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[Austin55]

C2 hit TDLR too: https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2025007736

 

Although the description only mentions four floors, when most renderings have had at least 5. 

[John T Roberts]

I'm glad to see this project moving along.

[TexasVeteran]

Happy to see this coming together quickly!

I noticed the floor count discrepancy as well. Even the square footage seems "off". Maybe they consider the ground floor as "0"? It should be 5 levels to fit in around the other blocks.

[FortWorthian]

The Shops at Clearfork is adding more retail stores, office space with a new $15M building

By Matt Leclercq Updated December 17, 2024 2:26 PM

https://www.star-tel...l#storylink=cpy

[bclaridge]

Happy to see this coming together quickly!

I noticed the floor count discrepancy as well. Even the square footage seems "off". Maybe they consider the ground floor as "0"? It should be 5 levels to fit in around the other blocks.

 

 

 

The Shops at Clearfork is adding more retail stores, office space with a new $15M building

By Matt Leclercq Updated December 17, 2024 2:26 PM

https://www.star-tel...l#storylink=cpy

 

Obviously the plans for the C2 building have changed when compared to this JLL brochure originally posted in this thread back in 2022. I just hope that the first floor along Marathon Avenue will be lined with retail, instead of just the corner at Marathon/Gage (as the original plans called for); the fact that the plans have changed does give me plenty of hope that there will be expanded retail offerings, and the Star-Telegram's mention of additional retail also sets the tone that there might be a significant amount of retail space added, although no one knows for sure at this time. If each floor is 25,000 square feet, I could potentially foresee up to 20,000 square feet of retail space added to The Shops at Clearfork (some of the ground-floor space will be needed for the office lobby).

I'm hoping some of the previously-mentioned rumored retailers (Aritzia, Reformation, Tecovas or Lucchese, etc.) can find space, if not elsewhere in Clearfork, then in the ground floor of the C2 building.

[FortWorthian]

Record PB24-18276: 

Commercial New Building Permit

Record Status: Plan Review

https://aca-prod.acc...ShowInspection=

 

Permit Address

5141 MARATHON AVE

Project Description:

The Shops at Clearfork

\\3RD PARTY PLAN REVIEW ONLY\\ Three story 75,800 GSF core and shell office building with retail use on ground floor. Core on level 1 includes office lobby and on level 2 and 3 elevator lobby with common restrooms.

 

 

Job Value($): $15,000,000

 

Use: Mixed Use

 

[Urbndwlr]

 

Record PB24-18276: 

Commercial New Building Permit

Record Status: Plan Review

https://aca-prod.acc...ShowInspection=

 

Permit Address

5141 MARATHON AVE

Project Description:

The Shops at Clearfork

\\3RD PARTY PLAN REVIEW ONLY\\ Three story 75,800 GSF core and shell office building with retail use on ground floor. Core on level 1 includes office lobby and on level 2 and 3 elevator lobby with common restrooms.

 

 

Job Value($): $15,000,000

 

Use: Mixed Use

 

 

That is where the rectangular lawn is located just north of the George apartment building, right?   Interesting they seem to be moving forward with that location instead of the one or two they have been considering down by the Trailhead building.  The additional daytime employees will only make the neighborhood feel better daytime energy.

[bclaridge]

That is where the rectangular lawn is located just north of the George apartment building, right?   Interesting they seem to be moving forward with that location instead of the one or two they have been considering down by the Trailhead building.  The additional daytime employees will only make the neighborhood feel better daytime energy.

Yes, it is!

This is a mixed-use retail-office building that will add additional retail space to The Shops at Clearfork too.

[bclaridge]

Another article about the C2 building just came out on the Fort Worth Report: https://fortworthrep...ffice-building/

There's no new details about the C2 building in this article unfortunately; it's just re-hashing points made previously. I'm not sure if the rendering in the article is even accurate (it is showing a four-story building), since I assumed that three stories included the ground floor. "Core on level 1 includes office lobby and on level 2 and 3 elevator lobby with common restrooms" seems to suggest an office lobby on the ground floor.

[FortWorthian]

[Austin55]

Nice find! That's pretty good looking. Lots of retail. 

I wonder how the office market at Clearfork is doing. This got scaled back and the 2nd building at 5600 Clearfork Main has been in limbo forever now. 

[Big Frog II]

Looks like a nice new restaurant spot.

[bclaridge]

I'm definitely excited for the C2 building and whatever retail occupies the ground floor.

Proquest20 over on the Dallas Metropolis forum made this (speculative) list of retailers that they thought might be a good fit for The Shops at Clearfork:
 

 

Zara
RH
Bloomie’s
Aritzia
Sephora
Golden Goose
David Yurman
Ferragamo
L’Occitane
Lush Cosmetics
Breitling
Coach
Aesop
Swarovski
Crate & Barrel
Johnston & Murphy
Vineyard Vines

It wouldn't surprise me if a few of these might be looking into the C2 building and the 5001 Ozona space. I've emphasized what I believe might be a candidate list for the existing footprint of Clearfork (including the C2 building; obviously only a few of these could get in, and something not on this list might get a lease too). I have my doubts about Sephora, considering their presence at University Park Village. I do believe that Aritzia will eventually come to Clearfork, although there is a non-negligible chance they end up at UPV instead. If Aritzia got outbid on 5001 Ozona (which would have been a great fit for them), I suspect they'll try again for the C2 building; Aritzia is one of the most-popular brands on the TCU campus, and they have a significant customer base in Fort Worth.

Some of these retailers (the non-luxury, smaller-format ones) could also work at UPV.

