Bishop Arts developer plans art garden, opens pop-up gallery (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2016/03/bishop-arts-developer-plans-art-garden-opens-pop-up-gallery/#sthash.oFu09YQr.dpuf)
Rachel Stone
March 1, 2016

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The developer on Monday asked the Oak Cliff Gateway TIF District board for a change in the first phase of development: An increase in retail space, from 20,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet; and a reduction in apartment space, form 180,000 square feet to 140,000 square feet. The board approved it.

The company, owned by Farrokh Nazerian, also pitched to the board its planned art garden. Nazerian has hired a full-time metal artist, Manuel Sarmiento of Oak Cliff, to create all the details for the development — benches, signs, light fixtures, trash cans and the like.

Sarmiento also is developing sculptures for the project, and Nazerian rented a warehouse on Zang at Seventh to house a temporary art gallery. Several local artists — Carlyn Ray, Christopher Bingham, Meagan Cope, Ryan Rankin and Travis Haas — are creating and showing work at the gallery, Bishop Arts Gallery, which is open to the public.

The idea is to foster an arts community here. Putting the “art” back into “arts district,” if you will.


Buildings in the planned development could open as soon as next year. An official groundbreaking ceremony and gallery opening are planned for March 9.

Full Article (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2016/03/bishop-arts-developer-plans-art-garden-opens-pop-up-gallery/#sthash.oFu09YQr.dpuf)

DFW International Airport's Hyatt Place has now opened.

The 137-room hotel is the first to be built on airport property since the nearly $2B International Terminal D opened in 2004, which included a 298-room Grant Hyatt.

The new Hyatt Place is located within the 32-acre Southgate Plaza (https://www.dfwairport.com/landhere/southgateplaza/index.php).

From DFW International Airport's Twitter (https://twitter.com/DFWAirport):

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More new tenants announced for Frisco’s Wade Park (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/more-new-tenants-announced-for-friscos-wade-park.html/)
Steve Brown
March 3, 2016

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The first phase of Frisco’s Wade Park development is set to open next year. (Thomas Land)


Developers of Frisco’s $1.6 billion Wade Park project have disclosed two new tenants.

Tyler’s has leased nearly 17,000 square feet of retail space for a store that sells athletic and lifestyle apparel, footwear, eyewear and accessories.


Wade Park has also signed a lease with Steak 48, a new eatery by Arizona restaurateurs Michael and Jeffrey Mastro.


Thomas has previously announced that Whole Foods Market, iPic Theaters and Pinstripes Bowling will locate in Wade Park.

Other retail and restaurant tenants include Sur La Table, Yard House, Bocce Bistro, The Rustic, Arhaus, Thirteen Pies, Steel City Pops, Torchy’s Tacos, Bread Zepplin; MiniLuxe and The Lash Lounge.

Wade Park’s first phase is planned for 600,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space.

A Hotel ZaZa and a Langham Hotels & Resorts hotel have also been annoced for Wade Park.


The first phase of the 175-acre Wade Park project is scheduled to open next year on the Dallas North Tollway.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/more-new-tenants-announced-for-friscos-wade-park.html/)

Townhouse project on the way south of downtown Dallas (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/townhouse-project-on-the-way-south-of-downtown-dallas.html/)
Steve Brown
March 3, 2016

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Sphinx Development Corp. is building the 49-unit townhome project at Compton Street and Fry Way near Clarendon Drive, east of Interstate 35E.

The planned townhomes will start at under $170,000 for units starting around 1,400 square feet.


Construction of the first phase is underway with the first units ready this summer.


Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/townhouse-project-on-the-way-south-of-downtown-dallas.html/)

Behind developer Larry Hamilton's toughest adaptive reuse project yet in downtown Dallas (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/04/behind-developerlarry-hamiltons-toughest-adaptive.html)
Candace Carlisle
March 4, 2016

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Hamilton is roughly a third the way through construction of the redevelopment of the hotel, which is expected to open in January 2017.

Since starting construction on the redevelopment six months ago, Hamilton has run into a few issues, such as the need to revise landscape plans to accommodate the hotel pool, or cleaning out sewer lines to ensure they'd work in the long haul.

"There have been a lot of things that have happened since we've started construction," said Hamilton, who will ultimately transition the long-time vacant property into a $35 million, 237-room boutique hotel, which will be called the Lorenzo.


Hamilton said he expects the first model hotel room to open in about a month. The hotel will have a similar "hip and cool" feel, like the Aloft hotel in downtown Dallas (which he also redeveloped).


Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/04/behind-developerlarry-hamiltons-toughest-adaptive.html)

Thanks for posting links Sic'em...probably my favorite thread on this site, appreciate the updates.

Thanks for posting links Sic'em...probably my favorite thread on this site, appreciate the updates.

You're more than welcome.

A new DMN article (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160302-new-towers-on-the-way-in-dallas-booming-design-district.ece) released another rendering of 1640 Edison (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7360391#post7360391), this time with the LED signage:

http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20160303-designdistrict_0305bus_49180361.jpg.ece/BINARY/w940/DESIGNDISTRICT_0305BUS_49180361.JPG

Dallas star from SkyscraperCity reported a meeting he had with Mike Sarimsakci.

The Turkish developer informed him the proposed 42-story tower at Evergreen and St Paul would include a four-star Trump Hotel concept.

Read about it here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1901307).

One Uptown, taken today.

Five more floors.

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Three more office buildings on the drawing boards at Plano’s Granite Park project (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/three-more-office-buildings-on-the-drawing-boards-at-planos-granite-park-project.html/)
Steve Brown
March 7, 2016

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Developer Granite Properties has filed plans with the city of Plano for three more office buildings in its popular Granite Park business campus at the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121.

The largest of the buildings would be 18 stories with 500,000 square feet, according to the development plans.

A 12-story and a 6-story building are also planned along Parkwood Boulevard south of Highway 121.

In total the additions would add more than 1 million square feet of office space to the Granite Park development.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/three-more-office-buildings-on-the-drawing-boards-at-planos-granite-park-project.html/)

Just when you thought Legacy West couldn't grow any larger:

J.C. Penney seeks approvals for big Plano office and retail complex at Legacy
Steve Brown (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/penney-seeks-approvals-for-big-plano-office-and-retail-complex-at-legacy.html/)
March 7, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/penneysite.jpg


J.C. Penney is seeking permission to build more than a half dozen office buildings and retail space surrounding its long-time Plano headquarters.


The zoning request ask for approvals to build the same kind of commercial development that’s underway next door at the $2 billion Legacy West complex. The campus could accommodate more than 1 million square feet of office and retail space with parking garages.


“What Penney is doing is carving up what was essentially a giant land bank,” said Barry Hand with architect Gensler, which has designed the Legacy West urban village mixed-use project under construction to the east of Penney’s property.



With construction of Legacy West, the area is now one of the fastest growing urban centers in the country.

More than 15,000 new jobs are on the way in that area.

The Penney development plan also includes about nine acres at the northwest corner of Legacy Drive and Communications Parkway where developer Fehmi Karahan plans to build a hotel tower, retail space and a new banking center for JP Morgan Chase.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/penney-seeks-approvals-for-big-plano-office-and-retail-complex-at-legacy.html/)

Take this with a grain of salt.

Trump Hotels looks for 5-star foothold in Dallas with new luxury hotel (http://m.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/07/trump-hotels-looks-for-5-star-foothold-in-dallas.html)
Candace Carlisle
March 7, 2016

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New York City-based Trump Hotel Collection has begun scouring Dallas for new sites to land its trademark five-star branded hotel and residences on the heels of 'a great reception,' seen in the wake of Donald Trump's campaign for president.

"Dallas has really matured over the past five to 10 years and has turned into more of a destination for businesses," Mitch Garrett, vice president of acquisitions and development for the group's Americas division, told the Dallas Business Journal in an exclusive interview.

"The market itself — both on a real estate end and given the great reception with other endeavors going on in the organization — has a good following and the brand resonates well with Dallas," Garrett told me. "We have been waiting for the right opportunity to come up and we are evaluating some options right now."


Garrett said the group would like to bring a luxury, five-star hotel and residence to Dallas based on the success seen with other luxury brands, including the Ritz-Carlton hotel and residences at McKinney Avenue and Pearl Street in Uptown.

"We don't have a location there and the recent developments have really raised the bar on a product and amenity level," he told me. "Trump coming into this market would be a great addition to our portfolio."
In August, Trump Hotel Collection named former Dallasite Eric Danzinger to the luxury hotel group's CEO position, where he will oversee the 14 hotels within the collection's portfolio.


The hotel group is evaluating several locations in the urban core of Dallas and expects to partner with a developer by the end of the year.

Full Article (http://m.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/07/trump-hotels-looks-for-5-star-foothold-in-dallas.html)

Preston Hollow Village (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/tag/preston-hollow-village/) apartment update:

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Yeah, baby! Former Braniff flight attendant dorm might become residential building (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/investors-ponder-redo-of-landmark-braniff-building-on-the-dallas-north-tollway.html/)
Steve Brown
March 8, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/branifftower.jpg


Dallas investors who’ve purchased a Mid-century Modern building are pondering what to do with the landmark.


