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Luxury residences underway at $1B master development in Frisco
General contractor JPI is looking to meet a demand for luxury residences at a $1 billion mixed-use development in Frisco.
The Irving-based developer announced Monday that it has broken ground on Jefferson at The Gate, which will offer 425 multifamily units at the northwest corner of the Dallas North Tollway and John Hickman Parkway.Jefferson at The Gate will be located inside The Gate, a master development with plans for more than 650,000 square feet of office space, 130,000 square feet of retail space, and a luxury hotel.
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Bloomfield Homes plans 900 houses in Mesquite with help from city
Bloomfield Homes plans to build up to 900 houses in Hagan Hills and Ridge Ranch developments in Mesquite.
New houses in the project will range from $260,000 to $400,000.Ridge Ranch is located at Cartwright Road and Lawson Road in Mesquite.
"Ridge Ranch will be a master planned community with approximately 800 homes offering a variety of price points on a wide range of lot sizes," he said.
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City Council approves funds for Grapevine Main community plaza Peace Circle
At its meeting July 3, the Grapevine City Council unanimously acted to designate $895,000 to purchase decorative art for its new community plaza.
The art, called the Peace Circle, will serve as the focal point of the plaza, which will be developed alongside the Grapevine Main TEXRail train station, the boutique Hotel Vin and parking garage.The Peace Circle will be comprised of 11, life-size bronze figures placed in a walkable circle to reflect on the historic peace treaty meeting held at Grapevine Springs with General Sam Houston.
The general will be one scultpture, and the 10 Native American nations will comprise the other sculptures in the circle. The width of the circle itself will stretch more than 40 feet across and will be designed for observers to interact and study the sculptures.
Funding for the Peace Circle comes from the Public Art Fund and the Convention and Visitors Bureau Fund. Chief Financial Officer Greg Jordan specified that the Public Art Fund is not taxpayer dollars and comes from city agreements with cell companies.
McCallum told city staff the installation will be thoroughly researched to be fully accurate in its design. The city will also seek approval by the Native American nations for the depiction, or leading national sources such as the National Museum of the American Indian, the Texas Historical Commission and the Oklahoma Historical Society, or a combination of these options.
Grapevine Artist in Residence Linda Lewis will be the lead sculptor and several other sculptors will be engaged to assist in the completion of individual statues.Members of the American Indian Nations will also be invited to participate in the process.
The project has an estimated completion date of May 2020.
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Two new Frisco communities will add more than 500 homes
Project Location (Park Vista)
Developer Green Brick Partners recently got final zoning approvals for its Park Vista community at Eldorado Parkway and Coit Road.
The Plano-based builder and developer gave up apartment zoning on part of the 74-acre site in order to build a neighborhood of townhouses and patio homes.The Park Vista community will include more than 300 homes and almost seven acres of open space in four small parks.
Homes in the development are planned in a combination of Georgian, Craftsman and Colonial styles.Green Brick's Northwood community on Panther Creek Parkway will have 168 homes.
Dolson said townhouses in the Park Vista will start near $330,000 and single-family homes at Northwood will begin at more than $500,000.
"We are working on engineering now," he said. "Our aim in both projects is to finish the development next year and have models." -
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Huge Monarch City development in Allen is ready to take flight on U.S. 75
The 240-plus-acre project at the southwest corner of Rayburn Turnpike and U.S. 75 in Allen is being planned for everything from high-rise office buildings to hotels, retail and apartments.
Called Monarch City, the ambitious development is a project of Dallas-based Howard Hughes Corp, which has owned the land for almost a decade.
"We are creating a community and an amenity-rich environment organized around a great park," said Howard Hughes' senior vice president Mark Bulmash. "People will be excited about this.
"It's not going to be a typical office park."
The developer has been working on the project with Dallas architect Omniplan for more than a year.Bulmash said that the Monarch City property can accommodate more than 8 million square feet of construction.
"We want to have a walkable urban project."
"We wanted a big bold vision that companies coming to the Dallas area could embrace," he said.
"We show more than 4 million square feet of office on the land," Bulmash said.
"We are planning to have a very dynamic main street where retail and restaurants will be situated.The project name Monarch City comes from the butterflies.
"The area was known for butterflies when the settlers first came here" in the 1800s, Bowman said. -
Southwest Airlines adding 15 daily flights to already crowded Love Field
Southwest Airlines plans to add 15 daily flights at an already crowded Love Field, bringing its peak number of daily flights at the Dallas airport to 195.
The move will test Southwest's Love Field operation by forcing the carrier to squeeze extra flights out of its 18 gates which are already operating near capacity.The expanded schedule will bring nonstop flights to seven new cities beginning Jan. 7, 2019.
