31 replies to this topic

[jefffwd]

I thought there was a thread on this but I could not locate it...

In addition to JCPenney, Hobby Lobby, Cheddars Casual Cafe and Wells Fargo the following tenants have also signed on:
Sam Moon
Belk Department Store
Best Buy
Bank of Texas
Kincaid's
Jason's Deli
Rack Room Shoes
Matress firm
Smoothie King
Elite Spa

Also planned:
Book Store
Movie Thetare
Sporting Goods Store
5 additional restaurants

[Austin55]

Alliance Town Center Phase I Office

 

The master plan for this development focuses on incorporating urban concepts in an office development that wants to attract a workforce that desires walkability and access to amenities. A “veloway” serving both pedestrians and bikes connect the buildings along the main spine to the nodes of retail at either end which provide restaurants and other services, and also connect to the larger network of trails. The buildings flank the street and provide areas of additional activities along the way that serve the office tenants and trail users.

 

The four-story building in Phase One is oriented with the long axis fronting along Hillwood Parkway facing due West. This entry facade has been carefully designed to mitigate excessive summer heat gain through a variety of solar screening devices.

 

The tilt-wall panels are kept relatively simple and repetitive with much of the design emphasis provided by these screens, canopies and lush landscaping.

 

 

 

The entry canopy along the entire width of the building is deep enough to screen the glass curtainwall at the large entry plaza. As the canopy shortens in depth along the tilt-wall portion of the elevation it screens the fourth-floor windows. The second and third floor western facing tilt-wall windows are covered with a laser-cut metal perforated screen assembly held 30” off the face of the tilt-wall for maximum efficiency. The ground floor is designed for intermittent leasing access along the length of the façade. The tall floor to ceiling glass along this façade is screened with natural deciduous continuous landscaping.

 

[Stadtplan]

Is this the same or different Hillwood project? 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021022316

[NThomas]

Is this the same or different Hillwood project? 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021022316

 

Same project.

 

On the site plan below from south to north (right to left) is an outline of the existing Hillwood Commons I at 9800 HIllwood Pkwy, this planned building (Hillwood Commons II), a proposed "twin" (Hillwood Commons III), and the layout of a potential fourth building at the existing roundabout:

 

[RD Milhollin]

Massive sea of future unused parking. I don't see the rainwater runoff mitigation area.

[Jeriat]

 

Is this the same or different Hillwood project? 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021022316

 

Same project.

 

On the site plan below from south to north (right to left) is an outline of the existing Hillwood Commons I at 9800 HIllwood Pkwy, this planned building (Hillwood Commons II), a proposed "twin" (Hillwood Commons III), and the layout of a potential fourth building at the existing roundabout:

 

 

They actually have the nerve to call this "urban"...

[FTWIK]

Well, at least someone is planning new office buildings.... The buildings aren't surrounded on 4 sides by parking so in theory you could in theory build office on the back in the future. Have to think the buildings pushed up on the street would make it feel somewhat more walkable too... 

[johnfwd]

I like the look of the proposed Phase 1 office building.  It's modern and cosmopolitan.  Keep them coming Alliance Fort Worth!

[Stadtplan]

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021023084

 

PROJECT

Project Name: Alliance Center East Building 01

Project Number: TABS2021023084

Facility Name: Alliance Center East Building 01

Location Address: I-35W Frontage Road Fort Worth, TX 76177

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 9/27/2021

Completion Date: 6/15/2022

Estimated Cost: $39,000,000

Type of Work: New Construction

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: This project consists of the construction of a new, approximately 1,240,584 s.f. speculative warehouse building with various site improvements.

Square Footage: 1,240,584 ft 2

Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No

Current Status: Project Registered

 

 

 

OWNER

Owner Name: Alliance Center East No. 1, LTD.

Owner Address: 9800 Hillwood Parkway Suite 300 Forth Worth, Texas 76177

Owner Phone: (817) 224-6041

Contact Name: Reid Goetz

 

TENANT Not Assigned

 

DESIGN FIRM

Design Firm Name:

RGA Architects, Inc.

Design Firm Address:

301 S. Oak Street Suite 100

Roanoke, Texas 76262

Design Firm Phone:

817-430-3382

[NThomas]

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021023084

Scope of Work: This project consists of the construction of a new, approximately 1,240,584 s.f. speculative warehouse building with various site improvements.
Square Footage: 1,240,584 ft 2

This is a spec distribution center about 5 miles north of Alliance Town Center:

https://www.alliance...operty#6662_all

When this breaks ground, it'll be the largest spec property under construction in Dallas-Fort Worth and the only spec property +1 million s.f. in North Fort Worth.