Built in 1968 as a center to train flight attendants for the Dallas airline, the 5-story building has been empty for almost two years.


“We’ve demolished most of the interior – it’s just a shell,” Silverman said. “We were originally going to do office space there, but now we are thinking about a boutique residential building.

“We hope to make up our minds in the next 30 to 60 days.”

Designed by Dallas architect Neal Lacey, the white textured concrete and glass building originally had classrooms on the lower floors and three floors of dormitories for the flight attendants on top.

The building was adorned with Latin American art work, textiles and construction materials.


“As a Mid-century building — which is the way we look at it — there are certain things we are looking to maintain,” he said. “We are history buffs when it comes to architecture and real estate.”

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/investors-ponder-redo-of-landmark-braniff-building-on-the-dallas-north-tollway.html/)

Ablon Frisco Square is now complete.

Read more about the 275-unit apartment complex here (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20140814-new-apartment-community-on-the-way-at-frisco-square-project.ece).

From Andres Conctruction Services Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AndresConstruction/?fref=photo&sk=photos):

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Elevating the Galleria Towers: New owner will spend $16 million to bring property up to date (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160309-elevating-the-galleria-towers-new-owner-will-spend-16-million-to-bring-property-up-to-date.ece)
Steve Brown
March 9, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2015/06/galleria.jpg


After spending more than $300 million to buy the buildings, investor CBRE Global Investors now will pump another $16 million in upgrades into the towers.

“We are going to remodel and lease this bad boy up,” said Kenzie Kilgore, part of the marketing team that’s charged with putting new energy into the buildings located just north of LBJ Freeway.


“There were some really tired spaces in the buildings,” Brown said. “The size of these towers justifies the amount of money we are spending.”


CBRE Global Investors had several architects give renovation proposals before picking Entos Design to craft the redo.

Brown said the idea isn’t to toss out all of the original stonework and other features.

“We had one designer that just wanted to cover it all over with white,” she said. “That’s not the Galleria.”

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160309-galleriatowers_0311bus_49295421.ece/BINARY/w940/GALLERIATOWERS_0311BUS_49295421


Some of the original dark stone in the lobbies will be replaced with light wood and white marble.


Barnes said the center tower will get the most changes with an 8,500-square-foot fitness center and a large conference facility.


A rundown outdoor plaza on top of one of the parking garages will be refurbished for tenants with awnings and landscaping.


Even after all the improvements are finished later this year, the Galleria Towers plan to offer office space that is priced lower than the newest buildings in Dallas and Plano.

Full Article (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160309-elevating-the-galleria-towers-new-owner-will-spend-16-million-to-bring-property-up-to-date.ece)

Medical giant McKesson bringing almost 1,000 new jobs to Irving in office consolidation (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/medical-giant-mckesson-bringing-almost-1000-new-jobs-to-irving-in-office-consolidation.html/)
Steve Brown
March 10, 2016

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San Francisco-based McKesson – which distributes pharmaceuticals and medical products – is buying the former NEC Corp. of America office complex on State Highway 114 in Las Colinas.

McKesson will move 900 workers already in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to the property. And the company will create 975 additional jobs as part of the office move.

“After a thoughtful and thorough selection process, we’re excited to consolidate our Dallas-area offices into a new, state-of-the-art facility in Irving, Texas,” David Evangelista, McKesson senior vice president, said in a statement. “Investing in this new, modern work space will enable our associates to more effectively serve McKesson customers in the evolving health care industry.”

McKesson said it plans to invest $157 million in the new offices.

The two office buildings contain more than a half-million square feet of office space. McKesson is also buying adjacent land where it can expand with an additional building.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/medical-giant-mckesson-bringing-almost-1000-new-jobs-to-irving-in-office-consolidation.html/)

From a DBJ article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/10/mckesson-to-invest-157m-and-create-nearly-1-000.html):


McKesson will immediately become the city's largest real estate deal in the last decade and will also become Irving's largest employers. In all, McKesson brings an estimated $4.7 billion total economic impact over the next decade.

