Dallas, TX
Gold Dallas towers will be polished with planned redo
As freeway structure goes, North Dallas’ Campbell Centre towers have at all times been a standout.
The gold glass workplace high-rises are definitely eye-catching, particularly when the afternoon solar displays throughout North Central Expressway.
“The buildings are iconic — you may’t miss them,” mentioned Ian Zapata, design director within the Dallas workplace of architect Gensler. “However they’re additionally very a lot from a special period and totally different time.”
Campbell Centre was constructed when design was all concerning the outdoors of the constructing, not a lot the within the place the tenants had been housed.
The brand new house owners of the landmark towers, California-based Fenway Capital Advisors, plan so as to add a brand new shine to the gold buildings.
“Our objective is to lift the standard normal of those buildings to compete with the perfect property on this submarket and to draw tenants from all around the metroplex,” Fenway Capital’s Patrick Tribolet mentioned final yr when the investor purchased the Campbell Centre. “We couldn’t be extra excited concerning the alternative to extensively renovate, refresh and rebrand these iconic towers, that are in top-of-the-line areas in all of Dallas.”
Gensler is dealing with the redesign.
And Dallas’ Stream Realty Companions is in control of advertising and marketing the buildings, the place had been about 80% leased earlier than the sale. Stream Realty has a monitor file of repositioning Dallas workplace initiatives, together with the greater than $100 million redevelopment of downtown’s Trammell Crow Middle.
The industrial property agency simply broke floor on an enormous redo of Uptown’s Quadrangle improvement that features a new workplace tower.
At Campbell Centre, Stream Realty’s Matthew Wieser mentioned the “development mission is about to get kicked off within the coming weeks.”
Gensler has spent the previous couple of months engaged on renovation plans.
“The problem is how will you be transformative whereas respecting the picture and qualities of the constructing,” mentioned Zapata.
Inbuilt 1972 and 1977, the 20-story high-rises had been North Dallas’ most unique workplace addresses after they opened. However over the a long time, workplace tenants and staff have wished greater than only a fairly face on the freeway. They need inside frills and extra plush outdoors areas.
Gensler is working with panorama architect OJB — the designer of downtown’s Klyde Warren Park — to inexperienced up the massive concrete parking decks guests and staff see after they pull as much as the towers.
“The most important factor you are able to do is take care of that parking deck,” Zapata mentioned. “The sense of arrival is admittedly lacking.
“We’re going to add a linear landscaped park that connects the 2 towers,” he mentioned. “Proper now it’s a really disagreeable stroll.”
The landscaped promenade will embrace timber and a trellis for shade, seating areas and a piece the place meals vans might park.
“If we do something, we have now to inexperienced it up,” Zapata mentioned. “On the parking deck, we’re build up and creating these landscaped mounds for the timber.”
Gensler’s plan requires eradicating clumsy entrances to the buildings and changing among the mirrored glass on the base with clear panels.
“We’re going to add a bit little bit of transparency on the bottom flooring, like most fashionable buildings,” Zapata mentioned.
Inside, the plan is to create extra comfy tenant facilities like consuming and lounging areas and fewer formal public areas. “These buildings are from a special Dallas — a coat-and-tie Dallas,” Zapata mentioned. “We’re pondering this must be much more relaxed and way of life concentric.
“What’s going to get individuals excited to return to the workplace to do their work?”
The towers are additionally getting a brand new title, The Gild, to mirror their signature gold look.
“These buildings are a part of the Dallas skyline,” Zapata mentioned. “We’re constructing on that with an enchancment within the high quality of what’s supplied and the general really feel.
“This constructing goes to be one of many first post-pandemic workplace buildings,” he mentioned. “We’re incorporating what we see the wants of the brand new workplace shall be.”
Dallas, TX
Dallas Mavericks emerge as suitor for Klay Thompson
Klay Thompson’s unrestricted free agency will begin at 6 pm ET on Sunday (June 30). The Golden State Warriors veteran has not reached an agreement on a new deal to remain in the Bay Area. As such, he is free to discuss terms with any team in the league. Therefore, the likelihood of Thompson leaving Golden State is growing by the day.
According to a recent report by Marc Stein, the Dallas Mavericks are the latest team to register an interest in Thompson after clearing some cap space by sending Tim Hardaway Jr. to the Detroit Pistons.
“League sources tell The Stein Line that the Dallas Mavericks, with some newfound financial flexibility after securing the Tim Hardaway Jr.-to-Detroit trade that I wrote about Tuesday, are another team intent on exploring the feasibility of signing Thompson once he makes it to free agency,” Stein reported.
The Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets have also been cited as interested in adding the veteran shooter. Other contending teams will likely value Thompson’s shooting and wing defense.
Golden State could still retain Thompson; however, the longer they wait to open negotiations, the less likely it seems that he will still be with the team at the start of next season.
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Dallas, TX
Dallas Mavericks Exploring Ways To Sign Golden State Warriors’ Klay Thompson
The Dallas Mavericks are looking to make a splash to their starting lineup after making a run to the NBA Finals. They may have lost in five games to the Boston Celtics but they’re still one of the NBA’s best teams and need to make some changes around Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving to get over the hump.
One option the Mavericks are looking into is Klay Thompson, who has spent his entire career with the Golden State Warriors up to this point. Per Marc Stein “League sources tell The Stein Line that the Dallas Mavericks, with some newfound financial flexibility after securing the Tim Hardaway Jr.-to-Detroit trade that I wrote about Tuesday, are another team intent on exploring the feasibility of signing Thompson once he makes it to free agency.”
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Thompson does not have an offer on the table to return to Golden State as of Friday morning and will explore his options in the open market. He’s not the same player he was in the prime of Golden State’s dynasty at the end of the 2010s after an ACL and Achilles tear, but he still averaged 17.9 PPG while shooting 38.7% from 3 this season. For a Mavericks team looking for a third scoring option and an elite shooter, Thompson could fit alongside Doncic and Irving seamlessly. He’s still a positive defensively, even if he’s not as quick laterally as he used to be.
The Warriors may be more willing to facilitate a sign-and-trade as well, as they’re still looking to get back into contention as long as they have Stephen Curry playing at an elite level. Dallas sits just under $15 million below the first tax apron, but they’re likely to use the majority of that to re-sign Derrick Jones Jr. Thompson is likely looking for a 2 or 3-year contract as he enters the latter stages of his career.
Dallas could dangle Josh Green, Maxi Kleber, and trade exceptions to equal around $32.6 million in salary if the option opens up for a quality trade. The remaining trade exception from the Richaun Holmes trade at last year’s draft expires July 8th and it’d be best for a contending team to not let any asset expire.
Other reports have shown that the Mavericks are interested in Denver’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope but that Denver would be unlikely to help facilitate a sign-and-trade with another contending Western Conference team. Thompson, at 34 years old, is a better player than Caldwell-Pope but his value may be similar given his age.
Teams can start openly negotiating with free agents on June 30th, which is just two days away. There is a good chance the Mavericks reach an extension with Derrick Jones Jr. before then so they know exactly how much they can operate with in this year’s free agency.
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Dallas, TX
Afiya Center to host 11th annual HIV testing event in Dallas
The Afiya Center, Texas’s only Black-led and Black women-centered reproductive justice organization, is hosting its 11th annual Get Tested, Grab A Bite! HIV testing event in Dallas this weekend.
The Afiya Center works to advocate, educate, and provide resources to empower Black women in Texas living with AIDS.
In 2021, the Dallas County saw a 30% increase in HIV cases among men and a 6.5% increase among women. In its newly released State of Black Womxn in Texas Report, the Afiya Center found that in 2021, young Black women accounted for 51% of new diagnoses among women under the age of 25, but sex education and disease prevention programs in the state rarely address community needs.
“Texas is known to be like a resource rich kind of state, right?” Afiya Center founder Marsha Jones said. “But those resources don’t meet the people who need them the most.”
Jones started the free testing event to bring attention to the lack of resources, as well as normalize HIV testing for women.
“We wanted to make this a day that wouldn’t just be focused on HIV testing, but it would really have a sense of community,” Jones said.
Attendees who want to get tested will be able to get a full STI screening free of charge. Dallas County Health and Human Services will provide[NF1] mobile testing sites to help the organization collect data and build more resources in areas that need them.
“It helps us to build out our program,” Jones said. “It helps us to shape narratives around the importance of getting tested.”
People who choose not to get tested can still enjoy the free event filled with free food and live DJs. Jones has urged vendors not to sell anything to avoid discouraging people from attending an event that is based around finding a safe space.
“This is literally a day to enjoy life and have a good time and get some updated information about your sexual health,” Jones said.
The Get Tested, Grab a Bite! event is on Saturday, June 29, from 3-7 p.m. in Glendale Park.
Zara Amaechi is KERA’s Marjorie Welch Fitts Louis fellow covering race and social justice. Got a tip? Email Zara at zamaechi@kera.org. You can follow her on X @amaechizara.
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