Dallas real estate, architecture, and city life
Santos Martinez, a senior land use consultant with the Masterplan firm, gave the Dallas City Plan Commission a history lesson on walkable neighborhoods while on his way to obtaining a large reduction in the parking requirement for a group of historically significant buildings in The Cedars district. Martinez went before the commission earlier this month representing a development team…
There’s always something changing in Oak Lawn — such as development firm Harwood International announcing a 20-story hotel just as they’re finishing off a 22-story office tower, along with the Dallas City Plan Commission putting its collective foot down on the endless delays over an affordable housing policy. That’s in addition to some new details…
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…