Thanks for posting links Sic'em...probably my favorite thread on this site, appreciate the updates.
I'll second this. Even being out in LA although having lived in Dallas, I still root for Dallas and OKC and though there are some awesome things being proposed out here in LA, Dallas has incredible developments that I am super excited for! Much more exciting than what is going on OKC at this time though. :/

Thanks again for all that you do and the effort you put into it! :)

I'll second this. Even being out in LA although having lived in Dallas, I still root for Dallas and OKC and though there are some awesome things being proposed out here in LA, Dallas has incredible developments that I am super excited for! Much more exciting than what is going on OKC at this time though. :/

Thanks again for all that you do and the effort you put into it! :)

Los Angeles has quite an impressive lineup of projects:

Wilshire Grand
Oceanwide Plaza
Four Seasons Private Residences, and
Beverly Hills Waldorf Astoria

I can't wait to travel back to L.A. to see the progress.

Richardson’s CityLine project lands new home community (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/richardsons-cityline-project-lands-new-home-community.html/)
Steve Brown
March 14, 2016

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Centre Living Homes and KDC plan to develop the 32-home community on CityLine Drive just east of Plano Road. The cluster of modern homes will be between the new CityLine Market shopping center and Raytheon Corp.’s new regional office campus.

The three-story homes will range in size from 2,750 to about 3,300 square feet.

“We already had some people asking about buying through word of mouth,” said Centre Living Homes president Trevor Brickman. “My niche is we hire good architects and do higher end, modern projects.

“The architecture was really important to KDC.”


The homes start at more than $550,000. He said the new Richardson project is set to start later this year.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/richardsons-cityline-project-lands-new-home-community.html/)

I-20 property in far southern Dallas sells for mixed-use project (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/i-20-property-in-far-south-dallas-sells-for-mixed-use-project.html/)
Steve Brown
March 14, 2016

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Centurion American Development Group bought 94 acres to add to the 200 acres it already owns at the northwest corner of Interstate 30 and Lancaster Road.

The property is being planned for a combination of retail, townhouse and apartment projects and will be called University Hills.

“Located southeast of the Dallas campus of the University of North Texas, this project will be a great amenity to the Southern Dallas corridor,” Thurston Witt, the broker with CBRE/UCR who negotiated the sale, said in a statement.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/i-20-property-in-far-south-dallas-sells-for-mixed-use-project.html/)

Verizon’s $1.5 billion Irving mixed-use development is poised to move ahead this week (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/verizons-1-5-billion-irving-mixed-use-development-is-poised-to-move-ahead-this-week.html/)
Steve Brown
March 16, 2016

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A Las Colinas mixed-use project would add millions of square feet of office space, shopping, apartments and hotel rooms if Irving’s City Council approves the deal this week.


A commuter rail station built at the north end of the project on Hidden Ridge Drive will connect the development with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Love Field and downtown Dallas.

Plans for the development include more than 3 million square feet of office space, 85,000 square feet of retail, a 150-room hotel and hundreds of new apartments.

The project will be constructed on vacant land across from Verizon’s longtime Irving campus. Part of the development site is the Carpenter family’s original ranch, which became the Las Colinas community.


“We want to see that tidal wave of development keep coming,” Danish said. “This project is ready made for success.”

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Construction of the new DART rail station is included in the initial development.

“It’s an affirmation how important our commitment to mass transit has been,” Danish said.

The Hidden Ridge station was one of three deferred transit stops DART could still build in Irving, he said.


“We are taking what was built as a very exurban campus and working with them to build in a neighborhood center and amenities for what will be sites for several headquarters properties,” said Gensler’s Barry Hand.

KDC is talking to several potential companies that could relocate to planned office buildings in the Hidden Ridge campus.

One of the firms interested in the development is Pioneer Natural Resources, an energy firm that is already located in Las Colinas.

Pioneer now leases about 600,000 square feet in the Williams Square high-rise complex on O’Connor Boulevard.

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Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/verizons-1-5-billion-irving-mixed-use-development-is-poised-to-move-ahead-this-week.html/)

Pegasus Foods plans $10M Rockwall plant, creating 325 jobs (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/14/pegasus-foods-plans-10m-rockwall-plant-creating325.html)
Bill Hethcock
March 14, 2016


Los Angeles-based Pegasus will build an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The project is expected to create 325 jobs and a $10 million investment, Abbott said at a Monday news conference in Austin.

“Once again, a California company has decided there is no better place to grow and operate a business than the Lone Star State,” Abbott said.

Pegasus Foods is one of many corporations moving employees to North Texas. Toyota, Liberty Mutual, Kubota, JP Morgan Chase, State Farm, Farmer Brothers and Raytheon have all announced major moves or expansions in North Texas.


The company started in in 1998. It produces frozen foods and other products and lists among its customers Trader Joe’s, Chili’s, Panda Express, Cinnabon and Walmart.

