The proposed D2 extension through downtown will be a subway line.i am happy about that. Is there any timeline on that?

Mountain Creek Business Park to get bigger with two-building project in South Dallas (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/08/17/mountain-creek-business-park-to-get-bigger-with.html)


A Dallas-based developer plans to begin construction on a two-building speculative project, which will add more than 150,000 square feet of industrial space to the 590-acre Mountain Creek Business Park.

Nation’s first airport emergency room opening at DFW International (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/08/18/exclusive-nation-s-first-airport-emergency-room.html)

High-profile parcel in Plano's Legacy Business Park getting high-rise office, hotel (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/08/18/high-profile-parcel-in-planos-legacy-business-park.html)

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O'Brien Architects (http://obrienarch.com/project/legacy-spring-creek/)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0668233,-96.8269998,698m/data=!3m1!1e3)


The Baccus family, in a partnership with Dallas-based Provident Realty Advisors, will begin construction early next year on land they've owned since the mid-1800s to transform it into a high-rise, mixed-use development.

This development, called The Legacy at Spring Creek, is a chance for the longtime Plano family to create a legacy, said Leon Backes, president of Provident Realty Advisors.

"This site is a very high-profile piece of property in one of the hottest markets in the country."

The plans for the 37-acre tract include three office buildings ranging from eight- to 10-stories, totaling up to 2 million square feet with a 200-room boutique hotel and up to 100,000 square feet of retail space.

"We're seeing an intense amount of interest in the site, from retail, office and hotel users," Backes said.

The architects have planned on incorporating and building upon an existing grove of trees on the site, to help maximize pedestrian connectivity to other parts of Legacy Business Park, including developer Randy Heady's newly proposed office building along the Dallas North Tollway.

Construction on the initial phase is slated to begin in early 2018.

DFW recently acquired a WNBA team - the Dallas Wings.

Now Lacrosse (MLL) joins Cricket and Rugby (USARL) in search for a professional sporting home in Dallas.

Major League Lacrosse eyes Dallas for potential team as Cowboys' Star set to host championship game (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/sports-business/2017/08/16/major-league-lacrosse-eyes-dallas-potential-team-cowboys-star-set-host-championship-game)

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An expansion or relocation in Dallas would be a move toward bringing the game west, as seven of the league's nine teams are on the East Coast.

"West is the direction we want to go," Ventresca said. And Dallas "checks all the boxes from the league's perspective."

Gross said several groups are interested in owning a team in Dallas, but Jerry Jones' camp is not one of them.

"The Cowboys will not be an owner," Gross said. "They’ve made it clear their focus is on the Cowboys, but they’re very supportive of what we’re trying to do."

Costco to open 12th DFW location in McKinney October 1 at the northeast corner of Hardin and US 380 (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2185556,-96.6600319,418m/data=!3m1!1e3).

The 150,000 SF McKinney location will be slightly larger than the Frisco location.

Costco by Texas Metro:


DFW - 12
Houston - 8
Austin - 3
San Antonio - 3

Plans to revitalize Plano’s ailing Collin Creek Mall come into focus (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/plano/commerce/2017/08/16/plans-revitalize-planos-ailing-collin-creek-mall-come-focus/)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0132375,-96.7134119,1083m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Redevelopment efforts to save an ailing Plano mall are underway as part of a planned $1 billion investment to convert the southeast Plano properties into a multi-use development with multifamily residential, retail and entertainment projects.

“Most likely, if they’re going to do mixed-use, the property would need to be rezoned,” Braster said.

Ware said he anticipates the mall project to cost between $1 billion and $1.6 billion.

Scott Polikov, principal and founder of Gateway Planning, said redevelopment efforts at Collin Creek Mall will also be building on the momentum of the recent revitalization in downtown Plano. Gateway Planning, a design and development consultancy firm, will work in coordination with Dreien on the Collin Creek Mall project in the coming months.

$8.5MM expansion allows McKinney room for minor NAHL franchise:

Dr Pepper StarCenter McKinney to add additional ice rink, parking, locker rooms (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/mckinney/business/2017/08/16/dr-pepper-starcenter-mckinney-add-additional-ice-rink-parking-locker-rooms/)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1430141,-96.7042708,223m/data=!3m1!1e3)


The Dr Pepper StarCenter in McKinney will add approximately 46,000 square feet to the facility, which includes an additional ice rink with 1,800 seats, more parking and locker rooms.

Officials from the StarCenter, located at 6993 Stars Ave., McKinney, said they hope this expansion will allow for larger events and tournaments, including a possible minor North American Hockey League franchise, according to a presentation given at last night’s City Council meeting.

The expansion is estimated to cost $8.5 million with $3.5 million in funding from a grant approved by the McKinney Community Development Corp. and the remaining $5 million coming from the city of McKinney.