[Stadtplan]

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2021023105

 

PROJECT

Project Name: Alliance Phase 2

Project Number: TABS2021023105

Facility Name: Alliance Phase 2 Clubhouse

Location Address: NW corner of Keller Haslet and Beach Street Fort Worth, TX 76262

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 1/3/2022

Completion Date: 7/3/2023

Estimated Cost: $897,300

Type of Work: New Construction

Type of Funds: This project involves public funds, public land, or is a Federally funded roadway project.

Scope of Work: Clubhouse for a new 338 unit apartment complex in Tarrant County, Texas.

Square Footage: 8,973 ft 2

Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No

Current Status: Project Registered

 

OWNER

Owner Name: AMCAL

Owner Address: 30141 Agoura Road, Suite 100 Agoura Hills, California 91301

Owner Phone: (818) 706-0694

Contact Name: Stephen Clarke

 

DESIGN FIRM

Design Firm Name: HEDK Architects

Design Firm Address: 4595 Excel Parkway Addison, Texas 75001

Design Firm Phone: 214.520.8878

[gdvanc]

Public funds/land for an apartment complex clubhouse? 

[Stadtplan]

TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) renovating 5501 Alliance Gateway.  I think this is ph. 2 or 3 they were working on some other projects a couple years ago here.

 

PROJECT

Project Name: TBN Alliance Gateway - Phase 1

Project Number: TABS2022000267

Facility Name: 5501 Alliance Gateway

Location Address: 5501 Alliance Gateway Fwy Suite 125

Fort Worth, TX 76177

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 9/15/2021

Completion Date: 3/1/2022

Estimated Cost: $1,100,000

Type of Work: Renovation/Alteration

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: Interior Remodel of existing space and structure with minor sitework

Square Footage: 102,910 ft 2

Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No

Current Status: Project Registered

 

OWNER

Owner Name: Trinity Broadcasting Network

Owner Address: 13600 Heritage Parkway Suite 200

Fort Worth, Texas 76177

Owner Phone: (817) 953-0675

Contact Name: Kent Whitmore

 

TENANT

Not Assigned

 

DESIGN FIRM

Design Firm Name: Daniels & Lovelady Architecture

Design Firm Address: 669 Airport Freeway Suite 101

Hurst, Texas 76053

Design Firm Phone: (817) 510-6730

[Jeriat]

 

TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) renovating 5501 Alliance Gateway.  I think this is ph. 2 or 3 they were working on some other projects a couple years ago here.

 

PROJECT

Project Name: TBN Alliance Gateway - Phase 1

Project Number: TABS2022000267

Facility Name: 5501 Alliance Gateway

Location Address: 5501 Alliance Gateway Fwy Suite 125

Fort Worth, TX 76177

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 9/15/2021

Completion Date: 3/1/2022

Estimated Cost: $1,100,000

Type of Work: Renovation/Alteration

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: Interior Remodel of existing space and structure with minor sitework

Square Footage: 102,910 ft 2

Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No

Current Status: Project Registered

 

OWNER

Owner Name: Trinity Broadcasting Network

Owner Address: 13600 Heritage Parkway Suite 200

Fort Worth, Texas 76177

Owner Phone: (817) 953-0675

Contact Name: Kent Whitmore

 

TENANT

Not Assigned

 

DESIGN FIRM

Design Firm Name: Daniels & Lovelady Architecture

Design Firm Address: 669 Airport Freeway Suite 101

Hurst, Texas 76053

Design Firm Phone: (817) 510-6730

 

 

...wait, THAT'S where they are? 

[Stadtplan]

They may be expanding their offices and call center. Lots of open office according to this listing.

https://images1.loop...yFlyerFinal.pdf

Off the top of my head, theres a few other ministry call centers / prayer hotlines in the area:

Daystar Broadcasting at 3901 TX-121, Bedford, TX 76021

Benny Hinn Ministries at 3400 William D. Tate Ave. Grapevine, TX 76051 United States.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries at 14355 Morris Dido Rd, Fort Worth, TX 76179

Life Today Outreach International at 1801 W Euless Blvd, Euless, TX 76040

[txbornviking]

I couldn't find a better topic to throw this question into, so here it is:

 

Had Carswell not been "saved" in the 1990s, do we think much of the development around Alliance could have been redirected to Carswell and directions west vs sprawling north?

