Now that Crow is done with this project how I wish they would buy that land across the Dallas Tollway and do to it what they did to Old Parkland. Quality work!
“I’m sure we’ll make it taller, ” Perot replied. “I’m sure we will. But the bottom line is, we’re developers, and we need a good client—and we’re gonna do what the customer wants. Ideally, it would be one build-to-suit client… The true skyline hasn’t really changed since the ’80s,” Perot went on. “Maybe it never will change; maybe corporate America doesn’t want the big towers anymore. But [if they do], we have a site and a plan to upgrade the skyline of Dallas.”
Potential plans for a new downtown Dallas skyscraper never fail to catch folks' attention.
But what really turned heads about the latest design was that the building is round.
Award-winning British architect Sir Norman Foster designed the new tower for a site on the north side of downtown that's owned by developer Ross Perot Jr.
The curved shape of the high-rise would be an eye-popping addition to Dallas' growing skyline. Perot and his Hillwood real estate company are scouting tenants for the planned tower.
It seems that every generation or so, a round building shows up on the radar.
This one is a doozy.
More than 70 floors tall, the modern skyscraper would be one of the tallest in town.
Glass atriums in the tower and a lighted glass crown on top would also give the building a unique appearance.
This was while my run at Katy Trail. Great buildings coming this way!
If anyone wants to join me on a run through Katy Trail, downtown, and drinks after let me know!
[IMG]IMG_0370 by Roman Reyna, on Flickr[/IMG]
Yep asphalt doesn't do very well in intense summer heat and it helps make the argument for concrete pavement a stronger one (btw the heat does a good number on asphalt here in Sacremento but its much more intense in Dallas)..
The problem with Dallas has always been Dallas. I don't know why but Dallas has never had a good reputation for road maintenance. Dallas' current road infrastructure is largely obsolete and desperately needs an upgrade. Many of these roads were built 70-80 years ago. Seriously. Most of them were never designed for the loads and amount of cars they carry on a daily. Dallas has an amazing skyline with amazing buildings. But from the ground, the conditions o the streets really just takes so much away from the city. Something also needs to be done about all of the open wires hanging over the streets. The city needs to start burying all power lines around the core.
The 7-acre project on U.S. Highway 75 is intended to give the city a way to snag a slice of the growing event and meeting business in Collin County.
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Dallas-based Altera Development is building the project, which will include a 300-room Marriott Hotel, 90,000 square feet of convention and meeting space and a 1,000-car parking garage.
"We had the expectation we would break ground a year ago, but we had the wrong design," Bowman said. "Now it's six stories, and we've made it larger."
Altera Development principal Mike Kennedy said the hotel will be operated as a Delta by Marriott, one of the company's newest full-service brands.
The Drever, the Downtown skyscraper undergoing renovation at 1401 Elm St., closed a new financing vehicle with a private investment group on April 5. Missouri City-based GCP Income Opportunities I is listed as the lender on public records.
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“All contractors are current and construction continues as planned,” Drever said. “All of the abatement, fire safety and cutting in stairs are either finalized or in progress to meet safety and fire code requirements, and work is paid to date.” The redevelopment is still set to deliver in 2018, Drever said.
Yep asphalt doesn't do very well in intense summer heat and it helps make the argument for concrete pavement a stronger one (btw the heat does a good number on asphalt here in Sacremento but its much more intense in Dallas)..
Isn't this a soil issue? Austin gets as hot or hotter and our roads don't suck that bad.
The problem with Dallas has always been Dallas. I don't know why but Dallas has never had a good reputation for road maintenance. Dallas' current road infrastructure is largely obsolete and desperately needs an upgrade. Many of these roads were built 70-80 years ago. Seriously. Most of them were never designed for the loads and amount of cars they carry on a daily. Dallas has an amazing skyline with amazing buildings. But from the ground, the conditions o the streets really just takes so much away from the city. Something also needs to be done about all of the open wires hanging over the streets. The city needs to start burying all power lines around the core.
dallas has it far better with regards to power lines than atlanta... i cringe constantly around here. i don't really remember ever seeing transmission lines running down main commercial corridors around town back there.
lol.. it looks like there's tire tracks in the grass. Someone may have recently hit the stop sign with their vehicle or construction equipment. That street there is a dead end street that ends at that new tower in the pic.
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, nice pics Roman_Patrick!
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