“We manufacture food,” Zaferi said. “We make food for restaurants and for supermarkets, and our product is hitting all 50 states.”

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/14/pegasus-foods-plans-10m-rockwall-plant-creating325.html)

Apartment high-rise eyed for high-profile Uptown property (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/apartment-high-rise-eyed-for-high-profile-uptown-property.html/)
Steve Brown
March 15, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/greenplan.jpg


Owners of a high-profile Uptown corner are seeking approvals to build an apartment tower.

The residential high-rise would sit behind a row of one-story retail buildings at the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Fairmount Street.

Property owner Greenway Investment 22-story, 320-unit apartment tower and a parking garage on what is now a parking lot at Howell and Routh streets.

The existing retail buildings and an office building on the block that’s home to Good Fulton & Farrell Architects would remain, according to filings with the City of Dallas.

Good Fulton & Farrell has designed the apartment tower.

The proposed building is just one of about a dozen new high-rise rental communities in the works in downtown and Uptown Dallas.


A second phase of the development could add more than 460,000 square feet of office and retail space.

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/cedarrow.jpg

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/apartment-high-rise-eyed-for-high-profile-uptown-property.html/)

This is the most depressing thread within this entire forum. All of this development just 200 miles south of us. Kudos to Dallas.

New warehouse park will bring eight buildings on I-20 in Arlington (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/new-warehouse-park-will-bring-eight-buildings-on-i-20-in-arlington.html/)
Steve Brown
March 15, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/Park-20.360-1.jpg


Ridge Development and Invesco Real Estate will begin construction in the next quarter on the 119-acre business project at the northwest corner of I-20 and State Highway 360.

The 1.6 million-square foot Park 20/360 will have a series of speculative warehouse buildings.

The first phase will be four buildings with almost 1.3 million square feet. The first buildings are scheduled to open in early 2017.


The project is one of the largest new warehouse complexes under construction along I—20, which had more than 6 million square feet of projects being built in corridor at the end of 2015.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/new-warehouse-park-will-bring-eight-buildings-on-i-20-in-arlington.html/)

This is the most depressing thread within this entire forum. All of this development just 200 miles south of us. Kudos to Dallas.

It's Dallas... They have 6x the people.

This is the most depressing thread within this entire forum. All of this development just 200 miles south of us. Kudos to Dallas.

In which case I am guessing the thread is a complete success.

It's Dallas... They have 6x the people.

Oh absolutely, I get it. I understand why anyone would build there over here. I'm just jealous I suppose.

I live in DFW and while all of this new development and redevelopment is "great", there are VAST areas of the metroplex that are very tired, old, rundown, and lacking investment. So while all of this development is great, the impact is not spatially felt across the entire metroplex because of the sheer size of the region.

That's interesting to hear ^, with all of the above links you would think the entire city is brimming with shiny new developments.

Another data center project set to start in Plano’s Legacy business park (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/another-data-center-project-set-to-start-in-planos-legacy-business-park.html/)
Steve Brown
March 16, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/skybox.jpg


Skybox Datacenters says it will build a 21-acre project in Plano’s Legacy business park.

Called Skybox Legacy, the project will start with a 150,000-square-foot building that will open in October.

Located at Communications and Tennyson parkways, the project is planned for an expansion of up to 350,000 square feet.


Construction on the new Plano project is scheduled to start on March 29.

Other new data centers in Plano are being developed by Equinix, Stream Data Centers and Aligned Data Centers.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/another-data-center-project-set-to-start-in-planos-legacy-business-park.html/)

That's interesting to hear ^, with all of the above links you would think the entire city is brimming with shiny new developments.

Just as with NYC and LA, a handful of new projects sprinkled into a large city won't have a noticeable impact to the average person.

However, larger projects such as Hudson Yards and Oceanwide Plaza have more of a noticeable impact. The same can be said about McKinney & Olive, Legacy West, The Gate, The Star and Forum at Wade Park.

Renderings have been published (http://www.edi-international.com/katy-station) for Katy Station (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217329):

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That's interesting to hear ^, with all of the above links you would think the entire city is brimming with shiny new developments.

I live down here as well, and Geographer's point is correct. A lot of this development is taking place in the burbs and hinterlands, especially Plano, and a few select areas in Dallas like Uptown.

That is not to say there isn't a lot of development around, but respects to the actual city of Dallas, there are plenty of places that are pretty dormant. Activity in South Dallas and especially along the Trinity River is moving at a snails pace, despite millions being thrown at both.

