyear.

The project is set to wrap up by fall 2018.

[Thymant]

^^^ Really excited to see 2000 Ross finally start construction soon, I believe this area will soon grow to one of the most desired locations in Dallas!

[Dale]

I'm a little confused. What's the timing on the residential portion ?

[R1070]

I'm thrown off that the residential portion is in a 2nd phase. I thought it was going to be built at the same time as the hotel. sigh...