Documenting Growth, Development, and Real Estate in Fort Worth.
Check out the cool stuff going on on Lancaster, courtesy Ology and W&C.
A while back I looked at a place in T&P, and although it seemed very far off at the time, I was intrigued by the idea of re-dev on Lancaster. With Omni, and neat public art going in it certainly seems to be coming along.
To Bad I just couldn’t get over the $300/sf at T&P.
State Representative Charlie Geren introduced House Bill No. 1405 which would require any Landman functioning inside the state of Texas of apply for and obtain a license. The licensing, requirements, and continuing education would be handled by the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC).
A landman is defined as anyone who:
There are some exceptions, like licensed attorneys, land owners, and attorney’s in fact. If passed, this bill would take effect January 1, 2010; and require individuals to obtain a license by March 1, 2010.
There is no doubt that this would add signifigant revenue for TREC, but I tend to think that TREC is not the appropriate entity for this issue. There could be several plusses and minuses here. Would be interesting to know what you think. Should Landmen be Licensed?
The Parks and Community Services Department is launching a “Heritage Tree Campaign” in the Fort Worth area. You can nominate your favorite tree, or any tree with historical and/or community signifigance. They are hoping to include 100 local trees in this first year. To be nominated, the trees must meet the following criteria:
The site Fort Worth Forestry site mention the trees growing in the middle of Crestwood Drive, the I-30 homeless Christmas tree, Mesquite at Will Rogers, and several others. I would have to mention the trees along the hidden road originating at Crestwood Park, and ending at Greenwood Cemetary. This a beautiful road, lined with nature. Unfortunately I believe Chesapeake has planned a well site along this road. I would anticipate repaving of the road and perhaps some reduction in the wildlife there.
I would be interested to see what other ideas people have for trees which might meet this criteria.
The Kress building has a decades long interesting history with bats who held residence without ever being disturbed. The downtown building went under renovation when a private family purchased the building for residential redevelopment. Apparently during these refurb efforts the contractor negated the tenants ingress and egress pathways, forcing them to find new passages in and out of the building. The bats soon took over just about every floor on the building utilizing the elevator shaft as their main residence.
An effort was made to remove the bats from building, and from what I understand, approximately 1,800 bats ultimately died there. All told it seemed that about 3,000 bats took residence on Houston street. Until recently there was a black tarp hanging on a portion of the exposed brick facade. It was evident that the tarp had been placed to provide cover for the bats. During the day the bats presence was obvious with ground level guano, movement under the tarp, and shrill sound emitting. For several years the owner attempted to sell the structure unsuccessfully until a distress sale was finally funded before the building became foreclosed on. It seems that after the new owners moved in, the bats moved out. I can’t seem to find any information on what happened to the bats.
No doubt that flying rodents don’t exactly up your residential appeal, but I still want to know….. what came of our flying friends? It seems that the new owner is exploring turning the exposed brick into a work of art of some kind. They have proposed different ideas, but nothing seems to be set yet. I will be very interested to see what ends up happening here. I hope they at least incorporate a bat image in somehow though.
Around the Kress I noticed that Dixie House is coming, but Kevin beat me to it.
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