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New skyscraper is part of project planned for Dallas
09:51 PM CST on Monday, December 1, 2008
By JASON WHITELY / WFAA-TV
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....206d107e.html

DALLAS – The Dallas skyline will soon likely have a new addition. long with renovating a vacant historic building into a five star boutique hotel and the creation of a three-acre park, a slender skyscraper full of condominiums is planned for downtown.

"It's a significant contribution to the downtown skyline," said Craig Melde, a Dallas architect.

The Pillar Group, a Dallas development company, is moving forward with a $160-million plan for the deteriorating corner of Pacific Avenue and St. Paul Street on the east end of downtown Dallas.

The 77-year-old Tower Petroleum Building, which is located at 1907 Elm Street and is two doors down from the Majestic Theater, will become the five star boutique hotel, complete with 115 guest rooms.

"The exterior will be totally restored,” said Melde, who is working on the project with the Pillar Group. "It's actually in very good condition.”

But next door, at 1900 Pacific Avenue, the drab '50s-era office building will be demolished.

To be built in its small footprint will be the most ambitious part of the project, the skyscraperdesigned by world renowned architect Michael Graves.

"The tower height is planned to be 700-feet tall, 57 stories,” Melde said. “That's ranking it up there with the tallest buildings in downtown."

At 700-feet, the new 1900 Pacific will be the sixth tallest building in Dallas, just behind the 720-foot Fountain Place, the green mirrored skyscraper with geometric angles at 1445 Ross Avenue.

The new 1900 Pacific will have condominiums, Pillar Group said, priced for people who make $70,000 and up, which is considerably less than those advertised at Victory Park just north of the central business district.

Dallas’ Economic Development Department and the Landmark Commission approved the concept Monday afternoon.

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Providing financing can be secured and that construction starts next summer, Pillar Group said the hotel will open in 2010, and then the tower the following year.

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I was very, very excited until I read "designed by world renowned architect Michael Graves." I've personally never been anywhere near fond of any of his work.
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I think it kinda looks like a really thin version of the Victory Tower/Mandarin Oriental project that was shelved in the recent past. Some of the design elements are somewhat similar anyway.

I'm skeptical of it starting in '09, but it would be impressive to see it get off the ground in these times, especially if they're geared toward the 70k crowd. Affordable condos? Horror of horrors!
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Here are renders from the video. The quality is bad due to resizing the video. The building looks much better than I had anticipated. It doesn't have the usual Michael Graves haphazard look to it. It's far more reserved.

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View of the 3-acre park that will replace a surface lot. With the smaller park being built a few blocks away on Commerce, this area could have a lot of green space.



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The company I work for has an office in the Republic Tower right down the street, and I sometimes stay in the area, so I really hope this moves forward. There are several surface lots east of this property as you approach the 75 that are screaming for development. Hopefully this jump-starts some activity over there.
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Here's the proposal from 2006, which has remained the same.

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Wow cool, it reminds me of One Madison Park in NYC. That is a very awesome design for Dallas, and I would have never expected a tall slender tower like this to possibly grace its skyline. What are the odds it will get built though, me thinks none.
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Seems like the project has staying power.
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It's an absolutely gorgeous tower and is every bit as spectacular as Museum Tower, in my opinion. I too doubt it's chances for getting built, but we've been hearing about this for some time, so perhaps there's a real possibility. It would certainly do wonders for that part of downtown!
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My surmise is that, given the gestational period of this project, that they are now making a big splash must indicate a somewhat well-founded level of confidence for success.

Anyone disagree ?
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how beautiful will it be if there were buildings filling up the empty space in the center of the picture all the way to downtown. i'm thinking mid-rise buildings... stacked all next to each other creating a rich density. but what are the plans for that area?

btw, when is dallas getting a supertall 1000+ footer?
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^^ Because of the lack of demand for downtown office space, among other things, probably not anytime soon. At best, 20 years would be my guess.
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im sure we all wish there was no gap between downtowns towers and uptowns in dallas... just one tiny little problem known as Woodall Rogers FWY right dab in the middle of that gap.
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