Downtown Dallas

Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Downtown Living with Kourtny Garrett at Museum Tower

By Candy Evans / May 10, 2016 /

UPDATE 5:00 p.m. We are full for tomorrow night’s PartyLine Real Estate event but never fear, because the PartyLine video will be up on the blog for you to see faster than you can get from Wycliff to LBJ… This is a rare chance to do more on a Wednesday night than you have ever…

UPDATE: 1401 Elm Plan Isn’t Dead Yet. City Leaders Still Committed to Redevelopment

By Leah Shafer / November 25, 2015 /

Last week, we told you about the mess happening at 1401 Elm, a landmark $240 million redevelopment deal in downtown Dallas facing forced foreclosure after a developer pulled out. The city of Dallas had committed $50 million in economic incentives to further progress. But with of the departure of New York-based Olympic Property Partners from the project, early…

Landmark Development of Downtown Dallas’ 1401 Elm Stumbles As Foreclosure Looms

By Leah Shafer / November 18, 2015 /

Downtown Dallas’ 1401 Elm was once touted as the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, with 52 stories and 1.5 million square feet of office space. This Central Business District skyscraper, formerly the First National Bank, has stood depressingly vacant since 2010. Plywood boards and “keep out” signs mar the once-impressive edifice. Plans were underway for an encompassing $240-million…

First Residential Highrise Coming Soon to Deep Ellum District in Downtown Dallas

By Leah Shafer / September 1, 2015 /

People have been calling Deep Ellum home since the late 1800s, and the historic district in downtown Dallas is entering a new era with its first residential highrise. The 17-story, 337-unit Case Building will be the largest new real estate project ever built in Deep Ellum, located near Hall and Main streets, just south of Baylor Medical Center. Dallas-based Westdale…

Encore Park Brings the Music Back to Historic Art Deco Building in Downtown

By Leah Shafer / August 29, 2015 /

You probably never noticed the boarded-up tan brick building near Park and Young streets in downtown Dallas. It sat abandoned for two decades, its sidewalks littered with trash and walls vandalized with graffiti. But behind the grime and neglect, there was a story of intersecting histories waiting to be told. This Art Deco structure, called 508 Park,…