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Grand Park vision could come to life in 2018 (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/frisco/city-county/2017/08/08/grand-park-vision-come-life-2018/)
Future plans could add more acreage, extend the park east of the Dallas North Tollway

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1374765,-96.8399831,1620m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Grand Park is planned to be a 350-acre, master-planned regional park near the heart of Frisco.

The most recent plans for the park include a lake feature, walking trails and large amounts of open space paired with commercial development fronting the lake.

Grand Park is already planned to be the largest park in Frisco, but it could grow as it is developed. Future phases of the park could include adding acreage to the park east of the toll road and just south of the Frisco Discovery Center. This land could include approximately 180 acres that the city plans to purchase one day surrounding the former Exide Technologies battery recycling plant.

Factoring in all the land that the city already owns for Grand Park and near Frisco Square as well as the land the city could eventually own around the Exide plant, it is possible to have more than 600 acres of park and open space in the heart of the city, City Manager George Purefoy said.

“The vision for Grand Park is even growing bigger than it previously was,” Cheney said.

“Once Grand Park is completed, I feel that’s what Frisco will be best known for,” Cheney said. “It’s that kind of caliber of park.”

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Inside this $100M luxury condo project near Frisco's '$5 Billion Mile' (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/08/22/inside-this-100m-luxury-condo-project-near-friscos.html)

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PR Newswire (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/frisco-city-council-approves-the-corvalla-300341342.html)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0897305,-96.843652,249m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Construction has started on a new $100 million luxury condominium development in Frisco's exclusive Stonebriar neighborhood, which sits near the city's much-marketed '$5 Billion Mile.'

The 121-home, single-story flats, called The Corvalla, is being built by Dallas-based Robert Elliott Custom Homes and Canada-based Western Securities Limited within 100 yards of The Westin Stonebriar Hotel & Golf Club.

The home will be priced from the $700,000s to the $1.2 million range, with the average cost at about $900,000.

The condos will range from 1,700 square feet to 3,000 square feet. Each residence will have high-end finishes with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances in the kitchens.

The community, which sits near the Stonebriar Hotel & Golf Club, will have outdoor courtyards with fire pits, bocce ball courts, and a resort-style pool with cabanas.

The Corvalla is slated to open to residents in late fall 2018.

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The Corvalla (http://thecorvalla.com)

Pei Wei chain to relocate headquarters from Arizona to Irving (http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article168970642.html)

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Commercial Cafe (https://www.commercialcafe.com/commercial-property/us/tx/irving/las-colinas-highlands/)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8927308,-96.9797882,312m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Armed with up to $500,000 in incentives from the state and $75,000 from the city of Irving, the fast-casual chain plans to create 100 jobs in North Texas over five years, beginning with moves later this year.

It is the fifth headquarters relocation that Abbott has secured with the help of the Texas Enterprise Fund.

“Part of this is not just a headquarters move, but it’s really an overall shift in our brand direction,” said John “J.” Hedrick, chief executive of Pei Wei. “We are separating operationally and geographically from our parent company.”

He said he expects most of the jobs, some with an average annual compensation package of $125,000, to be filled largely by North Texans.

“I expect the number to be no more than probably 10 people to relocate” from Arizona, he said.

The company, which operates more than 200 restaurants in 21 states, will move into about 14,000 square feet in the Las Colinas Highlands, a seven-story building near DFW Airport.

First look: New apartment tower on the way at Dallas Cowboys’ The Star in Frisco development (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/28/first-look-new-apartment-tower-way-dallas-cowboys-star-frisco-development)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1081726,-96.82644,3a,75y,6.75h,88.36t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbg7joKwm33tdvEWOesVBug!2e0!6s% 2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dbg7joKwm33tdv EWOesVBug%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_ sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26y aw%3D101.23567%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i1331 2!8i6656)


Called Star House, the project will have "160 urban living units" in a tower built of limestone, metal and glass.

"Our average unit size will be north of 1,200 square feet," Columbus Realty CEO Robert Shaw told the Frisco Planning & Zoning Commission when it approved plans for the apartment tower.

Newly released plans for The Star project also show that three office buildings will be built along the tollway and Warren Parkway, adjacent to the new apartment tower. The office buildings will range from seven to 12 stories tall.

The office and apartment towers will join the new Omni Frisco Hotel and Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research Center as the tallest buildings at the $1.5 billion The Star project.

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New Dallas office tower on the way at Park Lane development on North Central Expressway (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/31/new-office-tower-way-park-lane-development-us-75)


The owners want to build an office tower with up to 11 floors and as much as 340,000 square feet of space.

"The motivation behind this new building is we've seen serious upward movement in the rents in our existing offices," Spurgin said. "We think we'll garner significant interest with this building."

