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[Doohickie]

I wonder if the 27k number includes Trinity Upton and W7th area.  A lot of people who are not from the close-in areas of Fort Worth think downtown is practically anything inside the loop.

[Austin55]

Setting the bar for downtown. Very curious to see how it goes!

[Big Frog II]

I wonder if many of the apartments will be leased by companies for employees that are here for a short term like a year or so.

[roverone]

Looking over the floorpans, it is interesting to see how many of the designs put a priority on large allocations of area for walk in closets.

[JBB]

For some reason, web sites selling houseplans were showing up in my Facebook feed for a few months over the summer.  I was amazed at the size of the master bathrooms and walk in closets in many of the houses.  In many cases, the combined square footage of the master bath and closets was larger than the master bedroom itself.

[Austin55]

Walked by today. Pushing my 15mm to the max here.

 

 

Good idea of how the streetscape along Commerce is going to look. Glad they brought the Christmas tree back

 

[Doohickie]

Looking over the floorpans, it is interesting to see how many of the designs put a priority on large allocations of area for walk in closets.

What struck me on this particular plan is how much of the square footage is in the narrow entry hall.

[UncaMikey]

 

$12,000 penthouse? Rents revealed for apartment tower in downtown Fort Worth

(By Jenny Rudolph)

https://www.star-tel...e281946503.html

 

Floorplans

 

Any ideas on who the renters might be? I mean, what kind of person is willing to drop several thou a month on rent rather than buy a house? Are there really that many people like thati n this area? We shall see, I suppose.

 

We lived in the Samuels Ave are for 16 years but left as downtown fizzled out and the rents got too high (our 2 bedroom was getting close to $2K/mo), bought a house in SW Fort Worth.

[TLA]

Between these penthouses, the luxury hotels opening, and the many private flights flying over my head towards Meacham I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Im guessing these are geared towards:
- execs in-town part of the year or moving into town waiting for the right house
- people not wanting to buy a 2.5m house with high interest rates?
- wealthy down sizers
- couples doing fully renovations of their Crestline home
- wealthy people with ties to the area and want to stay downtown

[ramjet]

Between these penthouses, the luxury hotels opening, and the many private flights flying over my head towards Meacham I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Im guessing these are geared towards:
- execs in-town part of the year or moving into town waiting for the right house
- people not wanting to buy a 2.5m house with high interest rates?
- wealthy down sizers
- couples doing fully renovations of their Crestline home
- wealthy people with ties to the area and want to stay downtown

 

TCU coaches? 

[Austin55]

I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Case in point: https://www.dailymai...pera-house.html

[ramjet]

Between these penthouses, the luxury hotels opening, and the many private flights flying over my head towards Meacham I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Im guessing these are geared towards:
- execs in-town part of the year or moving into town waiting for the right house
- people not wanting to buy a 2.5m house with high interest rates?
- wealthy down sizers
- couples doing fully renovations of their Crestline home
- wealthy people with ties to the area and want to stay downtown

 

Very interesting take on all those.  We have two acquaintances who are currently renting high end downtown places awaiting the completion of their Rivercrest new build/renovation.  Also, I would bet all these high profile projects rolling out downtown in the next couple of years will bring in highly paid managers and consultants who will be here only part-time, or are new to Fort Worth and don't know what part of town they want to land in yet.

[Crestline]

Between these penthouses, the luxury hotels opening, and the many private flights flying over my head towards Meacham I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Im guessing these are geared towards:
- execs in-town part of the year or moving into town waiting for the right house
- people not wanting to buy a 2.5m house with high interest rates?
- wealthy down sizers
- couples doing fully renovations of their Crestline home
- wealthy people with ties to the area and want to stay downtown

 

Apartment 3103 in The Tower is currently listed for $1,300,000, and Zillow's all-in mortgage calculator shows $11,105 per month. So, if you have a penthouse budget and tastes but don't want to deal with a mortgage, spending another grand monthly to rent something comparable in Deco 969 makes sense. 

