TABLE OF CONTENTS
03 Who We Are. What We Do.
04 Message from President & CEO BETWEEN 05 2019 Board of Directors & Governors NOW 06 2019 DDI Members AND 07 Public Safety WHEN 10 Maintenance & Beautification
13 Economic Development & Planning
15 The 360 Plan – Great Placemaking
16 The 360 Plan – Complete Neighborhoods
18 The 360 Plan – Urban Mobility
20 Strategic Partnerships & Communications
22 Membership Development
23 2019 DDI Foundation & Board Members
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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI) is a private, nonprofit organization funded by voluntary membership dues, assessment revenue Safety from the Downtown Improvement District (DID) established in 38% WHO 1992, and through contracts with the City of Dallas for specific projects and programs. WE ARE Services & Improvements 24% THE DALLAS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT The DID was created by DDI in June of 1992 to fund important supplemental services and visible improvements to our city WHAT center. In 2001, 2005, and 2013, the DID was voted by property Communications & Events 16% owners to be renewed, and has since embarked upon additional initiatives to make Downtown Dallas clean, safe, and fun for the WE DO entire community. The DID has been renewed through 2020, and is currently out for renewal for 2021 – 2027. Organization & Administration 12% 2019 Capital Improvements Cityplace Turtle Creek DOWNTOWN 4% West Village IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN NOW TOWN O D EA T DISTRICT DA A Transportation & Improvements 6% AND State Thomas EXPENDITURES Harwood DE N Bryan Place D T T WHEN Arts Baylor District Victory Park DEE E DOWNTOWN Exposition Park La Bajada West End O E ENT Public Safety D T T Trinity Groves Farmers Market Riverfront A Maintenance & Beautification Main Street Civic Center A Great Placemaking WE T Grand Park South DA A Reunion 2019 Strategic Partnerships & Communications THE DOWNTOWN EDA Park Row Economic Development & Planning South Blvd East Kessler DALLAS, INC. OA South Side Complete Neighborhoods PRIORITIES Edgewood Place Urban Mobility
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The Bottoms 03 The 360 Plan
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 One of our most important accomplishments was renewing the DDI is the only organization solely focused on Downtown, and we remain dedicated to MESSAGE FROM Downtown Improvement District (DID), a public improvement district programs that support this community, ranging from long-term planning and economic that enables us to provide critical services like the Downtown Safety development, to the way in which we experience our streets every day. PRESIDENT & CEO Patrol, Clean Team, capital improvement grants, park management, and beautification efforts throughout Downtown. In 2019, some of our accomplishments included: 1. Expansion of our homeless outreach teams, engaging more than 14,000 individuals KOURTNY GARRETT Every seven years, the DID must be approved and “renewed” by and facilitating the entry of just over 900 of those individuals into services. We’ve petition of property owners representing at least 60 percent of also reunited more than 200 people with their families through our Homeward Downtown ownership. Bound program. 2. Expanded hours for the Downtown Safety Patrol and Clean Team, as well as new The team at DDI, with the help of our DID Renewal Task Force, Park Patrol deployment and adding equipment and technology like GEM cars, GPS succeeded in surpassing our goals, which is a testament to monitoring, bodycams, and fully-integrated Eponic data collection and tracking. Downtown stakeholders’ commitment to this community, and 3. Increased usage of the DDI clean and safe app, See Say Now, providing real-time recognition that this unique, complex, and exciting urban reporting capabilities for clean and safe issues with a seven minute or less response environment requires the additional dedicated services that time from our teams. Download it for free today in the iPhone or Android app store. DDI provides. 4. Provided a grant that will add more horses to the Mounted Unit for increased presence Downtown. Since the DID was formed in 1992, Downtown has evolved into an 5. Launch of Bike Harwood, phase one installation of a bike lane and future multi-use area made up of unique neighborhoods with more than 12,000 path that will ultimately extend from Dallas Heritage Village in the Cedars to Klyde residents, and our workforce population remains the largest in North Warren Park. Prioritized in the 360 Plan, a partnership with Better Block and the City Texas with 135,000 employees. of Dallas has advanced this project that will continue into 2020. 6. A full audit and improvement plan for every crosswalk in Downtown And we have a lot to look forward to: three new parks on the BETWEEN (all 700 of them!). horizon, 1,600 new residents to fill up five new residential buildings, 7. Opening of Pacific Plaza, Downtown’s newest completed park, thanks to the Parks for and $4 billion of active private development underway today. So NOW Downtown Dallas Foundation and City of Dallas. as we celebrate our accomplishments from last year, we also look 8. Support of 20+ partnered events and produced over 40 successful community forward to continued growth of the heart of our city. AND events like NamaStay Downtown, Downtown Bunny Hop, Impulse public art installation, Unbranded, Santa Stroll, Trick-or-Treat on Downtown Streets, and more. We are also grateful for our members, whose financial support of WHEN 9. Improvements to Main Street Garden including a new expanded playground and the organization supplements DID activities and allows us to be dog run. greater advocates for economic development, urban mobility, 10. Providing custom market reports for our members and stakeholders, including housing, community outreach, and overall planning that prioritizes demographics, pedestrian counts, industry reports, and more, to lure business. connectivity between Downtown and the important adjacent 11. Ensuring Downtown’s priorities are recognized in regional mobility issues, advancing neighborhoods that comprise a complete City Center. priorities for Downtown in projects like D2, I-30, I-345, and High-Speed Rail, 2019 WAS ANOTHER EXCITING as well as implementation of local mobility solutions like bike lane and scooter I encourage you to dive in to this Annual Report with great infrastructure, walkability improvements, and micro-transit. AND EXTREMELY BUSY YEAR interest as you will find important information about our services, 12. Facilitating progress with large-scale catalytic developments like the AT&T Discovery opportunities for engagement, and fantastic news about programs, FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC. District and East Quarter, to important neighborhood businesses like Pegasus City development, and market trajectory. Brewery. We’ve spent a great deal of time supporting an unprecedented list of catalytic developments – that $4B of development. We are in a very special moment in Downtown, and with our shared 13. Leading the 360 Plan work groups focused on education, housing, mobility, and partnership, dedication, and passion for this area, the next decade pedestrian/bike improvements to ensure plan action items are implemented. of success is at our fingertips. 14. Working closely with the Downtown community and Dallas ISD to open a new Montessori elementary school that will launch with grades Pk3 – 2nd. Applications are now open and the school opens in August 2020!
