http://fortworthology.com/2008/09/15/star-telegram-puts-main-downtown-building-up-for-sale/ Traditional urbanism, smart growth, transit, bicycles, sustainability Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:47:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://fortworthology.com/2008/09/15/star-telegram-puts-main-downtown-building-up-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Steph Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:09:44 +0000 http://fortworthology.com/?p=837#comment-410 This may sound incredibly backwards, but I'm more concerned about the fate of the classifieds building than the main one. With the crunch for office space we have in downtown, I think the main building will quickly be snapped up by someone needing the office space (let's hope the FW Club doesn't buy it and demolish it for parking--that would be powerfully lame), though I think a condo or apartment conversion with ground level retail would be way cooler, especially on that end of downtown, which desperately needs more retail and development. This may sound incredibly backwards, but I’m more concerned about the fate of the classifieds building than the main one. With the crunch for office space we have in downtown, I think the main building will quickly be snapped up by someone needing the office space (let’s hope the FW Club doesn’t buy it and demolish it for parking–that would be powerfully lame), though I think a condo or apartment conversion with ground level retail would be way cooler, especially on that end of downtown, which desperately needs more retail and development.

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