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Construction begins on Davis/Vernon restaurants and shops





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Blackwood Developments started construction late last year on a retail strip on West Davis at North Vernon Avenue.

The new building will comprise about 11,000 square feet with space for shops and restaurants, plus about 54 parking spaces behind it.

The project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Blackwood also has plans to build eight four-story townhomes on Fouraker, which is the street behind this development, between Vernon and Tyler.

Those also are expected to be finished at the end of this year, with prices starting near $400,000.

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1,000-home community valued at $300 million coming to Forney



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Long-time Dallas developer Wynne/Jackson plans to build the new Oakland Grove community in Forney on 336 acres on FM 548 between Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 80.

The $300 million project will have homes priced between $275,000 and $400,000.

"Our objective is to deliver a very high quality, highly amenitized master planned community like you would find in the northern submarkets, but with excellent proximity to the largest employment base in D-FW and with quality homes that are much more affordable than what you would find in the northern communities," said Wynne/Jackson principal Michael Jackson.

Along with home sites, the development will have open space, miles of pedestrian trails, a site for an elementary school, a community garden area and a resort-style amenity center.

The first building sites will be ready in March of 2019.

Builders Taylor Morrison and CalAtlantic Homes have contracted to purchase all of the first-phase 327 home sites.

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Billingsley Co. plans major addition to Plano office park



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The buildings are four stories and are along Plano Parkway west of Dallas North Tollway, development plans show.

"We are going to start construction on the first building in May," said developer Lucy Billingsley. "It's a four-building campus with a park and great amenity center in the middle."

The first building will be about 178,000 square feet, according to the plans. Dallas architect GFF designed the project.

International Business Park has more than 1.4 million square feet of office space, which is about 90 percent leased.

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New industrial park will add five buildings at D/FW Airport


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Developers have started construction on a new industrial park at the south end of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Gateway Logistics Center will be a 5-building industrial project with 1.4 million square feet on State Highway 183.

The 86-acre development at the south end of D/FW Airport will have building ranging in size from 200,000 to 380,000 square feet with the first opening late this year.

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New 309-apartment project planned for Katy Trail condo site in Uptown



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Builder Lincoln Property wants to construct a 309-unit rental community along Carlisle Street in Uptown. The apartments would replace an aging condo complex on the site between Hall and Bowen streets.

But first Lincoln Property will have to get zoning changes for five- and six-story project.

In return for the taller buildings, Hunt said the developers are offering to build new public connections to the Katy Trail, bury power lines and set the buildings back from the popular pedestrian trail.

Lincoln's Katy Trail project still faces opposition, especially from neighbors worried about increases in traffic. The Friends of the Katy Trail group recently withdrew its support for the project, Hunt said. The organization previously had written a letter in support of the development, she said.

Hunt said the buildings would be a minimum of 35 feet away from the trail — farther back than other apartments recently built along the Katy Trail.

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DFW's fourth Buc-ee's Texas-sized gas station:

Buc-ee's gas station breaks ground north of Dallas, in Melissa



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Stan Beard, Real Estate Director for Buc-ee's, says that they are still very early in the construction process, but that such projects usually take about a year to finish. This would mean the Melissa location will open in or around Feb. 2019. It will still be a little while before you see bulldozers out there, he says, but "It's started, and we won't be finished until we're selling Beaver Nuggets.

In terms of the D-FW area, Buc-ee's is also expanding to a Denton location, which is on track to open this year. There are also locations in Fort Worth and Terrell.

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DFW's fifth Hopdoddy coming to Southlake Town Square.

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Other DFW locations:

• Uptown
• Preston Center
• Addison
• Fort Worth

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Crescent, Platinum Homes ready final phase of residences at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas



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Dallas-based Crescent Real Estate LLC and luxury home builder Platinum Homes recently formed a partnership to complete the final phase of Regency Row at The Tower Residences at The Ritz-Carlton Dallas.

Construction on the Robert A.M. Stern-designed brownstone-inspired homes is slated to begin this spring.

Goff added it was an easy decision to have Platinum Homes complete the remaining Regency Row homes, which range in size from 5,300 square feet to 6,300 square feet.

Each of the homes facing Olive Street at Cedar Springs Road have private garages, fully-landscaped courtyard entrances and personal elevators from the garages to a rooftop terrace.

Kyle Crews of Dallas-based Allie Beth Allman & Associates is the listing agent for The Tower Residences and Regency Row. The new homes could be priced from $5.5 million to $6.5 million upon completion.

Construction on the homes is slated for completion by this fall.

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New 309-apartment project planned for Katy Trail condo site in Uptown



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Haha, that's funny. I almost rented one of those "aging" units. They were admittedly pretty strange floor plans, but pretty desirable neighborhood for sure.