All of this – from market information, to what we do as an organization, to listings of great places to eat, shop, and live – all in Downtown – can be found on our newly refreshed 04 Kourtny Garrett President & CEO, Downtown Dallas, Inc. website, downtowndallas.com. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wes Caywood Mike Hoque Holly Reed J.P. Morgan Hoque Global Texas Central Railway Dr. José Adames BOARD OF El Centro College Mattia Flabiano, III Steve Hulsey Jon Ruff Page Corgan Spire Realty Group, LP Liz Beauchamp Atmos Energy Corporation Kourtny Garrett Amy Lewis Hofland Amy Tharp Downtown Dallas, Inc. Dallas Arts District Downtown Dallas, Inc. DIRECTORS Ted M. Benn Thompson & Knight LLP Jim Greer Katy Murray Michael Tregoning Oncor A. H. Belo Corporation Headington Companies Brian Bergersen Spectrum Properties, LTD Ted Hamilton Michael Peterson Allan Zreet & GOVERNORS Dallas Farmers Market Hamilton Properties Corporation AT&T Jacobs
BOARD OF GOVERNORS Dave Brown James Frye Linda McMahon Joel Pustmueller Gary Thomas American Airlines Center HNTB The Real Estate Council JLL Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Vince Ackerson Julie Butticarlo Eric Hage Amy Meadows Ken Reese Texas Capital Bank World Class Capital Structure Tone Parks for Downtown Dallas Hillwood Development Rob Thomas BETWEEN Group LLC Southwest, LLC Victory Park RED Development, LLC Tim Adair Adam Medrano NOW Neiman Marcus Matt Craft Jessica Heer City of Dallas Cheryl Richards Shawn Todd Lincoln Property Company Dallas Regional Chamber VisitDallas Todd Interests Jonathan Aldis Jerry Merriman AND Stantec John Crawford Jeff Hendricks Merriman Anderson Lesa Roe Jonathan Vinson Crawford Consulting Bank of America Merrill Lynch Architects Inc. University of North Jackson Walker L.L.P. WHEN Wade Andres Real Estate Texas Systems ANDRES Construction Barbara Houlihan Ryan Miyamoto Ray Washburne Larry Daniels Plaza of the Americas The Statler Hotel & Scott Rohrman Charter Holdings Brock Bailey HRI Properties, LLC Residences 42 Real Estate, LLC Bracewell LLP Darryl Jett Steven T. Whitcraft Nicholas “Nick” Diaz Hall Arts Hotel Dan Noble Kit Sawers Turner Construction Joyce Battaglia Amegy Bank of Texas HKS, Inc. Klyde Warren Park Company JTB Advisors Keenan Kolendo Rachel Doucet Haynes and Boone, LLP Justin Parscale Dustin Schultz James “Jim” Wilson Evan Beattie Goldman Sachs & Co. Perkins&Will Deloitte Goddard Investment GFF Eric Krueger Group Zenetta Drew Balfour Beatty Construction John C. Petteway, III Josh Shane Adam Bernhardt Dallas Black Dance Theatre Wells Fargo Bank AECOM Craig Woodfield Bank of America Plaza Marijke Lantz Grant Thornton Melissa Eastman Billingsley Company Geena Piwetz Mike Silliman Greg Biggs Stewart Title Commercial RP Texas Management LLC M-M Properties George Youngblood JLL Thomas Leatherbury Service PlainsCapital Bank Vinson & Elkins LLP Billy Prewitt Jeremy Strick David Blewett James “J.R.” England Woods Capital Nasher Sculpture Center City of Dallas Hunter Lee Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Management, LLC HPI Real Estate Services Kristian Teleki Hugh Boyle Travis C. Ewert & Investments Phil Puckett Matthews Southwest TracyLocke Colliers International CBRE Tommy Mann Sara Terry Kim Brooks 05 Winstead PC Trammell Crow Center Transwestern ANNUAL REPORT 2019 2019 DDI
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Scoop Technologies Hyatt Regency Dallas Serendipity Labs MEMBERS Interstable, Inc. SERVPRO First Responder Bowl J.P. Morgan Shanks Architects Jackson Walker L.L.P. Sheraton Dallas Hotel Jacobs Spectrum Enterprise JLL Spectrum Properties, LTD/ Dallas Farmers Market JTB Advisors Spire Realty Group 2100 Ross, LP Dallas Black Dance Theatre KASHIYAMA the Smart Tailor Staffelbach 42 Real Estate, LLC Dallas Citizens Council KDC Real Estate Development & Investments Stantec A. H. Belo Corporation Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum KDFW FOX 4, KDFI 27 Stewart Title Commercial Services Acumen Enterprises, Inc. Dallas Marriott City Center KERA Stream Realty Partners AECOM Dallas Museum of Art Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Structure Tone Southwest, LLC All Saints Church Dallas Dallas Public Library Klyde Warren Park Suffolk Allied Universal Dallas Regional Chamber KPMG LLP Supreme Bright Dallas, LLC Allstar Drayage Dallas Symphony Orchestra LAZ Parking T. Howard and Associates, Inc. Amegy Bank of Texas DART LDWW TASK Pressure Washing American Airlines Center Davidson and Bogel Real Estate Lincoln Property Company Texas Brand Bank ANDRES Construction Deloitte Locke Lord Texas Capital Bank Archer Western Echelon Leadership LLC LPA Texas Central Railway ARCHITEXAS El Centro College/Dallas County Community College Distict Madison Partners, LLC Thanks-Giving Foundation BETWEEN Arcosa, Inc. Encore Park Dallas Magnolia Hotel - Dallas Thanksgiving Tower Armstrong-Douglass Structural Engineers Firebird Restaurant Group Matthews Southwest The Adolphus Hotel NOW Arts District Properties, Inc. Foley Gardere Merriman Anderson Architects, Inc. The Beck Group AT&T Fortis Property Group, LLC/Chase Tower MESA Design Group The City Club AT&T Performing Arts Center Fortis Property Group, LLC/Harwood Center Nasher Sculpture Center The Fairmont Dallas AND Atmos Energy Corporation Gables Residential