Far North Dallas: Icon Center (3 towers - res./off./hotel/etc.)

[CTroyMathis]

Icon Center
ICON Partners, LLC
http://www.ucrrealty.com/photos/properties/flyers/200705152057540.icon.pdf
Website (not ready yet apparently. . .): http://iconcenterdallas.com

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3134/iconcenter001rf2.jpg

[CTroyMathis]

Anyone know anything about this. . .?

[AZDallasite]

Is this for real?

[rosewood]

How fun! A little weird for that location but I love the twists. More Shopping!! I wonder if this is the sam ICON team with Stark and Yoo and Jade Jagger that is doing these developments around the world.

Wish it was on Lake Carolyn in Las Colinas instead but I'd love it where it is, too.

Boom Boom Boom. And somebody wrote recently about a slow down. Hmmph.

Rosewood.

[CTroyMathis]

ICON is supposedly going to do a huge project in Las Colinas, although I forgot what all it entailed. It's on the forum in a Las Colinas thread.

[Random Traffic Guy]

Icon Partners is the former Woodmont which is doing the Las Colinas project, and some others. Ask RTKL how they are working out :jester:
Urban Target store, pretty cool.

[jsoto3]

RTKL was designing all of the low-rise and SOM was doing the twisty towers. Not sure of the status.

[MarkL2023]

I work in two galleria tower and was talking to one of my colleagues yesterday and he said the last he heard, development of that dealership was still a good ways off. I cant remember the reason but Ill ask on monday (on headin out of town tomorrow)

[berryhill]

Wow... with Park Lane Place, Victory Park, and the West Village Expansion, Dallas' retail development is exploding.

[chiboi]

Do I see a hint that there might be an urban style flagship Target store in this development?

[carousel]

How fun! A little weird for that location but I love the twists. More Shopping!! I wonder if this is the sam ICON team with Stark and Yoo and Jade Jagger that is doing these developments around the world.

Wish it was on Lake Carolyn in Las Colinas instead but I'd love it where it is, too.

Boom Boom Boom. And somebody wrote recently about a slow down. Hmmph.

Rosewood.

Why Las Colinas?

[carousel]

Icon Partners is the former Woodmont which is doing the Las Colinas project, and some others. Ask RTKL how they are working out :jester:
Urban Target store, pretty cool.

Any specifics on the Las Colinas project?

[rantanamo]

Wish we could have that Target design downtown. Right where Dallas High School sits.

[DFW]

About a month ago I saw one of those trucks at the parking lot that drills to test the soil. They were there about a week and drilling at different areas around the former Duran site.
Can't wait this is going to be big!!

[noelamador]

WOW! I almost crapped myself. as a compliment to one of Dallas' top malls, this design oudoes Park Lane Place hands down.

[rosewood]

I have always been fond of Las Colinas. I think it has substantial quality and design merit (although the new owners and management are currently allowing crap to be built by relaxing the architectural standards set by Carpenter) and I think the lake is a beautiful urban asset that has never been developed correctly or taken advantage off correctly. A highly stylized development like this one deserves to be showcased in and on a beautiful site - such as the Las Colinas lake side so it is visually substantial. This appears to be crammed into a sliver of land creating an extremely dense collection that is cool in it's own but it appears to be little tight. Just my opinion though.

Having said all that, I am sure this will be delightful and spectacular right where it is.

Rosewood.

[Geaux Tigers]

Sweet. This might be the coolest design in Dallas since Fountain Place.

[AeroD]

I would just imagine that this development would have a domino affect on the area between the Tollway and Preston and between Spring Valley and 635.

If Target were to build in that Icon Center that would mean you would have a huge parcel to develop where the current Target and old Chuck E Cheese is at, and then those apartment complexes between the Galleria and Valley View would be bulldozed. One complex already has been shut down.

This could be Downtown Part Deux.

As far as Las Colinas...the place is just a lame attempt at Venice meets the Riverwalk.

[vman]

I would just imagine that this development would have a domino affect on the area between the Tollway and Preston and between Spring Valley and 635.

If Target were to build in that Icon Center that would mean you would have a huge parcel to develop where the current Target and old Chuck E Cheese is at, and then those apartment complexes between the Galleria and Valley View would be bulldozed. One complex already has been shut down.