Northwood hired architect Gensler to design the tower.

The office tower would be one of the largest such developments along U.S. 75 in years.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8715207,-96.7697574,3a,75y,137.12h,89.49t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sP4q4zFALkg3umvjpFWkDKw!2e0!6s% 2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DP4q4zFALkg3um vjpFWkDKw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_ sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26y aw%3D68.63544%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312 !8i6656)

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Bottom left (NW) corner:

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Virgin Hotel Dallas (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218107):

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DBJ (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/06/07/exclusive-how-the-developer-behind-dallas-first.html)

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

Crescent Bishop Arts (https://www.crescentcommunities.com/businesses/multifamily/novel-bishop-arts) w/ Bishop Arts Station (http://shopcompanies.com/properties/bishop-arts-station) topped out:

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Crescent (https://www.crescentcommunities.com/businesses/multifamily/novel-bishop-arts)

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Shop Cos. (http://shopcompanies.com/properties/bishop-arts-station)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7498276,-96.8241497,210m/data=!3m1!1e3)

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Andres (https://www.facebook.com/AndresConstruction/?ref=page_internal)

First look at Southgate, the new McKinney mixed-use project by Legacy West team (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/08/30/first-look-new-mckinney-mixed-use-project-legacy-west-team)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1638823,-96.6403312,837m/data=!3m1!1e3)


The project at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 75 and State Highway 121, will include office space, apartments, retail and restaurant buildings and a commons area with two acres of green space, water features, outdoor dining and a stage for performances.

"The project is organized around open, green spaces comprised of water features, lawns for events and native landscape inspired by the prairie heritage of north Texas."

The development has been in the works for more than a decade and currently includes a Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, an office and industrial facility for Emerson Process Management and a campus for Collin College.

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Excavation has begun for AMLI Fountain Place (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=223326):

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Is this I.M. Pei like the building to the right? If so, he's 100!

Is this I.M. Pei like the building to the right? If so, he's 100!

The architect is Page Southerland Page, or simply Page.

Its slender massing and razor-sharp lines slightly resemble Pei's John Hancock.

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

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Park District (https://www.facebook.com/ParkDistrictDallas/)

The architect is Page Southerland Page, or simply Page.

Its slender massing and razor-sharp lines slightly resemble Pei's John Hancock.

cool! thanks for the info :)

cool! thanks for the info :)

Certainly. :)

Japan's OKI Data moving its Americas headquarters from New Jersey to Irving (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/03/japan-firm-moving-americas-headquarters-new-jersey-irving)

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PrintingNews (http://www.printingnews.com/company/10013323/oki-data-americas-inc)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9236323,-97.0184897,3a,75y,17.75h,94.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA4v8v84HraG_HpxNwlT7zw!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)


A Japan-based printer and equipment firm that opened a regional office in Irving last year is moving its Americas headquarters to North Texas.

OKI Data is moving its Americas base from New Jersey to 8505 Freeport Pkwy. in Irving, near the north end of DFW International Airport.

OKI Data officials said the Irving location is geographically suited to expand the company's operations in North, Central and South America.

OKI Data has had its American headquarters in Mount Laurel, N.J., since 1972, he said. The company is a unit of Tokyo-based OKI Electric Industry, a $4 billion multinational corporation.

More apartments on the way near West Dallas' popular Trinity Groves (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/02/apartments-way-near-west-dallas-popular-trinity-groves)

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Towers (http://dallas.towers.net/2017/04/30/wood-partners-brings-the-next-piece-to-trinity-green/)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7777169,-96.8395277,420m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Stonelake Capital Partners and apartment builder Wood Partners have broken ground on the 324-unit rental project in the 25-acre Trinity Green development on Singleton Boulevard just west of Sylvan Avenue.

Stonelake Capital Partners and builder StreetLights Residential have already built 371 apartments in the first phase of the $400 million development. And David Weekley Homes is building 96 homes in the project.

Stonelake also built a 1-acre central park in Trinity Green.

Texas Capital Bank is financing the new Alta Trinity Green apartments, which will open in fall 2018.

Stonelake says it plans to develop an additional 850 apartment units at Trinity Green.

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Residences at Park District (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=210893), topped-out:

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Park District (https://www.facebook.com/ParkDistrictDallas/?ref=page_internal)

Alliance Residential met with the Oak Lawn Committee regarding the orientation of a possible 22-story, 240' tower (https://candysdirt.com/2017/10/04/alliance-goes-round-three-with-the-oak-lawn-committee-with-new-vision-for-armstrong-and-cole-project/) in Knox Park.

Project proposed at the southern corner of Cole and Armstrong.

Project may change given OLC, CC and developer's decisions.

