Valley View

Chatting Up the Buyer of Valley View Mall: What Scott Beck Has In STORE for Us

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2012 /

Artists and live music on Saturdays and a five star hotel? A viable urban village at one of the country’s busiest intersections? Scott Beck grew up at Valley View Mall, the same mall he bought about a week ago. Well, not actually in the mall, but within two miles of it, near Beltline Road and…

Valley View Mall: Another Bishop Arts, The Shops at Legacy Legacy?

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2012 /

Valley View Mall has apparently been purchased by the Jeff Beck family, who plans to turn the hollow, seemingly vacated, 39 year old mall into an outdoor complex called “Dallas Midtown.” According to WFAA-TV,  a press conference at 10 a.m will reveal further details. This will be a $2 billion project along the lines of the hyper successful The Shops at…

What Should They Build on the Site of Valley View Mall (R.I.P.)?

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2011 /

In today’s Dallas Morning News (staff photograph here by John F. Rhodes) is a great story about the fate of  Valley View Mall. As you may know, there is a five-year expansion project underway for LBJ and the 38-year old shopping center, which is in default and up for sale by its creditors, will be razed to make better economic use…