Alamo Manhattan
The “unicorn lot” at 3104 Fairmount Street could become a liquor store, but not if members of the Oak Lawn Committee have their way. More than 100 Uptown-area residents and business owners joined a Feb. 6 meeting of the Oak Lawn Committee via Zoom to discuss a Specific Use Permit request for the site at…
Read MoreA Black woman might feel like the odds are stacked against her in the male-dominated field of architecture and construction. Plus, English isn’t the first — or even the second language — for Wenguel Yohannes, a construction manager for one of Dallas’ premier multifamily developers, Alamo Manhattan. But this story isn’t about how Yohannes beat the…
Read MoreThe housing stock in Dallas is poised to increase to the tune of 210 luxury condominiums at Seventh Street and Zang Boulevard. When Alamo Manhattan developers Matt Segrest and Wade Johns embarked on the Victor Prosper project in 2015, it looked like an uphill battle that might not end well. The developers were patient and…
Read MoreDevelopers at Alamo Manhattan are willing to demolish their own offices to make way for their next big project — a really, really high-rise Uptown apartment tower across the street from the Marriott Hotel they built earlier this year. A rezoning request was recently approved to make way for Fairmount Tower, and architects with WDG…
Read MoreDeveloper Matt Segrest and his Alamo Manhattan firm can take a hostile crowd of Oak Cliff residents and turn that scenario into a standing ovation in six months’ time. How do they do it? The ethos that defines their team is based on several key traits: tough, professional, disciplined, absolute integrity, no ego, and always…
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