Neiman Marcus The Joule Hotel Balfour Beatty Construction Gensler Newt Walker Company The Metropolitan at 1200 Main HOA WHEN Bank of America Merrill Lynch GFF North Texas Food Bank The Real Estate Council Bank of America Plaza Goddard Investment Group OJB Landscape Architecture The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Bell Nunnally Goldman Sachs Omni Hotels & Resorts The Statler Hotel & Residences Ben E. Keith Company Good Signature Management, L.L.C. OMNIPLAN Thompson & Knight LLP Billingsley Company Granite Properties Oncor Thompson Hotel Dallas BKV Group Grant Thornton LLP One Main Place Office, KFK Group Todd Interests Bracewell LLP Greyhound OUTFRONT Media Tomlinson-Leis Corporation Cambria Dallas Downtown HALL Arts Hotel Page Tower Club Dallas CBRE HALL Group Parking Company of America TracyLocke Charming Floral & Events Hamilton Properties Corporation Parks for Downtown Dallas Trammell Crow Center/Crescent Ross Avenue Investors LP Charter Holdings Haynes and Boone, LLP Peloton Commercial Real Estate Transwestern City of Dallas Headington Companies, LLC Perkins&Will Turner Construction Company City Electric Supply Hill+Knowlton Stategies, Inc. PlainsCapital Bank University of North Texas System Clark Hill Strasburger Hillwood/Victory Park Platinum Parking Uptown Dallas, Inc. Colliers International North Texas HKS, Inc. Plaza of the Americas Vinson & Elkins LLP Comerica Bank Tower/M-M Properties HNTB Prekindle VisitDallas Common Desk Homewood Suites/Springhill Suites RED Development, LLC Walter P Moore Corgan Hoque Global / DRG Concepts Renaissance Tower - CBRE Wells Fargo Covalus HPI Real Estate Services & Investments Republic Center Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management Crescent Real Estate Equities HR&A Advisors, Inc. Republic Property Group WeWork Crescent Real Estate/Goff Capital Partners HRI Properties, LLC Roofstock Winstead PC Crow Museum of Asian Art Huitt-Zollars, Inc. RP Texas Mgt, LLC Woodbine Development Corporation D Magazine Hunt Consolidated, Inc. Ryan Companies US, Inc. YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas 06 Dallas Arts District Ryan Law Firm, PLLC
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 PUBLIC SAFETY
DDI works daily to improve the quality of life for Downtown workers, visitors, and residents by ensuring the neighborhood remains one of the safest in the city. BETWEEN NOW DDI works directly with the AND Dallas Police Department (DPD), WHEN DART Police, Downtown Security DOWNTOWN Directors Association, and other SAFETY public safety organizations to PATROL address public safety issues and coordinate efforts. • Provides friendly and helpful • Approaches and requests assistance to Downtown compliance from individuals DDI contributes more than $3 employees, residents, posing a negative impact on million annually to public safety and visitors. quality of life. programs. The Downtown Safety • Acts as additional eyes and • Maintains an authoritative Patrol includes 50 officers patrolling ears for the DPD to maintain presence to deter crime. the streets, providing extra eyes a safe and welcoming environment. • Engages persons needing and ears for the DPD. assistance; connects with • Identifies and addresses shelters and programs. 07 public safety needs. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Municipial Partnerships • DDI has agreements with Downtown convenience and liquor ACCOMPLISHMENTS stores to remove cheap high-alcohol content beer and wine from stores, making a significant impact on Quality of Life offenses. Alcohol-related offenses are down 60 percent in areas where high- & PRIORITIES alcohol content beer and wine have been removed from liquor and convenience stores. • DDI helped fund the 90+ Downtown cameras. The DPD monitors the Downtown cameras 24/7, and investigators review digital videos for incident follow-up investigation and prosecution. Safety Patrol • Through a partnership with DDI, the City of Dallas, and Oncor, 1,500 • Safety Patrol officers provided information to 3,000 visitors and completed more than lights throughout Downtown are checked on a bi-weekly basis, 6,000 business contacts at commercial, retail, and residential properties, and had a resulting in a 90 percent uptime. total of more than 20,000 contacts with visitors, residents, and employees. • DDI advocates at the local, state, and national levels for public policy • Safety Patrol hours of operation were extended to provide additional safety after-hours, changes that positively affect public safety, including initiatives such 5:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., seven days per week. as elevating the punishment for Burglary of a Motor Vehicle (BMV) • Downtown Safety Patrol officers completed 2,000 hours of training in 2019. Training from a misdemeanor to a felony. BETWEEN topics included First Aid, CPR, AED Certification, Active Shooter Awareness, DPD Crisis • DDI funds equipment for DPD such as bicycles, T3 mobility vehicles, NOW Mental Health, and de-escalation techniques. and bait car equipment to catch BMV offenders. AND WHEN
