11-Appendix C-City of Fort Worth Vision Statement.pdf

MARCH 5, 2026

City Stakeholder Vision Statement

Commerce Street Development:

Stakeholder Engagement Summary

Con-Real

March 5, 2026

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Over the course of 14 stakeholder meetings the City of Fort Worth, in partnership with Con-Real and various community leaders, business stakeholders, and institutional partners, engaged in robust discussions to envision the future of the Commerce Street Development. These meetings were held during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2025. This summary highlights the shared aspirations, key priorities, and constructive insights gathered from those conversations. The city and Con- Real deeply value the input received and we are committed to integrating stakeholder perspectives into the planning and development process.

Introduction

Several Images Contained in this Document are Conceptual Only and Not Intended to Reflect Actual Design Intent.

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Con-Real Leadership Team Structure

Gerald Alley Project Executive

Jeff Williams Co-Team Lead

Phillip Eubanks Program Logistics

Ron Price Hotel Consultant

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Looking Ahead

As the City of Fort Worth continues its planning efforts, this collective input derived from the stakeholder meetings forms the cornerstone of the Commerce Street Development strategy.

The city and Con-Real are grateful for the deep engagement, thoughtful recommendations, and shared excitement for the future.

Together, we are shaping a Downtown that works for everyone.

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A Hotel That Reflects Our Ambitions

High-quality, convention-oriented hotel with 600 to 800 rooms.

The hotel should include substantial meeting space, be walkable, pedestrian-friendly, and act as an economic anchor.

Preferences leaned toward nationally recognized upscale brands with strong sales capabilities to boost tourism and attract events.

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Fort Worth Texas in the heart of the Nation directly connected to DFW International Airport, arguably the best airport in the United States.

Development site is 4 acres of new land in Downtown area.

Adjacent to the newly expanded Fort Worth Convention Center and existing Omni Hotel.

Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance freight. airport is a source of hotel customers.

Adjacent to the new A&M campus (including a major research component) and an existing University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) facility.

A Texas experience at the Stockyards that has global appeal.

One of the best museum districts anywhere in close proximity.

Dickies Arena - award winning arena that has been chosen as the best arena in the Nation in close proximity.

World Class Location

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Incredible Opportunity Stakeholders described this as a 'legacy project' and an 'incredible opportunity to grow Downtown.’

'This is the perfect project because it adds a factor of intellectual information.

Bringing academics into the city will be beneficial with longer hotel stays.’

Others emphasized the need for excitement and vision, noting, 'We are here to find common denominators among stakeholders and put together an RFP that stirs up interest among top developers.'

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A Unified Vision for Downtown

We have a Unified Vision for Downtown.

A vibrant, mixed-use convention district that reflects Fort Worth’s distinctive character.

Leverage major institutional anchors such as

Texas A&M and the University of Texas.

Strong interest in combining hospitality, education, residential, retail, green space, and transit access into a cohesive and future-ready development.

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Hotel Site

New Headquarters Hotel Site

Parcel Ownership

Opportunity on Calhoun Street and Surrounding Areas.

Hotel Site

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Vision of Future Development on Commerce Street and Calhoun Street

Hotel Site has activity on two major streets.

Calhoun will make this a two great sided development.

Commerce Street

Calhoun Street

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Your Voice, Our Plan

Throughout all 14 meetings, the Stakeholders emphasized the importance of:

Stakeholders gave input but also want to encourage the imagination of the developers to create an iconic development.

Supporting local business and vibrant nightlife.

Incorporating more green spaces and active parks.

Avoiding overdevelopment of limited-service hotels.

Ensuring safety and cleanliness, especially for Downtown residents.

Designing a district that reflects both modern innovation and Fort Worth’s unique heritage.

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A Sense of Place

Create a destination development that will be a very special place that will attract people.

Tell the story of Fort Worth’s long history of innovation such as Lockheed, Bell Helicopter, Alcon and other great companies.

Mixed use development surrounding the hotel must greatly enhance the hotel experience and create a special walkable destination.

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Designing With Fort Worth in Mind

Architecture that engages the street and invites interaction.