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8216105,-96.7897953,210m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Last night, they returned with a vastly different configuration. The same 340-unit density, but they siphoned units off the back 80 percent of the lot and placed them in a high-rise on Armstrong Avenue. This left the very northern part of the property with a 22-story, 240-foot high-rise with the remainder of the property within MF-2’s height of three stories.

North-South orientation:

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East-West orientation:

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Amazon lands in Lancaster with huge new distribution center (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/06/amazon-lands-lancaster-huge-new-distribution-center)

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DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2015/04/13/amazon-planning-new-center-to-employ-at-least-500-people-in-southern-dallas)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.636235,-96.7723869,842m/data=!3m1!1e3)


Seattle-based Amazon - which has gotten lots of attention lately with its search for a second headquarters location - has rented space in a new 920,000-square-foot warehouse building off Dallas Road south of Interstate 20.

The Amazon fulfillment center is one of a half dozen major distribution centers the Seattle-based online retailer operates in North Texas.

Amazon also has major fulfillment centers in Coppell, North Fort Worth and Haslet in Denton County.

Amazon's industrial building is the first phase of a 164-acre logistics park Kansas City-based VanTrust Real Estate is building in southern Dallas County.

The project is planned for more than 2.5 million square feet.

Uptown Dallas tower and Statler redevelopment honored by Urban Land Institute (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/06/uptown-dallas-tower-statler-redevelopment-honored-urban-land-institute)

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BECK (http://www.beckgroup.com/projects/crescent-mckinney-olive/)


The new McKinney & Olive high-rise in Dallas' booming Uptown district was honored with the ULI's annual Innovation award. The 536,000-square-foot office and retail project on McKinney Avenue was developed by Crescent Real Estate.

"Crescent's development and design team, led by architect Pelli Clarke Pelli, started McKinney & Olive with a goal of setting a new standard for workplace design in Texas. Every major decision was measured against that goal," Joseph Pitchford, Managing Director of Crescent Real Estate, said in a statement.

Downtown Dallas' redevelopment of the Statler Hotel corridor on Commerce and Harwood streets was awarded the ULI's Next Big Idea Award. Dallas' Merriman Anderson Architects designed the $230 million Statler Hotel renovation and other projects in the area.

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Alchetron (https://alchetron.com/The-Statler-Hotel-and-Residences-4787848-W)

UT Southwestern planning a $480 million expansion of Clements Hospital (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/health-care/2017/10/04/ut-southwestern-planning-480-million-expansion-clements-hospital)

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Callisonrtkl (https://www.callisonrtkl.com/projects/william-p-clements-jr-university-hospital-at-ut-southwestern-medical-center/)

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.8203068,-96.8489679,210m/data=!3m1!1e3)


UT Southwestern is planning a $480 million expansion that will add 292 patient beds and 19 operating rooms to its flagship William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital by 2020.

The expansion is driven by “a greater-than-expected need” for specialty care, in areas such as neurology and cancer, hospital officials said Wednesday. The goal is to consolidate resources, boost efficiency and enhance the quality of care provided to patients, said Dr. Daniel Podolsky, president of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Clements Hospital will remain open as UT Southwestern builds a third tower on the north end of the current facility.

That center has become “a top priority,” with significant investments in basic research into brain injury and disease, and research to generate new approaches and treatments, he said.

A “significant part” of the third tower will focus on services for patients suffering from brain-related illnesses, and will staff neurologists, psychiatrists and other related clinicians.

Funding for the new tower will come from bond sales previously approved by the UT System Board of Regents and supplemented with philanthropic support.

AMLI Fountain Place (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=223326)

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

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Crystal Lagoons waterpark will make a splash in Prosper home community (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/09/crystal-lagoon-waterpark-will-make-splash-prosper-home-community)

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A Prosper home community will be getting a 5-acre Crystal Lagoon waterpark to help lure residents to the project.

Windsong Ranch, located on U.S. Highway 380 west of the Dallas North Tollway, plans to build the water feature to create "a beach-style lifestyle" for residents in the 2,030-acre development.

Windsong Ranch developer Terra Verde Group said Monday that construction of its Crystal Lagoon waterpark will start this winter and will be completed in early 2019.

"This is a real game changer for us," said Craig Martin, founding partner of Terra Verde Group. "This will be the only one announced for a master planned residential community in North Texas.

The lagoon will have watersports including boarding, windsurfing, sailing, diving, kayaking and swimming.

"What you have when it is completed is something that really does look like a beach in the Virgin Islands," Martin said. "It has sandy beaches all down one side, and it doesn't have the feeling of a swimming pool.

Proposal by Pelli Clarke Pelli for an Amazon "Smart Village" (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/18/bold-skyscraper-campus-energize-downtown-dallas-south-side) in downtown Dallas.

Tallest building would be 78 floors.

