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Granite Properties' 'The Boardwalk' restaurant row gets underway in West Plano
Candace Carlisle
February 9, 2016

On the heels of landing Fannie Mae's regional consolidation at Granite Park, Granite Properties has started construction on its boardwalk-inspired restaurant row at the southeast corner of the Sam Rayburn Tollway and the Dallas North Tollway in West Plano.

The project, called The Boardwalk, is expected to bring about 29,000 square feet of restaurant space in a multi-building complex attached with patios and a boardwalk around the lake feature at Granite Park.

Last year, Granite Properties landed celebrity chef Kent Rathbun's new concept Hickory Kitchen and a Japanese and Asian-infused concept Blue Fish.

Fuller said it would be a variety of restaurants that would enhance the eateries at the park. Each restaurant will have 3,000 square feet to 7,000 square feet of retail space upon completion.

At full build-out, Granite Park is expected to have a daytime population of 10,000 people. Construction on The Boardwalk is slated for completion in October.

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Uptown tower sells to head of Dallas restaurant group that owns El Fenix
Steve Brown
February 9, 2016

Karns said Wednesday that he plans to remodel the concrete-and-glass tower to add two restaurants to the lower levels.

“Having our own space in the base of the building will allow us to create a couple of new restaurant concepts,” Karns said. “We are going to activate the street level of the building and liven it up.

“We will be more than 95 percent leased with our offices going in.”

Moving Firebird Restaurant Group’s offices from a building he owns at 2414 N. Akard St. could lead to additional opportunity.

“Our move frees up that block for immediate development,” Karns said. “Land prices are so high in Uptown that I get lots of calls about that property.”

Karns said eventually those 3.5-acre restaurant buildings with their large surface parking lots will be redeveloped for high-rises.

“That will be a landmark deal – a skyline changer,” Karns said.

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Dallas-based investor buys, plans to upgrade Stemmons corridor office building
Candace Carlisle
February 9, 2016

The 127,000-square-foot building at 7610 N. Stemmons Freeway near the corner of Stemmons Freeway and Mockingbird Lane in North Dallas is currently 44 percent occupied and the new ownership group plans to make a number of significant upgrades, said Ken Good, president of Good Signature Management.

Good's plans for the upgrades are to transform the 35-year-old office property — which was originally built by Houston developer Gerald Hines — into one of the top office buildings within the Stemmons corridor of Dallas.

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Dmkflyer from Dallasmetropolis has found an FAA proposal for a vacant lot owned by Perot.

The 275' building will be located at Cedar Springs and Dickson.

Construction is planned for September.

Previous proposal:

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San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., the nation's oldest and largest pharmaceutical company, plans to move offices to Las Colinas.

Read about it here.

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Irving industrial park kicks off with two buildings
Steve Brown
February 10, 2016

A Pennsylvania-based real estate company is building a 44-acre industrial park in Irving.

Liberty Property Trust plans to develop three warehouses with 720,000 square feet in its new Liberty Park GSW North project at 951 Valley View Lane.

The first two buildings with 537,300 square feet will be finished at midyear.

The company is also developing a 41-acre warehouse project at 2250 E. Bardin Road near Interstate 20 in Arlington.

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Exclusive: Provident Realty readies $1B project on former Pate Ranch tract
Candace Carlisle
February 10, 2016

Dallas-based developer Provident Realty Advisors is prepping a 468-acre tract formerly owned by Fort Worth's Pate family for a $1 billion mixed-use development, which will bring upwards of 1,000 single-family homes to the site along the newly completed Chisholm Trail Parkway.

Along with the single-family homes, Provident Realty plans to develop nearly 200,000 square feet of grocery-anchored retail space and a three-story apartment community with about 325 apartment homes on the tract at the southwest quadrant of Altamesa and Bryant Irvin Road in southwest Fort Worth.