[Jeriat]

I couldn't find a better topic to throw this question into, so here it is:

 

Had Carswell not been "saved" in the 1990s, do we think much of the development around Alliance could have been redirected to Carswell and directions west vs sprawling north?

 

I knew nothing about this...

[John T Roberts]

I don't think a lot of it would have been redirected to Carswell.  My reasoning is timing.  Alliance Airport opened in 1989.  The Carswell inactivation and transfer over to the JRB wasn't complete until 1993.  I think a lot of the development would have been in the works at Alliance by that time.  I'm just thinking that Alliance might have had enough momentum by 1993 to steer most of the development that direction.  Had Carswell been transferred to the private sector, I'm pretty sure that some redevelopment would have been done due to the area around the base being already established.

[Stadtplan]

I read on Wikipedia the five rounds of BRAC from 1988 to 2005 constituted a combined to $12B savings annually. Compared to the kind of government spending weve had the last year or two, that sounds like a drop in the bucket.

https://en.m.wikiped...ent_and_Closure

[Stadtplan]

I find it hard to believe this sort of thing makes the front page, but I'm not complaining:

 

[youngalum]

I find it hard to believe this sort of thing makes the front page, but I'm not complaining:

 

Why would you be surprised? 

[eastfwther]

 

I find it hard to believe this sort of thing makes the front page, but I'm not complaining:

 

 

 

Why would you be surprised? 

 

 

Especially when industrial buildings and/or warehouses seem to be the one sure bet in this town.  We should put warehouses on our city flag instead of cows.  Seriously, which one are you more likely to see when riding around this city? 

[gdvanc]

Fort Worth. Where the Wares are Housed.

[Austin55]

Hillwood Commons II officially announced

https://fortworthbus...-alliance-area/

[Urbndwlr]

Building out a cluster of office in that node is probably good.  And good to have new speculative ready to go product with large floor plates.

 

Since is at the southern end of the Alliance project, is a little more connected with rest of the city.  I like how they have pushed the building near the curb, putting parking behind.  If they continue that across the street, it will have a nice feel to it.  The original (existing) office they built next door is in the center of the site, so feels isolated in its massive parking lot.   Minimizes average walk from car to building but makes it disconnected. 

 

This new phase also does seem like it could scale in the future with more built behind it (as previously mentioned).  If current heavy parking densities persist, structured parking would allow the additional buildings behind this one and its twin.  Sounds like they are emphasizing the connection with the green/natural spaces across the street, which is good.  This will feel less isolated vs the new Daimler and Galderma office buildings farther north.

[Stadtplan]

 

TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) renovating 5501 Alliance Gateway.  I think this is ph. 2 or 3 they were working on some other projects a couple years ago here.

 

PROJECT

Project Name: TBN Alliance Gateway - Phase 1

Project Number: TABS2022000267

Facility Name: 5501 Alliance Gateway

Location Address: 5501 Alliance Gateway Fwy Suite 125

Fort Worth, TX 76177

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 9/15/2021

Completion Date: 3/1/2022

Estimated Cost: $1,100,000

Type of Work: Renovation/Alteration

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: Interior Remodel of existing space and structure with minor sitework

Square Footage: 102,910 ft 2

Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No

Current Status: Project Registered

 

Here's Phase II of TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network) Alliance project, this one is pretty big:

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2022011247

 

PROJECT

Project Name: TBN Alliance Gateway - Phase 2

Project Number: TABS2022011247

Facility Name: 5501 Alliance Gateway

Location Address: 5501 Alliance Gateway Fwy Suite 125

Fort Worth, TX 76177

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 3/1/2022

Completion Date: 4/30/2023

Estimated Cost: $33,000,000

Type of Work: Renovation/Alteration

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: Interior Remodel of existing space with changes to structure and addition of exterior elements.

Square Footage: 132,719 ft 2

Are the private funds provided by the tenant? No

 

OWNER

Owner Name: Trinity Broadcasting Network

Owner Address: 13600 Heritage Parkway Suite 200

Fort Worth, Texas 76177

 

DESIGN FIRM

Design Firm Name: Daniels & Lovelady Architecture

Design Firm Address: 669 Airport Freeway Suite 101

Hurst, Texas 76053

[Stadtplan]

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2023012460

 

https://www.nationsbestsports.com/

 

PROJECT

Project Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion

Project Number: TABS2023012460

Facility Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion

Location Address: 4350 Fossil Creek Blvd

Fort Worth, TX 76137

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 3/3/2023

Completion Date: 9/15/2023

Estimated Cost: $4,226,661

Type of Work: Additions to Existing Building

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: Addition to existing warehouse

