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[Sic'EmBears]

What a disastrously cheap design.

High-rise hotel project on the way in Irving's Las Colinas development



Project Location

Construction is kicking off on a new high-rise hotel in Las Colinas.

The 12-story Element Hotel will be built on Carpenter Freeway and Meadow Creek Drive near Spur 348 in Irving.

The 157-room hotel is a project of Houston-based Lodgic Hospitality.

Dallas architectural firm Mayse & Associates Inc designed the new hotel tower, which has a ballroom and meeting space on the top floor.

[eburress]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

What a disastrously cheap design.

High-rise hotel project on the way in Irving's Las Colinas development



Project Location

On the bright side, this could be one of those projects where the finished product is better than the fancy renderings! haha

[R1070]

A Houston based company. Not shocked.

[drummer]

At least it's surrounded by a parking lot....

[N90]

Originally Posted by R1070

A Houston based company. Not shocked.

You do realize this building is designed by a Dallas company right?

"Dallas architectural firm Mayse & Associates Inc designed the new hotel tower"

Guess you must've missed that. Dallas has only itself to blame for this eyesore shitling.

[Sic'EmBears]

Originally Posted by N90

You do realize this building is designed by a Dallas company right?

Architectural firms provide what the client seeks.

Lodgic Hospitality had the opportunity to either increase their budget or rescind the design. They did not.

Guess you must've missed that. Dallas has only itself to blame for this eyesore shitling.

The City of Irving should have required more from the developer.

[R1070]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

Architectural firms provide what the client seeks.

Lodgic Hospitality had the opportunity to either increase their budget or rescind the design. They did not.



The City of Irving should have required more from the developer.

Thank you. And yes, Irving should have pushed back a bit on this one.

[N90]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

Architectural firms provide what the client seeks.

Lodgic Hospitality had the opportunity to either increase their budget or rescind the design. They did not.



The City of Irving should have required more from the developer.

Cool story bro

[IMBY]

Originally Posted by eburress

On the bright side, this could be one of those projects where the finished product is better than the fancy renderings! haha

The basis of optimism is sheer terror!

When I spot one of our chain hotels in other parts of the world, I'm mystified as to why they're designed so much better than in the U.S. Do they apply more pressure to the developer?

Being that I won't stay in any hotel/motel without a balcony, or a wrap around aisle balcony like they have at Motel 6, I wouldn't stay here if they offered me a free room!

Perhaps someone with a squirt gun with paint, will feel sorry for this building, and add some extra color one night!

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

Architectural firms provide what the client seeks.

Lodgic Hospitality had the opportunity to either increase their budget or rescind the design. They did not.

The City of Irving should have required more from the developer.

Bland design, but it’s a budget friendly hotel out in the suburbs.

I wouldn’t expect much out of projects like this. At least it’s 12 floors.

[Thymant]

Baylor Scott & White plans massive office center on edge of Deep Ellum in Dallas
Steve Brown

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...ellum-district

A new office project coming on the edge of Deep Ellum in Dallas will relocate hundreds of jobs to the area.

Baylor Scott & White Health plans to build a large office administration complex with more than 600,000 square feet of construction in the 3700 block of Elm Street. The planned office center is just south of Baylor's huge Dallas campus. Building permits value the project at more than $70 million.

"Plans are underway to develop a new workspace that will bring together Baylor Scott & White Health's five North Texas offices under one roof," a representative for the health firm said in an email. "The building will be constructed on the south side of Landry Park near Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

[maconahey]

Corgan HQ Expansion


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2121 Flora/Flora Lofts

[llamaorama]

I was browsing Apple Maps on my phone and noticed their satellite imagery for Dallas is slightly newer than Google's, which is dated 9/6/17. Based on the progress of various construction projects and state of the tree foliage, I'd say Apple's imagery is from maybe February of this year, dunno.

Anyways, I noticed in the newer Apple imagery, a ton of dirt was moved at the big empty lot southeast of the DART Galatyn Park Station, bounded by Galatyn Parkway to the south and Plaza Boulevard to the east. It looks like something is going to be built across from the AMLI block next door.

I can't find anything online about this and I haven't been up that way, does anyone know what's going in? Looks like TOD which is always exciting.

[Urbannizer]

3099 Olive (Victory Tower Site)

[eburress]

Very nice! It's much shorter though than I expected, or is this going across Olive in "Lot A?"

[R1070]

Is it still the 39 floors that was quoted in the previous article? It's a pretty tower and will compliment VP well.

[Roman_Patrick]

[IMG]t0HIfIDORyOHy8faRmnB5w by Roman Reyna, on Flickr[/IMG]

I took this picture while i was up at Renaissance's Tower 54th floor. The mass of this new tower will be incredible in the skyline!

[Sic'EmBears]

Cityplace high-rise on the drawing board for original skyscraper site

Cityplace has asked the city for approval to build a project that is larger than the current zoning allows.

"It's one of the last two sites we have left," said Cityplace president Neal Sleeper.

"We are trying to pump up the density a little bit. We've got all the height we need."

Sleeper said the planned high-rise for the site would be mostly office space.

"We are hoping to do a significant office building and a hotel," he said. "That's where the second tower was originally going to be, so we want to have something of prominence."

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by Roman_Patrick

[IMG]t0HIfIDORyOHy8faRmnB5w by Roman Reyna, on Flickr[/IMG]

I took this picture while i was up at Renaissance's Tower 54th floor. The mass of this new tower will be incredible in the skyline!

Excited for this one!

[JoninATX]

Originally Posted by Sic'EmBears

Cityplace high-rise on the drawing board for original skyscraper site

They still have the exterior brinks laying in a junkyard.