Tanger Factory Outlet to be built next to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/tanger-factory-outlet-to-be-built-next-to-texas-motor-speedway-in-fort-worth.html/)
Maria Halkias
March 16, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/3-Tanger-Outlets-Champions-Circle-Site-Plan.jpg


Tanger Factory Outlet Centers plans to build a 350,000-square-foot shopping center in Fort Worth next to Texas Motor Speedway.

The Tanger center is part of the 279-acre mixed-use project called Champions Circle being developed by Fine Line Diversified Development. The company didn’t provide an opening date or say when construction will begin.



The shopping center is expected to employ 400 full-time and part-time workers during the construction phase. More than 900 jobs are expected to be created after the center opens.


The development is 18 miles north of downtown Fort Worth at the intersection of Interstate 35W and State Highway 114.



The development will have more retail space. The Champions Shopping Center will have an additional 540,000-square-foot of space for free-standing stores and restaurants.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/tanger-factory-outlet-to-be-built-next-to-texas-motor-speedway-in-fort-worth.html/)

Construction begins on 22-story residential tower in Knox Henderson neighborhood (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/16/construction-begins-on-22-story-residentialtower.html)
Candace Carlisle
March 16, 2016

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Construction has begun on a new 22-story luxury residential tower in the Knox Henderson neighborhood in Dallas, which will bring 183 luxury residential homes and penthouses to this part of Dallas.

The soon-to-be developed high-rise — called The McKenzie — at the corner of Harvard Avenue and Tracy Street will be constructed by Dallas-based StreetLights Residential and equity partner Tricon Capital Group Inc. in an architectural style reminiscent of a historic luxury hotel.


Looney Ricks Kiss Architects is the project architect. Linda Tycher & Associates is the landscape architect. Waldrop + Nichols Studio is the interior designer.

The high-rise will have a valet, concierge and a 24-hour doorman. Construction is slated for completion in early 2018.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/16/construction-begins-on-22-story-residentialtower.html)

It's Dallas... They have 6x the people.
So? Detroit has a lot more people than us. What does that have to do with anything?

I live down here as well, and Geographer's point is correct. A lot of this development is taking place in the burbs and hinterlands, especially Plano, and a few select areas in Dallas like Uptown.

That is not to say there isn't a lot of development around, but respects to the actual city of Dallas, there are plenty of places that are pretty dormant. Activity in South Dallas and especially along the Trinity River is moving at a snails pace, despite millions being thrown at both.There is more to it than that man. All of North Dallas is booming and it is beginning to spill into Oklahoma. Deep Ellum is thriving, Downtown Dallas is starting to heat up, the areas around Downtown Dallas are starting to see new proposals, Fort Worth is seeing development(nothing spectacular but still), Arlington, East Dallas, Oak Cliff, and while I haven't been down there much, I've heard a lot of areas in South Dallas are seeing some pretty nice developments going in.

Construction starts on new Cityplace apartment and hotel tower (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/construction-starts-on-new-cityplace-apartment-and-hotel-tower.html/)
Steve Brown
March 18, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/forestcity.jpg


Developers Forest City Enterprises and Cityplace Co. are building the 23-story high-rise on Blackburn Street just west of North Central Expressway.

The tower – which will cost more than $100 million – will have 389 apartments and a 150-room boutique hotel.

Hilton will operate the hotel as one of its new Canopy properties.


The building will open in 2017.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/construction-starts-on-new-cityplace-apartment-and-hotel-tower.html/)

So why is the southern side of Dallas not being built up as much a the north side? I don't know much about Big D, is it an older part, less monied area?

So why is the southern side of Dallas not being built up as much a the north side? I don't know much about Big D, is it an older part, less monied area?

Yes and yes.

Downtown Dallas is located north of the Trinity River.

Naturally, urban growth spread north as there was no geographical barrier.

The Trinity River prohibited South Dallas from achieving the same amount of growth Turtle Creek, Highland Park, Oak Lawn, East Dallas etc. were experiencing.

Thanks to WillieStark1 from Dallasmetropolis for a Park District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210893) update:
(Photo links to dollaztx Photobucket account)

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww18/dollaztx/PDTC_zpsaseyuvz0.jpg

Here's the concept plan for the entire block of a proposed 22-story Uptown apartment tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7377810#post7377810).