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Commercial Air Service Arriving at Fort Worth's Meacham Int'l Airport
The City of Fort Worth says commercial air service at Meacham International Airport is imminent within the next two years, with Frontier and Allegiant airlines among those interested.
"The airlines would like to start within the next six months, but realistically I'd expect we are a year and a half to two years out. We have a lot of work to do," said William Welstead, director of Fort Worth's Airport System.
Welstead said the biggest challenge facing Meacham is available space and facilities and parking will need to be constructed before service can begin.
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Hong Kong’s Lesso Group plans large shopping development along US 380
Frisco's plan commission gives approval for massive shopping mall and mixed-use project
Frisco's planning commission has given Chinese developers the go ahead to build a huge shopping and mixed-use development on the north side of the city.
The 77-acre Lesso America development on U.S. Highway 380 will include a half million-square-foot shopping mall, a wholesale trade mart and high-rise office, hotel and some
1,200 apartments just west of the Dallas North Tollway.
"The mall itself we are anticipating will be two levels. There might be a cinema on top or offices," said Joseph Pobiner with architect Gensler. "This is going to be a destination. There are only two others being built by Lesso in the U.S."Buildings as tall as 25 floors could be built in the project.
"Because the mall sits up on top of the garage, it will be a promontory that is unique to the area," Pobiner said. "You won't walk through a sea of parking to get there."
A street through the heart of the project will be lined with retail and restaurants.
"This being on the city's northern edge, we thought a different type of architecture would help define Frisco's north side," said city planner Anthony Satarino. "The developers stated they wanted a more modern type of architecture."
About 1,200 apartments or condominiums are planned mostly on the south side of the project in buildings ranging in height from seven to 18 stories. The developers would have to build the first-phase shopping mall before starting any residential.The project still must get final approval from Frisco's city council.
Architects for the project said Lesso America is also planning a headquarters office on U.S. 380 as part of the development.
"That building might be 10 stories," Pobiner said. "It might be taller." -
Parking lot lights have been removed, and equipment is on site.
Construction set to start on 41-story high-rise in Dallas’ Arts District
After years of waiting, developers are set to break ground today on Atelier, which in its most recent incarnation is a 41-story luxury high‐rise in the Dallas Arts District.
The mixed‐use development, which is marketing itself as the tallest rental tower in the Dallas area, will be comprised of 364 residential tower units with sweeping views of Uptown and downtown Dallas.
The project between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center will have over 26,000 square feet of amenity space and 15,000 square feet of onsite retail.
Atelier is also planned to be home to Flora Lofts, 52 affordable artist lofts developed by DFW architect Graham Greene.Atelier has a slender tower angled to take advantage of downtown views while minimizing solar reflection on the Nasher Sculpture Garden, Burnett said.
The materials chosen for Atelier are compatible with the contemporary stone and steel materials found in the district, he added.-
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Grapevine lands a second major corporate office deal in one week
The company will break ground immediately on a two-story, 200,000-square-foot office building north of DFW International Airport near State Highway 121.
The new building will increase by more than 50 percent the size of The Trade Group's facility in Carrollton.Founded in 1986, The Trade Group has worked with clients including Facebook, Google Home, Pepsico, Motel 6, Walt Disney, Xbox, Warner Brothers and Community Coffee.
The new headquarters will have room on the ground floor for graphics production, fabrication and warehouse space. The upper level will house office space and meeting areas. -
Software firm plans 1,000-job campus in Grapevine; city offers $5 million in tax incentives
Oklahoma-based Paycom Software Inc., a payroll and HR services firm, will locate a new corporate campus near State Highway 121 in Grapevine.
The 14-acre office center will be in the same area as Kubota's North American headquarters.
City of Grapevine is offering $ 5 million in tax incentives to Paycom, which is purchasing the 14 acres from the city.The company plans to start its new Grapevine operation with a single building to house several hundred employees.
The company plans to begin construction on the new campus next year and move in 2020.
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$1.5 billion Lewisville project will bring office, retail and apartments to S.H. 121
Construction has started in Lewisville on a $1.5 billion mixed-use development that will be an urban center for the Castle Hills community.
The 324-acre Realm at Castle Hills project on State Highway 121 west of Josey Lane will have offices, retail, restaurants and apartments. Construction on the first phase includes a nine-story office and retail building.
Another building with retail and apartments is in the works.
The buildings will front a planned park.Bright Realty will move into more than 50,000 square feet of the 235,000-square-foot office building, which will open in mid-2019.
The second phase of the project will include 260 apartments above 35,000 square feet of retail.
Future phases of The Realm include plans for residential condominiums and an amphitheater entertainment district, along with more retail, restaurants and apartments.