Square Footage: 40,000 ft 2

[NThomas]

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2023012460
 
https://www.nationsbestsports.com/
 
PROJECT
Project Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion
Project Number: TABS2023012460
Facility Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion
Location Address: 4350 Fossil Creek Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 3/3/2023
Completion Date: 9/15/2023
Estimated Cost: $4,226,661
Type of Work: Additions to Existing Building
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: Addition to existing warehouse
Square Footage: 40,000 ft 2

Fossil Creek is definitely in not Alliance Town Center, or Alliance in general, but I'm sure it's all the same to the "everything north of Loop 820 isn't really Fort Worth" crowd.

This is one of the few remaining greenfield sites left in Fossil Creek. Glad to see a Fort Worth-based company expanding instead of relocating to a larger/newer space.

[Stadtplan]

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2023012460
 
https://www.nationsbestsports.com/
 
PROJECT
Project Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion
Project Number: TABS2023012460
Facility Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion
Location Address: 4350 Fossil Creek Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 3/3/2023
Completion Date: 9/15/2023
Estimated Cost: $4,226,661
Type of Work: Additions to Existing Building
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: Addition to existing warehouse
Square Footage: 40,000 ft 2

Fossil Creek is definitely in not Alliance Town Center, or Alliance in general, but I'm sure it's all the same to the "everything north of Loop 820 isn't really Fort Worth" crowd.

This is one of the few remaining greenfield sites left in Fossil Creek. Glad to see a Fort Worth-based company expanding instead of relocating to a larger/newer space.

 

 

I was waiting for someone to make that comment. Which thread would you suggest?  This one is sort of an oddball but slightly interesting from a corporation standpoint growing / expanding.  It appears to be the headquarters for Nation's Best:

 

OUR HISTORY

Nation’s Best Sports (NBS) is a nationwide sporting goods buying group that was established in 1956 when Claude Manning and three friends—Joe Lipsey, E.J. “Buck” Buchanan and Paul Self, all of whom owned war-surplus stores—decided to pool their purchases and create the first sporting goods buying group, the Southwest Buying Syndicate. 

 

Today, NBS offers independent retailers a diverse portfolio of buying opportunities in all categories of outdoor sports and general sporting goods. NBS hosts buying Markets that differ from industry trade shows because they are actual order writing and buying markets only open to Member retail store owners, their buyers and approved vendors.

[Urbndwlr]

Looking at what has aged well and what has not so we can learn lessons from past decades of development,

in the commercial parts of Fossil Creek:

The trees planted between the parking lots and streets along Sandshell and Stratum just north of Sandshell really make a massive difference. 

 

Sure, the land use is standard-issue American driveable suburban commercial (flex/office/pad site restaurants, limited service hotels etc) so is very unremarkable.  BUT, the trees which are now probably 20-30 years old, make it so much more appealing as a place to work or even to pass through.  And if those properties are redeveloped, most of those perimeter trees should be able to remain. 

 

Also, I'd bet those trees collectively lower peak summer temperatures in that NH by a few degrees vs if they only had pavement and grass/shrubs.  

[NThomas]

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2023012460
 
https://www.nationsbestsports.com/
 
PROJECT
Project Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion
Project Number: TABS2023012460
Facility Name: Nations Best Sports Phase II Expansion
Location Address: 4350 Fossil Creek Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Location County: Tarrant
Start Date: 3/3/2023
Completion Date: 9/15/2023
Estimated Cost: $4,226,661
Type of Work: Additions to Existing Building
Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.
Scope of Work: Addition to existing warehouse
Square Footage: 40,000 ft 2

Fossil Creek is definitely in not Alliance Town Center, or Alliance in general, but I'm sure it's all the same to the "everything north of Loop 820 isn't really Fort Worth" crowd.

This is one of the few remaining greenfield sites left in Fossil Creek. Glad to see a Fort Worth-based company expanding instead of relocating to a larger/newer space.
 

 
I was waiting for someone to make that comment. Which thread would you suggest?  This one is sort of an oddball but slightly interesting from a corporation standpoint growing / expanding...

I think you found it for a few other similar industrial park project announcements/permit filings: https://www.fortwort...?showtopic=6772

[Stadtplan]

Some interesting discussions and visuals for ZC-23-145 with mention of mixed-use density.

 

https://www.fortwort...2023-docket.pdf

 

https://fortworthgov...5&redirect=true