This could be Downtown Part Deux.

As far as Las Colinas...the place is just a lame attempt at Venice meets the Riverwalk.

I totally agree. This development could give that area the kick in the a@# it needs for a major overhaul.

I also agree about Las Colinas. That canal system is major cheesy. But you gotta love the Mustang sculpture!!

[amshepar]

i think a high end luxury hotel would be great there. yeah the westin in the galleria is nice but not that great, and the intercontinental is nice too...but both are such business like. A great luxury hotel like a Le Meridien or something of that nature that is new to dallas would be good.

[psukhu]

There is already a Target less than a mile from this site in an aging strip mall on Montfort at 635.

It would be plausible for Target to relocate to this location to be closer to the Galleria and all the new housing that is already in the works.

[AeroD]

There is already a Target less than a mile from this site in an aging strip mall on Montfort at 635.

It would be plausible for Target to relocate to this location to be closer to the Galleria and all the new housing that is already in the works.

I referred to that Target in my post. That aging strip mall was also where the old Chuck E Chesse was at also. If Target moves to the Icon Center then that parcel right where the Target and old Chuck E Chesse is at could be developed.

[procyon88]

i think a high end luxury hotel would be great there. yeah the westin in the galleria is nice but not that great, and the intercontinental is nice too...but both are such business like. A great luxury hotel like a Le Meridien or something of that nature that is new to dallas would be good.

I read a few months ago that they are converting the hotel across the street from the Galleria Macy's to a Le Meridien. It has a temporary brand on it right now until upgrades are complete. When it opened it was a Hilton Suites or something along those lines.

[clipper]

Icon is the guy that tore down that warehouse in the West End and is in a big fight with the city. Don't expect any help from them with this.

[Random Traffic Guy]

Good find, I was about to call BS but Transcontinental Realty Investors is indeed in the same office as Icon.

[clipper]

Yep. The CEO is suing google because when you search his name you get so many bad stories about him. No lie.

[br.reese]

Dubai Is Coming To Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!

[I45Tex]

Oryx's tower with the "campanile top" there at the left is just over 350' tall, for scale. This'll be like Greenway Plaza, part deux. Still and all, as far as twisties go - and I don't think they go far at all in de-dehumanizing the anonymous corporate box - these twisties create more appeal in their 370' than the Chicago Spire does with ten times the resources.

[dallasrookie]

Unveiling an Icon
http://www.ucrrealty.com/news_detail.php?id=129



Unveiling an Icon

Real estate brokers say that developer Daniel P. Robinowitz and his partner Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. are getting close to unveiling plans for their big Icon mixed-use project on LBJ Freeway.

Planned for the former Chevrolet dealership property next to the Galleria, the project is designed to contain 600,000 square feet of office space, 500 apartments, a half-million square feet of shopping space plus hotel rooms and condos in a combination of high-rise and low-rise buildings.

Preliminary plans making the rounds of brokers show two swirling towers on the west side of the project and a smaller high-rise in back.

Mr. Robinowitz and Transcontinental purchased the 19-acre LBJ tract last December and have been working on designs

[kenc]

I know I am in the minority here, but.... I don't really like these twisty towers! Sorry to say, but I think they are to this decade what mirror finish buildings were to the 1970's and early 80's. They will become dated quickly.

But the old car dealership has to go. The Galleria area should be the next Downtown with a forest of high rises, office residential, etc. Just more serious architecture please.

[vman]

I know I am in the minority here, but.... I don't really like these twisty towers!

I'm not sure I like them eitherr. I've yet to see any decent renderings. But those two towers look like something that will proabably be redesigned when the project gets started.

[freewaytincan]

But those two towers look like something that will proabably be redesigned when the project gets started.

I sure hope so.

[Hunter Wadle]

that must be the flashy design to market the product/development, i think you can bet it will be redesigned....

[grantboston]

I don't know. I could see the building designs tweaked or even toned down a bit, but it seems like you would want an "iconic" building for a site named the "Icon Center."

Perhaps there are other, less flashy ways to go about creating an icon. That would certainly be new to Dallas.

[AeroD]

I like the spirals.

I grew up around Midway and LBJ (Tom C. Gooch Gator :woot: ), and I always thought the buildings around there were boring.

I think this is will be cool addition to an otherwise stale part of Dallas.

