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$120 million expansion planned for Grapevine’s Gaylord Texan
Karen Robinson-Jacobs
January 20, 2016

Nashville-based Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc., which operates as a lodging real estate investment trust, said the project at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine will add 300 guest rooms to the resort’s current 1,511 room count.

That would put it just below the 1,840 room count at The Sheraton Dallas Hotel downtown, the state’s largest hotel in terms of guest rooms.

The current project will add 86,000 square feet of carpeted meeting space, bringing the total meeting space to about 490,000 square feet.

Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year and be completed during the second quarter of 2018. The $120 million figure includes a $5 million expansion of the property’s resort pool complex, which is expected to be complete for the 2016 summer season.

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Lakeside mixed-use project coming in Denton County town of Little Elm
Steve Brown
January 21, 2016

The 7.4-acre project is at the southeast corner of Eldorado Parkway and Main Street, across from Hydrous Wake Park.

The project – built in partnership with NE Development – will have 6,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 203,090 square feet of apartment homes in 4-story buildings.

The mixed-use development will have 242 apartments and will take 16 to 18 months to build.

Humphreys & Partners Architects designed the development.

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Margaret McDermott Bridge update:

May 15, 2014 - January 21, 2016

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Stream Data Centers to develop new Legacy-area data center in Plano
Candace Carlisle
January 21, 2016

Dallas-based data center provider Stream Data Centers has snapped up 16 acres of land to develop a new data center development within Legacy Business Park in Plano.

The developer plans to build a 210,000-square-foot data center that will have the ability to withstand sustained 185-mph winds. Stream is seeking LEED Silver certification for the project.

Dallas-Fort Worth is the No. 2 data center market in the country based on the megawatt absorption in 2015, according to JLL's latest Data Center Perspective.

JLL's Bo Bond told me he expects to see a lot of data center development this year.

Stream Data Centers plans to begin construction on the site in the second quarter of 2016, with occupancy slated for early 2017.

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[zookeeper]

Sic'Em - Is the Shops at Legacy still booming? Its been awhile since I've been around there but I was told its expanded even further north and also west? What other similar new urban lifestyle centers are big now? Is The Village at...similar? Doesn't Perot own a lot of that land - or did?

Sorry for all the questions!

[Sic'EmBears]

Sic'Em - Is the Shops at Legacy still booming? Its been awhile since I've been around there but I was told its expanded even further north and also west? What other similar new urban lifestyle centers are big now? Is The Village at...similar? Doesn't Perot own a lot of that land - or did?

Sorry for all the questions!

No worries, I enjoy helping others.

Legacy West

You are correct - the Legacy area of West Plano is booming.

This should help clarify the magnitude of the construction:



Mixed-Use Developments

The following is non-comprehensive.

New - Under Construction:

• Dallas Midtown (Dallas)
• The Canyon (Dallas)
• Preston Hollow Village (Dallas)
• Clearfork (Fort Worth)
• The Gate (Frisco)
• The Star (Frisco)
• Wade Park (Frisco)
• Music Factory (Las Colinas)
• Water Street (Las Colinas)
• Legacy West (Plano)
• Caruth TOD (Richardson - no official name),
• Grandscape (The Colony)
• Entrada (Westlake)

Existing - New Construction:

• Southlake Town Square
  
  • Garden District
  • Granite Place
  • Parkview
  • Z Gallerie

Proposed:

• Texas Stadium Site - Irving
• Verizon Campus - Las Colinas

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Preston Center lands Carlo's Bakery:

Carlo's Bakery of 'Cake Boss' fame opening a location in Dallas
Korri Kezar
January 22, 2016

The concept’s 13th location is under construction in Dallas at Preston Center. The bakery, at 8319 Preston Road, is slated to open in March.

“Dallas was top on the list."

The concept is also looking at building in Santa Monica, California; Chicago; Boston; and São Paulo, Brazil.

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M-Line Tower update, via McKinney Avenue Trolley's Twitter:

[zookeeper]

Thanks for all the info, Sic'Em!

