FORT WORTH | 1000 West Weatherford | 209 FEET | 17 FLOORS
From the upcoming downtown design review board agenda,
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DG19-005 1000 Weatherford Street
Owner: Transwestern Acquisitions, LLC – Mark Culwell
Applicant: GFF Architects – Jonathan Wood
Requests a Certificate of Appropriateness to construct a 17 story apartment
building with waivers from the street grid, skywalk and architectural edge
standards and a recommendation to City Plan Commission and City Council for
waivers from the subdivision ordinance and the vacation of Lexington Street.
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The suburbs are second-rate. Cookie-cutter houses, treeless yards, mediocre schools, and more crime than you think. Do your family a favor and move closer to the city.
Renderings + details. 198 ft to roof, 209 to pinnacle. Building spans two blocks, a traditional wood framed structure wraps around the parking garage, above the garage is the tower section.
The downtown high-rise would have a minimum of 17 stories, 310 residential units, and an expected completion date of 2020, according to the presentation.
“There’s a perception that downtown Fort Worth is an unproven market for this type of residential product, and as such, that carries with it a perception of risk,” Henning said.