Dallas

[Colbafone]

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

[Sic'EmBears]

New warehouse park will bring eight buildings on I-20 in Arlington
Steve Brown
March 15, 2016

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

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

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

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

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[Dustin]

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

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

[Urbanized]

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

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

[Colbafone]

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

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

[Geographer]

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

[Eddie1]

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

[Sic'EmBears]

Another data center project set to start in Plano’s Legacy business park
Steve Brown
March 16, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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[Sic'EmBears]

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

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

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

[Sic'EmBears]

Renderings have been published for Katy Station:

[adaniel]

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

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

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

[Sic'EmBears]

Tanger Factory Outlet to be built next to Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth
Maria Halkias
March 16, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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[Sic'EmBears]

Construction begins on 22-story residential tower in Knox Henderson neighborhood
Candace Carlisle
March 16, 2016

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

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

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

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

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[Plutonic Panda]

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

So? Detroit has a lot more people than us. What does that have to do with anything?

[Plutonic Panda]

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

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

There is more to it than that man. All of North Dallas is booming and it is beginning to spill into Oklahoma. Deep Ellum is thriving, Downtown Dallas is starting to heat up, the areas around Downtown Dallas are starting to see new proposals, Fort Worth is seeing development(nothing spectacular but still), Arlington, East Dallas, Oak Cliff, and while I haven't been down there much, I've heard a lot of areas in South Dallas are seeing some pretty nice developments going in.

[Sic'EmBears]

Construction starts on new Cityplace apartment and hotel tower
Steve Brown
March 18, 2016

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

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

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

The building will open in 2017.

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[Eddie1]

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

[Sic'EmBears]

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

Yes and yes.

Downtown Dallas is located north of the Trinity River.

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

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

[Sic'EmBears]

Thanks to WillieStark1 from Dallasmetropolis for a Park District update:
(Photo links to dollaztx Photobucket account)

[Sic'EmBears]

Here's the concept plan for the entire block of a proposed 22-story Uptown apartment tower.

Both Phase I and Phase II are visible.

[Sic'EmBears]

Ethos Group leases all of office space in new Irving Music Factory project
Steve Brown
March 21, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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[Sic'EmBears]

New Plano rental community near downtown will include artist lofts
Steve Brown
March 21, 2016

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

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

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

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

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[Sic'EmBears]

Tower crane for 1920 McKinney is now dismantled.

From Sam Clark Photography:

[Sic'EmBears]

Thanks to Lakewoodhobo from Dallasmetropolis for finding this:

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

The project will sit adjacent to the Buzz Lofts and directly south of the Lorenzo, a 237-room boutique hotel set to open in 2017.

View map here

[Sic'EmBears]

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

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

The hotel will be 217' tall.

View map here.