A lot of information, but wow. I learned something I'm surprised I hadn't heard about and that's the Dallas Cowboys move from Valley Ranch to Frisco. Nice new offices and practice facility - among other things. I wonder how many other NFL team HQ's have an Omni Hotel attacked to it? Thanks again, amazing stuff.

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Mercedes-Benz to develop new regional distribution facility in Grapevine
Candace Carlisle
January 22, 2016

The Learning & Performance Center is relocating from Houston to Grapevine and will accommodate the ongoing training of Mercedes-Benz dealership technicians from throughout the southwestern United States.

The two facilities are slated to sit on more than 31 acres along Lakeside Parkway at Enterprise Road in Grapevine.

The parts distribution center — which is one of six of its kind in the country — will total about 254,000 square feet of space and will parcel out parts throughout the southwest United States.
Once staffed, the 59,000-square-foot training facility will employ 50 full-time employees and will be able to train 150 to 200 technicians per week.

Mercedes-Benz is expected to take occupancy of the two buildings in January 2017.

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Vickery Meadows will soon be home to a new development.

New retail, a farmers market and a White Rock Creek Trail connector are planned for The Hill.

View the PDF here.

West of the site is the first phase of Preston Hollow Village development, with Presbyterian Hospital located to the east. Also notable within the adjacent complex are a series of multifamily developments currently underway between Walnut Hill and Royal Ln.

The current proposal, referred to as The Hill, has been proposed as a first phase of development for the overall project site,” it begins. “Phase I will focus on retrofitting an existing, auto oriented shopping center in an effort to transform the existing and proposed buildings into a more walkable series of shops and restaurants arranged around a landscaped and amenitized central common space.

TIF reimbursement is currently being considered to augment costs related specifically to public realm improvements around and throughout the site, improvements to the alley ROW located along the northern edge of the project, and potential trail connection opportunities to link up various existing trail systems located in proximity to the development site.

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Four more Fortune 1000 companies look to relocate to D/FW.

Read about it here.

Over the past five years, 70 companies have relocated their headquarters to D/FW, including 35 from California.

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Construction begins on multimillion-dollar redo of former Belo Building
Candace Carlisle
January 25, 2016

Hartland-Mackie is hosting a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday to mark the occasion.

"We are seeing downtown Dallas become more walkable and we wanted to take the divider away from outside to inside," Hartland-Mackie told me.

The redevelopment includes adding glass walls to the lobby of the tower, a French-style restaurant being created by former Mansion on Turtle Creek chef Bruno Davaillon, a sky garden on the top floor of the tower, 200-person conference facility and a fitness center.

The restaurant is in the early concept phase.

The tower is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2017.

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Dallas being considered for relocation for (4) major Fortune 1000 companies. Interesting article. Seems Dallas is blowing and going!! I really wish OKC could be more aggressive in attracting these Fortune companies. OKC is just as deserving.




Exclusive: Four Fortune 1000 companies considering headquarters moves to North Texas - Dallas Business Journal

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Empty medical building on Gaston Avenue in East Dallas will become Westin hotel project
Steve Brown
January 26, 2016

Carrolton-based Atlantic Hotels Ltd. has purchased the vacant Dallas Health & Rehabilitation Center building on Gaston Avenue near Baylor Medical Center.

The 7-story medical building has been empty for years. The 70,000-square-foot former medical building was built in 1964 and is just a block from Baylor’s campus.

Atlantic Hotels has filed permits with the City of Dallas to convert the building into an Element by Westin Hotel.

He said East Dallas needs the hotel rooms. “There is a dire need of the hotel near the hospital,” Molubhoy said.

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Lamar Hunt family affiliate begins developing speculative Fort Worth project
Candace Carlisle
January 26, 2016

The 301,500-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility will sit on 16.66 acres within Riverbend West Business Park at 2101 Reeves Place in northeast Fort Worth.

Construction is expected to begin immediately with completion of the new hub expected in the third quarter.

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Dallas’ ‘Complete Streets’ plan will get a vote this week, just in time for Knox Street makeover
Robert Wilonsky
January 26, 2016

At long last, this Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote on the $800,000 Complete Streets Design Manual that’s been in the works since 2011 and is intended to do just that.