Citizens want activated sidewalks, welcoming retail, dining experiences, and green spaces that provide beauty and utility.

Suggestions included rooftop gardens, outdoor event venues, and the thoughtful use of lighting to enhance nighttime activity.

Large footprint areas for parking and ballrooms must think about the air space above these functions as being valuable to activate.

Shade coverage is critical for walking and gathering areas during summer seasons.

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Harnessing the Power of Education

The development of Texas A&M and presence of University of Texas creates a powerful opportunity to build a higher education and innovation hub.

Immense value in aligning private-sector offices, research facilities, and student-focused housing to ensure sustainability, synergy, and long-term growth.

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Texas A&M development envisions a major transformation along Calhoun St. that will create a vibrant pedestrian engaging activated corridor leading into their new campus.

A&M Calhoun St. Vision

Hotel Site

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Speed of A&M building development and building openings is exceptional.

Active first floor and strong desire to put education and research on display for the public.

Research will attract businesses.

A&M’s commitment to work with the city on activating the area.

Education on Display

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ASU

Reference Point

Ron Price observed, 'ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus has made such a difference for the city.’

Similarly, stakeholders believe that A&M and UT can transform Fort Worth into a center of innovation and continuous learning.

‘There are companies interested in office spaces in close-proximity to the campus.

'Universities are more sustainable and less volatile than business. They bring continuity and a constant learning environment.'

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Connected to the Region Easy access to Trinity Metro, the Fort Worth Central Station, and direct rail access to DFW Airport was highlighted as a critical success factor.

Trinity Express Rail (TRE) connects Dallas to Downtown Fort Worth.

Stakeholders envision a walkable district enhanced by transit-oriented development, minimizing reliance on vehicles and maximizing mobility and access.

Trinity Metro is tied to local bus routes and moving forward with innovative transportation solutions to provide direct access to the world class Stockyards and other high profile desirable destinations.

Concept for Future Highspeed Rail Station

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Train stations in every major city are a gathering place and Fort Worth should lean into this concept.

The new Fort Worth Train Station needs to elevate the innovation district and incentivize high quality development projects. The station should be a mixed-use development not only serving transit riders, but as a destination unto itself.

While the scale of the future Fort Worth Train Station will be relatively small, the aspirational examples of: Denver Union Station, New York’s Moynihan Station and Salesforce Transit Center, San Francisco should be studied.

(images of these examples are shown above for inspiration)

Train Station Location

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Anticipate Future Public Transportation

Public transportation is viewed as a unique strength in Downtown Fort Worth. 'This hotel will be adjacent from a train station with access to the fourth busiest airport in the world.’

Others emphasized the $2.50 ride to DFW as a major competitive advantage.

'We’ve reached out to the hotel community and had meetings about how to activate the TRE.’

The station’s proximity was seen as a huge advantage for both business and leisure travelers.

Zoox Autonomous Vehicle

Highspeed Rail eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft)

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A Destination

Participants agreed that this hotel should not just serve convention needs but become a landmark destination in itself.

'Not another Omni but at least of that quality—600–800 rooms with substantial meeting space.’ The hotel should be 'self-sufficient' and have strong reservations and sales support similar to the Omni's national reach.

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Sidewalk Activation There was consensus on the importance of vibrant, pedestrian-friendly design with emphasis on walkability.

'Don’t turn your back on the sidewalk—plenty of activity with a rhythm that draws people along the street like Sundance.’

'Currently there is no energy on the street—four city blocks have no activity, creating a dead zone.' Suggestions included pop-up events, wide sidewalks with bistro tables, and programmable green spaces.

Make this a very attractive area, one that lends itself to walking, create shaded spaces and walks—could be a promenade.’

No sky bridges! Make the streets inviting and lively with a rhythm of shops, restaurants and other amenities that pull people down Commerce and Calhoun Streets, avoid ‘peakiness’ and keep a steady flow of pedestrian foot track throughout the day and evening.

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Visitor Experience

Museum of Modern Art Sundance Square The Stock Yards

Stakeholders were clear about their priorities: 'There needs to be more entertainment and nightlife. Convention groups spend less on group dinners and now let people explore cities on their own.' The need for more green space was echoed: There was broad agreement that development should bring energy, beauty, and vibrancy to the area while respecting Fort Worth’s identity and enhance existing attractions including The Stock Yards, Sundance Square and the Museum District.

