Downtown Dallas

Businessman and Sports Real Estate Visionary Tom Hicks Dies at 79

By Charles Grand / December 8, 2025 /

Prominent Dallas-based investor and former sports franchise owner Thomas O. Hicks died on Saturday at the age of 79, leaving a storied legacy steeped in D-FW’s real estate and business scene. A master of the leveraged buyout, Hicks got his start in corporate lending before embarking on a successful career in private equity. He made…

Neiman Marcus Downtown Just Might Have a Future After All

By Charles Grand / December 5, 2025 /

As promised, Neiman Marcus Downtown in Dallas will remain open through this holiday season, but fans of the iconic storefront have reason to be a little more merry. Saks Global is signaling it will maintain the location well into next year as talks continue with city officials. Back in February, Saks announced it was planning…

City Hall Roundup: Downtown Crossroads and Lifelines

By Charles Grand / October 26, 2025 /

Not for nothing that downtown has been dominating the news cycle. Some years of high-profile business relocations and bad headlines about crime and homelessness appear to have set the stage for what sometimes feels like impending doom. Not one but two of the Big D’s major sport franchises are mulling alternative locations for new arenas,…

Santander Tower’s Phase 2: Another 105 Luxe Units Coming to Downtown Dallas Landmark

By Charles Grand / October 21, 2025 /

Downtown office space at Santander Tower (formerly Thanksgiving Tower) is getting a new lease on life as an ongoing adaptive reuse project plows forward, with work on phase two promising to deliver 105 luxury apartment units on five floors. Phase one of Pacific Elm Properties’ Peridot Residences wrapped up last October, adding 291 units to…

The Statler Gets Historic Hotels Nom, and the List of Others Is a Fantastic Rabbit Hole of Its Own

By Shelby Skrhak / October 20, 2025 /

The Statler Dallas is one of only three Texas hotels among those nominated as a finalist for the 2025 Historic Hotels of America awards, set for Oct. 30. Downtown Dallas’ midcentury gem is joined by The Ashton in Fort Worth and The Menger Hotel in San Antonio in this prestigious recognition, but really, every hotel…