DALLAS FORT WORTH | Urban + Suburban P & C

[CTroyMathis]

May not include everything, but, it's a damn nice render by the Green Grass Studios people:



Minor update to the threads first post listing also done.

[CTroyMathis]

May not include everything, but, it's a damn nice render by the Green Grass Studios people:



Minor update to the threads first post listing also done.

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....18cd2889.html

Galleria to get a trendy neighbor

Apartment-retail plan may help make area pedestrian-friendly


12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, October 6, 2005


By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News


Developers have broken ground near the Galleria on an urban-style apartment and retail complex. Called Village on the Green, the project is on the northeast corner of Noel and Alpha roads and will contain more than 200 rental homes, restaurants and shops.

The more than $50 million project is being built by a Staubach Co. affiliate and developer Robert Shaw, who was one of the builders responsible for kicking off the Uptown boom.

Village on the Green is the most ambitious of several new developments on tap for the area around the big shopping mall and office tower complex.

"You really do have a transforming of that neighborhood into a more urban form with the Galleria as an anchor," Mr. Shaw said Wednesday.

Mr. Shaw's project will be ready late next year.

The 5-acre complex is being built by Staubach's Cypress Equities Inc. and Mr. Shaw's Columbus Realty Partners.

Built around a small park, the five-story complex will have about 90,000 square feet of high-end retail on the lower level. The apartments will be built above.

The contemporary-style buildings were designed by architects RTKL Associates, which has worked on other mixed-use developments in the area, including Addison Circle and the Shops at Legacy in Plano.

"Not a lot of architects understand the relationship between retail and residential," said Chris Maguire, president and CEO of Cypress Equities. "They have done it time and time again."

Mr. Maguire said the project has gotten good response from potential retail tenants and is planned as a destination shopping center.

Real estate brokers say that Cypress Equities also is looking at expanding its development with the purchase of additional property in the area.

Mr. Shaw has built apartment projects in Addison, Plano and Richardson.


He said that although the Galleria neighborhood is now dominated by suburban-style construction, the area will gradually become more pedestrian-oriented. "Five years from now you will see something pretty special in that area," he said.

But because of lower land costs, rents in the Village on the Green apartments will average much less than in urban markets such as Uptown. Unlike Uptown, retail – not residential – is driving redevelopment of this area, Mr. Shaw said.

Cypress Equities is working on retail projects in Dallas, Atlanta, New York and San Francisco worth about $800 million.

E-mail stevebrown@dallasnews.com

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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....18cd2889.html

Galleria to get a trendy neighbor

Apartment-retail plan may help make area pedestrian-friendly


12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, October 6, 2005


By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News


Developers have broken ground near the Galleria on an urban-style apartment and retail complex. Called Village on the Green, the project is on the northeast corner of Noel and Alpha roads and will contain more than 200 rental homes, restaurants and shops.

The more than $50 million project is being built by a Staubach Co. affiliate and developer Robert Shaw, who was one of the builders responsible for kicking off the Uptown boom.

Village on the Green is the most ambitious of several new developments on tap for the area around the big shopping mall and office tower complex.

"You really do have a transforming of that neighborhood into a more urban form with the Galleria as an anchor," Mr. Shaw said Wednesday.

Mr. Shaw's project will be ready late next year.

The 5-acre complex is being built by Staubach's Cypress Equities Inc. and Mr. Shaw's Columbus Realty Partners.

Built around a small park, the five-story complex will have about 90,000 square feet of high-end retail on the lower level. The apartments will be built above.

The contemporary-style buildings were designed by architects RTKL Associates, which has worked on other mixed-use developments in the area, including Addison Circle and the Shops at Legacy in Plano.

"Not a lot of architects understand the relationship between retail and residential," said Chris Maguire, president and CEO of Cypress Equities. "They have done it time and time again."

Mr. Maguire said the project has gotten good response from potential retail tenants and is planned as a destination shopping center.

Real estate brokers say that Cypress Equities also is looking at expanding its development with the purchase of additional property in the area.

Mr. Shaw has built apartment projects in Addison, Plano and Richardson.


He said that although the Galleria neighborhood is now dominated by suburban-style construction, the area will gradually become more pedestrian-oriented. "Five years from now you will see something pretty special in that area," he said.

But because of lower land costs, rents in the Village on the Green apartments will average much less than in urban markets such as Uptown. Unlike Uptown, retail – not residential – is driving redevelopment of this area, Mr. Shaw said.

Cypress Equities is working on retail projects in Dallas, Atlanta, New York and San Francisco worth about $800 million.

