West Dallas’ Trinity Groves shifts gears with plans for offices and restaurant reboot – The Dallas Morning News

West Dallas most successful development Trinity Groves is heading in a new direction with plans for two large office buildings.

Seven years after the mixed-use development kicked off along Singleton Boulevard, the owners are working to expand. The tallest of the new buildings would be about 30 floors and would sit on the banks of the Trinity River across from downtown.

Its the crown jewel in our master plan, said Jim Reynolds, senior vice president and development partner with Trinity Groves. We started this process over a year ago. We need to provide that office use to continue to build our community in Trinity Groves.

The first building will go up at Herbert Street and Singleton Boulevard, Reynolds said.

We are programing that to be Dallas first mass timber building, Reynolds said. Its a mid-rise office building a creative-type office building. Right now, its programmed at eight stories. It would be for the smaller office tenants looking for space. There isnt anyplace to put them in West Dallas right now.

The Trinity Groves developers will need zoning changes for each of the office projects. Both zoning cases are scheduled to be heard by the citys plan commission in January.

The second building a proposed 400-foot-tall skyscraper at Singleton and Canada Drive is aimed at a major corporate tenant, Reynolds said. The almost 4-acre development site is near the foot of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge and adjacent to the Trinity Groves restaurant center.

Its what we call the gateway site, he said. One of the reasons the height is so important is its Dallas opportunity to provide this big corporate relocation site here. It has unobstructed views to the river and downtown. For a big corporation to put their name on that building is really special.

Reynolds said Trinity Groves owners have worked for more than a year with the neighborhood to come up with the development plan for the tower.

The project includes construction of a West Dallas Veterans Tribute plaza and event space on the site. The developers are also committing to provide social programs for residents of the adjoining area.

We will not bring a zoning case we dont have neighborhood support for, Reynolds said. We worked out a plan which was acceptable to them. It has a long-term commitment with things like job training programs and senior services and mentorship programs.

Trinity Groves also is continuing with planned changes at its anchor restaurant campus on Singleton, moving away from the original business incubator program.

We are ready to get going to open up some new concepts, Reynolds said. We just broke ground on our new beer garden. Well have that open in the spring. Youll be able to sit in that garden and enjoy food from all the Trinity Grove restaurants.

The expanded outdoor space will be a plus with the pandemic.

Weve been thinking about this for years, Reynolds said. COVID was the excuse we needed to kick it off.

Trinity Groves developers are also planning a small hotel on Singleton and Amonette Street.

The Trinity Groves partnership, founded by investors Phil Romano, Stuart Fitts and Larry Butch McGregor, owns dozens of properties for future development in the area between Singleton and Fort Worth Avenue. They have long-range plans for more residential and commercial construction on the sites.

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