A lot of the work underway on the Carnegie now is the installation of the building’s ornate stone detailing at the top and ground-level. I really love the way the building’s turning out. Details:
There’s a pretty clear view of the stonework going in at the building’s upper levels. I like the design [...]
Southwest Bank’s new urban building on 7th is making steady progress as well. The building will be a bank branch and will also have some leasable retail space besides the bank I believe. It was designed by local architect Robert W. Kelly.
SoSeven’s Shops & Lofts are making steady progress - one of the new buildings already has two levels of condos atop its ground-level retail space, and framing for the third should be rising shortly.
In the back of the property, they’re continuing with the construction of more blocks of townhomes.
When completed, they’ll look like these.
The Art [...]
At the West 7th development by Cypress Equities, things are moving right along as well. The development’s first structure, the parking garage shown above, has topped out. This garage, fortunately, will be concealed on one side with decorative facade work, will be surrounded on the other three sides by a mixed-use retail/apartment building, [...]
Museum Place has been making big progress. Above, you see One Museum Place, the development’s large mixed-use retail/office/condo building at the big University/Camp Bowie/7th/Bailey intersection. Lots of facade work is underway on the building at the moment.
Across 7th, the new Flatiron-style mixed-use retail/office building has topped out and facade prep is underway. [...]
So sayeth Fort Worthology’s friend, local architect John Roberts. It appears that they’ve just completed the 31st floor of the tower, which John says indicates that they’ve got two more occupied floors to go and four mechanical levels. Already, the Omni has been making a big impact on the downtown skyline.
In related news, [...]
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The United Way Building downtown, across from the Convention Center, has been purchased by Pearl Real Estate. Pearl has previously been behind the opening of the downtown Embassy Suites at 5th & Commerce, and is currently converting the old Care-A-Lot Inn on Lancaster near Henderson into a Holiday Inn Express. Sandra [...]
The West 7th development is beginning to rise on more of its blocks. The first structure to go up, the parking garage seen in the photo above, has topped out, and now concrete columns are rising around it for what will be an apartment building with ground-level retail. On the next block to [...]
I’ve received these two new plans for the under-construction West 7th development by Cypress Equities in the Cultural District. The plan above shows the location of the already announced retail tenants in the development - it’s a little blurry, but you can see where the Movie Tavern, Lucky Strike, Fireside Pies, and the rest [...]
The new “Flatiron” style building at the big intersection in Museum Place has already topped out - one of the advantages of steel frame construction is the quick pace that work can be done at. In fact, if you were near the building yesterday, you would have seen an American flag and a pine [...]
Took this twilight photo of the new Flatiron-style building at Museum Place going up. The building’s triangular form is really starting to become noticeable now. Click for a bigger view.
As a side note, I may or may not take tomorrow off from posting. If I do, then happy 4th of July to [...]
The restoration and redevelopment of the Sawyer Grocery buildings on South Main has really brightened up that part of town, and work has been steadily progressing. As you can see, the exteriors are getting to be fairly complete, while significant progress inside can be seen through the windows compared to the progress I saw [...]
The first building of SoSeven’s Shops & Lofts is nearing completion of its exterior, and we’re now getting a good look at the building’s appearance. There have been seemingly countless different designs and renderings of the buildings shown since the project began, and sure enough the final product is a little different from what [...]
The Omni Hotel by the Convention Center is steadily rising towards its final height. Now taller than the AT&T Building, the tower has seven more occupied floors to go, and then four mechanical floors - 11 more in total before the building tops out. A lot more glass is being added to the [...]
The long-planned Lofts Of St. Mary’s development, which will transform the ’50s-vintage metal church gymnasium in Fairmount into a modern living space, has been floating around for a long time now - I first reported on it back on December 21, 2006. Back in September, I reported that the project might be headed in [...]
The new “Flatiron” style building at 7th, Camp Bowie, and University is now getting the steel framing of its upper floors added to the concrete first floor. Part of the Museum Place development, the “Flatiron” will see three floors of office space atop ground-floor retail/restaurant space. Click the images for a bigger view.
There [...]
Like the other developments on 7th, the Shops & Lofts at So7 are steadily progressing. The first building is getting more stucco and windows installed. This building will be office space with ground-floor retail. The larger building on the left is up and out of its underground garage, and progressing towards moving [...]
Well, turns out my source was correct - Chesapeake Energy did in fact relight their newest purchase, the former Pier 1 tower, last night. I have to admit that I liked seeing those lights again. In fact, I decided to head out last night to the Lancaster bridge and take the photo you [...]
West Bend, the project which aims to transform the rather bleak site of the dreary River Plaza office building on University across from University Park Village into a mixed-use center of retail, hotel, and office space, has broken ground and gotten underway in the last few days. I’ve managed to grab ahold of a [...]
Museum Place in the Cultural District is really making significant strides in construction these days. The area around the development is a world of torn-up pavement, orange cones, fences, and cranes as work steadily moves from the big 7th/University/Camp Bowie/Bailey intersection back into the neighborhood.
Above, the big building of the development, One Museum Place, [...]
I’m hearing word that the West Bend development, which will redevelop the River Plaza office building site across from University Park Village into a mixed-use center, has gotten underway. Crews are tearing up parking lots and assembling materials right now. I’ll get photos and more information soon.
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 [...]
I’ve just written up a story over at our sister site, West & Clear, in which I detail the following rumor I’ve been hearing: Chesapeake Energy, new owners of The Building Formerly Known As Pier 1 Place, are planning an event June 9th to relight the building’s elaborate night lighting system, long dormant due [...]
Had the opportunity recently to get some much better progress photos over at SoSeven in the Cultural District. The building rising up from the underground garage is nearly finished with the ground floor, from which we’ll see the next floors rise (I’m guessing these will be of wood frame construction, which would make this [...]
