Will the Fair Park area 75215 ever experience an urban renaissance?

[Lakewooder]

Another story on the possible high-rise apartment building(s):

http://www.bisnow.com/commercial-rea...-in-fair-park/

[DPatel304]

It's only a matter of time before it does. I really doubt that story regarding a high rise in Fair Park, but I feel like we'll see activity around the area soon enough. Uptown has proven that living near the urban core works and it works really well. Uptown has now gotten way too expensive and there aren't that many spots left, so naturally developers are going to start looking to other surrounding areas. We are already seeing development going on in West Dallas and the Cedars area. Soon the same thing will happen to those, and once those are full, people will look elsewhere.

I feel like West Dallas, South Dallas/Cedars, and East Dallas will all develop faster than Uptown did as well. Uptown was a pretty big gamble for its time, simply because people, at the time, were moving away from the urban core and to the suburbs. Now that Uptown has flourished, it is less risky to develop more urban areas. The demand is clearly there, all that is left is for developers to capitalize on it.

I think Fair Park itself needs a giant overhaul. It's a huge space in a very good location with DART access, which is a fantastic starting space. The problem is, it's just full of surface parking lots and fences that really dissuade the public from entering. Up until recently, I had no idea that, on non-event days, this was a public park that is open to everyone. I think we need some more efficient garage parking space so we can free up some of those surface lots and turn them into green space. This area of Dallas will take a ton of work to change, but there is a lot of potential there, and I think people definitely realize this.

[Grainraiser]

That area will see development at some point. If Jerry World would have been built in Dallas they redevelopment would have already started. That area sits in a prime location. The started with West Dallas first so it may be another 10 years before they get to the Fair Park area.

Reggie