Posts under ‘Uptown’

Across Samuels Avenue from the luxurious Villa De Leon condo development, Lincoln Apartments is building a new 300+ unit apartment development. Site prep has been underway for a while now, and at last there is something rising from the site. As seen in the top photo, the development’s parking garage at the rear [...]

On Samuels in the Trinity Bluff development, the luxurious Villa De Leon condos next to Charles Nash Elementary continue to steadily progress towards completion. Facade prep is underway and balconies are being installed. The condos start at $786,000.

I came to the Pacific Northwest a day early to tour the Fort Worth Central City - Trinity River scale hydrology model before its dismantling at the conclusion of testing later this year.
(Note from Kevin: The Fort Worth Central City Hydrology Model is a 40:1 scale model of the Trinity River after reconfiguration by [...]

I was unable to attend the presentation developer Tom Struhs gave on the Trinity Bluff project at the TRV offices last night, but I’ve pieced together some notes from the presentation from various sources. Here’s some of the interesting stuff Mr. Struhs revealed:

The Bass family is in some sort of planning stages for a [...]

Still busy in House Remodelingland - today’s a big day, as my carpenters are cutting holes in two of the walls of the little Fairmount house I’m working on to install new windows. No new construction photos of various projects, alas - I expect things to become a bit more normal next week in [...]

More good news for supporters of the TRV (like yours truly): the Army Corps of Engineers has given the project the go-ahead, and they can now start construction. Max Baker in the S-T has the story:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially opened the funding floodgates for Trinity Uptown on Friday by signing [...]

I’ve taken you through the Pecan Place townhomes before, but with construction wrapping on a new phase of the project, I decided to take another look. This new phase is notably different from the previous parts of the development, both inside and out.

Fort Worth Forum member (and Fort Worthology reader) Dustin posted the following paragraph over at the Fort Worth Forum, and it eloquently summarizes the benefits of the Trinity River Vision better than I think I’ve ever been able to do myself. Here’s the quote:
The thing about the TRV is that most people in the [...]

I know, I know. Why am I showing you photos of vacant lots? Well, these two vacant lots are the next phases of Trinity Bluff that are now getting underway. The photo above shows the bluffside location where Lincoln Property Company is building a series of townhome-style apartments. This 2.4 acre [...]

The new Legal Aid of Northwest Texas building in the Pecan Place neighborhood (essentially being called the boundary between downtown and Uptown by the marketing types) has made impressive progress. As you can see, the building is topped out and facade work is currently underway. While most of the ground floor of the [...]

Today’s update on Villa De Leon comes not from my camera, as is usually the case. See, though I dedicate as much time as possible to Fort Worthology, I also have various other things going on in my life - sleeping, eating, work, recreation time, that sort of thing. From time to time, [...]

Villa De Leon, the new luxury condo building currently rising on the Trinity Bluffs, has floorplans for viewing, and I thought I’d share them. The condos at Villa De Leon aren’t exactly cheap - they start at $786,000 - but they’ve certainly got some spectacular views and amenities. Click any of the floorplans [...]

Was unable to get photos, but an exciting bit of news for those of us who have been waiting for some actual physical activity on the TRV: the Sims Motel on Henderson is coming down. The Sims is the first in what will be a series of demolitions of existing structures in the [...]

Built in 1889, the Reilly-Lehane House on Samuels Avenue on the Trinity Bluffs is a modestly-scaled Victorian that has a remarkable level of original trim and finish. The subject of years-long restoration work by its owners, the home is now up for sale - and developers are knocking at the door.
This Victorian-era house in [...]

Rumors are running around now that developer Tom Struhs, who is transforming the Bluff St./Samuels Avenue area with his huge Trinity Bluff development, has added another property to his portfolio. The famed convenience store across the street from the new Palisades townhomes, the one known by the broken sign reading “Fried hicken,” has been [...]

Kicking off a series of posts looking at the finer points of the Trinity River Vision’s Trinity Uptown plan, I’m starting today by examining the four neighborhoods of the TRV’s new urban district just north of downtown, and what each will be geared towards.

The Trinity Uptown district will be divided into four distinct neighborhoods - [...]

Not long ago, I had the opportunity to attend a Trinity River Vision meeting being held in conjunction with a broadcast of Biz Radio. I got some updates on the status of various TRV projects, so here’s a little roundup of the current happenings.

One of the highlights for me personally was getting to meet [...]

There has been a huge amount of earth moving going on all over the Trinity Bluff area in Uptown. It looks like the next several phases are nearing their kickoff times, and even more looks to be in the works. The tower crane up at the Villa De Leon serves as a powerful [...]

At the corner of Weatherford and Pecan, previously home to LANWT’s offices in an old church building, their new home is now going vertical.

Looks like the Villa De Leon development, the luxury condo six-story midrise that will be going up alongside Nash Elementary on Samuels Avenue, is starting to kick into gear.

These new views of Villa De Leon, the new luxury condo building under construction on the Trinity Bluff, come to us from a new walkthrough video now up on the project’s web site. They give us a good comprehensive look at the development from several angles and the interior. Units at Villa De [...]

At last, the next phases of the Trinity Bluff development are about to get underway. Thus far, the Bluff has seen the Lincoln Trinity Bluff apartments and the Palisades townhomes open along Bluff Street, and the Villa De Leon luxury condo building on Samuels is about to get underway. Now, with their first [...]

One of the things I’m working on is a post explaining some of the urban design guidelines of the Trinity River Vision project. The TRV design guidelines are very good, but housed in a dense document the size of a Tolkien novel, so I figured a little clarity might be in order. Don’t [...]

UPDATED with better-quality rendering.
We reported earlier on the big new 36 acre mixed-use development announced for the area surrounding LaGrave Field in Uptown spurred by the Trinity River Vision, and at last we have gotten ahold of the rendering.
This looks to be a truly wonderful bit of urban design, and we can’t wait to see [...]

So it begins. We’ll give you a link to the Star-Telegram story for full details, but to summarize:
Fort Worth Cats owner Carl Bell has announced plans for a 36 acre mixed-use development between his team’s home of LaGrave Field and downtown. The development will feature 1.5 million square feet of office and retail [...]