E-mail stevebrown@dallasnews.com

[anyiliang]

Land swap could be end of Reunion
Dallas: Officials say city deal would create entertainment district


12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 11, 2005


By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News


Dallas' city-owned Reunion Arena could be demolished as part of a land swap that government officials are negotiating with a real-estate firm, a city official said Monday.

The deal centers on the creation of an entertainment district between the Dallas Convention Center and Reunion Arena on land that the city and Dallas-based Hunt Consolidated each partially owns, said City Council member Ed Oakley. The council is tentatively slated to discuss the deal Oct. 19.

Jeanne Phillips, Hunt's senior vice president, said, "We are very pleased with the work that's been done by city staff, and we look forward to the discussion on the 19th."

Dallas Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans, who has led negotiations between the city and private interests, and Mayor Laura Miller could not be reached for comment Monday.

The land swap, according to Mr. Oakley and Hunt officials, would involve:

• Dallas giving Hunt Consolidated the rights to Reunion Arena, providing that Hunt lease the arena back to the city for $1 a year for three years. After that, Hunt is free to use the land as it pleases.

• Hunt giving Dallas rights to its share of Lot E, a parking lot near the convention center that is typically vacant.

• Dallas negotiating with Billy Bob Barnett, the developer of entertainment venues such as Billy Bob's Texas honky-tonk in Fort Worth, to build an entertainment district between the Convention Center and where Reunion Arena now stands, just north of Interstate 30. Dallas would negotiate to share in the entertainment district's revenue.

"Everyone has half a pie now and can't do anything until they have a whole pie," Mr. Oakley said of the deal. "With this deal, you're really bringing downtown to the river in two major ways. It's incredibly exciting."

As for Reunion Arena, Mr. Oakley said: "It ends up getting torn down. I don't think it has a viable use."

Ms. Phillips said it was difficult to predict the future of Reunion, the all-but-vacant former home to the city's professional sports teams and marquee entertainment events. "That's three years down the road," she said.

Reunion's footprint, coupled with surrounding lots, is more than 25 acres.

The land sits on the downtown banks of the Trinity River, which the city hopes to shape into a recreational and ecological showpiece.

Hunt owns the Hyatt Regency Dallas, which abuts the Reunion Arena land. Reunion has been losing more than $1 million in city money annually for several years.


Dallasmorning News


So does this mean that they are going to tear down the Reunion Tower?

[anyiliang]

Land swap could be end of Reunion
Dallas: Officials say city deal would create entertainment district


12:00 AM CDT on Tuesday, October 11, 2005


By DAVE LEVINTHAL / The Dallas Morning News


Dallas' city-owned Reunion Arena could be demolished as part of a land swap that government officials are negotiating with a real-estate firm, a city official said Monday.

The deal centers on the creation of an entertainment district between the Dallas Convention Center and Reunion Arena on land that the city and Dallas-based Hunt Consolidated each partially owns, said City Council member Ed Oakley. The council is tentatively slated to discuss the deal Oct. 19.

Jeanne Phillips, Hunt's senior vice president, said, "We are very pleased with the work that's been done by city staff, and we look forward to the discussion on the 19th."

Dallas Assistant City Manager Ryan Evans, who has led negotiations between the city and private interests, and Mayor Laura Miller could not be reached for comment Monday.

The land swap, according to Mr. Oakley and Hunt officials, would involve:

• Dallas giving Hunt Consolidated the rights to Reunion Arena, providing that Hunt lease the arena back to the city for $1 a year for three years. After that, Hunt is free to use the land as it pleases.

• Hunt giving Dallas rights to its share of Lot E, a parking lot near the convention center that is typically vacant.

• Dallas negotiating with Billy Bob Barnett, the developer of entertainment venues such as Billy Bob's Texas honky-tonk in Fort Worth, to build an entertainment district between the Convention Center and where Reunion Arena now stands, just north of Interstate 30. Dallas would negotiate to share in the entertainment district's revenue.

"Everyone has half a pie now and can't do anything until they have a whole pie," Mr. Oakley said of the deal. "With this deal, you're really bringing downtown to the river in two major ways. It's incredibly exciting."

As for Reunion Arena, Mr. Oakley said: "It ends up getting torn down. I don't think it has a viable use."

Ms. Phillips said it was difficult to predict the future of Reunion, the all-but-vacant former home to the city's professional sports teams and marquee entertainment events. "That's three years down the road," she said.

Reunion's footprint, coupled with surrounding lots, is more than 25 acres.

The land sits on the downtown banks of the Trinity River, which the city hopes to shape into a recreational and ecological showpiece.

Hunt owns the Hyatt Regency Dallas, which abuts the Reunion Arena land. Reunion has been losing more than $1 million in city money annually for several years.