Outreach Technology • DDI Outreach teams engaged over 14,000 individuals experiencing DDI sponsors the free See Say homelessness Downtown. Caseworkers completed 3,000 detailed Now app, which allows Downtown assessments, and 900 individuals were transported to shelters. users to anonymously report • DDI funds the Homeward Bound program to reunite over 200 safety or cleanliness concerns homeless people each year with their families. instantaneously to Safety Patrol • DDI and the Dallas Police Department completed 150 safety and Clean Team. presentations for corporate and residential stakeholders. The See Say Now app empowers • 90 stakeholders attended the Annual Downtown Property Manager people to take an active role in and Security Director Meeting sponsored by DDI. Subject matter keeping their community clean and experts presented an overview of emergency planning and disaster safe by reporting what they see. recovery from critical incidents from the private sector perspective. 08
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 PARTNER COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS & STAKEHOLDERS
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE Downtown Emergency Response Team (DERT) Dr. José Adames, President, El Centro Community College The DPD Fusion Center sends Downtown stakeholders DERT email alerts Adam Bernhardt, JLL regarding critical incidents such as power outages, high-rise fires, gas leaks, Billy Peek, AT&T hazmat spills, and road closures affecting Downtown Dallas. Ken Sena, Goldman Sachs Robert Reed, Crescent Real Estate BETWEEN James Bagnall, Dallas County Assistant District Attorney Downtown Security Directors Association (DSDA) Martin Cramer, Downtown Dallas, Inc. NOW Albert Sanchez, Downtown Dallas Inc. The DSDA was created to foster an atmosphere of mutual understanding, AND Jim Stockton, Oncor cooperation, and coordination among security management personnel in Jeremy Scott, West End Association WHEN Downtown Dallas in the areas of security, crime prevention, and emergency preparedness. Downtown security directors meet on a monthly basis with DPD and DART Police to review security issues, crime trends, and analysis. PUBLIC SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS
Building Owners and Managers Association CBD Crime Task Force Downtown Emergency Response Team Downtown Residents Council DDI established a task force to address crime and drug activity Downtown. Downtown Security Directors Association DPD, DISD, El Centro Police, County Jail, District Attorney, Safety Patrol, and Farmers Market Stakeholders Association Criminal Courts work together to identify career criminals committing violent West End Association offenses Downtown. Criminals are held on high bond, prosecuted, and issued Law Enforcement and Private Security maximum sentences. The impact offender initiative ensures career criminals are North Texas Crime Commission prosecuted (no plea bargains). Safer Dallas Better Dallas VisitDallas 09
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 MAINTENANCE & BEAUTIFICATION DOWNTOWN CLEAN TEAM
A clean, well-maintained, and • The DDI Clean Team performs • Removed on average 252 attractive urban environment is vital litter and graffiti removal and graffiti and/or stickers per to the success of a vibrant, enjoyable a host of other maintenance- month, giving a grand total of Downtown Dallas. related tasks throughout over 2,700 graffiti/stickers Downtown seven days removed for the year. a week. BETWEEN The maintenance and beautification • Supported Homeless of Downtown’s public realm – a core • Removed, on average, 310 Outreach Initiatives. NOW cubic yards of litter per tenet of DDI’s mission – encourages • Hired , month, accumulating over 13 new employees AND including an assistant active usage of public spaces and 3,000 cubic yards of litter WHEN creates a sense of ownership and for the year. manager and manager. pride among Downtown residents, employees, and visitors. 2019 MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE Physical improvements to public Steve Whitcraft, Turner Construction – Chair Josh Pirtle, Crescent Real Estate spaces throughout Downtown are Aarica Mims, Granite Properties Karen Woodard, CoD – Forestry – Trinity Watershed Management also critical in creating a walkable, Abraham Carrillo, Crow Collection of Asian Art Kristoffer Rasmussen, CoD – Public Works – Urban Forestry active neighborhood. Street Adam Arehart, Callison RTLK Laurie Garcia, One Arts Plaza furnishings, landscaping, and trees Adam Soto, Crescent Real Estate Mark Ruibal, Ruibal Plants Amanda Horstman, Stream Realty Ricardo Sinyard, CoD – Code Compliance are essential elements that support Brady Lindem, Star Parking Rob Parks, DART a “sense of place,” sustaining an Brian Watkins, CoD – Public Works – Urban Forestry Shelby Gadol, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum urban environment that is enjoyed Burson Holman, Granite Properties Tommy Medlin, CoD – DPARD by everyone. Charlotte Reichwein, Ruibal Plants Trish Belaire, Granite Properties 10 Gina Whitlock, Downtown Residents Council Dustin Bullard, Downtown Dallas, Inc. Jon Ruff, Spire Realty Laura Tate, Downtown Dallas, Inc. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Parks and Plazas • Completed renovations of the playground, dog run, ACCOMPLISHMENTS and northwest corner of Main Street Garden. • Continued rodent abatement program. & PRIORITIES • Contracted removal and re-powder-coating of table tops at Belo Garden. • Started maintaining Akard Park daily.