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Haha, that's funny. I almost rented one of those "aging" units. They were admittedly pretty strange floor plans, but pretty desirable neighborhood for sure.

Small world!

Sad to see owned units replaced by rentals, as it creates a more transient "neighborhood", but admit the development will create a more urban environment.

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New apartment tower will be Frisco's tallest building

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Construction has started on a luxury apartment tower that will be the tallest building in Frisco.

Atlanta developer Novare Group bought a site from the developers of the Frisco Station project for the 25-story residential rental building along the Dallas North Tollway.

The tower will have 332 rental units and will be just north of the Dallas Cowboys' new headquarters and practice field.

It's part of Frisco Station, a $1.8 billion, 240-acre development that just opened its first phase, a seven-story office building. Construction is also underway on two hotels and a 301-unit apartment building.

And, he said, the Frisco high-rise will be a little different from the Victory Park towers.

"We are doing some premium units at the top that are a little bit larger," he said.

The tower will open in 2019.

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Foundations are being poured. Priced from $479,900 to the mid $500’s

Caxton Court
Residences



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Located of [sic] North Prairie Avenue just southwest of Deere Street, Caxton Court is a truly architecturally distinct community. The Caxton Court Residences are three single-family detached homes offering distinguishing buyers a modern urban home in a natural light filled single-family detached design. These Josh Nimmo designed homes thoughtfully use glass, steel and perforated metal panels to maximize light and privacy in an urban environment. Each residence offers 2,200 air-conditioned square feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 and ½ bathrooms, a separate study, an entry studio that opens up into a gated yard, 2 private balconies and a full-sized two-car garage.

Caxton Court is a one-of-a-kind custom design by one of the premiere modern architects in Dallas. Material selections were made in concert with interior designer Roz Murphy and AIA award winning architect Josh Nimmo.

The unique and eye-catching design is not at the expense of livability. The open floor plan, bedrooms and bathrooms were designed with the first impression and comfort years later in mind. Standard features such as touch-sensitive faucets in the kitchen, Bosch appliances, hardwood floors, quartz countertops, solid-core doors, tankless waterheaters, Nest thermostats, high-end lighting fixtures, generous closets, and relaxation inspiring six-piece master baths.

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Former credit union on Dallas' Ross Avenue to become 300-unit apartment project



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The almost 300-unit, four-story rental project will be built on the former site of the Credit Union of Texas at 4600 Ross Avenue.

Cypress Real Estate plans to have the apartments ready in early 2020.

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Developer pitching new office project in Dallas' Victory Park



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Developer Hillwood Urban is hunting tenants for a 15-story, 350,000-square-foot office that would be built next door to DART's Victory Park rail station.

Hillwood says the planned building design "gives a nod to Victory Park's industrial past, featuring a classic warehouse feel with a modern twist."

Called 2601 Victory Avenue, the brick, concrete and steel building would be across the street from the American Airlines Center arena.

Dallas architect BOKA Powell designed the building.

A 1-acre park will be built between the office and the DART station.

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Top Turtle Creek site eyed for hotel, residential and office project



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Developers who own a key property just north of Uptown are proposing a high-rise hotel, residential and office complex.

But now Prescott plans to lure a five-star luxury hotel and also build condominiums, apartments and offices on the site near the Mansion on Turtle Creek Hotel.

"We have, with 5.5 acres, one of the last sites large enough on Turtle Creek to create a world-class mixed-use project," said Prescott president Vance Detwiler.

"We've gotten calls from several luxury hotel brands that are interested in the site."

Detwiler said the property is zoned for office, hotels and multifamily residential construction.

Prescott intends to ask city planners for approvals to make the project about five stories taller than is currently allowed and to remove prohibitions against serving alcohol."

Areas in front of and between the high-rises are being set aside for landscaped plazas and restaurants.

"The extra height we are asking for will allow us to have slimmer, more elegant buildings with more open space," Detwiler said.

Prescott is planning for the hotel to have more than 200 rooms, with 35 to 40 large condos on top.

A separate tower would have rental apartments.

And a 15-story office building would go near the back of the property.

Detwiler said construction could start as soon as the end of the year or early 2019 if the developer obtains needed approvals.

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Coppell office campus will include six buildings



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Savannah Developers is planning a six-building office campus on State Highway 121 that will have small buildings with about 54,000 square feet of space.

Called The Edge, the project is set to start in April.

The first of the office buildings will be ready in March of 2019.

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Construction starts on Deep Ellum apartment tower on the edge of downtown Dallas



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StreetLights Residential is building the 26-story, 310-unit Hamilton building on Elm Street just east of downtown. It's part of the mixed-use Epic development.

The brick apartment tower includes ground-floor retail.

The new Hamilton tower will join an office tower — already under construction — and a luxury hotel in the 8-acre project.

