Downtown Dallas

After Moving to New Downtown Digs, HBG Design Names New Dallas Leader and Principal for Nat’l Hospitality Practice

by | Feb 15, 2024
After 20 years at HKS Architects, Ray Mabry has joined Memphis-based HBG Design to "forge new frontiers in the national hospitality and entertainment industry" while helping HBG cement its footprint in the Dallas metro area. He'll be doing that from the firm's new Dallas office in the iconic, 72-story Bank of America Plaza.
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‘Where Nature Meets Dallas’: Plans Unveiled for $325M Harold Simmons Park Along Trinity River
by | Dec 7, 2023
For decades, Dallas has dreamed of a transformational park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas. This week, the Trinity Park Conservancy announced that a groundbreaking will finally happen in 2024. The 250-acre Harold Simmons Park will offer community-uniting nature, a stunning playground with towers and tube slides, a prairie walk, a two-acre bike and skate park, overlooks with views of the greenway and the city skyline, and more.
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A Subway in Dallas Is One of 4 in U.S. To Rebrand, Sell ‘Foot-Long Cookies’ on National Cookie Day
by | Dec 3, 2023
A Subway restaurant in downtown Dallas will be transformed into a "Cookieway" on December 4. Out of the chain's 37,000 locations, only four are getting this foot-long-cookie honor in an innovative marketing stunt.
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Dallas’ Iconic Fountain Place Tower Is Getting a New Private Social and Sports Club
by | Oct 11, 2023
Making a bold move in what it calls an "amenities arms race," downtown Dallas' Fountain Place is developing an invitation-only private club featuring Trackman golf simulators, indoor and outdoor pickleball courts, and "the first hunting simulator in any office environment or urban club of its kind."
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The Last Word: CEO Ron Pressman on the Urban Land Institute’s Conference in Dallas This Week

by | Oct 25, 2022
Pressman, the former CEO of institutional financial services at TIAA, was appointed global CEO of the Urban Land Institute only two weeks ago. But he's up and running at the ULI's Fall 2022 Meeting in Downtown Dallas this week, a four-day conference that began Monday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. The ULI is the world's oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts, and is welcoming over 5,000 attendees to this week's conference, which is packed with daily sessions and speakers—and as Pressman told the Dallas Business Journal, dozens of tours of all things CRE in Dallas.
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The Last Word: AP’s Will Pender on the Santander Tower Multifamily Reuse Project
Santander Tower is the eighth tallest building in Dallas, and it’s on the cutting edge of something new: converting skyscraper office space into multifamily housing through adaptive reuse.
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Why is the Dallas skyline green, orange, and white? Downtown Dallas skyline lights up for India's Independence Day.
Lighting Up a Growing Bond: The Indian American Impact on Business in North Texas and Beyond
On the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence Day on Monday, the tricolor Dallas skyline was the glow of success for 220,000 Indian Americans who've made North Texas their home. A new report from the Indian American CEO Council shows the positive impact they've made on our economy, our jobs, and our communities.

Co-Chairs Sanjiv Yajnik and Arun Agarwal started the IACEO in 2018 after accompanying Governor Abbott on a trade mission to India. "The governor realized the power of India, and India realized the power of Texas. We could make a difference."
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Innovative Spaces: Turning Offices into Luxe Multifamily Residences in Dallas’ Iconic 50-Story Santander Tower
by | Jul 26, 2022
Woods Capital has selected the contractor for the high-rise project that will convert nearly a dozen floors into residential units.

The 50-story Santander Tower in downtown Dallas—formerly known as Thanksgiving Tower—is getting a mixed-use makeover, including indoor and exterior amenities. Here's a first look.
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Dallas Arts Month: AURORA Will Present ‘Video Art Nights’ Across Five Fridays in April Downtown

by | Mar 24, 2022
AURORA, the Dallas-based public arts organization, is partnering with Downtown Dallas, Inc. on the weekly events, which will be free to the public. Curated video art programs will be projected at parks and outdoor surfaces in West End Square, Pegasus Plaza, and the Dallas Arts District—with live music and an outdoor artisanal market also on tap.
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The sale of Trammell Crow Center was the top DFW CRE deal for 2022.
Global Dermatology Innovator Galderma Moving U.S. Headquarters to Downtown Dallas
by | Dec 10, 2021
One of the world's largest independent dermatology companies, Galderma's portfolio includes well-known brands such as Cetaphil, Proactiv, Differin, and Restylane. The Swiss company, whose ties to Texas date back to 1961, will call Trammell Crow Center in the Arts District home.
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The Link: Urban Office Development Connects Uptown, Victory Park, and Downtown Dallas
by | Oct 7, 2020
Developer Kaizen and architect BOKA Powell added a wellness and air quality component to the building well in advance of the pandemic.
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Todd Interests and East Quarter Give $1 Million Donation to Fund Harwood Park Construction
by | Jun 30, 2020
Todd Interests and East Quarter Partners donated $1M to Parks for Downtown Dallas for its fourth urban park. Once complete, Harwood Park will connect the East Quarter District, the Dallas Farmers Market District, and the Downtown core.
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Matthews

International Developers: Meet Jack Matthews From London (Ontario), Canada

by | Jan 30, 2020
The developer behind South Side on Lamar and the Omni Dallas Hotel is continuing to plan new projects in Dallas.
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Hoque downtown Dallas
International Developers: Meet Mike Hoque From Dhaka, Bangladesh
by | Jan 30, 2020
The developer has several projects planned or underway in the downtown Dallas area, including the proposed Cedars mixed-used development SoGood @ Cedars.
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West End Downtown Dallas
Downtown Dallas Inc. Commits $300K for West End Square Water Feature
by | Jan 14, 2020
DDI Foundation's financial commitment follows $100,000 committed by Dallas architecture and design firm Corgan toward the innovative park’s construction, which already is underway.
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West End Square
Construction Kicks Off on High-Tech West End Square in Downtown Dallas
by | Jan 9, 2020
The new park is designed to incorporate evolving technologies in the West End, and is the second of four new parks planned for the city's urban center.
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