[Austin55]

 

Between these penthouses, the luxury hotels opening, and the many private flights flying over my head towards Meacham I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Im guessing these are geared towards:
- execs in-town part of the year or moving into town waiting for the right house
- people not wanting to buy a 2.5m house with high interest rates?
- wealthy down sizers
- couples doing fully renovations of their Crestline home
- wealthy people with ties to the area and want to stay downtown

 

Apartment 3103 in The Tower is currently listed for $1,300,000, and Zillow's all-in mortgage calculator shows $11,105 per month. So, if you have a penthouse budget and tastes but don't want to deal with a mortgage, spending another grand monthly to rent something comparable in Deco 969 makes sense. 

 

 

Does The Tower have a pretty steep HOA?

[TLA]

Between these penthouses, the luxury hotels opening, and the many private flights flying over my head towards Meacham I think there is stealth wealth in Fort Worth. We fly under the radar next to Dallas and comparable cities.

Im guessing these are geared towards:
- execs in-town part of the year or moving into town waiting for the right house
- people not wanting to buy a 2.5m house with high interest rates?
- wealthy down sizers
- couples doing fully renovations of their Crestline home
- wealthy people with ties to the area and want to stay downtown

 
Apartment 3103 in The Tower is currently listed for $1,300,000, and Zillow's all-in mortgage calculator shows $11,105 per month. So, if you have a penthouse budget and tastes but don't want to deal with a mortgage, spending another grand monthly to rent something comparable in Deco 969 makes sense.

 
Does The Tower have a pretty steep HOA?

$1,615 / month HOA fees according to Zillow. I’m not sure their mortgage calculator factors in property tax. $1.3m will be over $20,000 / year in property taxes.

[Austin55]

Damn, that adds up quick!

[JBB]

The $59 million wedding attracted the attention of local aviation enthusiasts when the 3 luxury charters went through Alliance transporting the guests: an Airbus A-340 out of Malta and 2 A-321NEOs out of France.

[Crestline]

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Does The Tower have a pretty steep HOA?

$1,615 / month HOA fees according to Zillow. I’m not sure their mortgage calculator factors in property tax. $1.3m will be over $20,000 / year in property taxes.

 

Here's the listing. Zillow's mortgage calculator includes HOA and property taxes:

 

[John T Roberts]

I was taking a look at the construction progress today and I noticed something that Austin did not pick up from his 15mm photograph.  Some of the lighting on the facade has been installed.  It appears that all of the uplighting on the penthouse has been placed, and some of the decorative lights on the lower floors have been installed.  Here is today's photograph.

deco969-11-26-23 by jtrobert, on Flickr

[beverlyb]

I'm on the email list for Deco 969. I recently received this email;

 

"Thank you for your patience as bring Deco to life in Downtown Fort Worth.

As construction is a moving target, we wanted to share the latest update on this amazing community.

*Pre-leasing is slated for early 2024 however our website Deco969.com will be the best source of information."

[Austin55]

 

I'm on the email list for Deco 969. I recently received this email;

 

"Thank you for your patience as bring Deco to life in Downtown Fort Worth.

As construction is a moving target, we wanted to share the latest update on this amazing community.

*Pre-leasing is slated for early 2024 however our website Deco969.com will be the best source of information."

 

 

 

That's exciting, Beverly! It would be a great place to live I'm sure. 

 

 

The big art deco element is now in place. I caught it at probably the worst lighting but you can tell it will look nice. Interested to see it lit. 

 

 

[John T Roberts]

I'm also interested in seeing the Art Deco element illuminated.  It will also be interesting to see the entire building illuminated.  Your photographs capture several other lights on the facade and I noticed that there are several lights on the penthouse element, as well.

[Austin55]

I swung by last night, there was no decorative lighting on in any part of the building. Though several rooms had lights on inside. Same with the Le Meridian next door. Just not done yet Im sure.

[TLA]

Broadway 10 out of OKC to open on the ground floor. Sounds like they are taking the whole retail space. Steakhouse food plus Asian inspired dishes. They will crush it during conventions.

https://fortworth.cu...use-steak-deco/

[ramjet]

Broadway 10 out of OKC to open on the ground floor. Sounds like they are taking the whole retail space. Steakhouse food plus Asian inspired dishes. They will crush it during conventions.

https://fortworth.cu...use-steak-deco/

 

Agreed.  Looking forward to this!  Living on the south end of downtown I am struck daily at the large number of people wandering the streets in the area wearing lanyards.

