New retail, restaurant development in works along Northwest Highway in Grapevine (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/grapevine-colleyville-southlake/development-construction/2017/03/22/new-retail-restaurant-development-works-along-northwest-highway-grapevine/)

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Chris Leighton, a broker for Westwood, said the company decided to purchase the land as Grapevine Station is 99 percent leased out.

Leighton said the development will feature high-end retail, office and restaurants spaces. He said a bank or pad site uses could be a possibility as well.

“We are still working with our architect to get the site plan where we want it but hopefully we will start some [ground] work later this year and start the [pad site] work off with two retail buildings and two office buildings in early 2018.”

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9414131,-97.0647463,3a,75y,310.24h,89.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLQLAmJTAUHZmr8ut1AZB2g!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

Hotel, corporate lodging concept starting near DFW Airport (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/03/28/hotel-corporate-lodging-concept-starting-near-dfw.html)

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The franchised property, called WaterWalk Las Colinas, will be owned by a Wichita-based investment group led by Allen Dunne, CEO and owner of Dunne Investments and Dunne Property Co.

The property will be located near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport near the George Bush Turnpike and West Royal Lane in Irving.

Each location will have added space typically seen in apartment homes with hotel services. The furnished and semi-furnished suites have a kitchen, washer and dryer, fitness center, bike storage and other amenities for residents and visitors.

Per the previous article, I was worried the new building was to sit atop an above-ground garage. What a relief.

First look: Next phase of Old Parkland campus will add an office building
(http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/28/first-look-next-phase-old-parkland-campus-will-add-office-building)

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The 90,000-square-foot classical "Jeffersonian style" building was designed by Dallas' Beck Group and United Kingdom architect Craig Hamilton.

The six-story office project at Maple Avenue, Dallas North Tollway and Knight Street will have three levels of underground parking.

Plans also call for "a thematic sculpture in the front plaza" of the new building, according to Crow Holdings.

"We already have commitments for approximately 40 percent of our new office space and are delighted the market continues to support our development."

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.806745,-96.8166052,3a,75y,223.28h,88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAETYR_b8xmjhhaL6Vf_Kow!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1)

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Irving developer to build 456-unit community in Richardson's Telecom Corridor (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/03/28/irving-developer-to-build-456-unit-community-in.html)

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The community, called Jefferson Woods, is underway by Irving-based JPI near North Central Expressway and Glenville Drive and expects to begin delivering units in summer 2018.

The property's location adjacent to Spring Creek Nature Area and the CityLine development in Richardson will attract a number of residents wanting to live near a work environment with amenities, said Matt Brendel, senior vice president and development partner at JPI.

The terms of the financing deal were undisclosed. Dallas-based JHP is the architecture firm designing the project.

Placeholder for Trinity Groves hotel (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=220362):

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DBJ (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/03/31/high-rise-hotel-luxury-living-and-office-building.html)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7786562,-96.8279184,3a,75y,136.77h,90.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scLTMNtKodYV7aUx7fOzhpQ!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

More apartments on the way on Singleton Boulevard in West Dallas (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/03/apartments-way-singleton-boulevard-west-dallas)

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Now Stonelake Capital has filed plans for a second, 325-unit apartment block that will be built on the west side of Obenchain Street near Singleton.

Stonelake Capital partner Kenneth Aboussie confirms that the apartments will be the next phase of the Trinity Green project.
Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7785586,-96.837546,3a,75y,182.35h,92.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sd32D_NjVS2Vh-jvMVeryVQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

Las Colinas office buildings will get park in makeover (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/05/las-colinas-office-buildings-will-get-park-makeover)


"The differences are going to be night and day — very light and bright," Josh Hedderich, senior vice president of asset management for Parmenter, said in a statement.

"Mandalay Tower 2's lobby will have a new reception desk, seating areas, and a lounge component with new furniture and pendant light fixtures."

The redevelopment will include a 1-acre park built among the three high-rises. Complete Landsculpture designed the park area.

The renovations to the three towers are scheduled to be finished this summer.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8663732,-96.9402912,169m/data=!3m1!1e3https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8663732,-96.9402912,169m/data=!3m1!1e3)

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Aerospace giant Boeing to create global services HQ at Plano's Legacy West (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/04/05/aerospace-giant-boeing-to-move-its-global-services.html)

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DMN (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/05/boeing-lands-planos-3b-legacy-west-project)


The newly formed company expects to be up and operational at the site in July.

The executive team for Boeing Global Services will serve about 20,000 employees throughout the world.

The central location in the United States will help assist in Boeing Global Services' plans for worldwide service, Deal said.

The business unit decided to put its headquarters in Dallas because Aviall currently has a sizable presence in North Texas. Availl Inc., a Boeing company specializing in aircraft parts, is located along Regent Boulevard in Dallas.

"It is their upper-level management with an exposure to an incredible array of companies from all over the world that will come and visit this location for business purposes," LaRosiliere told the DBJ.

