Historic Electric Building Getting Much-Deserved TLC
These photos come to us from Atlas Properties, the new local owner/manager of the Historic Electric Building in Downtown next to Burnett Park. The historic 1931 skyscraper has been apartments for quite a while, but under its previous out-of-state owner the building had fallen into rather poor condition.
Since acquiring the building, Atlas has launched into an ongoing [...]
Chunduri Building Mixed-Use Underway
Yet another example of a small mixed-use structure is now under construction in the Near Southside. This development, at Grainger & Cannon (just a couple of blocks from West Leuda Park), will feature a ground-floor office for Dr. Chunduri’s neurology clinic, and two apartments on the second floor. It was designed by Gary Wood Architects.
The [...]
West 7th Grand Opening
At last night’s West 7th Spring Bash, Mayor Moncrief and representatives of developer Cypress Equities were on hand to officially cut the ribbon on the big new mixed-use development. Prior to the ribbon cutting, Mayor Moncrief spoke about the development, reiterating several of the points from his State of the City address – that Fort [...]
Read more »West 7th Spring Bash Tonight
Just a reminder that the Spring Bash at the West 7th development is tonight from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. There will be a ribbon cutting for the development, a performance by the band Reckless Kelly, a beer garden, and more. It will be held on Crockett between the two loft/retail buildings. The event benefits [...]
Read more »New Mixed-Use Infill near West Leuda Park
The Near Southside wave of small mixed-use infill developments continues. This example is going up on St. Louis just south of Pennsylvania, right down the street from the nearly-complete new West Leuda Park (as well as the Leuda-May Apartments and Hattie May Inn, as well as just around the corner from the Rahr Brewery).
This building [...]
Aggarwal Building Update
The Aggarwal Building, a new mixed-use development on Lipscomb just north of Rosedale (across the street from the Bajaj Building), is pretty well complete at this point. The building was designed by TMA Architects, and is four loft apartments upstairs with a medical office downstairs – another example of the small infill mixed-use buildings being [...]
Read more »Bajaj Building Update
One of the Near Southside’s ongoing series of mixed-use infill developments, the Bajaj Building, continues to progress at its site on Lipscomb just north of Rosedale. The development will feature a ground floor medical office and loft apartments upstairs, and was designed by the Near Southside’s own TMA Architects, who have been specializing in these [...]
Read more »Photos from the Fort Worth South Banquet
Last night, at the beautiful Masonic Temple, Fort Worth South, Inc. held its latest annual banquet celebrating the ongoing continued success of the Near Southside’s revitalization. Fort Worth South president Paul Paine gave a stirring presentation on the accomplishments in the Near Southside thus far, and several upcoming projects and developments.
In the photos above, you [...]
So7 Sidewalk Improvements Continue
The So7 development continues to do major sidewalk improvements. The development is adding new sidewalks and widening existing ones throughout its property, to create a much more fully integrated pedestrian experience. One of the most important for pedestrian quality and safety are the new full sidewalk crossings at the rail line running between the Stayton [...]
Read more »Terra Mediterranean Grill Open This Week
The newest eatery in the West 7th development is opening this week. Terra Mediterranean Grill, the newest offering from the Chanaa family, has been chatting up their opening this week on their Twitter feed, and the Star-Telegram’s great Eats Beat man himself, Bud Kennedy, also mentioned the opening:
Now, the next major opening in the West [...]
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