The retailers I didn't emphasize take up larger spaces that would be more suited for the Phase 2 expansion across Edwards Ranch Road; Zara, RH, Bloomie's (a smaller-format Bloomingdale's, akin to Market by Macy's), and Crate & Barrel are such larger-format retailers.

[bclaridge]

With the sales floor stocked and displays in place, CH Carolina Herrera looks ready to open any day now.

[bclaridge]

I'll re-post this discussion between TexasVeteran and myself from the WestBend thread here, as it has a lot of Clearfork-related discussion in it:

 

 

FYI: WestElm didn't "fail" at West7th. They were forced out. They were doing very well actually, and are actively looking for another FW location. PMG Group (a locally based Marketing firm) had office space in the West 7th office building. When Lucky Strike left the second floor next to Movie Tavern, they also snapped up that space and turned it into offices. Then they wanted to either expand and bring offices down tot he street level, or move. The developer decided a long term lease at office rates was better for them, and wpuld bring more daily users to area for eating/services as well. Y'all would all be surprised just how much office space PMG actually has at "Artisan Circle" (or whatever they are calling it now) because so much of it is "hidden" in former retail & shell space above.

Ironically, Dean & Deluca and a relocated WestElm would be PERFECT for this spot now. Sometimes renderings are a bit ahead of the times! I could also see Pottery Barn moving over and expanding the PB Baby + Kids/PB Teen, & PB Dorm brands.

Also, they have a great newer concept called "Rejuvenation", although I could see that going into the former Bob Gold/Mitchell Williams space at Clearfork or off of Camp Bowie somewhere (maybe the former Domain space at Museum Place?).

Lastly, we don't have an RH Restoration Hardware here. The RH Outlet in far North Fort Worth does BIG numbers and that could be a lead in to them coming to Tarrant County.

I'm glad to know West Elm was forced out due to PMG expanding (and the landlord's preference for PMG's lease), instead of failing in that location. They would be a great candidate for part of the Macy's space.

Dean & DeLuca seems to have disappeared; they had a bankruptcy in 2019-2020 and emerged from bankruptcy in 2021, but I'm having trouble finding anything about them now. Dean & DeLuca was considering Legacy West at one point (paywalled article), but backed out in 2017 as they began to contract their store count. Their last physical location in NYC's SoHo district, at 560 Broadway, closed, pre-pandemic, in late 2019. That space is now the Aritzia SoHo flagship.

I do think that Rejuvenation would be a great concept for the old Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams space at Clearfork, if they want to keep that part of the shopping center dedicated to home goods.

I had earmarked the former MG+BW space as being a likely candidate for an Aritzia boutique back in October, particularly after I heard a rumor over on the Dallas Metropolis forum that Aritzia and Reformation were in the process of signing leases at Clearfork back in October. At 9,700 SF, the MG+BW space was the only viable space at Clearfork large enough to accommodate an Aritzia boutique. Then I heard the rumor from an employee at Aritzia Southlake that Aritzia got outbid at Clearfork; I suspect that the space will be split between multiple tenants or go to a high-end luxury retailer (it would probably be hard for a single tenant to outbid Aritzia, unless they were a luxury retailer), but because this is all based on rumors, I still see a possibility that Aritzia could have got the space. With the end of the West Fork Garden Market pop-up this Wednesday (January 15), I suspect we will find out what will actually happen very soon. I do still think Aritzia is likely for Clearfork, albeit most likely now in the C2 building; that said, if my tip about WestBend reaches decision-makers at Aritzia, I do suspect that they would at least consider WestBend, as they could get a boutique in the TCU area much sooner than with the Clearfork C2 building. C2 won't be finished until mid-2026, and that might just be the retail shell (although I suspect tenants could start construction on their spaces once construction on the C2 building advances far enough), so it would be potentially as late as late 2026 or early 2027 before Aritzia could open there. By comparison, I could see the potential for Aritzia to open a boutique by late 2025 at WestBend, potentially even as soon as the start of the fall 2025 semester at TCU, if they act fast.

I think RH would be a candidate for the currently-empty lawn between Ozona Boulevard and Edwards Ranch Road, or perhaps Clearfork Phase 2 on the other side of Edwards Ranch Road. Proquest20 over on the Dallas Metropolis forum has done a pretty good job of identifying potential candidate retailers for multiple upscale shopping centers across DFW, including Clearfork; RH was one of their identified candidates.

 

 

Meanwhile, CH Carolina Herrera opened a few days after my previous post to this thread on December 31st. From what I can tell, the West Fork Garden Market pop-up still seems set to end this coming Wednesday, January 15th.

 

EDIT 1/12: I received a response from West Fork Garden Market on their Instagram saying that their pop-up was not going to end this Wednesday (January 15th), and that they would be sharing their future plans soon. That sounds like they got an extension. Meanwhile, I'm eagerly anticipating the news as to what will occupy the former Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams space at 5001 Ozona; an extension for the West Fork Garden Market pop-up sounds like the news might be further away than I had originally anticipated.

My original (well-educated) guess was that the 5001 Ozona space would go to Aritzia, although I don't see this as being likely now (for reasons I've explained in the aforementioned quote).

[FortWorthian]

Record UFC25-0011:
Urban Forestry
Record Status: Pending
https://aca-prod.acc...ShowInspection=

Project Description:
Clearfork-C2

Permit Boundary in Acres: 2.19

[FortWorthian]

Tryba Architects had some interesting renderings of the Clearfork Trailhead Development posted in their online magazine.  They also featured a project called "Vickery Village" that I'll post in another thread.