[xen0blue]

I like the spirals.

I grew up around Midway and LBJ (Tom C. Gooch Gator :woot: ), and I always thought the buildings around there were boring.

I think this is will be cool addition to an otherwise stale part of Dallas.

Wow, VERY cool. Why can't they build these downtown?

[rubbercow]

The "proposed rezoning" signs have popped up on both the Copperridge complex and Showcase. Also Desman has published their parking study:

http://www.desman.com/hotproperty/task,view/id,148/Itemid,168/

[noelamador]

Developers of Icon complex purchase more land near Galleria
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/013008dnbuscondos.6e2b46f9.html
04:11 PM CST on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
stevebrown@dallasnews.com

Developers planning a high-rise mixed-use complex next to the Galleria have purchased more property for the project.

The Copperidge Condominiums on Peterson Lane just east of the Galleria have been acquired by a development partnership headed by Daniel P. Robinowitz and Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc.

The same group owns the former Showcase Chevrolet property on LBJ Freeway at Noel Road.

The developers’ planned Icon complex is designed to contain 600,000 square feet of office space, 500 apartments, a half-million square feet of shopping space plus hotel rooms and condos in a combination of high-rise and low-rise buildings.

The purchase of the Copperidge Condominiums extends the development site north to Peterson Lane.

The condo complex — built in the early 1980s — contains more than 70 units.

“It was a complicated deal because we were dealing with so many owners,” said broker Tom Clarke with Transwestern.

Mr. Clarke negotiated the sale with Lindsay Allen, also with Transwestern.

[corbman]

I worked for a little while on this project during its initial design stages. RTKL is no longer working on the base buildings, due to irresolvable differences of opinion that emerged regarding the architectural character of the retail podium. Apparently Icon wants to make it into a mish-mash, faux-historical lifestyle center almost identical to the Grove shopping center in Southern California. I presume that another architecture firm has been signed on to do the retail base, but I'm not sure if SOM is still working on the towers or not. Personally I didn't feel we needed to add any more kitsch to this site, but instead insert something with a bit more edge which could better harmonize with the sleek towers. It would juxtapose nicely with the classic postmodern vocabulary of the neighboring Galleria mall.

[cowboyeagle05]

I worked for a little while on this project during its initial design stages. RTKL is no longer working on the base buildings, due to irresolvable differences of opinion that emerged regarding the architectural character of the retail podium. Apparently Icon wants to make it into a mish-mash, faux-historical lifestyle center almost identical to the Grove shopping center in Southern California. I presume that another architecture firm has been signed on to do the retail base, but I'm not sure if SOM is still working on the towers or not. Personally I didn't feel we needed to add any more kitsch to this site, but instead insert something with a bit more edge which could better harmonize with the sleek towers. It would juxtapose nicely with the classic postmodern vocabulary of the neighboring Galleria mall.
Sounds like they got out for good reason then, cause just building another Disney land Main Street, which is built alot better than most of the faux historical projects, would seem like just another repeat. Developers heres a secret: you don't have to make every Mixed use/pedestrian project look a old Historical downtown, be creative just make sure you follow the standards for making pedestrian friendly environments.

[DallasMan]

^Developers, here is another secret, you don't have to make everything look "ultra-hip" and moder either, classic is "ok." The "modern design" of today sometimes ends up looking like a waste 40 years later (see most 1960s-70s architecture at most university campuses).

Haha, I just think going for a classic design is ok too - a lot of the townhomes going up in Uptown and on the East side are buildings I would never buy. Many of them w/ their straight angles and tiny thin windows look awful to me. Give me a classic brownstone, or something with nice colonial columns anyday!

[freewaytincan]

Give me a classic brownstone, or something with nice colonial columns anyday!

But quite unfortunately, we don't have those in Dallas. Have you seen what it looks like when it is replicated? It's terrible. Also remember that old architecture was once contemporary and typical. After all, the Eiffel Tower was considered ugly when it was built, and was almost dismantled in the early part of the last century. Now it's one of the world's most recognizable icons.

You sound like I did a few years ago, before I really learned to appreciate contemporary architecture. I'm not saying every development is a new Eiffel Tower, I'm just saying that you might want to broaden your tastes a little.