Room & Board, a popular furniture retailer, is coming to Dallas (http://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2017/04/05/room-board-popular-furniture-retailer-coming-dallas)


American-made modern home furnishings retailer Room & Board plans to open its first Texas store in Dallas later this year.

The retailer which has a cult-like following already has a large online customer base in the Dallas area.

The Minneapolis-based furniture retailer is combining two spaces on McKinney Ave., just south of Knox, formerly occupied Nest and Design Within Reach.

Room & Board says more than 90 percent of its products are made in the U.S. using both American-made and imported materials. The company works mostly with small U.S. manufacturers.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8216095,-96.7880787,3a,75y,72.28h,87.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxpctRwDwl1Q4f6VxCBaBNg!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

Frisco Station hotel project starts this week (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/10/frisco-station-hotel-project-starts-week)

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Fort Worth Business (http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/collin_county_business_press/four-brand-hotel-campus-coming-to-frisco-station/article_3a4254d6-4ad0-11e6-babb-63629c97b64e.html)


Construction kicks off this week on the next phase of the $1.5 billion Frisco Station development.

The first phase of the development will include an AC Hotel and Residence Inn -- both Marriott properties.

The new hotels will include 300 rooms.

NewcrestImage's project is also planned to include a Canopy by Hilton in another phase.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1095116,-96.829449,837m/data=!3m1!1e3)

The Residences @ Park District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210893)

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Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ParkDistrictDallas/)

Crescent Bishop Arts (https://www.crescentcommunities.com/businesses/multifamily/crescent-bishop-arts) (foreground) / Bishop Arts Station (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2015/09/here-is-the-revised-alamo-manhattan-design-for-bishop-arts/) (background)

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Andres Construction Services (https://www.facebook.com/AndresConstruction/)

Allen approves $91 million convention center and hotel on U.S. 75 (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/10/allen-green-lights-91million-convention-center-hotel-us75)

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The 7-acre project on U.S. Highway 75 is intended to give the city a way to snag a slice of the growing event and meeting business in Collin County.

Dallas-based Altera Development is building the project, which will include a 300-room Marriott Hotel, 90,000 square feet of convention and meeting space and a 1,000-car parking garage.

"We had the expectation we would break ground a year ago, but we had the wrong design," Bowman said. "Now it's six stories, and we've made it larger."

Altera Development principal Mike Kennedy said the hotel will be operated as a Delta by Marriott, one of the company's newest full-service brands.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0908956,-96.6836239,3a,75y,43.63h,89.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sosbhgQTmAO1UOow_h1w90g!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

The Drever Sorts Out Liens, Gets New Financing (https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/mixed-use/the-drever-gets-new-financing-appears-to-sort-out-liens-73148?rt=39680?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser)

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TheDreverDallas (https://thedreverdallas.com)


The Drever, the Downtown skyscraper undergoing renovation at 1401 Elm St., closed a new financing vehicle with a private investment group on April 5. Missouri City-based GCP Income Opportunities I is listed as the lender on public records.

“All contractors are current and construction continues as planned,” Drever said. “All of the abatement, fire safety and cutting in stairs are either finalized or in progress to meet safety and fire code requirements, and work is paid to date.” The redevelopment is still set to deliver in 2018, Drever said.

Collin College starts construction of new training facility in McKinney (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/mckinney/city-county/2017/04/07/collin-college-starts-construction-new-training-facility-mckinney/)

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Collin College broke ground Friday on the new Public Safety Training Center, which was also the official launch of the college’s master plan.

The new facility, which will be located at 3600 Redbud Blvd., McKinney, will house the college’s fire science and law enforcement academies and a professional development-training site for Collin County’s emergency services personnel. The center is being built in cooperation with the cities of McKinney and Allen. The cities will also provide funds for the new facility.

The 128,000-square-foot training center will include two multistory burn towers for fire training in residential and commercial firefighting settings. The Fire Science Academy areas of the facility will also include specialized simulators for training in hazardous materials fires and spills, civil aircraft and below-grade rescue in earth collapse extrications.

The center is expected to be complete by summer 2018.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/place/3600+Redbud+Blvd,+McKinney,+TX+75069/@33.2291063,-96.6280528,3a,75y,134.21h,90.1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-JwFjIdu-qO-DTqu-k324w!3e11!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphototh umb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChAKDnNlYXJjaC5UQUNUSUxFEkAK EgmjWY4zGxNMhhF6fw41doHnQRIKDSVbzhMV3btnxhoSCYu3xN inE0yGEVpvNCSbKVEHKgoNJVvOExXdu2fGGgUIahCIAw%26gl% 3DUS!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x864c131b338e59a3:0 x41e78176350e7f7a!8m2!3d33.2290853!4d-96.6280227!6m1!1e1)

Plano officials pursue land for public park at Legacy West (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/plano/city-county/2017/04/10/plano-officials-pursue-land-purchase-legacy-west-park/)

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Plano City Council on Monday approved the terms of a contract to purchase a grassy, 7-acre site for $9.9 million. The site is located across the street from some of the city’s most prominent construction projects.