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Urban mixed-use project would fill high-profile corner in Allen (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/12/urban-mixed-use-project-fill-high-profile-corner-allen)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@33.1277452,-96.6648071,837m/data=!3m1!1e3)


The 78-acre mixed-use development is planned at the southwest corner of U.S. Highway 75 and Stacy Road.

In all, more than 600 rental units and a half-million square feet of office, commercial and retail buildings are included in the project called Stacy Green.

A 13-acre greenbelt and park along Cottonwood Creek would be dedicated to the city but maintained by the developer.

Dallas architect GFF and Architecture Demarest did designs and renderings for the project.

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New hotel in the works for Richardson's Telecom Corridor (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/16/new-hotel-works-richardsons-telecom-corridor)

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The 111-room full-service Four Points by Sheraton Hotel would be built near Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas' headquarters between the highway and DART's commuter rail line.

The hotel is planned with meeting facilities, a fitness center and will have access to the public trail system.

The hotel development site is south of the $1.6 billion CityLine development that includes State Farm Insurance's huge regional campus.

Old warehouse will become new venue for West Dallas (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/19/old-warehouse-will-become-new-venue-west-dallas)

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Oaxaca Interests said it plans to redevelop an old warehouse on Fort Worth Avenue into a dining and retail venue.


The developer said the old warehouse will be repurposed as a "pet-friendly, indoor-outdoor destination."

The real estate firm hopes to rent the 10,000-square-foot building to two to five tenants.

"The flexibility of the space, as well as its indoor and outdoor components, is perfectly suited for a food hall, beer garden and several smaller retailers and food artisans," Jackson said.

Architects Lake Flato and Hocker Design Group - which did Sylvan|30 are doing the project.

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Look: Plans for 56 townhouses on Fort Worth Avenue (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2017/10/look-plans-56-townhouses-fort-worth-avenue/)

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South Korean manufacturer to invest $100M into DFW expansion bringing 1,600 jobs (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/10/19/south-korean-manufacturer-to-invest-100m-into-dfw.html)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.9014738,-96.6799636,839m/data=!3m1!1e3)


A South Korean manufacturer is expanding its U.S. operations in North Texas, with Garland-based Nutribiotech USA Inc. bankrolling $100 million into the former Raytheon campus. The facility is being converted into a new $50 million business park.

Over the next five years, Nutribiotech USA, a subsidiary of Nutribiotech Co. Ltd. (222040:KOSDAQ), will increase its footprint from an existing 60,000-square-foot facility to more than 685,000 square feet of space. The expansion includes the renovation of 375,000 square feet of former Raytheon facilities and the construction of a new 250,000-square-foot facility adjacent to Nutribiotech's current site.

"We have been growing very rapidly and Garland has been a critical part of the success," Nutribiotech USA President BJ Lee said in a prepared statement. "As we look to the future, we are excited to be a valued and dynamic part of this region's economic engine."

Eagle Ford School to be renovated for offices (http://oakcliff.advocatemag.com/2017/10/eagle-ford-school-renovated-offices/)

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The 1923 West Dallas school, famous as the elementary school where outlaw Bonnie Parker attended, could be coming into a new era.

The city initiated efforts last year to make the Eagle Ford School a Dallas historic landmark because of its significance as a last remnant of Cement City and the Eagle Ford community. That move prevented the building, which was on the market, from being torn down for about three years while its case is under review.

Moser has plans to restore the building’s facades, expose bricked-in windows, replace windows and doors and add a paved parking lot. The interior will be renovated as an office space.

“We will bring this building back to a good condition for another hundred years,” Moser told the Dallas Landmark Commission this week.

Rosewood Property brings in venture partner for 2.5M-square-foot corporate magnet in Plano (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/10/24/rosewood-property-brings-in-venture-partner-for-2.html)

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Rosewood Property and Patrinely Group unveiled plans Tuesday outlining a 12-story, 343,800-square-foot office tower, called One Heritage Creekside, within Heritage Creekside's new 72-acre mixed-use campus along the President George Bush Turnpike on the west side of Interstate 75.

In all, the mixed-use campus — which is aimed at luring a major corporate tenant — will total more than 2.5 million square feet of Class A office space, retail, luxury urban apartments, hotels and single-family homes.

One Heritage Creekside, which could deliver as early as the fourth quarter of 2019, will be the first of four office buildings in a quad, with an additional fifth tower for a large company's operations, such as Amazon's proposed HQ2.

Even though the office tower could deliver as early as the fourth quarter of 2019, a spokeswoman for the development group said they require a tenant commitment before beginning construction.

New $25 million medical complex set for Garland (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/06/new-medical-complex-set-garland)

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The North Garland Medical Center will be constructed by New Era Partners at 7217 Telecom Parkway.

