UPFRONT QUINCY CURÉ PRESTON Publisher Dallas-Fort Worth Real Estate Review
A letter from the Publisher
There’s a lot happening in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate community in 2017, as projects are being planned and others are coming online. In this edition of the Real Estate Review, we not only look at the new, but we also travel back in time to show how one North Texas city has made a remarkable transformation. For the spring edition, our cover story looks at the “Comeback of the Corridor,” an examination of how the city of Richardson bounced back from the telecom implosion of the late ’90s to rise to new heights of economic diversity. That report begins on Page 60. Our roundtable experts discuss capital markets and how 2016 performed in North Texas, as well as what the future might hold under a new administration in Washington. The Roundtable begins on Page 34. Our newest feature, the Labor Market Spotlight in the Toolbox section, starts on Page 49 and examines workforce numbers in Downtown Dallas/Uptown and Legacy. We’ll profile other DallasFort Worth areas that have grown in conjunction with the region’s influx of professionals in upcoming editions. Beginning on Page 54, we examine the CityMAP document in a special feature that looks at why altering how we think about highways and traffic flow could bring massive, positive changes to Dallas’ urban core. In our Placemakers feature, developer Mike Ablon — a leading figure in the redevelopment of the Design District — tells us about how important it is to preserve the history and character of a city as development inevitably brings changes. That’s on Page 82. You’ll find the biggest lease transactions in office, retail, and industrial throughout Dallas-Fort Worth in Scorecard beginning on Page 27, and the latest on construction projects in our Crane Report, beginning on Page 19. And, you can always find extended content on our website, www. dfwrealestatereview.com, and in our Facebook feed. We always enjoy hearing from you.
Quincy Curé Preston Publisher
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