The land purchase is currently unfunded, and would only go through if voters pass a $78.9 million bond package for parks projects in the May 6 elections.

“The park in Legacy West will be a neighborhood park to serve the growing number of residents in the area,” City Parks Director Robin Reeves wrote in an email. “It will likely be more urban in character than a typical neighborhood park.”

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0796735,-96.8288324,419m/data=!3m1!1e3)

New Uptown Dallas apartment project will add 190 rental units (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/13/new-uptown-dallas-apartment-project-will-add-190-rental-units)

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Called Modera Howell, the 7-story apartment block is the latest of a series of close-in rental communities built by Dallas-based Mill Creek.

Mill Creek and venture partner Abington Properties are building the Uptown project with a rooftop pool deck, fitness studio, landscaped courtyard with outdoor kitchen and dining area, a business center and three levels of underground parking parking.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.802581,-96.7974128,3a,75y,92.49h,88.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdhCjNsHetABQzzhNl3cpBQ!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

In reference to the last post, the project will replace a once-proposed residential high-rise.

New tower on the drawing board for Dallas' huge Lincoln Centre project (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/13/new-tower-drawing-board-dallas-huge-lincoln-centre-project)

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Now Lincoln Centre's owners are proposing construction of a fourth office tower that would be built on the east side of the tollway.

The 390,000-square-foot office project would be the largest such development in that area in more than a decade.

Lincoln Centre leasing agents with Cushman & Wakefield have recently been showing details of the planned tower to prospective tenants.

The expansion project would also include a multi-level parking garage that would replace surface parking on the northwest side of the property, according to plans for the development.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9254673,-96.8199523,3a,75y,127.2h,89.27t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sYJBqSKWeUD1Zu1mfr6mMiQ!2e0!6s% 2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DYJBqSKWeUD1Zu 1mfr6mMiQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_ sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26y aw%3D87.28681%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312 !8i6656)

Topping-out ceremony of PwC Tower (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210893):

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Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ParkDistrictDallas/)

Construction has begun on The Epic (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=219304).

From my Photobucket (http://s1077.photobucket.com/user/SicEmBears/library/?sort=3&page=1):

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Via UCR (http://ucr.com/property/the-epic/):



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Spending most of my Easter weekend in Deep Ellum. Too bad this wont be vertical to see the scale, but will definitely make a point to scope this property.

Spending most of my Easter weekend in Deep Ellum. Too bad this wont be vertical to see the scale, but will definitely make a point to scope this property.

Glad to hear.

Last time I passed by, about seven trailers were on site, as well as construction equipment. Fence was up, too.

Perhaps these will help you gather the project's scale:

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DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/22/hugedeep-ellum-development-will-take-two-years-build)

D-FW apartment boom shows no sign of a slowdown with 50,000 plus units on the way (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/14/d-fw-apartment-boom-shows-sign-slowdown-50000-plus-units-way)

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Dallas-Fort Worth was already the top apartment building market in the country before starts increased by more than 95 percent in the first two months of 2017.

Almost 30,000 new apartments will open their doors here in 2017.

Less than 5 percent of North Texas' rental units are empty. And average rents have gone up by almost 6 percent in the last year.

But with employment growth in the area still running over 100,000 new jobs a year, apartment analysts and builders are optimistic that the market won't get overbuilt.

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New Allen mixed-use project will include shopping center and apartments (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/17/new-allen-mixed-use-project-will-include-shopping-center-apartments)

http://cityofallen.org/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12601
CityofAllen (http://www.cityofallen.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2138)


The restaurant portion of the development will have 23 retail and restaurant buildings totaling more than 342,000 square feet.

"This is a first-class shopping center," Ben Roodhouse, vice president with RPS Development, told the Allen city council, which just approved the development.

Along with the retail, 638 apartments will be built in a series of three- and-four story buildings on the east side of the development.

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1249683,-96.7285017,644m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Allen Selects Builder for $10 Million Park (http://www.cityofallen.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2140)

http://www.cityofallen.org/ImageRepository/Document?documentID=12618


Construction of Allen’s newest community park is expected to begin in May.

The 75-acre complex will be the first community park on the west side of Allen. Located at the southwest corner of Ridgeview Drive and Bray Central Drive, it will feature a lighted softball complex with artificial turf, multi-use fields, a looped pedestrian trail, nature trails and a playground.

A central restroom facility and concession stand will make the new park an attractive option for large tournaments. Twenty-five acres of the park will be kept as natural land.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1295268,-96.6938343,726m/data=!3m1!1e3)

The Epic project in Deep Ellum kinda flies right in the face of the "Don't Uptown my Deep Ellum" crowd, but that project on that location will be really impressive.