Clean Team Volunteer • Updated Clean Team uniforms. Opportunities Landscape • Completed OSHA safety audit for Clean Team and Safety Patrol. DDI hosted clean up days at Main Street Garden, Pegasus • Landscape plans for St. Paul United Methodist • Added two new electric GEM utility vehicles, two 2019 Toyota Plaza and the West End with Church. Tacomas, two replacement sweeper/vacuums, and a new gum volunteers from TracyLocke, • Planted and maintained over 5,000 4” seasonal removal machine to the Clean Team fleet to improve operations. West End Association, and color plants at Dealey Plaza, The Morton H. BETWEEN • Worked to establish Clean Team recruiting and training program. Neiman Marcus. Meyerson Symphony Center, and Downtown • Conducted Clean Team wage study and updated pay rates for medians and planters. NOW new and existing Clean Team members. • Manually watered trees, seasonal color, and AND • Implemented extended Clean Team hours: Monday – Friday, non-irrigated or stressed plant material. 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Saturday & Sunday, 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Sidewalk Enhancements WHEN • Removed girdled hollies and tree grates along • Removed metal fence along Harwood St. across from Pacific Plaza, planted 15 Ervay St. at J. Erik Jonsson Natchez Crepe Myrtles, and added decomposed Central Library. granite to tree wells. • Installed 20 new trash cans • Released RFP for Field, Griffin, and Pearl Street in the West End. Grackle Abatement median renovations. • Pressure washed 3M+ • DDI continued and expanded the Grackle abatement program • Contracted monthly maintenance of landscape at square feet of sidewalks and with Texas Bird Services. In 2019, DDI expanded our coverage Dallas Fire & Rescue Station 18. park space. to include Houston St. to Central Expressway and Wood Street to Woodall Rodgers Freeway. Texas Bird Services continues to patrol Downtown in the evening hours with six technicians dispersing grackles nightly. Tree Management • Held Texas Bird Services demonstration exhibiting grackle • Continued tree management program at Main Street Garden with Bartlett Tree Services. abatement procedures at Belo Garden. 11 • Planted over 40 new trees; removed 12 dead trees and nine stumps prior to new plantings.
• Substantially trimmed over 75 trees. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 MATCHING COMMITTEE GRANT PROGRAM & STAKEHOLDERS
Each year, Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI) awards matching grant funds to projects that enhance the public realm throughout Downtown. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Downtown property owners, building managers, and stakeholders Brian Bergersen, Spectrum Properties – Chair are encouraged to apply for grants – in an amount up to $25,000 Dr. José Adames, El Centro College – that support public safety, pedestrian enhancement, and Zaida Basora, Huitt-Zollars Amanda Buckley, Omniplan appearance projects. Applications are accepted through Doug Curtis, AT&T Performing Arts Center the month of March each year. James Davis, Walter P. Moore BETWEEN Jeannine Jiral, Downtown Residents Council The 2019 application cycle yielded 18 applications, for a total request of Stephen Luik, Crescent Real Estate and West End Association NOW $377,837 in grant funds; DDI allocated $150,000 to the matching grant program Shelbie McDiffett, Architexas AND in 2019. The DDI Capital Improvement Committee met on April 25, 2019, Phil Morley, Armstrong Douglass to review the applications and select award recipients. Tanya Ragan, Farmers Market Neighborhood Association WHEN Katie Uhlenbrock, Mesa Design Group Seven projects were selected to receive a share of Jennifer Wasserman, Hall Arts Hotel the total $150,000 allocation.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 AT&T Performing Arts Center Prothro Lawn First United Methodist Church Streetscape Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum Memorial Rock Garden ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING
DDI aggressively promotes economic development and thoughtful long-term planning. New staff was added to the team in 2019, bringing additional expertise to the field of economic development, planning, and mobility.