[george84]

Looks good!

[Austin55]

Even though it's nearly done, SLC has released new renderings: https://southernland...perty/deco-969/

[John T Roberts]

Street trees have been planted along Commerce and 9th Streets.  My photographs through the fence didn't work out very well, so I have a view showing some of them on Commerce Street.

deco969-03-02-24-1 by jtrobert, on Flickr

 

Here are a couple of overall views of the building.  They really don't show much of anything different from some of the other forum shots.

deco969-03-02-24-2 by jtrobert, on Flickr

 

deco969-03-02-24-3 by jtrobert, on Flickr

[Austin55]

I'm hoping the rooftop mechanical screening is still being worked on, looks unfinished.

[John T Roberts]

Nitixope, I really don't know what is going on at that balcony.  Austin, I have been thinking the same thing ever since the roof screen was installed.  From the DDRB drawings, it appears that it is supposed to be a solid material. 

[steave]

Maybe an indoor / outdoor cat balcony?

So a patio for cats? A catio?

 

You can buy them in pieces on Amazon and they don't really look like that, though.

[rriojas71]

Maybe an indoor / outdoor cat balcony?

It looks like it may be a false ceiling.  I think because that unit is a transition between the apartment tower and the amenities section.  It look like they are trying to keep the ceiling height the same as the units below it.  However if it isn't for that then maybe it is a catio. 

[roverone]

 

It looks like it may be a false ceiling.  I think because that unit is a transition between the apartment tower and the amenities section.  It look like they are trying to keep the ceiling height the same as the units below it. 

 

 

Great observation -- it lines up with the dark band on the southern face (it will be interesting to see if they do it to the balconies) and the western balconies already have a kind of similar structure.  It also reconciles the diagonal bracing through the void space.

 

It feels like it is coming in a little late to the project, but maybe someone made a design change.

[Urbndwlr]

There is a big silver stripe on the southern elevation of the building.  Looks like repairing something. 

I think the silver color looks much better than the chocolate brown they chose to use (that will presumably be the color that covers the silver, which I think is just exposed buildign material). 

 

They really should have chosen lighter colors and a simpler color pattern.  As someone noted on the A&M FW thread, there is already so much beige in southern downtown, brown was not the color that was needed. 

[John T Roberts]

I have the answers to both questions.  rriojas71 is correct.  This is a furring to drop the soffit (ceiling) over the balcony down to the same level as all of the other balconies and windows on that level.  The reason for this is twofold.  Remember when they were pouring the floor slabs and we noticed this floor was taller?  It is being done to fill in the "gap" between the difference in heights of the floors.  Also, if you remember, they poured a lower slab to form the bottom of the swimming pool on the roof.  The bottom of the pool slab aligns roughly with the top of the window and balconies on that level.  To maintain that line on the facade, all of the balconies should have that line for their soffits. 

 

The left out section on the southern facade is where the construction elevator was located.  They are simply filling in the area where it was used and attached to the building.  What you are seeing in that area are the last pieces of the facade being installed at that location.  When they first started installing the chocolate brown metal panels, I thought that they were a little too dark, myself. I did go back to look at the DDRB drawings, and those panels were intended to be that color.

[rriojas71]

I have been wanting one of these for our cat for a while now.  Guess I need to get started on it.

[Doohickie]

I noticed on their dinner menu "All Sides served Family Style."

I'm not a fan of family style sides.  It's basically a money grab for something that should be included with the meal, and if you have a small party it's a waste.

[Austin55]

Phone shots of ground floor with most of the fencing removed. 

 

 

[John T Roberts]

Removing the fencing makes it look much better.

[John T Roberts]

Barricades are still up, but the sidewalk is open and parking has been striped along Commerce Street. 

 

deco969base by jtrobert, on Flickr

 

The daylighting was nice on the artwork at the entrance, and some of the exterior lights on the base were turned on.

deco969entry by jtrobert, on Flickr

 

Finally, there is plywood installed over the area where the restaurant sign has been designed into the building's structure.

deco969restaurantsign by jtrobert, on Flickr

[TLA]

Great photos! The streetscape turned out well. Those trees are taller than I would expect to see for newly planted, what a nice addition.