Downtown Dallas property to be demolished for new project

An Irving-based apartment builder is redeveloping properties on downtown Dallas' near east side.

JLB Partners – which builds and acquires apartments with operations in about a dozen states – is preparing to demolish a block of old commercial buildings at Ross Avenue and Hall Street to make way for a new project.

Get in the loop on downtown

Since cities across the country, including Dallas, are revitalizing urban cores by establishing policies that support and encourage urban land development, the Real Estate Council tapped one of the nation's leading experts to share his perspectives.

As familiar as Mr. Hudnut is with the Dallas scene, he is adding to his knowledge by spending the day before the breakfast touring Trinity River neighborhoods in South Dallas to obtain a bird's-eye view of the proposed Trinity River real estate projects.

Dallas office building doesn't seem to match demand for space

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is one of the fastest-growing office construction markets in the country.

Maybe that's why the same report ranks D-FW as the area with the highest vacancy rate.

New York-based adviser Newmark Knight Frank includes nationwide office numbers in its latest commercial real estate forecast.

Dallas Commercial Real Estate Women to discuss credit crunch

Beth Lambert-Saul will address a luncheon Wednesday of the Commercial Real Estate Women of Dallas members on "Realities of the Credit Crunch: What Happened & What Now?"

The event, which is open to the public, begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Park City Club, 5956 Sherry Lane.