Architect Looney Ricks Kiss designed the apartment building.

StreetLights chief operating officer Roger Beless said the first apartments in the tower should be ready by the end of 2019 or early 2020.

The Epic development is a project of Westdale Properties, KDC, StreetLights and Vine Street Ventures. It includes restoration of the historic Knights of Pythias Temple at Elm and Good-Latimer, which was built in 1915.

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Parkland campus redo would be one of the country's largest hospital redevelopments



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Developer Sam Ware intends to revamp the 38-acre vacant hospital campus on Harry Hines Boulevard into a combination of housing, hotel rooms, and retail and office space.

Ware is working with Dallas architect HKS to come up with designs for the more than 1.2 million square feet of buildings.

Stouffer said the Parkland hospital site couldn't be in a better location for a redevelopment — it's next door to two stations for transit lines and surrounded by one of the state's largest medical districts with the new Parkland Hospital and UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Ware's plans for the Parkland complex also include apartments, senior housing and condos. Several small buildings in the heart of the campus will be knocked down for a park.

"We are trying to create green space," Stouffer said.

More than 600 "micro apartments" would be designed for medical district workers who need small, affordable residential units that are about 300 square feet.

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California developer plans Farmers Branch warehouse project



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Panattoni Development intends to build a 151,000-square-foot speculative warehouse on Senlac Drive near Interstate 35E.

The industrial development — called Valwood Logistics Center — will be built on an almost 12-acre site near Valley View Lane, according to filings with the city of Farmers Branch.

Panattoni hopes to have the building ready by the end of the year.

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Rockwall apartment project planned by San Antonio-based developer



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SWBC bought 21.3 acres about a quarter of a mile south of Interstate 30 at John King Boulevard. The site is in Rockwall's Technology Business Park.

The 295-unit rental community will be called The Remington at Rockwall Downes.

SWBC also acquired adjoining property for a second phase of development with an additional 295 apartments.

Construction is set to start on the project in May and will open 20 months later.

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Builder plans 750 houses in new Mesquite residential community

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Bloomfield Homes plans to build the houses in the Ridge Ranch community under construction on the west side of Mesquite at East Cartwright and Lawson roads.

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Atlanta developer will build $350 million Carrollton mixed-use transit project



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Integral Group LLC has been selected as the master developer for the Trinity Mills Transit Center District, according to the city of Carrollton and Dallas Area Rapid Transit.

The transit station is also the connection point with the Denton County Transit Authority's A-Train commuter line. The planned Trinity Mills Urban Village will have retail, apartments and commercial construction.

The proposed development includes more than 26 acres just south of Bush Turnpike that are owned by the city and DART. Integral officials describe the property as "the largest publicly-owned transit-oriented development site in North Texas."

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Frisco OKs land sale clearing way for major new office project on tollway



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Frisco officials have cleared the way for a new office, retail and hotel development.

LandPlan intends to construct a 300,000-square-foot office project on the vacant tract located just south of the Dr Pepper Ballpark. And adjoining 3.7 acres is being sold for a new hotel.

"Our contract is to put in two office buildings that are 150,000 square feet each," said LandPlan CEO Jim Williams. "All of our parking would be in our garages," which would also serve the adjoining sports venue.

The property next door will be used for a 300-room Sutton Place Hotel and restaurant. The hotel will be developed by the Canadian company owned by Dallas Stars hockey team owner Tom Gaglardi.

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New Dallas Midtown project has plans for 344 apartments



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Dallas apartment builder Mill Creek Residential Trust has filed building permits with the City of Dallas to construct a 344-unit apartment community at 5327 LBJ Freeway just east of the Galleria.

While work to demolish and redevelop the centerpiece Valley View mall in the area has slowed, other developers are pushing ahead with projects along the north side of LBJ.

Dallas-based Atlantic Hotels soon will open its new AC Hotel and Residences Inn with 256 rooms next door to Mill Creek's project.
Investor and developer PegasusAblon has purchased a construction site on Noel Road just north of the Galleria with plans for a mixed-use project.

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Huge data center campus on the way in Richardson



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EdgeCore Internet Real Estate plans to build the 900,000-square-foot tech campus on more than 33 acres on Shiloh Road at Bush Turnpike. The two office and data center buildings in the project will each have 358,000 square feet, according to details filed with the city of Richardson.

A new electric substation would also be constructed on a portion of the site.

"The proposed master plan for the site would be comprised of five buildings developed in five separate phases including the Oncor-owned, -constructed and -maintained electrical substation," EdgeCore said in an application to Richardson's planning and zoning commission.

Dallas-Fort Worth in 2017 was the second-busiest data center market in the country, according to a report by CBRE. Only northern Virginia had more new data center projects last year.