Game Changers: Projects That Transform the Urban

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Thursday,

October 14

9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Sundance Square Fort Worth, Texas

Sundance Square Evolution

Sundance Square History

Public/Private Partnership

Sundance Square’s Evolution Public and Private Accomplishments

EARLY 80s

EARLY 90s

LATE 90s

• Sundance Square • Worthington • City Center

• Sundance West Residential Movies Retail

• Sundance East Retail Movies Offices

UDAG UMTA

Tax Abatement

TIF

Sundance Square History

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Overview

• +/- 40 blocks of CBD, mixed-use real estate

• Central location viewed as the “Prestigious Address” in Fort Worth

• Planned and managed as a single mixed-use development

• Core values in:

urban planning, pedestrian scale and rhythm, authenticity and organic growth

• Retail, Office, Residential and Parking

• Location and land portfolio is a barrier to Entry

Overview

• 2.9 million sf of GLA

• 330,000 sf of retail

• 2.3 million sf of office

• 78,000 sf or 118 Residential units

• 6,000 parking spaces

• Largest property tax payer in Tarrant County

Overview

• Retail – 97%

• Office – 93.2%

• Residential – 91%

• New Development:

• 2002 Sanguinet Building

• 2009 The Carnegie

Occupancy

Sundance Square

History • Began in the late 70’s • Philanthropic interest at first • Public and Private Partnership • Vision and interest in the city • Architect / Planner relationship

Sundance Square

The Plan

Vacant Lots & Parking Lots

Non-Friendly Pedestrian Edges

Street Grid Interrupted by Combined Blocks

Portion of Streets Separated from Downtown by Structures Spanning Over Streets

Overlay of Multiple Issues (Combined Blocks, Spanned Streets, Pedestrian Barriers)

Recommended Acquisitions

Final Plan with Proposed Downtown Public Square

Downtown Fort Worth Prior to Master Plan

1988 – Sundance West Apartment Building

1988 – Sundance AMC 11 Cinemas

1991 – Sanger Lofts

1992 – Fort Worth Central Library

1993 – Sundance Montessori School

1993 – Sundance East

1993 – Wells Fargo Building

1996 – Nancy Lee & Perry R. Bass Performance Hall

1997 – Maddox Muse Center

2002 – Bank One Building

2005 – Tarrant County Family Law Center & Garage

2006 – Sid Richardson Museum

2009 – The Carnegie Building

Fort Worth Downtown – 1988 Fort Worth Downtown – Present (with Proposed Central Plaza & Hotel)

Columbia Heights Washington, D.C.

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

Public Infrastructure Investment through Transit

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

Inclusive Public Process

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

Vibrant Public Spaces

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

DC USA Development

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

Seeding Public Investments

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

Program Activity

Columbia Heights Redevelopment

Commercial Tenants at DC USA