Both Phase I and Phase II are visible.

http://dallascityhall.com/government/meetings/DCH%20Documents/plan-commission/3-17-16-PLANS/Z134-301.%20Concept%20Plan.pdf

Ethos Group leases all of office space in new Irving Music Factory project (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/ethos-group-leases-all-of-office-space-in-new-irving-music-factory-project.html/)
Steve Brown
March 21, 2016

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Developers of a mixed-use entertainment complex that’s under construction in Las Colinas said they have leased all the office space in the project to a single tenant.

ARK Group – which is building the Music Factory complex on State Highway 114 near Northwest Highway – said that Irving-based Ethos Group has leased 100,000 square feet in the office building portion of its development.


The company plans to move into the Music Factory office building late next year.


“Our primary motivation for leasing was to be in an environment that would allow our associates, clients and visitors to walk to entertainment venues.”


Scheduled to open next year, the Music Factory includes an eight-screen Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 8,000-seat Live Nation indoor/outdoor concert hall, other entertainment venues, restaurants and specialty eateries.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/ethos-group-leases-all-of-office-space-in-new-irving-music-factory-project.html/)

New Plano rental community near downtown will include artist lofts (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/new-plano-rental-community-near-downtown-will-include-artists-lofts.html/)
Steve Brown
March 21, 2016

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The 224-unit development planned for a vacant block will provide affordable workforce housing in one of North Texas’ fastest growing communities.

“It will be a mixed-income community, and a little over half of it will be affordable based on what the resident makes,” said Jean Brown with the Plano Housing Corp., which is developing the 5.6-acre project. “It will be a transit-oriented development – it’s less than half a mile from the 15th Street DART station.”


The Plano Housing Corp. is working on a second development a few blocks away near City Hall.

“We will be doing 21 townhouses that are for sale, with seven for low- and moderate-income residents,” Brown said.

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/planoplan.jpg

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/new-plano-rental-community-near-downtown-will-include-artists-lofts.html/)

Tower crane for 1920 McKinney (http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php/103276-KDC-Tower-1920-McKinney) is now dismantled.

From Sam Clark Photography (http://urbandallas.500px.com):

http://urbandallas.us/images/towertakedown_post.jpg

Thanks to Lakewoodhobo from Dallasmetropolis for finding this:

Luxury condominium project planned for 1100 Peters Street in the Cedars neighborhood.

The project will sit adjacent to the Buzz Lofts and directly south of the Lorenzo (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/04/behind-developerlarry-hamiltons-toughest-adaptive.html), a 237-room boutique hotel set to open in 2017.

View map here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/1100+Peters+St,+Dallas,+TX+75215/@32.7719587,-96.7966362,420m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x864e991cda1b650b:0x9 cfd3b84be9b6530)

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It appears a new 11 story, 318-room Embassy Suites will begin construction in the Rayzor Ranch development.

Construction is expected to begin April 11, 2016 and commence May 31, 2017.

The hotel will be 217' tall.

View map here (https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/mapViewerBlob.jsp?oeCaseID=285762862).

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M-Line Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218112) progress, via Andres Construction (https://twitter.com/BuildANDRES):

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Construction is kicking off for the 2-tower Union project in Uptown (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/construction-is-kicking-off-for-the-2-tower-union-project-in-uptown.html/)
Steve Brown
March 24, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/union2.jpg


Construction crews have started preparing for development for the 2-tower Union project north of downtown.


The $200 million office, residential and retail development on Cedar Springs Road is one of the largest new projects in the works for Uptown.

Located just a block north of Woodall Rodgers Freeway, the Union will include a 22-story office tower, apartment high-rise and retail and restaurant space.

Tom Thumb will have a 60,000-square-foot grocery store in the project when it opens late next year.


While sitework for the development has begun, a formal groundbreaking is expected within the next couple of weeks.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/construction-is-kicking-off-for-the-2-tower-union-project-in-uptown.html/)

Alamo Manhattan to start $57M project after getting $11.25M in TIF funds (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/24/alamo-manhattan-to-start-57m-project-after-getting.html)
Candace Carlisle
March 24, 2016

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Our design has been moving along for awhile and we have already made great progress," Wade Johns, vice president at Alamo Manhattan, told the Dallas Business Journal."This is a major milestone for sure and we plan to get underway as early as September."


We have done development in different parts of Texas and the West Coast and we have never seen a community engaged or care so much as this project," he told at the time. "They love north Oak Cliff and are interested in it doing well and making sure this property fits into the neighborhood."

Bishop Arts Station includes plans for 209 apartments and 25,200 square feet of restaurant and retail space at the northwest and southeast corners of Zang Boulevard and W. Davis Street in the Bishop Arts neighborhood.


The project will also be funded with private equity (a little more than $20 million) and a construction loan (more than $37.1 million). If the deal is approved by the council, the developer could begin the project in September and expect completion by May 2018.