[xen0blue]

I really hope they don't change the look of the towers, if built they would be the coolest looking towers in Dallas, even if they aren't in downtown.

[dfwcre8tive]

Wave of redevelopment hitting Dallas' Galleria area
Residential, office and retail are popping up
10:39 PM CST on Thursday, March 6, 2008
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
stevebrown@dallasnews.com
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/020608dnbusgalleria.e24d3b.html

Just a block from the Galleria, on Inwood Road, residents are moving into the latest Dallas mixed-use development.

Called Broadstone at Galleria, the 8-acre complex of shops and more than 300 rental units replaced an old furniture showroom and industrial buildings built before the Galleria and the Dallas North Tollway.

The change has been well received.

"We've had a great response and are ahead of expectations on leasing," said Steve Chilton of developer Opus West Corp., which built the project in partnership with Alliance Communities.

The apartments are renting for about $1,300 on average.

The Broadstone complex is the latest in a wave of redevelopment hitting the Galleria area.

Developers and investors are knocking down old apartments and low-rise commercial buildings to make way for a new generation of construction.

"There are a lot of properties in play up there and a lot of developers looking," said real estate broker Tom Clarke of Transwestern.

Land values between Inwood and Montfort Drive have increased to about $40 a square foot from about $30 a couple of years ago, Mr. Clarke said.

Still, that's only a fraction of the cost of property in Dallas' booming Uptown district.

And land costs are likely to go higher because some of the biggest projects planned for the Galleria area are yet to come.

Icon Partners hopes to start work early next year on its mixed-use development at Noel Road on the north side of LBJ Freeway. The 19-acre high-rise complex is expected to cost almost $1 billion.

Smaller developments have just been completed in the area or are under way.

"It's starting to take shape as one of the hottest areas of town," said Dallas City Council member Linda Koop, who represents the neighborhood and has been pushing for redevelopment.

More than 300,000 cars a day travel by the district on the tollway and LBJ.

Even before the Galleria opened in 1982, the area around the LBJ-tollway intersection was in transition. Higher-density development was replacing old buildings, and office construction was spreading along the freeway.

Nearby Valley View Center got its start as a free-standing Sears store constructed in the 1960s, before LBJ was built.

But construction of the Galleria with its luxury shopping mall, office towers and high-rise hotel upped development standards in the area.

Maybe that's why the latest projects in the Galleria's shadow would be as much at home in Uptown as north of LBJ.

The Village on the Green complex at Noel and Alpha Road combines almost 90,000 square feet of shopping space with more than 200 apartments. It was built by Cypress Equities and Columbus Realty Partners and has leased well.

"We've been pleased with our performance in a market that is surprisingly healthy," said Columbus' Robert Shaw.

"Uptown has gotten overpriced," he said, "and this is one of the next good stops for apartment development, if you think about it.

"The area's got great accessibility, lots of retail and it's becoming more walkable," Mr. Shaw said.

North of Village on the Green, at Southern Boulevard, Dallas-based residential developer Boulevard Builders is selling units in its Citta Park townhome complex on Noel.

The three-story community, which opened late last year, has about 50 homes priced from $280,000.

And an Omaha, Neb., developer – Richdale Group – is putting up the newest apartment complex on Noel, across the street from the Galleria.

"Hopefully, we'll get some big shoppers for tenants," said Richdale partner Rachel Slosburg. "We are doing 250 apartments in a five-story building."

Construction is finishing up on the Villa Piana apartment's parking garage and should start soon on the rental units that front on Noel.

"We are going to be opening the first units probably in August and September," Ms. Slosburg said.

An even bigger apartment complex is being considered south of LBJ.

Inland American Communities is studying redevelopment plans for the Harvest Hill Apartments, a 400-unit complex between Noel and Montfort.

The Illinois-based developer has talked with the city about tearing down the old rental community built in the 1970s and 1980s.