Hall Arts Hotel & Residences (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218708) set to break ground Friday. :)

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ULI (http://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/downtown-dallas-turnaround-built-parks-arts-people/)

Pharmacy group starts division HQ campus in Carrollton with plans to employ 3,000 (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/04/20/pharmacy-group-starts-division-hq-campus-to.html)

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DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/20/amerisourcebergen-kicks-carrollton-campus-project)


The initial phase totaling $113 million with 300,000 square feet of space is slated to be completed in 2019.

"This will be the headquarters for our specialty pharmaceuticals and will be the headquarters for operations throughout the United State and the world," James Frary, executive vice president and president of AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, told the Dallas Business Journal.

This is the first step in the divisional corporate campus — a two-phased development — becoming a reality and giving AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group a place to relocate about 1,200 existing employees to the campus in 2019.

In the next 10 years, AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group plans to hire an additional 1,100 employees with the hopes of bringing its North Texas employee base to 3,000 associates.

Gensler helped create a collaborative campus that marries the beauty of the outdoor space on a bluff overlooking a creek bed and a water feature with an open interior with floor-to-ceiling windows and modern, clean lines.

First Allen and now McKinney eyes a conference center and hotel project (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/19/first-allen-now-mckinney-eyes-conference-center-hotel-project)


The $69 million McKinney development would contain a Marriott hotel and 33,000 square feet of meeting space. The developers are asking the city to contribute to the project.


The hotel would be operated as a Marriott Autograph Hotel, which has more than 100 locations and 70 more on the way.

The city is being asked to contribute $18 million in economic incentives to the project. The money would come in the form of a $3 million grant, a $5 million loan and $10 million in tax rebates over 10 years.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1387933,-96.7199225,419m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Ground to break Thursday, April 27 on Plano's Legacy West first residential high-rise.

Official name - LVL29 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=219064), with 29 floors of residential.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0850134,-96.8269052,219m/data=!3m1!1e3)

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Renaissance Legacy West (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218113):

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/03/21/business/21itineraries2/21itineraries2-master675.jpg

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NYTimes (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/business/texas-hotels-dallas-houston-austin.html?_r=0)

Pegasus Bank to Open North Dallas Banking Center (http://www.prestonhollowpeople.com/business/pegasus-bank-to-open-north-dallas-banking-center/)

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Pegasus Bank announced plans for a new building and full-service banking center in Preston Hollow. The new two-story, 14,400-square-foot building will be located at 5940 Forest Lane in Preston Forest Village.

“This will be the finest building between Uptown and LBJ,” said Pegasus Bank President Joe Goyne. “The stylish and contemporary new building will offer state-of-the-art technology and amenities.”

The bank plans to occupy the first floor and lease out the second floor.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8722499,-96.8346743,2757m/data=!3m1!1e3)

More information on Hall Arts Hotel & Residences (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218708):


The 44 condos in the 25-story tower on Flora Street will start in price at $2 million.

"We are doing a very relatively small number of very high-end homes," said developer Craig Hall. "It will be a very special, exclusive place to live."

The condominiums will average in size just under 4,000 square feet with the two-level penthouse containing more than 10,000 square feet.

https://www.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Residences-Living-Room.jpg

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Hall said the 183-room Hall Arts hotel will be operated by Virginia-based Crescent Hotels & Resorts, which also has downtown's historic Adolphus Hotel.

"The hotel will be different from the Ritz or the Mansion in that it's going to be more arts-oriented," Hall said. "It's a boutique and intended to be intimate with more a residential feel.

"There will be a really heavy emphasis on the artwork."

The building will have four swimming pools, entertaining rooms for the residences, a fitness center and wine storage room.

"We are doing 60 percent of the units finished out and offering 40 percent as shell space," Hall said.

Hall said the entire project will take just over two years to complete.

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1492547253-hallartsmap.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800

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Two high-rise residential projects on the boards for Frisco's Star and Station projects (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/24/two-high-rise-residential-projects-boards-friscos-star-station-projects)

http://friscostation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/FSMasterplan_LR-1920x1281.jpg
FriscoStation (http://friscostation.com/?page_id=3917)


The 240-acre Frisco Station is planning for a 20-story "urban living" building at Gaylord and John Hickman parkways.

The proposed high-rise would be part of a retail, restaurant, hotel and entertainment complex that Frisco Station developers are calling The Hub.

"We have had a lot of interest in this type of product so we are trying to keep all of our options open," said Trey Sibley, general manager of The Rudman Partnership, one of the partners in Frisco Station.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1149926,-96.8271328,419m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Next door at The Star, developers have filed new plans with the city for a residential building with a "minimum 17 stories."

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.110077,-96.8283988,837m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Alpha + Inwood project plans to bring apartments, retail, hotel to Galleria neighborhood (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/24/major-mixed-use-project-works-galleria-neighborhood)

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1493000821-alpha2.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800


The 14-acre development at Inwood and Alpha roads in Farmers Branch would replace a vacant big box retail store on the west side of the Dallas North Tollway.