Dallasmorning News


So does this mean that they are going to tear down the Reunion Tower?

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No, the tower is part of the hotel next door.

They would only tear down the arena.

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No, the tower is part of the hotel next door.

They would only tear down the arena.

[CTroyMathis]

No one can tear down the Reunion Tower.

No one has ever been able to rid their yard of a pesky dandelion. ; )

[CTroyMathis]

No one can tear down the Reunion Tower.

No one has ever been able to rid their yard of a pesky dandelion. ; )

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Originally Posted by anyiliang

The land sits on the downtown banks of the Trinity River

I haven't been down to Reunion in a while, but aren't there several buildings, roads, and a freeway separating it from the banks of the Trinity? I think I hear George Strait singing “…I’ve got some riverfront property in downtown Dallas…”

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Originally Posted by anyiliang

The land sits on the downtown banks of the Trinity River

I haven't been down to Reunion in a while, but aren't there several buildings, roads, and a freeway separating it from the banks of the Trinity? I think I hear George Strait singing “…I’ve got some riverfront property in downtown Dallas…”

[CTroyMathis]

Listing in first post updated, but, far from being in final format. Any chance a person from the Westoplex could help update Fort Worth municipal info?

[CTroyMathis]

Listing in first post updated, but, far from being in final format. Any chance a person from the Westoplex could help update Fort Worth municipal info?

[CTroyMathis]

Here is a newer rendering of the proposed Hunt Headquarters mid-rise:

[CTroyMathis]

Here is a newer rendering of the proposed Hunt Headquarters mid-rise:

[CTroyMathis]

Victory Plaza construction progress (east bldg.) :








The Terrace construction progress:

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Victory Plaza construction progress (east bldg.) :








The Terrace construction progress:

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Tower work a step closer
Gables expects to get financing this week to remodel Republic bank

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....18c800d4.html

12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, October 13, 2005
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News


Another empty downtown Dallas skyscraper is getting new life in a redevelopment.



FILE 1998/Staff photo
The 36-story Republic National Bank Building is being converted into apartments by Gables Residential Trust. Developer Gables Residential Trust is expected to receive financing this week to remodel the 36-story Republic National Bank Building into apartments.

The development will cost more than $40 million and will take about 18 months.

Gables has been working on the plan for more than two years.

"The deal is now done and will begin construction immediately," Gables senior vice president Doug Chesnut said Wednesday.

Designed by architects RTKL Associates Inc., the project will create 229 apartments in the old office tower.

Average rents in the building will be about $1,650 a month, Mr. Chesnut said.

"We aren't going to do hard loft units – these units will be finished out like our other apartment projects," he said.

The apartments will be on the 10th through 34th floors.

The fifth floor will have an amenity area with a small swimming pool, he said.

Lower levels of the building will also house parking and office space.

Built in 1954, the Republic Bank Building was Dallas' first modern postwar skyscraper.

The aluminum-clad building was the city's tallest when it opened – and the neon-lighted "rocket" sculpture on the roof made it look even larger.

The building has been empty for about 10 years.

Gables is doing the project in partnership with a New York-based partnership, which also owns the Republic Bank tower and two adjoining buildings.

E-mail stevebrown@dallasnews.com

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Tower work a step closer
Gables expects to get financing this week to remodel Republic bank

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....18c800d4.html

12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, October 13, 2005
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News


Another empty downtown Dallas skyscraper is getting new life in a redevelopment.



FILE 1998/Staff photo
The 36-story Republic National Bank Building is being converted into apartments by Gables Residential Trust. Developer Gables Residential Trust is expected to receive financing this week to remodel the 36-story Republic National Bank Building into apartments.

The development will cost more than $40 million and will take about 18 months.

Gables has been working on the plan for more than two years.

"The deal is now done and will begin construction immediately," Gables senior vice president Doug Chesnut said Wednesday.

Designed by architects RTKL Associates Inc., the project will create 229 apartments in the old office tower.

Average rents in the building will be about $1,650 a month, Mr. Chesnut said.

"We aren't going to do hard loft units – these units will be finished out like our other apartment projects," he said.

The apartments will be on the 10th through 34th floors.

The fifth floor will have an amenity area with a small swimming pool, he said.

Lower levels of the building will also house parking and office space.

Built in 1954, the Republic Bank Building was Dallas' first modern postwar skyscraper.

The aluminum-clad building was the city's tallest when it opened – and the neon-lighted "rocket" sculpture on the roof made it look even larger.

The building has been empty for about 10 years.

Gables is doing the project in partnership with a New York-based partnership, which also owns the Republic Bank tower and two adjoining buildings.

E-mail stevebrown@dallasnews.com