The city and stakeholders also want to enhance the Water Gardens and General Worth Plaza.

Stakeholders and the city recognize the value of these public spaces that are at each end of the Convention Center providing passive recreation and beauty to the area.

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20 BIG IDEAS (1-5)

1.

Transform

Commerce Street into a Mixed-Use

District Convert underutilized Downtown blocks into vibrant spaces combining hotel, residential, office, retail, and green space.

2.

Build a New

Convention Hotel

Proposed hotel with 600–1000 rooms, substantial meeting space, and pedestrian-friendly design.

3.

Attract Top-Tier

Developers

Use a competitive RFP process to draw national-level developers with vision and creativity.

4.

Leverage Texas

A&M’s Downtown Expansion

A&M’s significant investment is seen as an anchor for innovation, education, and consistent Downtown activity.

5.

Increase

Downtown Residential Density

High-rise and mixed-use residential projects are key to sustaining retail, safety, and economic vibrancy.

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20 BIG IDEAS (6-10)

6. Activate Street-Level

Frontage

Avoid blank walls and "dead zones."

Encourage retail, dining, and transparent façades at the pedestrian level.

7. Revitalize Water Gardens and

General Worth Square

These spaces are critical to bringing in greenery, community events, and visual appeal.

8. Define a District Identity

Stakeholders propose naming the area (e.g., Innovation District or

Convention District) to build a unique brand.

9. Collaborate with City to Create a

Public Realm

Partnerships will be essential to aligning private development with city goals, make truly public space/ supports gathering Space.

10. Embrace an Innovation Theme Over

Western Nostalgia

Unlike the Stockyards, this area should look forward with an innovation-oriented aesthetic and purpose.

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20 BIG IDEAS (11-15)

•Better pedestrian access to Fort Worth Central Station, potential future rail extensions, and walkability.

11. Enhance Transit Connections

•Stakeholders stress integrating housing, offices, restaurants, and entertainment within walkable blocks.

12. Design for a “Live, Work, Play” Ecosystem

•Consider how a new hotel can coexist with the proposed Omni expansion while adding unique value.

13. Complement the Omni Hotel

•Highlighted need for live music venues, bars, and late-night destinations near the hotel and convention areas.

14. Add Nightlife and Entertainment

•Opportunities for student housing, classroom space, or partnerships with UT and A&M are emphasized.

15. Include Higher Education in Long-Term Planning

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20 BIG IDEAS (16-20)

16.

Adaptive Reuse and Infill Development

Vacant or older buildings should be reused or redeveloped for residential or commercial purposes.

17.

Build Iconic Architecture

The desire for a “statement” building or skyline-enhancing feature was mentioned repeatedly.

18.

Focus on Curated Retail and Dining

Avoid generic retail; attract unique tenants and create themed or local experiences.

19.

Monitor Hotel

Room Inventory

Concerns about too many 200-room hotels saturating the market and undercutting convention-focused lodging.

20.

Balance

Affordability and Luxury

Develop a mix of affordable and luxury housing, office space, and hospitality to ensure inclusivity and economic strength.

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RFP Process 'The RFP will embody the city vision but not limit the creativity and imagination of the developers.’ The goal is to select the optimal development partner for the city to bring these transformative visions, captured in this document, into reality.

The process moving forward will focus on integrating the community’s vision into actionable plans that attract world-class development while remaining rooted in what makes Fort Worth unique.

The objective of this effort is building a headquarters hotel including mixed use development that becomes a catalyst for transforming Southern Downtown Fort Worth into a dense, walkable innovation district that will shape not just the next five years—but the next fifty.

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Quotes:

Con-Real listened during our meetings with stakeholders and captured the essence of the City’s message in a series of direct quotes, presented on the next pages, organized into three broad categories:

Motivation Ideation & Vision

A Community of Support

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Class A office space would be attractive to companies moving into Downtown.

Business community and Downtown leadership see empty blocks that have real activations planned for them and people are excited about that.