Called Alpha + Inwood, the project is planned to include a combination of apartments, retail and restaurant space, a boutique hotel and an office building taking up a full block.

Bridgeview Real Estate, Transition Development and apartment builder JPI are working on the 745,000-square-foot development.

The 4-story apartment buildings would contain 406 rental units and would be constructed in the first phase.

Along with JPI's apartments, the Alpha + Inwood development is designed to include a 7-story, 204,970-square-foot office building on the corner.

South and west of the office building the project will include five restaurant and retail buildings and a 5-story, 155-room hotel.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9316215,-96.8242392,420m/data=!3m1!1e3)

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With Centrum transformation underway, Dallas' Quadrant Investment expands its vision (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/04/25/with-centrum-transformation-underway-dallas.html)

http://quadrantinvestmentproperties.com/images/uploads/project_images/_MG_5704_web_3.jpg
Quadrant (http://quadrantinvestmentproperties.com/projects/hall-street)


The 13-story, 112,225-square-foot boutique office tower at 3625 N. Hall St. — called Hall Street at The Centrum — will be transformed from the 35-year-old tower into a sought-after destination for modern office space.

"We believe the lobby has been high under-utilized, and we look forward to creating a functional community space for the tenancy," said Cook, in a statement.

Other plans include revamping the existing pull-in driveway into a usable plaza and garden, adding a Method Coffee shop with food options and showcasing an art collection, which is on loan from one of Quadrant's founders Howard Rachofsky.

The renovations and creative office spaces will have a great impact on Hall Street's current and future tenants, said Marshall, who is a vice president in CBRE's Dallas office.

The renovations of Hall Street are slated for completion by August 2017.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8093868,-96.8065812,3a,75y,187.99h,103.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQUrpAvAmyRsyjPLbqEvGBw!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656!6m1!1e1)

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1493138694-Hall-St-Centrum-Spec-suite-.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800
DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/25/another-oak-lawn-tower-getting-redo)

Rolex Building (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218268):

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Dallas' hot warehouse market draws Houston developer Hines (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/26/dallas-hot-warehouse-market-draws-houston-developer-hines)

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1493217903-hinesmap.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800


The 1.04 million-square-foot industrial complex would be constructed on Cleveland Road just south of Interstate 20 - an area already seeing significant warehouse development.

Called Southlink Logistics Center, Hines' building would be one of the largest new industrial developments in Dallas.

GSR/Andrade Architects designed the buildings, according to plans filed with the city.

With almost 16 million square feet of construction, Dallas' is second nationally only to Chicago in total warehouse building, according to a first-quarter report from Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
And net warehouse leasing in the D-FW area in the first quarter totaled more than 4 million square feet - one of the highest leasing volumes in the country.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6356886,-96.7456389,842m/data=!3m1!1e3)

$2 million makeover for Jefferson Boulevard begins soon (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2017/04/2-million-makeover-jefferson-boulevard-begins-soon/)

http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-20-at-12.18.41-PM.png


The boulevard is receiving a little over $2 million from 2012 bond funds, which will go toward sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting and landscaping.

Plans call for trees in the medians and sidewalks, and bricked crosswalks will be added to the intersections at Adams, Bishop, Madison and Zang.

Besides that, the stretch of Jefferson between Adams and Zang will be repaved with new asphalt.

The sidewalks will remain pretty much the same, but the city will repair any cracked and broken places in sidewalks and medians.

Low pedestrian lighting will be added to walkways, and the overhead street lamps will be replaced with new LED ones.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7432038,-96.8274949,420m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Park District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210893) - slightly distorted view of PwC Tower (right) and Residences at PD (left):

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Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ParkDistrictDallas/)

The Ascent (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217330):

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jsoto3

Victory Parkside (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217334):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9eyZdaU0AELihu.jpg
CTroyMathis (https://twitter.com/CTroyMathis)

The Union (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211602):

https://s22.postimg.org/us5ndefdt/20170421_145104.jpg

Bleu Ciel (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211551):

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170419_112256_zpscaoeqohy.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170419_112256_zpscaoeqohy.jpg.html)

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170419_112323_zpsxc1jvp3m.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170419_112323_zpsxc1jvp3m.jpg.html)

Alexan Katy Trail (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=221124):

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170418_110614_zps9rriknza.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170418_110614_zps9rriknza.jpg.html)

No. 10 Harwood (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218108):

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170419_112151_zpsh0x0c91p.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170419_112151_zpsh0x0c91p.jpg.html)

Hilton Canopy / Residential (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=219485) @ Cityplace:

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170412_104258_zpsjqjad19i.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170412_104258_zpsjqjad19i.jpg.html)

The McKenzie (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217557):

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170419_111211_zpsy3ju7gy8.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170419_111211_zpsy3ju7gy8.jpg.html)

http://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb415/trevorma93/20170419_111201_zps1oedb10b.jpg (http://s1204.photobucket.com/user/trevorma93/media/20170419_111201_zps1oedb10b.jpg.html)

Another hotel tower is in the works for Plano's $3 billion Legacy West (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/28/another-hotel-tower-works-planos-3-billion-legacy-west)


Investor Sam Moon Group plans to build the new boutique hotel in the Legacy West Urban Village on Headquarters Drive at Communications Parkway.

