Urban Land Institute

City, Prescott Realty Working to Jumpstart Long Delayed Lake Highlands Town Center

Like the sign says, don't drink the water. But on a hot, humid day, it was tempting to go for a swim.​Well, that was certainly fortuitous timing: On Sunday the 7-year-old who lives in my house and I went for our weekly trip to the Scotty'sTop Golf batting cages, after which we took a little drive ... More >>

Urban Land Institute: Dallas's "Bold [Roads] Retooling Could Run Short of Fuel for a While."

Click to embiggen a look at LBJ Freeway in the year 2016. Give or take.​That LBJ Freeway overhaul we've been warning you about gets underway today as crews begin the first phase of the HOV-lane shut-down, between Luna Road and Midway Road. But, hey, look at it this way, says Andy Rittler, spokesm ... More >>

City to Refocus Its Attention at Southwest Center on Macy's, Which Is "Still Alive"; Penney's Owner Will Consider All His Options

​Back to Southwest Center Mall for a moment -- or, more specifically, the city's plans to keep the "dead mall," per the Urban Land Institute, alive. Karl Zavitkovsky kept the council's Economic Development Committee behind closed doors for almost an hour this morning, during which point it was men ... More >>

Ron Natinsky Wonders: If We're Gonna Save Southwest Center, Why Not Valley View, Then?

Sam MertenRon Natinsky​If nothing else, this'll be the last Southwest Center Mall item of the day -- only because there'll be nothing left to talk about till after the council returns from its summer recess. But Ron Natinksky, head of the city council's Economic Development Committee, called Unfai ... More >>

Slowly, Slowly, the City's Moving Closer to a Plan to "Stabilize" Southwest Center Mall

​It was less than a month ago the city council's Economic Development Committee went behind closed doors with, among others, Office of Economic Development Director Karl Zavitkovsky to discuss what the what to do with Southwest Center Mall. They confabbed for more than an hour and emerged without ... More >>

On Monday, Council Committee To Go Behind Closed Doors to Talk Southwest Center Mall

From the Urban Land Institute's report on Southwest Center Mall, this proposal: "The panel recommends a new town center to be organized around a lawn and retail street (shown in red)."​Dunno if you remember this, but back before Christmas the city of Dallas took out a lease on the abandoned JCPen ... More >>

After the Explosion: How Irving Might Wind Up Using Texas Stadium Site

One of the early conceptual renderings for the Texas Stadium site, before officials decided to blow it up real good​Patrick will be along shortly with some photos and observations from today's final final media tour of what remains of Texas Stadium before the big blow-em-up on April 11. (Hey, ther ... More >>

It Appears the City's Buying JCPenney's Space at Southwest Center Mall After All

"The lonely mall" formerly known as Red Bird​For weeks it's been rumored that the city's getting ready to buy the JCPenney piece of the beleaguered Southwest Center Mall. Which, if true, wouldn't come as much of a surprise: The Urban Land Institute, paid $120,000 by the city council in April to "a ... More >>

More About City's Plans to "Rent" JCPenney at Southwest Center Mall, With Option to Buy

Sam MertenThe vacant JCPenney building at Southwest Center Mall in South Dallas.​Karl Zavitkovsky, head of the city's Office of Economic Development, just called back to explain why the city's moving forward with plans to purchase the JCPenney's space at Southwest Center Mall, which the chain aban ... More >>

Far as City Figures, It Has Four Options When It Comes to Saving Former Red Bird Mall

Perhaps you recall that back in June, the Urban Land Institute wrote of the former Red Bird Mall, "More than half the floor space is vacant -- feels lonely."​Now that the city council's had two months to digest the Urban Land Institute's 99-page report on Southwest Center Mall, formerly known as R ... More >>

How Do You Save a "Mostly Dead" Mall?

From the Urban Land Institute report on Southwest Center: "More than half the floor space is vacant -- feels lonely"Back in April, the Dallas City Council agreed to spend $120,000 in economic development grant money so the Urban Land Institute could "assess redevelopment options" at Southwest Center ... More >>

Red Bird Singing in the Dead of Night, Take These Broken Wings and Learn to Fly

View Larger MapSpeaking, as we were late last week, of deserted area malls, today comes word that the city council's trying to figure out what to do with the Shopping Center Formerly Known as Red Bird. Otherwise called Southwest Center Mall, the joint was once a jam-packed jewel upon its grand openi ... More >>

On S. Lamar, Drinks Are on the Council!

View Larger MapThis council meeting leftover, which is no small morsel: Mayor Tom Leppert was vehemently against granting Augustine Ekukpe a specific use permit to open a bar called Neighborhood Sports Cafe on South Lamar Street, between Starks Avenue and Haven Street. Said the mayor during the coun ... More >>

Dallas' Victory Park Struggles to Deliver a Win

Blame it on a bad economy, a bad idea or both. Ross Perot Jr.'s glitzy downtown district is in big trouble

Bringing the Cedars to Downtown. Or: Some Good Ideas, Goodspeed.

Urban Land Institute Taps the Cedars As the Site of Its Annual Design Contest

As the Crow Flies

Port of Call

Perfect Town, USA

Frisco wants to lure Andy and Opie with a Starbucks. Why is that an evil plan?