There is lots of support from the city increasing the occupancy tax that allowed project to move forward.

Omni bought land and is committed to build the hotel.

Need nightlife around hotel. Poised for some Honky Tonk with live music venues.

John Goff called the area “spooky town”.

Salsa dancing lesson in Sundance Square on Facebook page. The square was full of people.

We don’t need more steak houses.

The Water Gardens a nice place to walk, but it needs some help.

Redesigning Worth Square as an outdoor extension of the Convention Center.

Downtown residential 11,000 units now growing at 17%, attracting 1,000 residential units more in the pipeline.

Security will be important not just cops but people on the street.

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A lot of things to do to make more connections to the street that currently are sub optimal.

Twinkle lights in the trees at corners at night, cross walks making it more hospitable.

Sundance can come back with a vengeance.

We want more residential, but we don’t want to completely consume Downtown with residential Also looking at stability of tax base skewed toward residential vs commercial.

Making it a thriving environment for the community at all hours takes employees, residents, retail and a thriving hospitality scene.

Currently things go silent at 5 o’clock, I think that’s about to change.

South end of Downtown I could not understand why there were no restaurants there.

The 1970s and 1980s Soviet era buildings on this end of town are not inviting.

Covid did a number on Downtown Fort Worth and Downtown has not fully recovered to what it was.

All the activity pre-covid was on the North end of Downtown.

Our Downtown is not attractive; our streetscape is dull.

No grocery stores.

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The Water Gardens does not feel like a gathering place you walk through and then you leave.

People think we have a huge homeless problem, but we have a small problem. When the number of people increases, the perception goes down.

Our museums are phenomenal, if we could get people a mini mass transit. We make it hard on our visitors.

When driving into Downtown Dallas, I’m always impressed with the activation capabilities of the Omni and always impressed with the ball.

Nobody is taking people to the Southeast quadrant of Downtown Fort Worth.

A&M does not want to be in the real estate business.

President of Alcon said “I’d like to move our software engineering to Fort Worth but can’t get the 20 to 30 something bright folks to move there in the Miller brewery”.

A&M wants Alcon to be close to us (A&M).

Transit is a challenge. We have lots of challenges in terms of connecting different parts of the city with high quality service that attracts people out of their cars.

I will say the thing that divides Central Station, and all of our hotels are sad cement parking lots.

I'm thinking about the World Cup, can you think about trudging through parking lots when you arrive for your World Cup experience, and it's in June or July in Texas, you're going to bake.

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Class A office space would be attractive to companies moving into Downtown.

Residential towers would be still an attraction for people to move Downtown. Quality of place restaurants and retail on first floor.

Preservation and restoration of Water Gardens is important.

Naming the area will give identity and these nuances are important.

Which way new hotel faces; seems like a suggestion is east side facing on Calhoun Street and A&M buildings.

Alternative revenue streams beyond the hotel.

Not that many Hilton products in Downtown Fort Worth.

Not a lot of Convention Centers with green spaces on both ends Fort Worth is very unique.

Fort Worth has Nashville like DNA.

The neighborhood needs to be defined.

Concerned about the 200-room hotels, we have so much inventory.

Amazing how much business universities generate.

Arlington created a district around the sports teams.

We have the bones of a district here but not an actual district yet. Respecting the pedestrian character of Downtown and energy is the first thing on the list.

Ideation

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The city encourages sidewalk development.

Respecting the street circulation is important, street trees, putting people on the street with wide sidewalks.

The Sundance recipe for success (customer base):

• The day tripper from other parts of Texas

• Downtown residents (13k) and local residents

• The office worker

• The tourist

Try for three out of four and we can add two more:

• People that ride the train

• Students and A&M Visitors

Get at least three out of these 6 groups.

One of the advantages that this area will have is that a lot of parking will be built that will be empty at night.

City moving forward with Convention Center and Texas A&M combined is a game changer.

Trying to maximize value per square foot and lift broader market. Strong cases for them to develop vertically.

Make sure we do not create an Uptown to our Downtown.

Despite doom and gloom in the office market there is a flight to quality.

