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City Hall Roundup: Downtown Crime, KBHCC, DallasNow Scam

By Charles Grand / May 25, 2025 /

Anyone who wants to spend a bit of their Memorial Day weekend catching up on the goings on at Dallas City Hall came to the right place. Downtown earned a lot of attention this past week. Between the city center’s major public safety update and scrutiny over how much the redevelopment of Kay Bailey Hutchison…

Neiman Marcus Downtown Store Still Safe But Saks Global Sheds More Staff in Restructuring

By Charles Grand / April 29, 2025 /

While Neiman Marcus’ iconic flagship store in downtown Dallas got a stay of execution last month, the same can’t be said for others under the Saks Global umbrella as the company seeks to eliminate redundancies and streamline operations. Saks Global, which was formed after the Canadian holding company Hudson’s Bay Co. acquired Neiman Marcus Group…

City of Dallas Buys Part of Old DMN HQ, Will Auction Lemon on Stemmons

By Charles Grand / April 24, 2025 /

Despite a city-imposed suspension of new real estate transactions, the Dallas City Council made two big deals on Wednesday — voting to sell a troubled office building on Stemmons Freeway and buy part of the old Dallas Morning News downtown campus for its convention center expansion. Council members voted 13-2 to authorize spending $51 million…

Convention Center Plans Could Hinge on Ray Washburne

By Charles Grand / April 7, 2025 /

It looks like city staff and downtown stakeholders are landing on a particular layout for the redevelopment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center that does indeed require the cooperation of developer Ray Washburne. The Black Academy of Arts and Letters hosted a community briefing on the latest details of the convention center master plan…

Dallas City Council Briefed on World Cup 2026 That’ll Bring Millions, Spur Billions

By Charles Grand / April 3, 2025 /

City officials in Dallas are bracing themselves and making preparations for the summer of 2026 when millions of people are expected to descend on the metroplex to watch several FIFA World Cup matches. D-FW will be hosting nine games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington spread across 39 days starting on June 14, 2026. Three of…