Although local developers tried, Victory Park in Dallas did not land an Amazon HQ2 -- but with three more tower projects in progress in or very near the district, there will still be plenty of cranes going into 2019. Let's take a tour: The Victor In the spring, Houston-based developer Hines ...
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Still Cool After All These Years, the Purse Building Gets Its Second Chance
Just west of the twin brick arches at Market and Elm Streets, which mark the gateway to the Historic West End of downtown Dallas, you can’t help but notice the faded, ghostly five-story advertisements drifting in and out of focus on the side of the Purse Building. That ghost writing might be the ...
In a Changing Deep Ellum, the Continental Gin Building Faces the Future
Geographically located at the north central apex of Deep Ellum, the Continental Gin Building, for all its great expanse, sits hidden behind unkempt alley trees and the two- and three-story Elm Street Lofts that were also once part of the Continental Gin Company complex. Starting in 1888, it ...
Plano Developer Eyes 28-Story Tower at Uptown Office Complex
Plano-based Granite Properties owns Cedar Maple Plaza, a swanky 2.5-acre office complex in the heart of Uptown that has enjoyed healthy occupancy rates for 35 years. Located in the 2300 block of Cedar Springs Road, south of the Maple Avenue intersection, this collection of four-story buildings is ...
Ervay Theater Developers Take Aim at Parking in the Cedars
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 ...