Trying to strike the right balance between the top of the market higher end, high rise projects for Downtown for the value they produce and support young professionals.

Connection between Omni and Convention Center purposely kept people on the street not in tunnels or sky bridges.

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How do we develop that site in a smart way that also leverages infrastructure that we need to support A&M.

Having a porous first level with street engagement is important.

Hotel with a lot of uses so that the hotel can support itself.

Texas Live was a catalyst that brought Lowes to Arlington, before that we could not get a luxury hotel in Arlington.

Public events does a good job of keeping events at the Convention Center 95%- 98% booked here.

when grinding through the permitting it really helped with someone on the inside saying, “have you thought about this have you talked to that person”.

The site is going to have to accommodate 2,000 parking spaces.

Adamant about getting people on the street level. The design is going to be heavy on shade and protection from the rain.

Excited to be a part of this ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to transform the largest fastest growing city in the Country.

Two game changing projects going on Downtown across from each other. Convention Center should be finishing phase 1 by the first quarter of 2026 by then the A&M campus building should be up and running.

Sometimes things move slowly but this A&M project is moving exceptionally fast.

A&M is here to provide education and meet the needs of all Texans. Coming into Downtown gives us the opportunity to do that.

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Parking above and below ground level. More expensive but is that a value proposition for the premium for sense of place.

Come to the narrative that we know we need a lot of transportation solutions in this area if we want to make sure it is a walkable place.

Pushing hotel to the North end of site.

Would be fabulous to have restaurants that were more affordable for families.

All the delis in New York we don’t have those here, but should we?

It’s a three-legged stool, its residents, folks that work Downtown, and visitors.

Really excited about the synergy with Lockheed and Bell Helicopter.

A&M bringing learning back into the public domain Not just building an academic tower.

I love the Water Gardens.

We saw Sundance thrive without A&M and now we add that generator here and it’s a new day.

Many people stay Downtown because they want to go to the Stock Yards. How do we bridge that gap besides the Orange Bus.

Study indicated that we needed to add 3,500 parking spaces Downtown.

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Fort Worth Ethos “Hard Work, Determination and Grit” don’t wait for the calvary. Western life is “work hard get things done”. Try and capture that history. Use key words and keep it authentic.

Most universities try and keep research close to the vest, but A&M is going to do a store front featuring their research.

We don’t want to see old-style development it must speak to innovation or forward thinking.

Gondola’s other cities use these in their Downtown area.

It's certainly exciting to watch all the development come together. I can't wait for the Convention Center to get done and to be able to host all kinds of wonderful conventions and have visitors coming in even more and supported by these new hotels and spur even further development.

Food service is definitely on the wish list. There isn’t really much in the way of restaurants that are within walking distance so that you can grab a quick lunch or have a dinner.

The simple, mid-price point lower restaurant piece is a missing component of that area of Downtown right now.

Lockheed Martin is a primary user of UT. Their employees are primary users of our engineering programs.

UT loves being so close to the train station. It's a convenient access point, but the vast majority of our students are not using transit to get to our location, which is kind of interesting in and of itself that they're parking in parking garages Downtown.

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A&M is a land grant University, and they take that part of their mission seriously.

Synergy in areas like hypersonics, A&M is a research leader but so is Lockheed.

John Goff said, “he had never seen an easier development opportunity than in this area”.

We are not competing with Sundance Square.

A&M is educating future engineers, lawyers and doctors that don’t have a lot of money now but will soon.

There is no reason why we can’t be the Kendall Square with biotech, plus aerospace, plus energy in 20-30 years.

Silicon Valley was a combination of a couple of universities, a couple of established companies, (National Semiconductor) and a bunch of kids sitting in their garages. We’ve got all of that, there’s none of that we don’t have.

There was a kid who wanted to understand computers and got on a plane to visit Fort Worth to visit Tandy/ Radio Shack. Who was that kid? Bill Gates. Same thing with fracking. We have that in our DNA but I’m not sure it is active right now.

Tarrant County is the destination between Orlando and Vegas.

You can change the trajectory of an entire population and destination with these types of conversations and lean into what Texas A&M is doing and everything else.