Improving streets like Knox is exactly what the Complete Streets plan is about.

Says Tanya Brooks, the interim assistant director for Planning and Neighborhood Vitality at Dallas City Hall, the Knox do-over “is a Complete Street bond-funded project intended to improve walkability in the corridor by reducing a lane of traffic and widening the sidewalk.”

Among their suggestions: Close the alley next to Lamps Plus, improve the streetscape, add bike racks, widen those narrow sidewalks, and bury the poorly placed utility poles that block pedestrians.

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[Spartan]

Are they actually using a Streetmix graphic as an official project rendering? Lol

[Sic'EmBears]

Preliminary rendering for the empty medical building/Element hotel conversion:

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New Frisco mixed-use project across from Toyota Stadium is on the drawing boards
Steve Brown
January 27, 2016

The 22-acre development on Main Street east of the Dallas North Tollway will be next door to the Toyota Stadium.

Property owner and developer Paul Cheng has filed plans for a complex of one to 4-story buildings on the north side of Main

The project is designed to include two office buildings, five retail and restaurant buildings and 597 apartments. There’s also a 6-story garage and retail building.

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Perhaps this project will be similar to its initial plan by Corgan.

[Plutonic Panda]

Are they actually using a Streetmix graphic as an official project rendering? Lol

Is that a problem? It shows people what is going there and what to expect.

[Sic'EmBears]

A major win for The Cedars neighborhood and historic preservationists:

Time Warner will move Victorian home in The Cedars it planned to raze
Robert Wilonsky
January 28, 2016

In a city where history lasts as long as it takes to crank up the bulldozer, this truly is big and breaking news: One of the oldest houses in The Cedars has been granted a stay of execution.

Time Warner Cable, which only weeks ago was preparing to raze the circa-1885 Victorian home overlooking R.L. Thornton Freeway, now says it will pay to move the structure to a nearby location.

“Time Warner Cable has committed to working with preservation leaders to relocate the home,” says a statement company spokesperson Melissa Sorola sent to The Dallas Morning News Thursday. “This plan serves everyone’s interests: The home will be preserved in a new location, and Time Warner Cable can move forward with construction on a new hub that will add capacity and reliability for our downtown customers.”

Said Emery, the house serves as “a reminder of what began as one of Dallas’s first ‘Streetcar Suburbs,’ and continued as one of the city’s first neighborhoods that middle- and upper-class Jewish families called home. The house holds a visually prominent perch over I-30 and has captured the attention and wonder of not only neighbors, but daily commuters.

“They have a very quick time line but have given us some breathing room. And they’re happy to have played a major role in seeing this house saved. That’s really good news.”

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Construction underway on Scott Beck's $4B Dallas Midtown project
Candace Carlisle
January 28, 2016

Dallas developer Scott Beck has begun environmental remediation and pre-demolition work on the $4 billion Dallas Midtown mixed-use development in North Dallas that will make way for a new corporate magnet and entertainment destination.

Beck's Dallas-based Beck Ventures is overseeing the redevelopment immediately surrounding Valley View Center, which is about 17 blocks within a larger 40-block, 430-acre mixed-use development.

Valley View Center is expected to be taken down brick-by-brick versus an implosion to salvage materials that could ultimately be used in the new development on the site in North Dallas. Beck Ventures also is in the process of creating a tree farm by pruning back the roots of certain trees to ready them for being moved, he said.

The pre-demolition work began in earnest in December. By May 1, Beck said he expects to begin demolition on Valley View Center and have the entire site cleared and ready for vertical construction by the end of the year.

Our retail partner Shop Cos. is working on bringing all kinds of interesting retail and restaurant groups to the project.

We plan to be open by December 2017 with some opening the first quarter of 2018.

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Love those details. Just goes to show how much work these people are putting into this and how much they really care.

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Circuit City is coming back and the rumor is the first store is going to be in the Dallas area.

Circuit City Set To Return This Spring | Twice