Robert Shaw’s Columbus Realty took its master plan directly from the Jane Jacobs handbook. Two decades after its founding, the first planned new urbanism area in Dallas proves the concept. With that in mind, we worked with investors and developers to identify several North Texas sites that transcended their status as a project to become a place. Their developers left money on the table because they failed to stimulate the multiple activities and higher returns that place-making achieves. Many real estate projects are profitable or architecturally pristine but avoid or even turn their noses up at the pubic space around them. The magazine examines the successes and pitfalls of the urbanist movement in a region well known for its dependence on the automobile.Ĭreating a place means giving priority to the people who will live around, interact with, and enjoy the space. This piece is a feature from our special edition, Dallas and The New Urbanism. Some projects, when they go right, become a place. + Two-Way Conversion of McKinney & Cole Ave The Public Improvement District (PID) and competitive advantage to the Uptown district. With more than $1 billion in new development underway, Uptown continues to be the economic engine of Dallas. Social media has changed the way we see things and thanks to you, Uptown is looking better than ever. Uptown is filled with beautiful public and private art installations.
Uptown is full of charming, tree-lined streets and leading commercial developments making it the best lifestyle district in DFW.