Dallas real estate, architecture, and city life
Spring, nature’s season of renewal, also marks a dramatic time of rebirth this year for the Harwood Historic District in downtown Dallas. The weathered old financial district, most of its buildings dating from the 1880s to the 1950s, has waited longer than other parts of downtown for a turnaround, but the wait is over. Since the start of…
American Airlines Center, home of the Dallas Mavericks, will be getting a new neighbor in the not-too-distant future — in the form of a 39-story residential tower at 3099 Olive Street. Hines, a global real estate investor/developer, submitted building permit applications on April 17 for the construction of a “multi-family dwelling.” Why does that feel…
A new mixed-use residential project by developer Matthews Southwest in the Dallas Arts District is planned under the obvious name of 2400 Bryan Street, but after reviewing the building’s sharp angles, a more appropriate moniker might be something like “The Razor.” This razor’s edge points to where Bryan Street and the U.S. Highway 75 frontage road meet. Looking at the…
The ongoing design and financing effort to create the Trinity River park has given a new meaning to the notion, “If you build it, they will come.” For nearly 20 years, the concept of a major urban park south of downtown was held up by an inability among policymakers to reach consensus on its purpose. Transit-oriented planners kept…
Tower Petroleum, the senior half of a long-awaited two-building adaptive reuse project, will reopen the first week in March as the Cambria Hotel & Suites Downtown Dallas, and the hotel name isn’t nearly as long as the journey developer John Kirtland took to get here. Kirtland, CEO of Kirtland Records and former drummer in the…
By a narrow margin, Lincoln Property Company secured the support last week of the Oak Lawn Committee for a mid-rise, high-density residential project adjacent to the Katy Trail in Uptown . The 16-to-14 committee vote gives this very well-financed developer the customary neighborhood support expected from the City Plan Commission, at least once the case gets…
