High rise living in the Big D? (Dallas, Spring: townhome, luxury)

[cococrisp]

I just created a new thread requesting info about downtown Dallas residential high rise. i havent been able to find much info. I do know about all of the victory development, but it is out of my range. Can someone point in the proper direction? I am interested in pre-construction/ conversion. One-Arts, azure, mandarin, the house, and W are quite expensive. Maybe the bottom end of W, but they are all gone. The metropolitan is nice. Are there more like it?

[FarNorthDallas]

I had a relative live at The Shelton (Northwest Highway and the Tollway). It was nice and at the time were apartments and not that expensive (compared to closer to town). I heard they are being converted to condos now.

[socketz]

There are some users on here that live near downtown that can provide a wealth of information.

[cococrisp]

I am hoping to find a concise list of properties...and the damn realtors dont know anything, and if they do, they will only try to guide to specific properties. Anyway, i appreciate any feedback here.

[rantanamo]

There's a real boom going on downtown and Uptown, so I'll try to be thorough. Some are expensive. Some aren't nearly as expensive.

New construction, Under Construction and existing

Victory/Uptown
Victory Tower/Mandarin Oriental (~650ft.) ~43 U/C, 2009
W Victory Hotel & Res. Tower North 33 Completed
The Azure 31 U/C, Spring '07
Cirque (Victory Park) 28 U/C, Mid '07
Cirque II (Victory Park) xx Planned
The House by Stark (Victory Tower 'J') 28 U/C, 2008
1900 McKinney (Hanover) (310 ft.) 26 U/C
2500 McKinney I (@Fairmount) (m/u) 25 Planned
One Arts Plaza/7-Eleven Hdqtrs. 24 U/C, Mar '07
Ritz Carlton Res. Tower II (310 ft.) 23 Approved
Cityplace II (McKinney @Blackburn) (Fairfield) 23 Planned
Stoneleigh Court Hotel & Residences 22 Site Clearing
The Ashton 21 Completed, Mar '05
Ritz Carlton Hotel & Residences 21 U/C, 2007
Museum Tower/Brook Partners site ~20 On Hold/Redesign?
2000 McKinney (Lincoln)(295 ft.) 20 Site clearing
The Mondrian at Cityplace 20 Completed, Apr '05
Rosewood Court II (290 ft.)(m/u) ~16-19 U/C
W Victory Hotel & Res. Tower South 16 Completed, June '06
2011 Cedar Springs
1999 McKinney Ave
Apts on McKinney Ave


Mockingbird Station
Palomar Residences 20 Proposed


UP/PH/NorthPark area
Park Lane Place Residential Tower I 20 Mid-2008
Park Lane Place Residential Tower II 15 Mid-2008
Athena
Preston Tower

Downtown
Third Rail Lofts (Gulf States Bldg. II) 16 U/C, Summer '06
New Mercantile Condo Tower 12 Late '07

Galleria and Far North Dallas
Verona
Bonaventure


Turtle Creek
The Vendome
The Mansion Residences
21 Turtle Creek
The Mayfair
3525 Turtle Creek
3701 Turtle Creek
Plaza at Turtle Creek, Phase I
Plaza at Turtle Creek, Phase II
The Claridge
Renaissance on Turtle Creek
The Goldcrest
Vendome
The Mansion Residences
The Warrington
The Beverly




renovations/conversions

Oaklawn
The Centrum (renovation of res.) 19 Dec '05/Early '06

Downtown
Republic Bank Tower I (res. conv.) 36 2006/7
Mercantile Tower (res. conv.) 36 Late '07
1600 Pacific (res. conv.) 33 Planned
Mosaic (Fidelity Union Tower I)(res.) 31 2007
1200 Main - The Metropolitan (res.) 26 2008
Hampton Inn (res. conv.) 22 Proposed
Mosaic (Fidelity Union Tower II)(res.) 21 2007
Joule Urban Resort Tower I (hotel) 20 2007
1505 Elm

Corrigan Tower (res. conv.) 17 Demolishing for new 1900 Pacific tower
Gulf States Bldg. I (res. conv.) 16 Summer '06
DP&L Flats (Power & Light Bldg.)(res.) 16 2006
Praetorian Bldg. (res. conv.) 16 Planned
Atmos Building I (res. conv.) 13 2009
Lake Cliff Tower (condo reno.) 12 2007
Atmos Building II (res. conv.) 12 2009
Continental Building (res. conv.) 11 Late '07
Atmos Building III (res. conv.) 10 2009



I tried to list only taller stuff(I'm sure I missed a lot, since there are like a billion projects going on), as there are a ton more at the 5-10 story level. Especially some nice new ones in the Cedars area just south of downtown.

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Originally Posted by cococrisp

I just created a new thread requesting info about downtown Dallas residential high rise. i havent been able to find much info. I do know about all of the victory development, but it is out of my range. Can someone point in the proper direction? I am interested in pre-construction/ conversion. One-Arts, azure, mandarin, the house, and W are quite expensive. Maybe the bottom end of W, but they are all gone. The metropolitan is nice. Are there more like it?

Why create another thread when you have a perfectly good one right here that's entitled "High ise living in the Big D?"

Have you been reading this thread cococrisp? I think there has been a wealth of information on this subject in this thread alone.

To start another thread requesting info about downtown Dallas residential high rise would be redundant and would divert away from a thread that has already provided tons of information on the many residential options in downtown Dallas.

It appears that everytime people keep offering up information addressing the question that was asked, the resounding response has nothing to do with the wealth of options on living in downtown Dallas, but with how expensive these options are.

Look at the extensive lists provided by hamiltonpl and rantanamo, as well as a few others.

As for expensive; well, it's always going to cost more to live in a downtown turn-key setting where it is almost like living in a Hotel. It's been that way for as far back as I remember. You can either afford to live in such a place or you can't.

I apologize if I come across as a bit harsh; maybe I'm just having a bad day.

Cheers

[rantanamo]

There are plenty of places that are affordable for the average person in these areas. You just can't expect the same kind of space you'd get in a single family home. You're paying for a lot of convenience though and ease of maintenance.

[cococrisp]

I made the new thread after seeing this one, my bad. Thanks for the list. I wish it included price ranges...haha im just kidding. I appreciate the list it will be quite helpful

[rantanamo]

Just check out one of the 'diva' sites for pricing. As you can see, some start below 100,000.

Moderator cut: websites

In general, the higher the floor, the more expensive. Also, Newer towers along Uptown and Turtle Creek are extremely expensive, while older towers are actually good bargains and have pretty much the same locations.

[rantanamo]

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