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Frisco project will include huge fitness center, offices and retail
A new mixed-use development on the works for Frisco will bring a huge fitness center plus office and retail buildings on the Dallas North Tollway.
The 36-acre property located north of Main Street on the west side of the tollway was originally planned for a data center, said Lee McCormick with owner Patronus Land Development.Along with a 124,000-square-foot fitness center, the fitness chain is seeking zoning to build three office buildings and two restaurant and retail buildings, according to plans filed with Frisco.
McCormick said Lifetime Fitness would sell the office and retail sites to other builders.
A park area with walking trails would be built on the northwest corner of the property.
The planned fitness facility would be one of the largest in North Texas for the Minnesota-based company which has nine locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. -
More apartments on the way near Dallas' Love Field
Apartment builders have broken ground on the second phase of rental units in a mixed-use project near Dallas' Love Field.
Irving-based developer JPI is building an additional 354 apartments in the $200 million West Love development on Mockingbird Lane."There is no doubt that the West Love development is going to be a top attraction in Dallas, and we're extremely grateful to be a part of this exciting venture," Matt Brendel, senior vice president and development partner at JPI, said in a statement.
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Amazon eyeing another big shipping hub south of Dallas
The online sales firm is working on a deal to lease more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space on Interstate 45 in Wilmer for a new distribution hub.
The planned fulfillment center would be the third major facility Amazon has in southern Dallas County.
Amazon is eyeing two buildings in Southport Logistics Park, a $500 million industrial project directly across I-45 from Union Pacific Railway's Dallas Intermodal Terminal.
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Construction kicks off on $175 million North Dallas seniors community
The Legacy Midtown Park project is being built just east of North Central near Meadow Road.
A project of Legacy Senior Communities, the rental project will include 184 independent living apartments 50 assisted living apartments, 36 memory care residences and 54 short-term rehabilitation or long-term care suites.
The 8-story development at 8182 Manderville Lane will also include multiple dining rooms, a fitness center and aquatic center.Dallas-based D2 Architecture designed the building
The project is scheduled to begin opening in the Fall of 2019.
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Developer eyes more apartments on West Dallas' Singleton Boulevard
Now a Stonelake Capital company has filed preliminary plans with the city of Dallas for a third apartment complex to be constructed in the project.
"Our initial planning for Trinity Green 3 is a 5-story building totaling 278-units and will be along Singleton Boulevard," Stonelake managing partner Kenneth E. Aboussie Jr. said in an email. "Trinity Green will have five multi-family phases in total."
Trinity Green will be an urban residential district with 1,500 units in total." -
More apartments on the way next to Dallas' Galleria near LBJ Freeway
Builder Mill Creek Residential Trust is constructing a 5-story, 344-unit rental project on Noel Road north of LBJ Freeway.
"We had the first development community in the new Midtown district, which was incredibly well-received by residents, exceeding our expectations," Mill Creek's senior managing director Rick Perdue said in a statement. "We hope to continue that success next door at Modera Dallas Midtown.
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Kimpton Hotels to open 2nd Texas Hotel in Deep Ellum:
Landmark Deep Ellum hotel will fly Kimpton flag
The new Deep Ellum hotel being built in the historic Knights of Pythias building will be operated by Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants.
The 165-room luxury hotel is part of the Epic mixed-use development being built at Elm Street and Good-Latimer Expressway. The hotel project — which just received $2 million in city tax incentives — is set to open in mid-2020."We've been searching for the right opportunity in Dallas," Mike DeFrino, chief executive at Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, said in a statement. "Deep Ellum's vibrant culture, renowned art galleries and incredible concert venues are a perfect match for our unique take on boutique hospitality."
The San Francisco-based hotel operator now operates more than 60 hotels and 80 restaurants and bars in the United States, Europe, Caribbean and China.
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Developer Hillwood Properties planning huge industrial park west of downtown Dallas
The almost 100-acre development is planned on Chalk Hill Road south of Interstate 30 and will include multiple warehouse and distribution buildings.
Hillwood has already filed construction permits with the city for more than 2.3 million square feet of industrial buildings along Chalk Hill Road and West D space in the development pipeline.
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$1.5 billion Denton County home community starts construction
The 1,157-acre Pecan Square community is planned for more than 3,000 new homes.
Developer Hillwood Communities has broken ground in the town of Northlake for the first phase of the community, which will have 630 homes.Hillwood has lined up eight builders who will construct homes priced from the mid-$200,000s to more than $500,000.
The largest portion of the new development is a long-time equestrian center, Woodhill Farm.
Hillwood plans to repurpose some of the horse farm buildings in its new project.An existing horse arena will be rebuilt as a location for community gatherings and special events.
Pecan Square is on FM 407 near Interstate 35W.
The first houses will be ready in late 2019.
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