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Las Colinas to get a taste of Uptown

Gables to develop 13-acre, mixed-use site in Urban Center

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...2.135e265f.html

10:58 AM CST on Wednesday, January 11, 2006

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News

"Gables Residential, the busiest apartment builder in central Dallas, is going to take a little bit of Uptown to Irving.

Gables has purchased about 13 acres in the center of Las Colinas, where it plans to build a high-density mixed-use project. The lakeside development will include hundreds of apartments, a shopping center and a future condo tower and hotel. "

"The development site is in the Las Colinas Urban Center on O'Connor Boulevard east of State Highway 114. It is directly across the street from Las Colinas' landmark bronze mustangs sculpture. "

"It will take almost a year to plan and engineer..."We will do it in multiple phases," Mr. Chesnut said. "We can make this the heart of the Urban Center.".."

" Early concepts call for almost 800 apartments with more than 200,000 square feet of retail space on the lower floors...With more than 1,000 apartment units under construction in Las Colinas, the addition of an Uptown-style retail center should boost rental demand in the neighborhood, said Dallas apartment analyst Mike Puls..."

"...And Gables has experience with mixed-use development. It is part of the next phase of Dallas' Cityplace project...The two Gables projects are located across the street from the West Village and include apartments above ground-level stores...."

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High-rise condos win approval

By ELLENA F. MORRISONSTAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/stat...st/13652139.htm

"Views of a shimmering Lake Grapevine will greet residents of the city's first high-rise condominiums -- the Lofts of Grapevine -- from as low as the fourth floor, project officials told the City Council on Tuesday night.

"Not if we don't get some rain," joked Councilwoman Sharron Spencer."

"With 12 stories of condos stacked on top of two levels of parking, residents will also be able to view three golf courses and the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on Lake Grapevine. They won't have to go far to shop, either. Grapevine Mills mall is within walking distance."

"The complex's 370 homes will be divided among four towers. All four towers are expected to be completed in six or seven years, project officials said. Work will include a hike-and-bike trail."

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Thousands of apartments in works in Las Colinas

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...2.1185cbcc.html

08:36 AM CST on Friday, February 10, 2006

By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News

"Developers are keeping the dirt flying in Las Colinas with a new round of apartment building...More than 1,000 rental units are under construction in the Irving development, and at least that many more are planned in the next round of building. "

"Most of the apartment projects are being built in the Las Colinas Urban Center, a 900-acre complex of high-rise offices, hotels and residential space on the east side of State Highway 114. "

"California-based developer Legacy Partners just broke ground for the latest deal

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"Unlike in other popular Dallas area rental markets, there's still land available in Las Colinas, said Mike Puls of apartment analyst Foley & Puls. "

You've got that right. It will be nice to see some of that land filled in, just like it would be nice to see a lot of the land between Pasadena and Clear Lake along Space City Blvd. filled in. Large swaths of land that could facilitate thousands in residential, be it high or low density.

I wonder if the apartments will be of relatively unique design. Probably not but still...

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I think it is great to see residential development in the Las Colinas Urban Center. My few walking tours of this area have always made me contemplate the unrealized potential of this area.

There are already a quite a few residents in this area, but apparently not enough to make a critical mass for a vibrant urban neighborhood. But these new developments should help that. The upcoming DART line through the area will help even more.

In the end, this will be a "downtown-light" urban neighborhood in the suburbs similar to several others developing throughout the DFW area, but all of these urban cluster/nodes help the region mature and develop core density.

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