The 3-story 95,000 square foot of healthcare development space will be built near Bush Turnpike at Lookout Drive and Telecom Parkway.

The building will open next summer.

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Dallas-area apartment builders trail only one metropolis in construction permits (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/07/dallas-area-apartment-builders-play-catch-construction-permits)

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Dallas ranked second only to New York for total apartment building permits through the third quarter, according to a new report by Richardson-based RealPage.

Through September, developers in the Dallas area have received permits to start more than 20,000 apartments. That's down less than 1 percent from last year's building permit totals.

More than 47,000 apartments are currently under construction in North Texas.

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

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Park District (https://www.facebook.com/ParkDistrictDallas/?ref=page_internal)

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

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2323 Cedar Springs Rd (https://gff.com/view/21120/)

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The client is looking for a signature building in the heart of the most important subdistrict in Dallas. Anchored by two restaurants, the proposed 600,000 square foot, 27-story building intends to dampen the “architectural noise” that is surrounding the site with many different architectural styles, and rise as an elegantly constrained object.

While striving to satisfy the client’s desire to design the building such that the top would make an architectural statement recognizable on the Dallas skyline, project goals include maximizing view corridors from the site, assist in unifying/extending the pedestrian experience in the neighborhood, establish a park space that serves the buildings and neighborhood alike, and seek to create a “legacy” building for Granite Properties.

Building form and skin manipulate light; undulating vertically to provide varying floor plates, curtain wall planes extend above the roof to provide wind protection for a common amenity space. With an emphasis on building height and slenderness, the building dissolves at key locations to offer a sense of lightness.

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Plans revised for 2 office towers at Plano’s Shops at Legacy (https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/plano/city-county/2017/11/06/plans-revised-2-office-towers-planos-shops-legacy/)

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The Plano Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday approved a revised preliminary site plan for an 11-story office building and a 10-story office building east of the Dallas North Tollway in Plano.

The proposed office buildings, each offering more than 300,000 gross square feet of space, would be located generally southwest of the intersection of Ashmill Drive and Bishop Road in Plano.

Irving apartment project starts near new Music Factory (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/13/irving-apartment-project-starts-next-door-new-music-factory)

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Developers are building an apartment community near Irving's new Toyota Music Factory entertainment and retail center.

The 387-unit rental home project will be built east of the Irving convention center near Northwest Highway and Las Colinas Boulevard, across from the Irving Convention Center.

Builder JPI is developing the Jefferson Promenade apartments on land the Irving-based developer recently acquired. The project is adjacent to a commuter rail station.

Development planned for one of last vacant tollway sites near the Dallas Galleria (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/13/development-planned-one-last-vacant-tollway-sites-near-galleria)

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The planned project would include more than 700 rental units in two phases plus ground-floor retail space. The Jefferson East Branch development is in Farmers Branch northwest of the Galleria Dallas shopping mall.

"The site is already zoned for multifamily; we are just modifying the site plan," Brendel said in an email.

Architect JHP designed the 6-story buildings.

JPI is also working on a separate, more than 400-unit apartment project just south of the tollway tract at Inwood and Alpha Road. The rental units would be part of a 13-acre mixed-use development that includes retail, office and a hotel on the former site of a big box store.

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AMLI Fountain Place (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=223326) - tower crane is up.

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Knox Street's familiar Weir's Furniture block is getting a high-rise makeover (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/14/knox-streets-familiar-weirs-furniture-block-getting-high-rise-makeover)

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The owners of Weir's Furniture and Atlanta-based developer Geyer Morris Co. plan to build a high-rise retail and office development on the site of the almost 70-year-old store.

For several months, the Weir family and the developers have worked to design the project, which preserves the Highland Park Soda Fountain building — more than a century old — on the corner of Knox and Travis streets.

"We are focused on saving that soda fountain building — that's been an original desire of ours," said Geyer Morris' Justin Schoellkopf. "We've let this dictate the design of the rest of the project."

The lower floors would have retail and office and step back from the street to a 12-story office high-rise.

Weir's Furniture would relocate to a two-story space on the Travis Street side of the new building.

Parking for the 50,000 square feet of retail space and offices in the tower would be in a six-level underground garage.

"It's expensive, but we wanted to do it," Schoellkopf said.

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More office space on the way at booming Cypress Waters project (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/17/office-space-way-booming-cypress-waters-project)

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The 3201 Olympus Boulevard project will have 250,000 square feet of space in a five-story building. The office development is part of The Sound district at Cypress Waters, which also includes retail and restaurant space and apartments.

Billingsley filed a building permit with the city of Dallas for $25 million, which includes the 3201 Olympus office building and a four-story parking garage.