The $1.4 billion Chisholm Trail Parkway brings this part of Fort Worth from a 30-plus minute drive to downtown Fort Worth to an eight-minute commute to the city's core, he added.

Construction is expected to begin on the apartments by the end of the year.

The three-story apartment buildings are expected to have an urban design with parking behind the buildings, which gives Tavolo Park's apartments a similar feel to those seen in Uptown or other mixed-use developments.

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AT&T hires firm to study downtown Dallas office options
Steve Brown
February 10, 2016

Communications giant AT&T Inc. has hired commercial real estate agents to evaluate its headquarters office options in the years ahead.

“We regularly assess our real estate requirements everywhere we operate to ensure our owned and leased properties continue to meet our needs,” AT&T spokesman Brad Burns said in a statement. “We’re happy to be headquartered in Dallas.”

AT&T’s options could include a move to a skyscraper Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood company wants to build on the north side of downtown.

Downtown officials say that keeping the central business district’s biggest corporate citizen will be a priority.

“Everybody is going to be as aggressive as we possibly can to either keep AT&T where they are or in a new location in the downtown area,” said John Crawford, CEO of the economic development group Downtown Dallas Inc. “We are going to pull out all the stops.”

Award-winning design firm HOK has made renderingsof what the Woodall Rodgers building might look like.

With almost $150 billion in revenue, AT&T is the largest company based in Dallas.

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Dallas' most popular shopping street is getting an upgrade.

The building improvements of Bardot Place will be located in-between the Apple Store and Restoration Hardware, along Konx St.

View the PDF here.

Nearly 1,000 luxury apartment units are either under construction or planned for the Knox Park neighborhood.

Plans to enhance shopping experience by reducing vehicular lanes, expanding sidewalks, enhancing street level amentieies and adding bicycle lanes are also in the works for Knox.

Read about it here.

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Street Enhancements:

[TU 'cane]

I think we should all watch the AT&T deal closely given the current economic status across the country and world. We'll see how eager they are.

To be honest, I bet they want to build a tower like the one proposed.

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Addison office building lands major high-tech tenant on the tollway
Steve Brown
February 11, 2016

A new Addison office building has landed a second major tenant.

The office building is being built by developer Cawley Partners.

With the latest deal, the 200,000-square-foot building is 80 percent rented.

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[Eric]

Dallas' most popular shopping street is getting an upgrade.

The building improvements of Bardot Place will be located in-between the Apple Store and Restoration Hardware, along Konx St.

Is Wild About Harry's closing? I know Harry passed away a couple of years ago. Would be tragic to loose that place for something as "authentic, modern, relevant (read just like everything else Mediterranean and out of place) as this development appears to be.

[Eric]

And Highland Park Pharmacy. People here would be going insane if this happened (as they should).

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Is Wild About Harry's closing? I know Harry passed away a couple of years ago. Would be tragic to loose that place for something as "authentic, modern, relevant (read just like everything else Mediterranean and out of place) as this development appears to be.

Hello, Eric.

I have not received any news stating Wild About Harry's will be closing.

[Eric]

Hello, Eric.

I have not received any news stating Wild About Harry's will be closing.

I maybe over reacted. It wouldn't be entirely tragic. But I think that this development is just going to make Knox less and less desirable. What made it a point of interest was the main street feel of it, without club after club as on Greenville or Henderson. It was one of the few places I really enjoyed taking my kids. I know it's a long ways from turning into one of those other areas, but it would be tragic if it did.

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New apartment community is coming north of White Rock
Steve Brown
February 12, 2016

A Connecticut-based developer has started construction on a $51 million apartment community located north of Dallas’ White Rock Lake.

The 291-unit Parc at White Rock is being built at Northwest Highway and Lawther Drive and will start opening late this year.

The project is located next to a DART commuter rail station.

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SKYLVL Altitude Media has published a great fly-through showing Park District's scale within the immediate uptown neighborhood.

View the video here.