In its place would be yet another mixed-use complex.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/03-08/0307icontower.jpg

[UrbanHope]

My take on this one. We approved it yesterday at CPC.

http://dallasprogress.blogspot.com/2008/03/really-hot-development-coming-to-dallas.html

[grantboston]

Here's the official PR release:

Icon Partners Announces Plans for a World Class, Mixed-Use Development Located in Midtown Dallas

Midtown Will Include 3.7 Million Square Feet of Entertainment, Retail, Office, Hotel and Residential Uses in Phase One, in a One-of-a-Kind, Urban Lifestyle Community

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Icon Partners, L.L.C. announced today plans to develop Midtown, a new 3.7 million gross square foot mixed-use development, to be located at the most traveled intersection in Texas: I-635/LBJ Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway. The 20-acre first phase of Icon’s Midtown is being built on the east side of the Dallas Galleria, with frontage along I-635/LBJ Freeway and Noel Road – a prime location where the new Midtown development will be viewed by more than 300,000 vehicles daily.

Midtown’s brand identity reflects its location as the center of the Dallas region, situated half way between Downtown Dallas and the explosive growth corridors of North Dallas and Frisco.

“Icon’s Midtown will be developed as a unique, authentic and exciting walking community which takes people beyond just a shopping, working or living experience to an urban lifestyle of fun,” said Paris Rutherford, president of Icon Partners, LLC.

“Midtown will be Dallas’ first family-friendly, mixed-use walking district featuring Main Street architecture and lushly landscaped streetscapes,” Rutherford added. “It will be the place in North Dallas where people will come to walk, shop and just spend time hanging out.”

Midtown’s high quality neighborhood district will create synergy and complement the surrounding buildings, serving to ignite the next evolution of redevelopment in this prominent location.

"Midtown is an exciting development, with many attributes that will make it a unique element in an important area of commerce in Dallas,” said Chris Buehler, vice chairman of the City of Dallas’ Plan Commission. “The location and timing of this development sets the stage for the entire region, and it will serve as a catalyst for forward-thinking redevelopment opportunities in the area."

Retail and Entertainment

At street level, Midtown is designed as a pedestrian-friendly gathering place. Its 525,000 square feet of predominantly upscale boutique shops, a movie theater and restaurants will open onto a park and interactive street designed for walking that spans five city blocks. Shopping, dining and entertainment venues will offer every resident and visitor an engaging walking experience that is open and active throughout the day and night. Highlights will include specialty and fashion stores not currently in Dallas and three major anchors.

Of particular note, a 50,000 square foot “Food District” will anchor Midtown’s north side and include a famous cooking school with a T.V. studio, an Italian grocery, 20 boutique food shops offering a huge selection of fresh food take-out options and a classic New York deli-bakery. On weekends, the street will be closed to autos. Street vendors will take center stage and retailers will offer outdoor presentations and culinary delights in a pedestrian-friendly, street fair atmosphere.

“Two major, new-to-Dallas entertainment venues and a collection of 14 destination restaurants will help build awareness that Midtown is the place to go to ‘see and be seen’ while walking around, having fun and people watching,” noted Daniel Robinowitz, chairman of Icon Partners. “Our goal is to create an urban experience that will bring lots of local people and visitors together to enjoy the type of walking district for which great cities are known.”

Office Design

The powerful architecture of Midtown’s 34-story world class office tower has been designed by noted architect Ross Wimer of the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Skidmore Owings Merrill (SOM). Icon Tower will present a powerful and contemporary landmark on I-635/LBJ Freeway. Drawing from Wimer’s highly successful, innovative building designs in Dubai, London and Singapore, the office tower’s fluid shape is derived from a geometry of motion, which shifts three degrees from floor to floor. The 715,000 square foot office tower will also be a LEED certified development incorporating the latest in green-driven technology to create a sustainable development.

Designed to be as efficient as it will be distinctive, the tower’s 30,000 square foot floor plates will efficiently accommodate both single- and multi-tenant configurations. Employees will not have to travel long, linear distances between departments and/or divisions that are typical in conventional, rectangular floor plates. Instead, all tenants will have convenient access to the elevator, lobby and other common area facilities.

“Icon Tower is truly a new paradigm in office design; it blends convenience, technology and fun to create a better workplace,” added Rutherford.

Hotel/Residences

A notable boutique hotel will delight local guests and business travelers with a “talk-of-the-town” restaurant and bar, as well as a destination spa.

For those wishing to live an enviable, urban lifestyle at Midtown’s prestigious address, there will be tempting choices of luxury apartments atop the hotel or chic, loft living above a dynamic streetscape.

An enclosed courtyard valet area will be shared by hotel guests and office users. In the same area, extra energy and excitement will be created by a captivating, artist-designed, inverted fountain.