DDI provides countless custom market reports – demographics, pedestrian counts, industry reports, BETWEEN and more – to lure business, investment, and activity; and we’re out on “road shows” weekly, presenting to groups large and small to showcase the value of Downtown for business and quality of life. NOW AND WHEN
The ability to attract and retain talent has been key to the success that Downtown continues to enjoy. The vibrancy and quality of life that Downtown’s urban environment offers continues to draw a diverse and distinctive talent pool that drives the impressive growth we have seen over the past year.
This energetic pulse fuels a true 24/7 environment that delivers a rich, walkable environment, amenities that extend beyond the buildings themselves, and an arts and cultural scene beyond anything in the region. Through our continued Much of 2019 was spent gathering data points and information for the newly launched our Economic Development Campaign, Between Now and When. DDI will use the campaign toolkit to strategically economic development efforts, DDI continues to expand its promote Downtown to potential commercial office tenants and development interests. tools and programs to grow our audience and continue to 13 Visit downtowndallasnow.com for more information. #BetweenNowandWhen tell Downtown’s story. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 With over 20 developments totaling $4B in investment currently underway in Downtown, it’s hard to list them all. Below is a partial list of significant projects. For a complete list, BY THE visit downtowndallas.com/business NUMBERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 232 253 Leases 700 Record-Breaking Commercial Price per Square Real Estate 21 Foot at 1900 Pearl Deals Sales 1401 Elm Adolphus Tower AT&T Discovery District AMLI Residential
50K 260K BETWEEN YTD Positive Net New Office Square Footage NOW Absorption Square Footage Currently Under Construction Atelier East Quarter Fountain Place AND WHEN 600K+ RECENTLY COMPLETED Coworking, Accelerator & Incubator Square Footage $380M+ $1.3B Downtown & City Center Downtown & City Center Hall Arts Hotel Trammell Crow Center UNT Dallas College of Law The Luminary TIF Investments Investment Project Value
+7.18% 14 Increase in Taxable Property Value The Drakestone Dallas Holocaust & Sheraton Dallas between 2018 and 2019 Human Rights Museum ANNUAL REPORT 2019 GREAT PLACEMAKING IMPULSE at Main Street Garden
Downtown Yarn Bombing Pride at the Nasher
DDI is committed to creating high- quality urban experiences by activating and programming various public and Pacific Plaza Grand Opening private spaces throughout Downtown, including parks, sidewalks, portions of the right-of-way, and vacant storefronts. Downtown Holiday Market BETWEEN Main Street Garden Day NOW Activations and programming are AND critical to the experience and economic value of Downtown’s public realm, WHEN creating an “element of surprise” and sense of place or identity for a particular area within the City Center. This active public realm produces places in which Downtown Stocking Stroll people enjoy being, establishing Downtown as a vibrant center of activity. Dallas Alley Reimagined – West End
Dallas Arts District Block Party DDI supports and hosts events such as movie nights; arts and craft classes; merchant activation events such as Downtown Bunny Hop, Trick-or-Treat on Downtown Streets, and Downtown Stocking Stroll; public art; and holiday programming featuring Unbranded, our holiday pop-up shop. 15
ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Dia de los Muertos at City Hall Trick-or-Treat on Downtown Streets Smoked at Main Street Garden COMPLETE Downtown Parks DDI continues to play an important role in advocating, supporting, and managing Downtown parks. We permit and provide NEIGHBORHOODS supplemental maintenance for eight Downtown parks, including the newly opened Pacific Plaza. Funded jointly by Parks for Downtown Dallas and the City of Dallas, four new signature parks: Pacific Plaza (now open), West End Square, Harwood Park, and Carpenter Park will all be open by the end of 2024. Through The 360 Plan, Downtown Dallas is envisioned to become a Pacific Plaza provides 3.4 acres of new recreational space in “complete neighborhood,” one in Downtown Dallas, with features including a large pavilion, mature trees, and a playground designed for both adults and children. which everyone can meet their daily needs. A strategic priority for DDI, DDI also celebrated the tenth anniversary of Main Street Garden in building a complete neighborhood 2019. DDI and the City redesigned and expanded the playground BETWEEN will ensure every person has and dog run area. equitable and convenient access NOW Exciting plans were announced to extend Klyde Warren Park by to housing, jobs, parks, stores, and more than an acre, which will include an expanded children’s area AND schools – all located within a short and a state-of-the-art guest experience center for VisitDallas. WHEN distance of each other.
As a complete neighborhood, Downtown Dallas will also preserve its history and promote its culture, creating an exciting, vibrant community enjoyable to all residents, workers, and visitors.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Education One of Downtown’s most important stories of the past year is in the area of education. Our commitment to advancing learning on all levels is critically important to our growing community as proven by our ever-changing demographics.
