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TxDOT is working on its *first ever* statewide walk/bike plan.

This is huge. Support the Statewide Active Transportation Plan now:

🚶🏼‍♀️Take the short survey (deadline: 7/13)
🚲 Attend the in-person meeting @ Fiesta Gardens (7/8, 4:30pm)

Survey/event info: burnsmcd.mysocialpinpoint.com/txdot-statew...

A photo of the newly built CentrePort Trail, connecting the CentrePort/DFW Airport ail station with the River Legacy East Trail. Concrete surface typical for the area.

A CyclOSM map showing the length of the trail, and connections on either end. Trail length: 1.5km.

NCTCOG map of this section of the DFW Discovery Trail, showing funding status and estimated construction dates for several missing segments.

Phase I of CentrePort Trail is done. A short, but key connector between the CentrePort/DFW Airport #TRE station and River Legacy trails in #ArlingtonTX. Now you can get to River Legacy Park by train!

#NCTCOG shows an extension planned for construction in '26–27 […]

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Phase II, whose design will be complete in the fall of 2026, will demolish the Arena in early 2027 and expand the convention center’s footprint to the north towards 9th street with more meeting and ballroom space. Construction on the entire complex is expected to be complete before 2030.

The re-oriented annex and loading docks will allow Commerce Street to be straightened out, opening new property for potential high-rise hotel development to complement the center. Commerce is expected to reopen in November this year.

Phase 1 of the Fort Worth Convention Center, encompassing renovated loading docks and a new southeast entrance, is expected to be completed by December 2025. On the interior, a new kitchen and tasting room opened in May. Funding for the $95M project comes from ARPA and Culture and Tourism Fund.

Led by #OpalLee, the museum is fundraising for construction and is currently anticipated to open in 2028.

Inside, the museum will contain 10,000 square feet of gallery space, a 250-seat theater, black box theater space, a business incubator/co-working space, and a food hall highlighting culturally diverse cuisine.

The central courtyard of the structure is in the shape of 12-point a #NovaStar, a symbol of Juneteenth representing new beginnings. The shape of the street-facing facades and mass timber roofline are inspired by the gabled roof homes surrounding the institution.

Led by renowned global architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group with KAI Enterprises serving as the executive architect, the museum’s design thoughtfully incorporates elements and symbolism from the #Juneteenth holiday and museum’s setting of the Historic Southside neighborhood.

The upcoming National Juneteenth Museum is set to join the list of #FortWorth’s greatest architectural icons.

USL Fort Worth

Additionally, a website registered earlier this year, www.uslfw.com, teases Fort Worth as a new home of professional soccer, stating “The USL Championship and USL Super League are on their way to Panther City, bringing both top-tier men’s and women’s teams.”

Stay tuned.

What we do know: The City approved a new Westside TIF last week, which earmarks $55 million in funding for stadium improvements and the opportunity to support roughly $350 million in new adjacent development.

What we don’t know: The source, age or validity of these renderings. To date, no permit filings have been made and no public record indicating solidified plans have been found.

Renderings depicting a significant renovation of Farrington Field and development on surrounding property were found by @EwanMatuas27997 and shared by thirddegreenet on X, sourced from a now-deleted YouTube video. However, much remains unknown.

City Council is expected to vote on the agreement next week.

Planned to be built in four phases over the next decade, the development would create a walkable, mixed-use community with a minimum of 870,000 square feet of high-end office space, 229,000 square feet of retail, 1,050 multifamily units, and a hotel with at least 150 rooms.

The project site includes the former FWISD Administration Building property and the current Autobahn auto dealerships, which plan to relocate to the Chisholm Trail Parkway and Oakmont Boulevard area.

Today, City of Fort Worth City Council received a briefing from City of Fort Worth Economic Development staff on a proposed incentive agreement with Larkspur Capital LP for a $1.7 billion development along White Settlement Road and University Drive.

The renovation includes new ADA accessible entries, a mezzanine, light wells, rooftop amenity decks, and outdoor spaces landscaped with reclaimed materials. U.S. Energy Development Corporation has been announced as one of the project’s lead tenants.

The Armour Building, formerly known as the Serum Albumin Building, is the last remaining remnant of the Armour Plant. Fort Worth-based architect Bennett Partners led the design for the transformation of the 50,000-square-foot, three-story mid-century building into modern office space.

Do you know how lease-up has gone?

Phase one of Crescent Fort Worth opened in 2023 and 2024, delivering 169 luxury residences, the 200-room Crescent Hotel, and 168,000 square feet of Class A office space.

Developed by Crescent Real Estate LLC, designed by GFF, and built by The Beck Group, the $70.5 million project will feature shell restaurant space on the ground floor and a parking garage with three underground levels and two above.

A tower crane is now in place for the second office building in Crescent Real Estate’s Fort Worth Cultural District development. The new eight-story, 171,500-square-foot mid-rise will rise on a one-acre site along West 7th Street, between Boland Street and Van Cliburn Way. #FortWorth

A $7.5 million addition to the Plaza Parking Garage will add nearly 300 spaces on land that is currently surface parking. The garage will now occupy the entirety of the block. The garage expansion was designed by Bennett Partners and is being built by Muckleroy & Falls.

Renovations to the first four floors of office space at the 350 W. Belknap Building will update office space with upgrades including three new elevators, upgraded HVAC, plumbing, sprinklers and electric systems along with fixes to exterior masonry and new curtain wall sections.

A new $7,735,000 elevator addition to the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center on the Lamar Street side of the building will add four new secure elevators, enhancing vertical circulation of the facility, which hosts nearly 600 employees and has as many as 1,000 daily visitors.

Three renovation/addition projects are underway on three #TarrantCounty facilities in #DowntownFortWorth.

Now.Town - Fort Worth Hits a Million A closer look at Fort Worth's exploding population

Among the U.S.'s largest cities (minimum 500,000 residents), none grew more than Fort Worth’s 8.38% growth from 2020 to 2024. That makes Fort Worth the fastest-growing large city in America in that span.

Read more: 2ly.link/27MHE

Worded another way, when DART's light rail system broke ground in 1990, Dallas' population was 1,007,000. Fort Worth is now larger than that.