"The new hotel will be a 12-story, 170-room Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel," said Legacy West developer Fehmi Karahan.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0841899,-96.8268468,419m/data=!3m1!1e3)

McKinney signs off on KDC-led development team for corporate magnet (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/04/21/mckinney-signs-off-on-kdc-led-development-team-for.html)

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/10354075/kdcgatewayaerial.jpg


The proposed mixed-use development will sit at the Gateway of McKinney at the Sam Rayburn Tollway and U.S. 75, with the development team moving forward with plans to develop the remainder of the 90-acre tract.

"So far, we are right on track with the progress we were hoping to make with this partnership with KDC and we look forward to a successful future with them and the Gateway development," he added.

The marketing activities are expected to begin at the same time as the city and the development firm forms the master development agreement, which is expected to be executed by October.

"The components of this site will be driven by some really nice Class A office space that will be compliments nicely with other uses, such as restaurants, entertainment and multifamily housing to make for a nice live-work-play environment," he said.

KDC could develop a million square feet or more of Class A office space with even more supporting real estate to accommodate thousands of people.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1643239,-96.639972,837m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Huge Allen data center would be one of the largest in North Texas (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/05/01/huge-allen-data-center-one-largest-north-texas)

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The 1.4 million-square-foot high-tech complex would be built in three phases on the west side of U.S. Highway 75 north of Allen Commerce Parkway.

The project will be the third large data center built in that area in Allen.

You are talking billions of dollars in data centers," said Dan Bowman, executive director of the Allen Economic Development Corp. " It's been great to see that pick up steam in Allen."

The first phase of CyrusOne's planned Allen data center would be 350,950 square feet. Two additional phases would add a 619,100 square foot and a 412,800 square-foot building.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1407736,-96.6602549,837m/data=!3m1!1e3)

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1900 Pearl (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217582):

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The Union (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211602):

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The Case (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217662):

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SkyHouse Victory Place (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=213667):

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Marriott Courtyard (http://www.mwbuilders.com/portfolio/projects/project/1525):

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Bleu Ciel (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211551):

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Park District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=211551):

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maconahey

New Dallas condo development in Cedars gets nearly $10M to kick off project (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/05/01/new-dallas-condo-development-in-cedars-gets-nearly.html)

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/10438453/cedarscondodallas-copy.jpg


The 62-unit project, called Destination Residences, will span a multi-story condominium project in the up-and-coming urban neighborhood just south of downtown Dallas.

The development team plans to use an existing parking garage on the site that will help them "move quickly," on building the multi-story condo building, Laub said.

"This isn't a proven market," he said. "There are not a lot of condo products down there and this is an untapped market for this type of product — particularly at the price point they plan to deliver them at."

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7716771,-96.7960026,3a,90y,342.72h,89.75t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suy-nZI4yE5XV8YTbeKqUzA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fc bk%3Fpanoid%3Duy-nZI4yE5XV8YTbeKqUzA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_clie nt%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h %3D100%26yaw%3D296.8031%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D1 00!7i13312!8i6656)

Developer Bill Cawley hits it into high gear with his next Tollway office building (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/05/01/developer-bill-cawley-hits-it-into-high-gear-with.html)

http://www.cawleypartners.com/uploads/2/0/9/0/20908706/balcony-shot_orig.jpg


Dallas developer Bill Cawley has begun his next office building along the Dallas North Tollway, between Belt Line Road and Spring Valley Road, which will bring the new home for Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) to fruition.

Oxy's chemical division signed a lease for roughly half the building — or 120,000 square feet of office space — in a long-term deal. The remainder of the building will be put on the market.

The six-story, 240,000-square-foot building, known as Fourteen 555, sits at 14555 Dallas Parkway in Addison.

"Like Tollway Center and Knoll Trail Plaza, Fourteen 555 features a state-of-the-art fitness center, conference center and our signature rooftop terrace," said Cawley, CEO of Dallas-based Cawley Partners, in a statement.

"However, all of the amenities for Fourteen 555 will be located in a separate amenity building called The Hub, which will also feature a large courtyard," he added. "Tenants and their employees look for walkability in the new office space."

Construction is slated for completion in September 2018.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9437233,-96.8227674,3a,75y,196.95h,88.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKWS8ZR8gySNs1iRPNjlNtQ!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

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Cawley Partners (http://www.cawleypartners.com/fourteen555.html)

OKC can't even manage to get single data center.

