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Originally Posted by JoninATX
Thanks Skys The Limit! I'm hoping this gets built.
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You are very welcome! This proposed 48 story tower would make a great addition to the Dallas skyline.
Even without this proposed tower, the fifteen or so towers being constructed in Downtown/Central Dallas right now, or soon to start, will in the next couple of years create a level of central urban density unequalled in the Southwest.
Under construction now in Dallas' central core:
24 story Skyhouse residential tower, Victory
24 story West Village Tower (3700M), Uptown
22 story Frost Bank Tower, Uptown
18 story Hall Arts Tower One (with 29 story and 50 story towers to follow), Arts District
18 story JLB apartment tower (former St. Regis Hotel site), Uptown
16 story Richards Group HDQ tower, Uptown
Groundbreaking expected this year in Dallas' central core:
31 story Blu Ciel residential tower, Uptown
25 story McKinney & Olive (Crescent tower across from the Ritz towers), Uptown
25 story KDC tower, Victory
24 story Great Gulf residential tower, Uptown
22+ story Streetlights residential tower, Uptown
20 story One Dallas residential tower (version of Chicago's Aqua Tower), Uptown
16 story Dream Hotel, Uptown
14 story 1900 Cedar Springs residential tower, Uptown
The above lists are by no means complete but just what I could readily think of while writing this.
And it does not include the proposed towers awaiting starts - including the significant multi-block Spire complex next to the Arts District, the 29 story and 50 story next phase of Hall Arts Towers in the Arts District, the seven or eight towers remaining in Harwood's 17 block Uptown master plan including the 50 story Lexi, the large Ken Hughes Riverfront complex, Phil Romano's recently announced $2 billion dollar Trinity Groves West Dallas mega-project, etc., etc.
As more than just a minor newsworthy event, BIG LEAGUE A-list commercial real estate developers are all positioning themselves with prime real estate in Downtown Dallas for significant "signature" skyscraper projects, of which supertalls are in the discussion mix:
* Trammel Crow's recent land purchase
* Ross Perot's recent land purchase (100 story tower once proposed here)
* Tim Headington's recent land purchases
There are too many to count of the 6-10 story developments underway right now and/or starting in the very near future in Dallas' core, literally transforming block after block of central city neighborhoods.
Dallas and the Dallas area leads the nation in apartment and multi-family development with more than 25,000 apartments under construction today (
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/c...apartments.ece). Dallas is projected to remain in the number one spot for at least the next three or four years.
Additionally there are scores and scores of older buildings in the CBD being repurposed into highrise residential towers and hotels, either currently in process or soon to start.
When the Trinity Lakes project begins to kick into high gear in the next year to create three urban lakes and recreational amenities at the foot of Downtown, in the next decade Dallas will take on the look and feel of a Chicago with a dense cityscape of highrises and skyscrapers lining both sides of a premier urban waterfront featuring significant ceremonial bridges, rebuilt 23 lane freeways (I-30 & I-35) and a new $2 billion dollar Trinity toll road enhancing traffic access into the Downtown Dallas core.
And all this while multi-billions going into transit oriented commercial, residential and public works developments along DART's rail stations, both Downtown and fanning outward from the City's center.
Central Dallas is quietly undergoing a massive increase in density and urbanization that is basically unequalled in the Southwest.
Good times indeed for Dallas!