"We are breaking ground in the first quarter and the building should be complete by second quarter 2019," said Carey Morgan, Billingsley's director of marketing. "It is a lakeside building across the street from 20,000 square feet of retail with a dog park, splash pad for kids, lakefront amphitheater for concerts, 5-6-mile hike/bike trail, and parks with events and programming throughout the year.

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Hall Arts Residences (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=218708) tower crane is up:

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Hall Arts (https://www.facebook.com/HALLArtsDallas/)

New rendering w/ different angle of AMLI Fountain Place (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=223326).

Appears to be around 620'.

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MHN (https://www.multihousingnews.com/post/mhn-excellence-award-winners/)

Knox Street's familiar Weir's Furniture block is getting a high-rise makeover (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/14/knox-streets-familiar-weirs-furniture-block-getting-high-rise-makeover)

More renderings of the Weir's Knox expansion:

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Candy'sDirt (https://candysdirt.com/2017/11/15/weirs-furniture-engages-olc-rebuild-knox-home-compete-coming-restoration-hardware/)

2016 GDP Rankings (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release?et=&ob=oe&od=&pageID=1&rid=397&t=&tg=&tt=):

Both DFW and Washington DC surpassed Houston in 2016.

Nation's Top Five Largest Metros by GDP:
(change from 2015)



New York City - $1,657,457 ------ (+49,112)
Los Angeles - $1,001,677 ------ (+38,219)
Chicago - $651,222 ------ (+16,168)
Dallas Fort Worth - $511,606 ------ (+18,558)
Washington DC - $509,224 ------ (+15,573)


Texas Metros by Largest GDP:
(change from 2015)



Dallas Fort Worth - $511,606 ------ (+18,558)
Houston - $478,618 ------ (-18,090, second consecutive year of decline)
Austin - $135,010 ------ (+7,427)
San Antonio - $116,538 ------ (+4,367)
El Paso - $28,644 ------ (+930)
Beaumont - $24,875 ------ (-119)
Midland - $24,224 ------ (-2,141)
Corpus Christie - $22,403 ------ (-820)
Killeen/Temple/Fort Hood - $17,676 ------ (+869)
Tyler - $13,499 ------ (-134)
Lubbock - $13,434 ------ (+526)
Amarillo - $13,009 ------ (+184)
Waco - $11,892 ------ (+593)
Longview - $9,753 ------ (-742)
B/CS - $9,520 ------ (-101)
Odessa - $8,718 ------ (-1,439)
Abilene - $6,752 ------ (-220)
Wichita Falls - $6,164 ------ (-157)
Texarkana - $5,298 ------ (+179)
San Angelo - $4,839 ------ (-222)
Victoria - $4,665 ------ (-527)
Sherman/Denison - $4,292 ------ (+114)

Texas Metros by Change in GDP:


Dallas Fort Worth - $511,606 ------ (+18,558)
Austin - $135,010 ------ (+7,427)
San Antonio - $116,538 ------ (+4,367)
El Paso - $28,644 ------ (+930)
Killeen/Temple/Fort Hood - $17,676 ------ (+869)
Waco - $11,892 ------ (+593)
Lubbock - $13,434 ------ (+526)
Amarillo - $13,009 ------ (+184)
Texarkana - $5,298 ------ (+179)
Sherman/Denison - $4,292 ------ (+114)
B/CS - $9,520 ------ (-101)
Beaumont - $24,875 ------ (-119)
Tyler - $13,499 ------ (-134)
Wichita Falls - $6,164 ------ (-157)
Abilene - $6,752 ------ (-220)
San Angelo - $4,839 ------ (-222)
Victoria - $4,665 ------ (-527)
Longview - $9,753 ------ (-742)
Corpus Christie - $22,403 ------ (-820)
Odessa - $8,718 ------ (-1,439)
Midland - $24,224 ------ (-2,141)
Houston - $478,618 ------ (-18,090, second consecutive year of decline)

Apartment project kicks off at downtown Dallas' Farmers Market (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/11/13/apartment-project-kicks-downtown-dallas-farmers-market)

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Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7775713,-96.7917152,210m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1)


Lynd Development Partners is building the more than 200-unit apartment project at Harwood and Cadiz streets in downtown Dallas.

The new apartment development is just across the street from the Farmers Market. Lynd filed building permits with the city for a $33.5 million development.

Merriman Anderson Architects designed the project.

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Renderings for Downtown's South Asian Museum (http://www.mirorivera.com/south-asian-museum.html):

Project Location (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7846611,-96.8052926,210m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e1)

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A Texas City’s Named One of the Most High-Tech Cities in the World, But it’s Not the City You Think (https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/dallas-ranked-most-high-tech-city-world-austin-snubbed-new-business-insider-rankings/)

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If Dallasites didn’t have enough reasons to boast about their city, Business Insider just gave them another huge bragging right.

