24Jul
Aside from regurgitating old news on tenants in the West 7th development, the Business Press has a list of some locked down soon-to-comes. It reminds me of Dallas. Toni and Guy (gag), bar, bar, bar, and some decent restaurants.
I am glad that some new eateries are on the way. I often get tired of the same old places, and find myself wishing that Fort Worth had more to offer in the way of food. I think the list is growing, but it takes time. We just don’t have the selection like some other areas I can think of. But I probably eat out too much.
18Jul
Pulte and Centex shareholders are voted on a merger yesterday.
I expect that we will see more of this as the residential builders seek to stay afloat the next few years. Most of the smaller guys are going belly up already.
Think about what is most likely on our doorstep though. Extreme interest rates. I would imagine that we can expect the development industry to face times which are remarkably similar to the 1980’s. Consolidation may be the only route to survival for many of these companies. This Pulte Centex merger might be a good stock to watch for a bottom in. They can always adapt to a new market, assuming they survive the current one.
17Jul
I saw an ad for a site called AnyWhereInDFW.com. The ad didn’t make it real clear what the focus of the site was, and there wasn’t anything really clear there either. It looks like maybe they rep for a particular residential development company? The site was poorly designed in a lot of different ways, but I kept noticing this “Register to Win” all over the place. I am still not sure what there is to win, or register for. But you sure can register. I think I’ll pass that one up, lest I receive junk mail for the rest of my life.
Some people really amaze me with their web marketing. Logic often fails to come into play. Your general line of business should be displayed prominently and succinctly. Promotions should be thoroughly thought out and displayed. And when all else fails (especially on design), hire a professional.
17Jul
The Trinity River Vision is turning out exactly how I suspected that it would. Its going to take longer and cost quite a bit more than planned.
That is the typical route for highly ambitious projects, but I note that an architect from TCC downtown campus was involved. In my opinion, anything that is in anyway connected to the TCC downtown campus is doomed. Tarrant County citizens should be outraged at the waste that has gone into the TCC project downtown.
So, as expected, the TRV is probably not going to look much like what you have been lead to believe. It’s going to take a REALLY long time. And it will most likely cost at lease a Billion Dollars. A BILLION DOLLARS.
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