Valley View

Valley View Mall/Midtown Update: Make It More Like San Jose’s Santana Row ?

By Candy Evans / October 27, 2015 /

Yeah, that’s about what they said. City planners (the Urban Design Peer Review Panel) and officials in the Office of Economic Development got their first look late last week at Scott Beck’s ambitious plans to turn Valley View Mall at LBJ and Preston into a magical live-work-shop-movie-eat-play conglomeration called Midtown. From Robert Wilonsky’s report, Scott Beck…

Update Valley View: Tear Down the Old, Bring In a Boulevard, Hotel and Condo. But Wherefore the Gondolas?

By Candy Evans / May 14, 2015 /

I drove by Valley View Mall again the other day, and cannot wait for Dallas developer Scott Beck to get his show on the road for this place. Been trying to get in touch with him for an update but alas, Candace Carlisle at the Dallas Business Journal caught up with him FIRST and snagged an exclusive…

Dallas Shopping Center Revival: A Park for Valley View Mall, Bravo for Belk in Texas

By Candy Evans / April 11, 2014 /

As you may know, the City of Dallas is getting very serious about saving two near-comatose shopping malls: Valley View Center at the intersection of LBJ and Preston in the north, and Southwest Center Mall in the south. The council is considering a budget of around $432 million, most of it aimed at helping the five…

Let's Gondola Over to Dallas Midtown Valley View… Shaping Up as a New Dallas Community

By Candy Evans / April 4, 2013 /

Valley View Shopping Center is shaping up on paper like a Victoria’s Secret glossy ad, but one thing’s for sure: it may never again look like the Valley View Mall many of us grew up with! I will never forget the opening of Bloomingdales over there, how cool was that? Alas, now Valley View is…

Remember Midtown? Dallas City Planners Present Mixed-Use Plan For Valley View/Galleria Area

By Joanna England / March 21, 2013 /

Every time I drive by the practically abandoned Valley View Mall, I let out a little sigh. It’s just so ugly! The only thing that attracts a crowd over there is the random carnival. It’s tragic, especially for such a visible area. But Scott Beck, who purchased Valley View last year, has sworn to revive…