The prominent business site ranks Dallas-Fort Worth as one of the most high-tech cities in the world – and it’s the only Texas spot to make the cut. Take that, Austin!

Business Insider consulted with research firm 2thinknow to determine the 85 most technologically advanced cities in the world. Dallas-Fort Worth came in at number 11, beating out Beijing, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo among others.

You can thank the explosive tech scene for pushing North Texas into the future. The metroplex’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has experienced serious growth in the last year, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon.

Dallas is still behind a few other American cities in tech, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, New York, and San Francisco (which topped the list).

However, it wouldn’t be surprising if Dallas continued to climb the rankings in coming years.

Yes, Dallas is the city of tomorrow – and it’s already leading the pack in the Lone Star State.

I wish Amazon H2 would relocate to DFW. What they are doing down there is amazing.

Saw in the Dallas Business Journal where Smoothie King possible relocation to DFW! Another smart move for the business friendly State of Texas and booming DFW metroplex. BTW, Jamba Juice has relocated to DFW from Southern California.



https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/11/27/sources-smoothie-king-preps-headquarters.html

DFW Airport to close busiest runway for $160M rebuild project (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2017/11/28/dfw-airport-to-close-busiest-runway-for-52m.html)

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Business Destinations (https://www.businessdestinations.com/move/travel-management/dfw-international-airport-becomes-internationally-renowned-travel-hub/)


DFW Airport has received two grants for airfield improvements from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Most of the Airport Improvement Program grants, about $49.5 million, will be used to refurbish Runway 17-Center/35-Center and make associated taxiway improvements. Another $2.6 million will help upgrade lighting for the terminal ramp areas.

The rehabilitation project is scheduled to take place in mid-2018. The runway will be closed for about four months, but DFW’s six additional runways will allow a full schedule of flight operations, airport officials said. Customers should not see significant air traffic delays due to the closure, officials said

The rehabilitation project for Runway 17C/35C includes installation of an updated pavement sensor system for measuring weather impacts.

U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Coppell, said the improvements will maintain DFW Airport’s position as “the nation's premier transportation hub.”

"I am honored to represent DFW Airport in Congress and look forward to the seeing the impacts these improvements will have on air-travel, trade and job creation in North Texas,” Marchant said.

The rehabilitation consists of replacement of the center third of the runway, which is about 6,000 feet long, 50 feet wide and reaches a depth of more than three feet. The runway is comprised of 12 inches of lime-treated sub-base, 8 inches of cement-treated base and 18 inches of Portland Cement concrete.

Afterward, the entire runway will be resurfaced with a composite section of Portland Cement concrete and polymer-modified high-performance asphalt, designed for strength, flexibility and weather resistance.

DFW Airport serves more than 65 million customers per year, making it one of the most frequently visited super-hub airports in the world.

I wish Amazon H2 would relocate to DFW. What they are doing down there is amazing.

Amazon's shortlist was pushed from this Friday to early 2018.

It would be incredible to see Pelli's design come to fruition.

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DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/10/18/bold-skyscraper-campus-energize-downtown-dallas-south-side)

Downtown Dallas finally scores the grocery store it has long craved (http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/11-28-17-mercantile-place-trammell-crow-royal-blue-grocery/)

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Project Location - Trammell Crow Center (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7868859,-96.7992402,3a,62.1y,352.96h,91.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sce_oHEOPQtBXDz0dG4tBVw!2e0!7i1 3312!8i6656)

Project Location - Mercantile Place (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7814299,-96.7956307,3a,90y,221.28h,92.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_eeu0_ChEjd4v4w92p--gQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)


Downtown Dallas finally nets the grocery store it has long craved, and it's a humdinger: Austin-based Royal Blue Grocery will open not one but two stores, both inside the Central Business District.

For downtown dwellers, that means a short jaunt to get house-made quinoa oatmeal topped with Texas pecans, dried cranberries, brown sugar, and cinnamon. It means sandwiches, soups, salads, and produce. It means toilet paper in a pinch. It also means coffee by acclaimed Stumptown Coffee from Portland, Oregon.

The two stores will be located at the Mercantile Place building at 1704 Main St., and at the Trammell Crow Center at 2001 Ross Ave., which is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar makeover.

The chain hopes to do for downtown Dallas what it has done for downtown Austin: add density, vitality, street amenities, and convenience for workers and residents downtown.

In a release, Royal Blue Grocery proprietor Zac Porter says they're excited about Trammell Crow Center, which he calls "an iconic building undergoing a beautiful remodel."

"Our patio overlooking the DMA is going to be really special," he says. "As we expand into downtown Dallas, we think this location will be great for the building and our Ross Avenue, Arts District, and Klyde Warren Park neighbors."

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DMN (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2017/03/08/trammell-crow-renovation-kickoff-downtown-dallas-crow-center)