I didn't see this one posted, from 3 weeks ago.

Dallas to close, shrink and make streets two-way to keep AT&T downtown

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/att/2017/04/12/dallas-closes-shrinks-two-ways-streets-keep-att-downtown

I didn't see this one posted, from 3 weeks ago.

Thank you.

I posted the original proposal, which differs little than the approved, when announced a few months ago.

OKC can't even manage to get single data center.


Here's a graphic of 2016 nationwide data center activity:

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1489003593-datachart.jpg?auto=format&q=40&or=0&w=600
DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/08/big-d-now-number-two-big-data-center-business)

Modern-style condo mid-rise on the books for Dallas' White Rock Lake neighborhood (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/05/02/modern-style-condo-mid-rise-on-the-books-for.html)

https://media.bizj.us/view/img/10441184/the-drake-at-white-rock-rendering-2.png


A Dallas-based development group, NBKW Partners LLC, plans to build a new seven-story condominium residence that will bring up to 100 new single-family homes to Dallas' White Rock Lake neighborhood.

The condominium, called The Drake at White Rock, could appeal to first-time buyers, empty nesters and residents attracted to the natural beauty of White Rock Lake, said Al Coker, owner of Al Coker & Associates, who is marketing the development.

The condo homes will be priced from $290,000 to $750,000 based on the size of the home and its finishes. The project will include one-, two- and three-bedroom options with expansive balconies and a number of community amenities.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8075469,-96.7307446,210m/data=!3m1!1e3)

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1493740289-The-Drake-at-White-Rock-Rendering-(1).jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800
DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/05/02/condo-project-near-white-rock-lakewould-start-near-300000)

$100M hotel and conference center in McKinney's Craig Ranch lands city incentives (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/05/03/100m-hotel-and-conference-center-in-mckinneys.html)

https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1492617281-CR-Proposed-Resort-site-plan.jpg
DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/04/19/first-allen-now-mckinney-eyes-conference-center-hotel-project)


The city of McKinney voted to contribute $18 million in economic incentives, including a $5 million construction loan and a $3 million grant upon completion of the project on an 8-acre parcel at Collin McKinney Parkway and Weiskopf Avenue in Craig Ranch from the McKinney Community Development Corp.

The remainder of the economic incentives will come from the reimbursement of tax dollars generated by the 285-room and suite hotel, with a 75 percent reimbursement of sales, property and hotel occupancy taxes in year 1 through year 5.

The hotel and conference center, which is planned as a Marriott Autograph Collection, will bring 33,000 square feet of meeting space to McKinney, as well as restaurants and eateries for guests.

The resort's amenities will include a resort-style lazy river, outdoor fire pits, concierge services and valet parking.

Construction will begin on the hotel and conference center this summer, with the resort slated to open in the Craig Ranch master-planned community by fall 2019.

Fairfield Inn & Suites will locate at 618 N Uptown Boulevard (http://www.cedarhilledc.com/Midtown_Area_Gains_New_Development_Approval)


A new Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel will be developed on 2.25 acres northeast of Clancy Nolan Drive between Uptown Boulevard and North Clark Road.

The select service hotel will be 4 stories and host 90 rooms.

http://www.cedarhilledc.com/media/uploads/images/Fairfield%20Inn%20%26%20Suites.bmp

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5965092,-96.942371,3a,75y,275.29h,93.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZueEKWSivieqXMLn1SKv-w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

I'm going to Dallas later this month. What do you recommend me go see?

I'm going to Dallas later this month. What do you recommend me go see?

There are many variables to consider.

How long is your trip? Where will you stay? Will you have transportation? What interests you?

Another big warehouse project on the way in I-20 corridor south of Dallas (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/05/08/another-big-warehouse-project-way-20-corridor-south-dallas)


Crow Holdings-Capital Real Estate will build the 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse campus near the southwest corner of Interstates 20 and 35E in Lancaster.

Called I-35 Logistics Crossing, the project will have twin 610,806-square-foot warehouse buildings at the corner of Houston School and Wintergreen roads.

Ben Doherty with Crow Holdings said the company is "very bullish on the D-FW market, especially Dallas' southern sector, because of strong industrial absorption levels in the region reinforced by continued population growth.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6208865,-96.8102111,842m/data=!3m1!1e3)

New rendering for AMLI Fountain Place (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=223326) and glass parking garage in CBRE flyer (http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fountain-Place-property-flyer-050317.pdf):

http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fountain-Place-hero-1.jpg
CBRE (http://ucr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fountain-Place-property-flyer-050317.pdf)

There are many variables to consider.

How long is your trip? Where will you stay? Will you have transportation? What interests you?
I'm staying for 2 nights at the Omni hotel downtown, and I will be driving there from OKC. Are there any historic places I should see? What are the best places for BBQ in the area? Are there any local restaurants I should try? (anything except fish.)

