Valley View Mall
Dallas developer Scott Beck was 39 years old when he bought 30 acres at Preston Road and Dilbeck Lane. He’s fought “obstructionist” elected officials. He’s refused to build affordable housing without a profitable incentive package. He’s watched his property — the former Valley View Mall — become a homeless hangout and “habitual criminal property.” And…
The final pieces of what used to be Valley View Mall sat in a pile of rubble Tuesday morning as developers with Beck Ventures announced future plans for Dallas Midtown on the site near Preston Road and Dilbeck Lane. Longtime Beck partner Anthem Development expects to secure permits by the fall for the anchor project,…
This story has been updated with new information about the mall’s demolition and asbestos abatement. Valley View Center is finally being torn down. After Thursday morning’s structure fire that injured two firefighters, exterior demolition began Thursday afternoon on the troubled commercial property that’s been vacant for years. Two Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighters sustained injuries while battling…
Some Dallasites remember the Valley View Center fondly as a place where families bought kitchen appliances at Sears, Roebuck & Co., and the area around what is now LBJ Freeway and Preston Road was made up of cotton fields. Earlier this month, the Valley View Center caught fire. The cause is still reportedly under investigation. …
A hot, sweaty Friday groundbreaking seemed the perfect bookend to Dallas Midtown’s four years of sweating through politics and planning. It’s not that the city didn’t want it — heck, the renderings and plans are a wonderful and productive reimagining of what had become another tumbledown mall unable to compete in today’s retail environment. Given…
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