JasnoDTX Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) It sure looks like it snowed. Ross Perot has been promoting an office tower of undetermined height in downtown Dallas, saying there are prospects from out of town he's trying to entice. If they're looking for new buildings, this one's as good as any. Yea, that's what we've been talking about.U a Lil late to the party broda. j/k Unfortunately, we only get little snippets of info here and there. HOK has finished preliminary designs supposedly and now Ross wants a contest of architects to see unique design. I personally want a 1,200 foot replica of Voltron. But that's just me. I'm confident he'll choose whats good for the city. We dont know if it will be 300m or taller. Who knows it could be taller or shorter. We want a supertall to call our own but if not they should at least make it taller than the BOA(921ft) If they kept it SLIM they could easily hit that 300m(992ft). Did you know the BOA in Dallas is actually bigger than the Wells Fargo in Houston?....Square footage wise?. Yet the Wells fargo is taller because its slimmer.. They need to that with Dallas' next. Yes its snowed yesterday! A whole 1.5 inches so of course the whole city had to shut down. I took a couple of pictures. Im glad it did. Thought we werent gonna get any this year. It might snow again later this week. Edited February 24, 2015 by JasnoDTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D F W Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Another tower for the Arts District!39-storieshttp://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20150224-39-story-apartment-tower-to-be-built-on-prime-dallas-arts-district-tract.ece 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 $1.75 billion won't build that skyscraper he's envisioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Another tower for the Arts District!39-storieshttp://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20150224-39-story-apartment-tower-to-be-built-on-prime-dallas-arts-district-tract.eceThat's good height for the area. I also like how the tower base is titled against the street grid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Another tower for the Arts District!39-storieshttp://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20150224-39-story-apartment-tower-to-be-built-on-prime-dallas-arts-district-tract.ece Awesome. I wish they could something like this for the Design District. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Ugly design and the Museum Tower is empty. Does not make any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Ugly design and the Museum Tower is empty. Does not make any sense.It makes perfect sense, it's an apartment tower, not a condo tower. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 And the Museum Tower isn't empty because of the location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 And the Museum Tower isn't empty because of the location. It isn't empty, but sales are very poor. D Magazine reported in January of this year that only 34% of the building has been sold. http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2015/january/museum-tower-condo-sales Hopefully the developers of the new building have taken the glare into account, otherwise their balconies could be toasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 And the Museum Inferno Tower isn't empty because of the location. FIFY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D F W Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The new apartment tower will not get any glare from the Museum Tower it is situated south of the tower in fact it will benefit by getting shade from MT in the summer and in the winter from Trammell Crow Tower:) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The new apartment tower will not get any glare from the Museum Tower it is situated south of the tower in fact it will benefit by getting shade from MT in the summer and in the winter from Trammell Crow Tower:) Museum Tower will cast shade on its neighbor to its south?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 The new apartment tower will not get any glare from the Museum Tower it is situated south of the tower in fact it will benefit by getting shade from MT in the summer and in the winter from Trammell Crow Tower:) Museum Tower will cast shade on its neighbor to its south?? IIRC the sun works differently in Dallas. They're closer to the North Pole. This comment is not a criticism - it's a celebration of our diversity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D F W Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Museum Tower does not produce glare from its south side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Museum Tower does not produce glare from its south side. Not producing glare is not the same as producing shade. Unless the sun has been recently re-routed, Museum Tower will not be casting shade on this proposed building to its south. Edited February 25, 2015 by Houston19514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativehoustonion Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Y'all have problems up there if you need the city of Dallas fire pension department to finance a building that burns everything around it. Nobody wants to live there. So why what idiot would finance this new 39 floors apartments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Trammell Crow promises the 2 new Met Life towers will not be "towering infernos". The original curvy design was changed awhile back. Here is some interesting design specs for any of you glass geeks. http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2015/04/developers-promise-new-uptown-tower-project-wont-cast-a-light-on-nearby-neighbors.html/ The 2-tower Park District project planned by Trammell Crow Co. and Metropolitan Life Insurance will be built on the site of the Chase Bank drive through at Woodall Rodgers and Pearl Street. The more than 900,000-square-foot development will include a 32-story residential tower and a 19-story office high-rise. To get city planners to agree to an almost 30 percent increase in height for the project, the developers have worked to overcome any concerns that the glass exteriors on the towers will reflect light across the street on Klyde Warren Park and the Nasher Sculpture Center. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lospringer Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 (edited) Making slim buildings doesn't make for efficient floor plates unfortunately. Developers, especially in Texas, love big floor plates which doesn't help with height. This site that Perot owns is also zoned for 1.5M SF Edited April 14, 2015 by Lospringer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Developers, especially in Texas, love big floor plates which doesn't help with height. This site that Perot owns is also zoned for an excess of 1.5M SF Fixed it for ya. http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20131106-perot-buys-downtown-dallas-corner-hints-at-grand-plans.