Downtown is served by more than 30 schools with many award-winning institutions of all levels including Downtown’s first DISD public choice school, CityLab High School. UNT Retail Recruitment recently opened its law school after a multi- DDI has taken a more proactive role in bringing additional retail million-dollar renovation of the Dallas Municipal choices to Downtown. DDI played a significant role in Pegasus Building and DCCCD successfully passed a City Brewery’s recruitment and lease at 1508 Commerce, which is bond program which allocated approximately slated to open in 2020. We also hosted, for the fifth year in a row, $500 million to create a campus Downtown to Unbranded, the holiday pop-up shop, activating a vacant storefront house the Education and Innovation Hub. on Commerce Street, supporting the incubation of almost 40 local BETWEEN merchants. Royal Blue Grocery opened its second Downtown One of our greatest accomplishments in location and a full-service Tom Thumb opened less than .5 mile from NOW 2019 is the announcement and approval for a Downtown. Over 30 restaurants opened in Downtown, and another Downtown elementary school. AND 30+ opened within a 2-mile radius. WHEN In 2017, DDI’s proposal for a new public school in Downtown was selected by DISD, and a temporary lease for the school was approved unanimously by Dallas ISD Trustees. The school will be temporarily located at University of Housing North Texas on Main Street and is slated to be A 360 Plan work group focused on housing issues a PreK3 – 2nd grade (adding one grade per convened in April to identify and discuss specific year) with a Montessori-style curriculum and a issues regarding the City Center housing market. lottery enrollment with weighted preference The work group provided input on items to include to residents and the workforce in Downtown. in a scope of services for a market demand study of Fifty percent of the school’s population will be diversified housing options in Downtown (unit size, reserved for low-income students. type, and tenure).
The school will open in fall of 2020 in the UNT Staff has drafted this scope and will continue to refine System Headquarters at 1901 Main Street, the document with the work group in early 2020 17 directly adjacent to Main Street Garden. before its release to qualified firms. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 URBAN MOBILITY
Scooter Share A robust transportation network Individuals can rent – for a small fee – scooters on a short-term basis exists in Downtown Dallas, to assist in getting around Downtown. The app-based, “dockless” accommodating personal vehicles, systems allow users to select an unused bicycle or scooter and return it to any location (within the service area) upon completion of light rail and commuter trains, a trip. DDI continues to work with the City and scooter operators to streetcars, bicycles and scooters, formulate scooter-specific regulations. and pedestrians efficient travel to, BETWEEN through, and within the City Center. NOW As new technologies emerge and Downtown continues to grow, the Dallas Central Business District Second Light Rail Alignment (D2) AND transportation network will need to To enhance its operability standards and ease congestion along WHEN current routes, DART plans to construct a second light rail alignment adapt in order to allow all residents, (D2) through Downtown as a subway in order to mitigate traffic flow employees, and visitors to efficiently impacts along Downtown streets. DDI continues to provide guidance and effectively move about the area. and feedback on behalf of our stakeholders to ensure the project and its potential impacts are in the best interest of Downtown. The DDI Mobility Committee continues to work with DART staff and the DDI is directly involved with a number City of Dallas to ensure subway station and pedestrian portals are of projects related to transportation designed in accordance to the adopted Urban Transit Guidelines, and mobility. and positively contribute to the urban environment in which they are placed. DDI continues to advocate for additional mobility options within Downtown as we try to lessen the Transportation Planning dependence on single-occupancy DDI continues to lend its voice in transportation-related planning activities to ensure a range of convenient mobility options through Downtown. In 2019, DDI also advanced 360 Plan implementation through guidance of I-30 and I-345 18 vehicles. corridor planning, stewarding of current and new micro-mobility options, and through advancement of High-Speed Rail station planning and visioning of a new consolidated Multimodal Transit Center to serve the greater Downtown geography. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Bike Harwood DDI, the City of Dallas, and Better Block partnered Mobility Committee together to bring improved bicycle infrastructure In 2019, DDI’s Mobility Committee continued to along Harwood Street through Downtown, from provide DDI staff with strategic and technical expertise Main Street to the Dallas Heritage Village. Known regarding all transportation-related issues in Downtown as Bike Harwood, this pilot project will provide Dallas, including transit, mobility solutions, and separated bicycle lanes, additional on-street parking mobility-related urban design. spaces, and new crosswalks to the street, creating a safe, efficient thoroughfare for those travelling on bicycles, scooters, or other personal mobility 2019 MOBILITY COMMITTEE devices in the City Center. In addition to the bicycle Allan Zreet, Jacobs – Chair lanes, the partners will also be installing vertical Zaida Basora, Huitt-Zollars delineators and other decorative devices to further Molly Carroll, City of Dallas separate cars and vehicles from the bicyclists using Peer Chacko, City of Dallas the new facilities. Arturo del Castillo, City of Dallas Mitch Gatewood, Downtown Residents Council Larry Good, GFF Jim Harris, Thompson & Knight BETWEEN Kristina K. Hart, Dallas Arts District NOW Jon Hetzel, Deep Ellum Foundation Burson Holman, Granite Properties AND Stephanie Hudiburg, Deep Ellum Foundation Steve Hulsey, Corgan WHEN Lance Josal, Callison RTKL Patrick Kennedy, Space Between Design Studio Jim Knight, Stantec Ramsey March, Stream Realty Craig Melde, Architexas Ben