From the video:

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Cowboys Club in Frisco to start wait list as 800 memberships sell out
Karen-Robinson Jacobs
February 15, 2016

Membership in the club, at the Dallas Cowboys’ under-construction headquarters and training facility, costs a family a one-time fee of at least $4,500 plus $350 a month. The initial fee for corporate memberships depends on how many people will have access. The monthly fee is also $350.

The Cowboys Club is set to open in September, shortly after the opening of the headquarters, called The Star in Frisco.

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Construction begins on new hotel near Frisco's $5 Billion Mile along the Dallas North Tollway
Candace Carlisle
February 16, 2016

Construction has begun on a new hotel near Frisco's much-touted $5 Billion Mile, which is a mile stretch of roadway along the Dallas North Tollway from Warren Parkway to Lebanon Road with $5.4 billion of real estate investment plans.

The nine-story, 184-room Drury Inn & Suites hotel will sit at the southeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and Gaylord Parkway in Frisco, which is just outside the $5 Billion Mile. The hotel is slated to open in 2017.

Drury Hotels CEO Chuck Drury said Frisco was a highly requested location for the St. Louis-based hotelier to open a new Drury Inn & Suites.

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GFF has released a flythrough of the Oak Farms conceptual mater plan.

Plans include:

- 1,191,300 SF office
- 1,210 residential units
- 336,800 SF retail
- 150 hotel rooms
- 5.34 acres park space

View the location here.

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Sur La Table and Trader Joe's are expected to open soon in the Armstrong at Knox.

Little Katana and Stag, a Japanese bistro and clothing company, will join the retail mix.

Armstrong at Knox is a 165-unit luxury apartment community.

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In reference to post #570, below is the link to the master plan.

https://vimeo.com/155556645

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New concept in Uptown puts Dallas in line with major national food trend
Teresa Gubbins
February 17, 2016

Always on board with hot new trends, Dallas is about to get the latest buzzy concept in dining: a food hall. Coming in spring 2016 to Uptown Dallas, Uptown Urban Market will go into the former Sfuzzi space at the Gables Villa Rosa on Cedar Springs Road.

Founders are Mark Brezinski and Jonathan Tobolowsky, who hope to re-create the spirit of food halls such as Chelsea Market in New York or the Public Market in Milwaukee.

"Each stall will specialize in a specific food offering, from pizza to tacos to grab-and-go sushi and great salads," he says. "There will also be a coffee shop, a fresh juice counter, and even a speakeasy-type bar."

They envision it as an all-day "beehive," open in the morning with coffee and breakfast tacos, at lunch for gatherings and lunch meetings, and in the afternoon for a glass of wine. There will be delivery options too.

"We want to offer the great talent in Dallas an opportunity to expand their brands, experiment with cutting-edge offerings, and consider this a place to test high-quality products in an area that is dense with residences and offices," Brezinski says.

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Exclusive: Mission Foods to open massive hub in Grand Prairie
Candace Carlisle
February 17, 2016

Tortilla-making giant Mission Foods, a subsidiary of Gruma Corp., plans to consolidate its North Texas manufacturing and distribution operations into a massive hub within a $200 million logistics campus in Grand Prairie, which will bring another major distributor to the city limits.

The company plans to employ more than 500 workers and operate around the clock to keep up with the consumer demand for its tortillas and tortilla chips.

Based on the long-term leases with Mission Foods and GM, Grand Prairie's economic development manager Terry Jones said she projects the logistics park will bring in $53 million in tax revenue over the term of the contracts.

Mission Foods is expected to open its Grand Prairie facility for production upon completion of the facility in October.

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I hate Dallas traffic and avoid the 635 at all costs.. well I have been in Dallas the past two weeks and a couple of days ago had to take 635 from 75 west. I didn't realize they had completed that portion of the 635 construction and took the texpressway from 75 to 35. what a dream!.. best experience ive ever had on 635 and it was during morning traffic. great upgrade for sure!