Full Article (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2016/03/24/alamo-manhattan-to-start-57m-project-after-getting.html)

West Love Update:

New real estate projects are taking off around Dallas’ busy Love Field (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160324-new-real-estate-projects-are-taking-off-around-dallas-busy-love-field.ece)
Steve Brown
March 24, 2016

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160324-nb_22lovereal5_49607753.ece/BINARY/w940/NB_22LOVEREAL5_49607753


“This whole area is undergoing a renaissance,” said developer Jorge Ramirez, who is turning two blocks of old industrial and commercial properties into a new mixed-use development.

His 35-acre, $200 million West Love development is the biggest new project in the Love Field area.


With passenger traffic up more that 50 percent at Love Field and expansions at the nearby medical centers, the area south and west of the airport is attracting new development.

Apartment builder Fairfield Properties just cleared six acres south of Love Field at Denton Drive and Inwood Road where it is building a 347-unit complex.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160324-reallove_0325bus_49626093.ece/BINARY/w940/REALLOVE_0325BUS_49626093


“Our first phase of apartments is 368 units,” Ramirez said. “And we have 10 townhouses, too. We plan to be under construction in about 90 days.”

The apartments and townhouses will join two new hotels, an office building and shopping center at the site at Mockingbird and Maple Avenue.

“The retail will be low profile, up against street — very pedestrian-oriented,” Ramirez said. “There have been a ton of new apartments going up in this area but no new gathering places, no restaurants.

“We have listened to the neighborhood and what it needs.”


KDC’s office building will be at least 150,000 square feet.

“We can do up to 200,000 if someone comes along and needs more square footage,” Guthrey said.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160324-reallove_0325bus_49626117.ece/BINARY/w940/REALLOVE_0325BUS_49626117

Full Article (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20160324-new-real-estate-projects-are-taking-off-around-dallas-busy-love-field.ece)

Update:

University of North Texas is continuing renovation of the historic Dallas Municiple Building, which opened in 1914.

After renovation, the building will become home to UNT's College of Law.

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106 Harwood, Dallas, TX (https://flic.kr/p/EJneJQ) by Conley Group (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theconleygroup/)

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106 Harwood, Dallas, TX (https://flic.kr/p/FDNzFB) by Conley Group (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theconleygroup/)

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106 Harwood, Dallas, TX (https://flic.kr/p/FBvDcm) by Conley Group (https://www.flickr.com/photos/theconleygroup/)

Cake Boss (Carlos) Food Network opens the newest bakery in Dallas!!



Watch: Cake Boss? new Dallas bakery lines up customers layer upon layer in Preston Center | | Dallas Morning News (http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/huge-lines-of-customers-greet-opening-of-cake-boss-bakery-at-preston-center-in-dallas.html)

Nice to see more density in Preston Center.

Work starting on new North Dallas senior housing community (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/work-starting-on-new-north-dallas-seniors-housing-community.html/)
Steve Brown
March 29, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/HarborChase-of-Park-Cities-Rendering-copy.jpg


Silverstone Healthcare Co. will break ground tomorrow on its new North Dallas senior housing community.

HarborChase of the Park Cities is on the east side of the Dallas North Tollway at Sherry Lane in Preston Center. The eight-story building will house 134 assisted-living and memory-care residential units.

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/work-starting-on-new-north-dallas-seniors-housing-community.html/)

Houston contractor expanding to North Texas with major project near I-20 (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/houston-contractor-expanding-to-north-texas-with-major-project-near-i-20.html/)
Steve Brown
March 29, 2016

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/Park-20-Distribution-Center.jpeg


A Houston general contractor that’s expanding operations in North Texas has broken ground on a Lancaster industrial project.


The 468,000-square-foot distribution center is the latest project Colorado-based Huntington Industrial Partners is doing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.


“I saw no better location than Dallas,” CEO Michael G. Scheurich said. “There are many common core relationships within the major Texas cities.”

Full Article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/houston-contractor-expanding-to-north-texas-with-major-project-near-i-20.html/)

Cityplace Hotel/residential tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7388937#post7388937) update:

New rendering from a new DMN article (http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2016/03/new-cityplace-apartment-and-hotel-tower-will-open-in-2018.html/):

http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/files/2016/03/city.jpg

West Village is going to look totally different. When I was down there the driving range was still open. The Mondorian was the only thing over 5 or 6 stories in that area. Just in that short time 3 towers will have gone up. The amount of development down in that area is breathtaking.