Reavis, Oglesby Greene Michael Rogers, City of Dallas I-30 Redesign and I-345 Feasibility Studies Scott Rohrman, 42 Real Estate DDI plays a large role working with TxDOT, stakeholders, and the City to minimize Steve Salin, DART perceived and real impacts of infrastructure that surrounds Downtown. The DDI Mobility Arthur Santa-Maria, Hoque Global Committee has also created a set of “guiding principles” to which TxDOT is encouraged Jerry Smiley, AECOM to adhere during the formal redesign process of the I-30 corridor, in an effort to minimize Kristian Teleki, Matthews Southwest the project’s impacts in Downtown Dallas. As TxDOT and the Coalition for a New Dallas are Bryan Tony, The Real Estate Council conducting studies to look at the redesign and reconstruction of I-345, DDI continues to Jonathan Vinson, Jackson Walker work to make sure that any future plans are consistent with the vision that our stakeholders Lily Weiss, Dallas Arts District 19 laid out in The 360 Plan, which is enhancing neighborhood connectivity. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS LIKES & FOLLOWS ARE UP & COMMUNICATIONS @DtownDallasInc 45K+ 14%
DDI strives to keep Downtown friends and stakeholders informed of breaking news, development plans, and special events through @DtownDallasInc various communication channels, including social media, newsletters, blogs, websites, media relations, special publications, and printed collateral. 86K+ 1% BETWEEN @downtown_dallas NOW AND 107K+ 30% WHEN
Downtown Dallas, Inc. 15K+ 1.6K+ 15% 2019 Events Calendar Visitors
DDI’s online user-friendly and comprehensive events calendar, events.downtowndallas.com, powered by Do214, continues to be successful. 20 Traffic for the site has increased from 4,601 visitors in 2018 to 15,854 visitors in 2019, an increase of 245%. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Special Publications, Media Relations Advertising & Collateral DDI and many of its members and stakeholders received significant positive coverage in In addition to our continued advertising 2019 from our friends in the media. We continue to make it a priority to grow existing and partnerships with many local outlets, we cultivate new relationships with the many media outlets covering Downtown. keep our audience up-to-date on DDI and Downtown through various collateral pieces Downtown Dallas Tower Sale is and a special insert with the Dallas Business Historic Dallas Neighborhood Being Reborn New Record Texas Building Buy Journal. We also kept our Downtown Dallas, with Giant Adult Swings and Iconic Arches The Dallas Morning News Inc. specially-wrapped E-frogs running. PaperCity
Uber Wants to Fast-Forward to ‘Cities of the Future,’ Starting in Dallas The Dallas Morning News
What the Redevelopment of Downtown’s Around Downtown Last Vacant Building Means for Downtown A bi-monthly newsletter highlighting upcoming events D Magazine BETWEEN and the hottest new openings We’re Not Stopping: Dallas Opens NOW in the greater Downtown area, New Downtown Park to the Public AND as defined by The 360 Plan. AT&T’s Downtown Dallas District Will The Dallas Morning News Draw Thousands with Entertainment, WHEN Downtown Monthly A monthly newsletter that Eats, and Digital Displays Vacant Downtown Tower to keeps subscribers up-to-date The Dallas Morning News Get $450 Million Redo on news and announcements D Magazine about topics like economic development, key policy New 17-story High-Rise Coming to Dallas’ East changes, member news, Quarter Development on the Edge of Downtown and upcoming events. The Dallas Morning News Dallas ISD Approves Montessori Elementary School in Downtown Downtown Dallas Holiday Pop-Up Helps Dallas Business Journal Local Entrepreneurs, Artists Start Their Own Uptown’s Tom Thumb Adapts its Suburban 1.7K $170K Businesses 21 Big Box with Amenities for Urban Dwellers Positive Media Mentions Media Value WBAP The Dallas Morning News ANNUAL REPORT 2019 MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Board Member Lunch at Mirador
Downtown Dallas, Inc. members have exclusive access to DDI professional staff with expertise in marketing, real estate development, Downtown operations management, public BETWEEN policy, advocacy, and city planning. NOW Member programming includes AND educational forums, fundraising WHEN events, and networking opportunities.
Annual Meeting & Luncheon Commercial Real Estate Roundtable Dues are invested in the continued, unprecedented growth and success of Downtown Dallas.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Main Street Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony Exclusive UNT School of Law Hard Hat Tour Member Happy Hour at Bullion FOUNDATION & BOARD MEMBERS
DDI FOUNDATION 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Downtown Dallas, Inc. OFFICERS Foundation (DDIF) was created in Larry Good, GFF – Chair 2018 to support the Downtown Randy Robason – Secretary/Treasurer Dallas, Inc. mission through specific Kourtny Garrett – President & CEO and finite charitable projects, Amy Tharp – Chief Operation Officer BETWEEN contributions, fundraising activities, DIRECTORS and public-private partnerships Jeny Bania, Headington Companies, LLC NOW that promote sound and effective Melanie Ferguson, Matthews Southwest AND civic and community development Charles Glover, The Meadows Foundation WHEN and redevelopment in and around Cris Jordan, Real Estate Consultant Downtown Dallas. Suzan Kedron, Jackson Walker L.L.P. Amy Lewis Hofland, Crow Museum of Asian Art The DDIF engages in projects and Kyla Porter, Pink Toes Nail Bar initiatives that help make Downtown Angela Ross, AT&T and surrounding neighborhoods a Jon Ruff, Spire Realty Group more vibrant and livable place for Miguel Solis, Coalition for a New Dallas workers, residents, and visitors by Lily Weiss, Dallas Arts District promoting the development of parks and open spaces, diverse cultural and recreational resources and amenities, The DDIF’s first initiative is a pledge of and a comprehensive commercial $300,000 to the future West End Square, and service core. one of the three new signature parks, for a 23 water feature. ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Downtown Dallas, Inc. 901 Main Street, Suite 7100 Dallas, TX 75202 214.744.1270
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