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DALLAS | One Arts Plaza (7-Eleven HQ) | Height ? | 24 FLOORS

7-Eleven project has an artistic inspiration

Architects planning modern look for new headquarters building


10:45 PM CDT on Monday, June 20, 2005

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News

Developer Billingsley Co. is giving a first look at 7-Eleven Inc.'s new headquarters in downtown Dallas.

The modern-style concrete and glass high-rise was designed by local architects and will house the first office space built in the Arts District since the 1980s.

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The One Arts Plaza tower will be built of unembellished concrete, steel and glass. Its 'front door' will be Flora Street.

"We are working on construction details right now and plan to break ground in July," said Lucy Billingsley, whose firm is building the $100 million project at Flora and Routh streets.

7-Eleven announced in April that it would relocate its 1,000-person headquarters from Cityplace on North Central Expressway in early 2007.

Along with the convenience store chain's offices, the 24-story One Arts Plaza tower will contain an additional 180,000 square feet of multitenant office space, plus 71 luxury condominiums on top.

"Most people will be looking at our building down Flora Street, which is our front door," said architect Lionel Morrison with Morrison Seifert Murphy.

Mr. Morrison's firm and architects at Corgan Associates who worked on the project also had to acknowledge their competition in the Arts District – high-profile designers of the cultural landmarks including the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and Nasher Sculpture Center.

"We are surrounded by these buildings done by world-class architects on essentially unlimited budgets," he said.

Instead of expensive stone or elaborate metal panels, the One Arts Plaza exteriors will be constructed of unembellished concrete, steel and glass.

"We don't have the budget to make this a limestone building," Mr. Morrison said. "But we need to hold our own in this company."

The building's upper levels are accented by a large section of glass wall and balconies for the condominiums.

On the ground floor, two glass and steel wings facing a plaza will have retail space and help mask the parking garage.

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I would expect the retail space will include a 7-Eleven!
     
     
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it probably will. At their current headquarters in Cityplace they have a really nice 7-11 that is like their test market 7-11. It has lots of nice, unique products and slurpee flavors. I imagine they will move that with them, as this is a much more visible and accessible site.
     
     
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I guess there's a better rendering out there now floating around in print papers. Maybe someone local has that.

Anyhow, getting this thread up to speed:

Photo in May 2005 by tnekster:






July 2005 article:

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Work begins on One Arts Plaza

Ground was broken this week on the initial phase of a $125 million mixed-use complex in downtown Dallas.

The 23-story One Arts Plaza, being developed by Dallas-based Billingsley Co., will house the headquarters of Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. (NYSE: SE) when it is completed in April 2007.

It is the first of a four-building campus on a 10-acre site off Ross Street between Routh and Boll streets, and is the first new high-rise in downtown Dallas in 18 years.

The entire project will include 425,000 square feet of office space, 30,000 square feet of retail space, 60 luxury residential units and a sculpture garden and entertainment plaza.

The project is just east of the development site for the new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. It also is within walking distance of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, Annette Strauss Artist Square and the Margaret and Trammell Crow Collection of Asian Art.

Billingsley Co.'s holdings in Texas total nearly 6 million square feet. Other area developments include the Turnpike Distribution Center and Luna Industrial Park.

Web site: www.billingsleyco.com.




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Is the building gonna open 24 hours a day?
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Better renderings than before, from a green grass studios (http://greengrassstudios.com) forumer at the DFWU forum of the first building and the plaza area:



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Whoa. Those roads around the site are sad.
     
     
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Yep, serious improvement on the road network in that area is or will be underway soon apparently.
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how will 7-11 Japan affect this new building
     
     
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Not sure what ya mean, brother.
Are you referring to the rejected buy-out bid?
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the rejected first offer. 7-11 didn't think it was high enough. 7-11japan will be coming back with a higher offer soon. So, different management can have different thoughts on what their company should spend large amounts of money on. That's all.
     
     
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I guess you are asking if they are gonna stop construction?
     
     
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Or maybe, they may not occupy the building. Just curious about possible futures of the building and 7-11.
     
     
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Another rendering (which seems to be a bit out of scale) :



Sooner or later, we may have a rendering to look at that at least gives us an idea of how 3 of the other (res.?) towers sit in relation to this building - fronting Woodall. (20st, 26st, and 30st apparently.)
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Sooner or later, we may have a rendering to look at that at least gives us an idea of how 3 of the other (res.?) towers sit in relation to this building - fronting Woodall. (20st, 26st, and 30st apparently.)
Here are more renderings and a follow-up on the rest of the buildings in the plan:
















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Construction crane going up at site. Photo by TexasStar on 18 Oct 05:

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