Other prominent components of Midtown’s world class public spaces will include the most customer-friendly parking in Dallas conveniently located throughout the project, interactive water fountains, an art park, a sculpture garden and a generous children’s play area; all within close view of outdoor dining and shopping.

Reflecting special attention to every detail and dedication to creating a great walking district within a great city, Midtown will authentically blend offices, a hotel, residences, shopping and an array of dining and entertainment choices in a lively and engaging 24-hour urban community.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080307005436&newsLang=en

[dfwcre8tive]

Midtown?!?! Gross.

[dfwcre8tive]

Plans for $1 billion project near Dallas' Galleria unveiled
$1 billion mixed project near Galleria may spark transformation
09:30 AM CST on Friday, March 7, 2008
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
stevebrown@dallasnews.com
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/commrealestate/stories/DN-icon_07bus.State.Edition1.889a53.html

After more than a year of planning, developers have pulled the wraps off a $1 billion development that's the biggest makeover yet in a Far North Dallas neighborhood.

Icon Partners presented plans Thursday for its huge Icon Midtown complex to the Dallas City Plan Commission.

The real estate company is seeking development approval for the high-rise complex that would occupy almost 19 acres adjacent to the Galleria complex on LBJ Freeway. A closed automobile dealership and a 25-year-old condominium complex now occupy the property.

Icon Partners officials see their office, retail, hotel and residential development as a trigger to transform the entire area between the Galleria and Valley View Center.

"The city's vision is for this area to be redeveloped," said Icon Partners chairman Dan Robinowitz. "They want to use us as the springboard to redevelop this entire area."

To do that, Icon's project would include 700,000 square feet of office space, a 200- to 300-room hotel, about 500 high-rise residential units and a shopping center.

The 500,000-square-foot retail center would run north from LBJ Freeway along a new road that connects with Peterson Lane.

"We are not building a shopping center – we are building a shopping street," Mr. Robinowitz said.

The new boulevard would include a large public plaza and wide pedestrian walkways lined with traditional architecture. Tenants on tap for the retail component include an anchor department store, boutique cinema and specialty food retailers.

Mr. Robinowitz said the shopping center won't duplicate what's next door at the Galleria or at Valley View.

Complementary

"We are going to complement them," he said. "We don't want a tenant to move from the Galleria to our project.

"The Galleria and our project will offer completely different experiences."

In sharp contrast to the retail portion's brick and stone buildings, the office, hotel and residential towers would be ultra-modern, sculptural buildings with curving glass exteriors.

Designers for the project include architects Skidmore Owings and Merrill LLP and Gromatzky Dupree & Associates.

"Along Interstate 635, most of those buildings were built 20 or 30 years ago," said Icon Partners president Paris Rutherford. "We had to make an architectural statement to put us on the map."

Getting a new look

The area east of the Galleria has been dominated since the early 1980s by low-rise apartment buildings, shopping strips and small office buildings.

But starting a few years ago, developers began to renew the district with higher-density projects.

"That whole area over there is one of my main focuses for redevelopment," said Dallas City Council member Linda Koop, who represents the area. "The aging apartments need to come down.

"This particular development coming before the Plan Commission looks to be an exciting mixed-use development," she said. "It's a very good use for that land."

Mr. Rutherford said the zoning Icon Partners is asking the city to approve won't increase the amount of construction his company can already do on the site.

"It's more about design details," he said. "Right now, it's zoned for a little more suburban development.

"We are trying to do something more urban."

The property is already zoned for mixed-use development up to about 360 feet in height.

If the project gets the go-ahead, the developers hope to begin construction early next year.

Previous plans for the property – that never got off the drawing board – have included a high-rise office complex and a big entertainment center.

Mr. Robinowitz said today's trends mandate a mixed-use development.

"It's what the customer wants today – not just office buildings," he said.

[xen0blue]

I absolutely LOVE the design of the tower, I honestly think it's one of the coolest designs in the entire COUNTRY, I just wish they'd built it downtown. Either way, it's a win for Dallas though.

Also, I never considered LBJ the middle of Dallas, I always considered it "north Dallas", with Bush being "Far North dallas"

[UrbanHope]

You should've seen the 8.5x 17 book they gave us for the presentation. Sick.