downtown Dallas
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…
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…
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…
After weeks of insisting Neiman Marcus’ downtown Dallas location would close on March 31, Saks Global now says the flagship store will be open through the 2025 holiday season. Fans of the Zodiac Room and bridal salon will be delighted to know that both will remain open during the store’s “exploratory period.” Not only will…
A war of words broke out on Tuesday between Saks Global and a consortium of local stakeholders over the pending closure of Neiman Marcus’ flagship store in downtown Dallas. The public relations spat preceded a meeting that was supposedly going to take place at city hall on Wednesday between the Dallas Consortium for the Downtown…