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lospringer Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Developers, especially in Texas, love big floor plates which doesn't help with height. This site that Perot owns is also zoned for an excess of 1.5M SF Fixed it for ya. http://www.dallasnews.com/business/commercial-real-estate/headlines/20131106-perot-buys-downtown-dallas-corner-hints-at-grand-plans.ece I see that it says zoned for more than a 1.5M SF building but that more than likely means +/- 10% or 1.5M usable area excluding parking. The 1.5 figure came from somewhere and there's no minimum zoning requirement requirement. They aren't going to be putting up a 2M+ SF tower there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I saw this on the Dallas Skyscraperpage. It looks like Victory Park is really filling up with projects. http://www.trademarkproperty.com/wp-content/uploads/VP_LeasingPkg_040615-NEW-WEB.pdf Edited April 15, 2015 by fkp5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) I see that it says zoned for more than a 1.5M SF building but that more than likely means +/- 10% or 1.5M usable area excluding parking. The 1.5 figure came from somewhere and there's no minimum zoning requirement requirement. They aren't going to be putting up a 2M+ SF tower there. Okay. I can see where you're going with this. You don't want Dallas to have a supertall.......no matter what. We get it.Personally, I'm so proud of what the city is looking like today 4/15/2015. Cranes up. Healthy amount of Highrises and other development going up.....just look at the above poster's maps and photos......that even if the Perot Tower is a 700 footer with a baddass design it WILL change the skyline and look gorgeous. The CBD will gain that thickness. I can't wait for it. Even if it's a 700 footer! ....But the truth is is that we do not know what the final design will be. We can only speculate. Edited April 15, 2015 by JasnoDTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Excellent post fkp5. Saw that on SSC too. Almost was gonna post it myself. There's been lots D-Town development but I haven't been keeping up that much lately. Oh and congrats on Austin's new Jenga Tower! My first thought upon seeing the render was City of Capitals buildings in Moscow. Edited April 15, 2015 by JasnoDTX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkp5 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) Yeah, a friend showed this to me and asked me to guess what city this was, and honestly I couldn't tell this was Dallas at first glance. It wasn't until I looked more closely that I realized it was Dallas. The city has changed so much over the years. I'm glad that all of the major Texas cities are showing a lot of development progress in their cores. A lot of people don't seem to like the Austin tower, but I think it looks pretty good. It'll really add some nice height to the skyline. I hope Houston can follow suit and eventually get a 600+ foot condo tower in downtown in the near future. Edited April 16, 2015 by fkp5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lospringer Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Okay. I can see where you're going with this. You don't want Dallas to have a supertall.......no matter what. We get it.Personally, I'm so proud of what the city is looking like today 4/15/2015. Cranes up. Healthy amount of Highrises and other development going up.....just look at the above poster's maps and photos......that even if the Perot Tower is a 700 footer with a baddass design it WILL change the skyline and look gorgeous. The CBD will gain that thickness. I can't wait for it. Even if it's a 700 footer! ....But the truth is is that we do not know what the final design will be. We can only speculate. Ha why would you assume that? I wouldn't mind if Dallas gets a supertall I'm just being realistic. I have a little bit of insight into this project which is what I'm basing my previous comment on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Guys guys guys, chill...we all know that the first thing Dallas is going to get is...a first-round exit from the Rockets in game 4 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted April 17, 2015 Author Share Posted April 17, 2015 Ha why would you assume that? I wouldn't mind if Dallas gets a supertall I'm just being realistic. I have a little bit of insight into this project which is what I'm basing my previous comment on. Apologies Lospringer. It's just that Im used to some of that friction on here(by some but not all) Your info is interesting. Thanks, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lospringer Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Apologies Lospringer. It's just that Im used to some of that friction on here(by some but not all) Your info is interesting. Thanks, No worries. Wish I could talk about it more but unfortunately I can't.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasnoDTX Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 dch526 via skyscrapercity: 25 story SkyHouse #2's height has been approved through the FAALooks like it should start construction in AugustDetermination PDFDetermined Cases for TX: Form 7460-1 for ASN 2015-ASW-2514-OE Quote: Work Schedule: 08/11/2015 to 11/30/2016 Quote: Structure Height: 290 Quote: Description of Location: Building located at NE corner of North Houston Street and Payne Street in Downtown Dallas, TX Description of Proposal: 25 story High-rise residential rental apartment building with 336 units and ground level retail space. There's a good chance that 4 (maybe 6) high rise projects could start construction in Victory Park (or Immediately adjacent) by the end of this year1) Sky House (25 stories; 336 units)2) Ascent (21 & 23 stories; 300+ units)3) Cinepolis & Residential (20 stories; 256 units)4) Katy Station (28 stories; TBD units)5) Hines Victory Center (23 story office building)6) Akard Place (14 story office; 20 story apartments, 300 units; both on 9 story parking) __________________ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche_757 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice picture. You know... I remember when Victory Park was started.Everyone should note that it clearly takes a decade + for large scale urban renewal projects to materialize into true unique/identifiable areas. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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