What Will Bring Downtown Dallas Back?
Downtown Dallas, Inc. President and CEO Kourtny Garrett says the City Center as we remember it never left. Here’s why.
By
Kourtny Garrett
May 4, 2021
1:30 pm
Kourtny Garrett
It is a question grounded in the assumption that the pandemic would halt decades of dedicated work to reinvest in downtown Dallas. That steady foundation includes $11 billion of investment over the past 20 years, public-private partnerships that have brought more than 40 vacant buildings back to life, and a rise in residents from just a few hundred to more than 12,000 today.
For those who never really left downtown, key indicators tell us that downtown Dallas is better positioned than any other market in the country to emerge stronger. Consider that not a single major Downtown project was derailed by the events of 2020. That is not the case in other markets. Among the major projects to advance or come online while most of Dallas was working from home: