Jack Matthews

City Council Awards $71M Contract to Inspire Dallas For Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Remodel

By April Towery / September 14, 2023 /

Dallas City Council members took a break from fighting over budget cuts and how to provide property tax relief — and doled out up to $71 million for a project manager to redevelop the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas.  Twenty-nine speakers signed up to support the council’s contract with Inspire Dallas LLC, which was…

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Tuesday Two Hundred: Downtown Loft Offers Panoramic Views, Atomic-Era Feel

By Leah Shafer / December 16, 2014 /

For this week’s Tuesday Two Hundred, we’re looking at a hip downtown loft, 1001 Belleview Street #401. This condo is located in the Beat Lofts, a 10-story, 75-unit building in the heart of the revitalized South Side neighborhood, also known as the Cedars. This corner unit is a 2-1.5 and 1,336 square feet, listed for $299,999…

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Will Jack Matthews Work His Magic on Century-old Dallas High School? What Should The Historic Building Be?

By Joanna England / July 30, 2014 /

I think, given its location and size, that the Dallas High School (nee’ Crozier Tech) building at Pearl Street and Bryan just across from Plaza of the Americas at the DART Rail station, should be a combined live/work loft space, a kind of incubator for artists and entrepreneurs. It would give something to the area…

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Dean & Deluca, Apple, Nike, H&M and More: What Mehrdad Has In Store for the Statler

By Candy Evans / February 3, 2014 /

I had to stop myself from making yet another one of the 20,000 editing mistakes one (I) makes when blogging 3000 to 5000 words per day. I almost typed “Has in Store for the Stoneleigh” instead of Statler, as in Statler Hilton in downtown Dallas. He owns the Creeks of Preston Hollow, too. Mehrdad just…

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Just Like We Said, Moayedi to Buy Statler Hilton For Residential Conversion With Entertainment, Retail

By Joanna England / November 8, 2013 /

Update Nov. 9: This must be a new retro trend — the live music venue! I’m told the developer refurbishing the At. Anthony Hotel in downtown St. Antonio also has plans to re-vive a ballroom and live music venue on the rooftop. Seems that, in the 1940’s and ’50s, folks would go down to the…

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