* Twisted Root (I know it's kind of a chain now) was always one of my favorites. The Deep Ellum one was the best, but they added one when I lived their right near SMU.
* Dream Cafe was our favorite breakfast spot.
* Wild About Harry's - more of a cultural visit than a place to get good food.

None of these are best of, but they were all places we had fun going to.

As far as places to see, we always enjoyed the Dallas World Aquarium (the one downtown). Honestly, because of where we lived, we just enjoyed spending evenings on Greenville Ave & Knox Street & our favorite quiet park Caruth Park in University Park (we had one child already so keep that in mind).

I'm staying for 2 nights at the Omni hotel downtown, and I will be driving there from OKC. Are there any historic places I should see? What are the best places for BBQ in the area? Are there any local restaurants I should try? (anything except fish.)

You should enjoy the OMNI. The hotel is impressive, and the reviews are quite good.

Should you have any questions with your itinerary, I'd be happy to help.

Historic Places


Dealey Plaza/Grassy Knoll
Sixth Floor Museum
John Neely Bryan Cabin (walking distance from OMNI)
West End Historic District
M-Line Trolley (free, historic trolley system, runs from Arts District to West Village)
Dallas Heritage Village (19th century pioneer and Victorian homes)
Millermore Mansion (Mid-1800s, Dallas Heritage Village)
Belo Mansion (1880s, Arts District)
Dallas County Courthouse (1891, Richardsonian Romanesque)
Cathedral Shrine of Our Lady Guadalupe (1898, Gothic Revival Catholic Church, Arts District)
Wilson Block Historic District (22-acres of early 20th century Victorian Homes, Swiss Ave @ Oak St)
Grace UMC (1903, Gothic Revival)
Wilson Building (1904, once-tallest building in Dallas, former department store)
Swiss Avenue (early 1900s, mile-long historic district, estate homes of prominent Dallas families, from Fitzhugh to La Vista Dr)
Adolphus Hotel (1912, Beaux-Arts, developed by Adolphus Busch of Anhueser-Busch, guests include Queen Elizabeth II, The Vanderbilts and sitting U.S. presidents)
First Presbyterian Church of Dallas (1912, World Heritage Site)
Katy Building (1912, walking distance from OMNI)
Kirby Building (1913, Gothic Revival, completed by Adolphus Busch)
Dallas Scottish Rite Temple (1913, Beaux-Arts)
Dallas Municipal Building (1914, Beaux-Arts courthouse, location of Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination)
Neiman Marcus Flagship (1914)
Dallas Hall (1915, Georgian, SMU)
Magnolia Hotel (1921, Beaux-Arts, once-tallest building west of the Mississippi, former home of Magnolia Oil, later becoming ExxonMobil)
Majestic Theatre (1921)
First UMC Dallas (1921, Gothic Revival)
Dallas Hilton (1925, world's first high-rise Hilton hotel)
Davis Building (1926)
Highland Park Presbyterian Church (1926, Gothic Revival)
Highland Park UMC (1927, Gothic Revival)
Woodrow Wilson High School (1928, Elizabethan)
Titche-Goettinger Building (1929, Renaissance Revival, former department store)
Third Church-Christ Scientist (1930, Renaissance Revival)
United States Post Office and Courthouse (1930, Renaissance Revival)
Tower Petroleum Building (1931, Art Deco)
Texas Theatre (1931, place of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest, Oak Cliff)
Highland Park Village (1931, Nat'l Historic Landmark, America's first modern shopping center)
Fair Park / Hall of State (1936, Nat'l Historic Landmark, built for Texas Centennial Exposition [World's Fair], world's largest collection of Art Deco exposition buildings)
Kalita Humphreys Theatre (1959, Frank Lloyd Wright, Turtle Creek)


Local BBQ Spots


Pecan Lodge BBQ (great reputation, Deep Ellum)
Lockhard Smokehouse BBQ (Oak Cliff)
Babb Bros BBQ (Trinity Groves)
18th & Vine BBQ (Maple Ave)


Museums / Art Galleries


DMA (free, Dallas Museum of Art)
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Robert A.M. Stern, native Texas outdoor gardens, SMU)
Nasher Sculpture Center
Trammel & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art (free, open-air)
KPMG Plaza (free, open-air art collection on rooftop deck, Arts District)
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Dallas Holocaust Museum
Meadows Museum (SMU)
Frontiers of Flight Museum (Love Field)


Public Parks / Outdoor Events


Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (highly recommended)
White Rock Lake
Klyde Warren Park
Pioneer Plaza
Belo Gardens
Main Street Gardens
Reverchon Park
Turtle Creek Park
Lakeside Park (Highland Park)
Goar Park (University Park)
Caruth Park (University Park)


Entertainment Districts


McKinney Ave (restaurants, bars)
Deep Ellum (bars, dives, shops, nightlife)
Bishop Arts (restaurants, art galleries)
Lower Greenville (restaurants, bars)
Henderson (restaurants, bars)