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A&M 100,000 square feet today will be 200,000 square feet to 300,000 square feet in three years’ time.

Albert Einstein used to say, “if we knew where this was going, we wouldn’t call it research”. A&M is going to get there but not in 6 months or in a year.

The day they tore down the annex I took a picture, and it showed that we are now connected to Downtown.

There are places where they created a Downtown location; 2,000 sf was front office for the thirty companies that operated in that city.

“I calculated that I saved $417 because I was able to take the train into Fort Worth, not get a rental car, not have to worry about parking”.

Visiting couple from San Francisco said, “no, it's our second time because we came the first time and it was so great that we decided to come back to Fort Worth”.

We're already seeing the synergistic impacts of literally a billion dollars plus going into this area.

This innovation district really is creating an opportunity to expand what's great about Downtown.

TEXRail as an example of a service that didn't exist six years ago, no trains, between the airport and Downtown, we introduced the train, and ridership’s been growing 20% compounded annually.

It's recommended you get off at Central Station because you can catch the orange line to the Stockyards if you're staying there. The blue line will circulate you through Downtown.

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It's been underdeveloped for so long that there's room to do something really catalytic, we can think big and work together.

Loved hearing you talking about trying to reduce the parking requirements and move people into public transportation.

That's music to my ears, because these aren't going to be standard assets in the near future, that idea of repurposing old parking structures is going to be increasingly important. The Waymo expansion that's going on right now nationally and the scale and pace of that is moving quickly.

The light rail that goes from the airport into Downtown Pheonix is huge.

By shifting the station location, we have an opportunity to put into play all the land on the east side of Jones. think about the footprint of the current innovation district, and then you overlay that on those 84 acres, you see quickly there's about a multiple of three. You could have three times the development footprint of what we currently have today. So, as we iterate on the plan, maybe there's a way to create the parking we need now but do it on grade.

Across the street from our train station, they are going to start building an apartment building.

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Planting trees would help make the area as beautiful as the rest of Downtown.

Dining up and down Mainstreet.

Not another Omni but at least of that quality, 600- 800 rooms with substantial meeting area.

Same reservation strength as the Omni.

Activating the pedestrian experience.

Roof Top Bars are popular now.

A&M has five different plots of land, three buildings confirmed and more in their minds.

Highspeed rail is still out there.

You can get kitschy real quick, has to be done right with quality finishes. Does not have to be heavy western theme even just a nod with images.

ASU being in Downtown Pheonix has made such a difference.

Skating Rink and lights in the trees. Convention goers don’t travel during the Holidays, so we need to create interest.

More focused on high rise development similar to Deco 969.

There are developments and redevelopments coming up in this area.

Uniquely Texas flavor with a forward looking dynamic.

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A&M bringing Teir 1 research leadership into

Downtown Fort Worth.

The ground floor level one is an occupied space and splits parking and gives an opportunity for ground level engagement with walking traffic.

Also, space for hub spaces really where we engage local industry and local technology to have industry partners also co-located to develop technology.

One of the struggles in talking with companies that want to co-locate with A&M is that we are talking about an A&M building that will not be finished until 2029.

We are trying to put learning on display. We want people walking by that can look in the windows to get excited about what they see.

Convening spaces and places for people to gather to have a conversation, study, engage, interact, have “unintended collisions” and start talking about research.

Something different, like the sushi restaurant with a robot that delivers.

Super smart people that can permeate the air that brings out the other people that want to be around that energy.

When you bring the thought leaders, then that brings in the companies.

The renderings show that you are creating a “jewel box” that people can look into and get excited about.

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Initiatives; “Connecting the Core” and “Moving a

Million”.

High speed rail becoming a possibility and the touchdown would be Downtown Fort Worth.

Parking, having just enough at the right time.

Maximizing the pedestrian and multimodal opportunities.

This is our “Global Gateway, Grand Central station moment.

Taking disparate plans and combining into one common vision.

The idea is to combine a park and mobility into a mobility plaza.

Amenities are being about; checking a bag at the hotel and the bag going directly to the airport and final destination.

Start thinking like a global city ahead of time.

Future proofing ourselves for things like eVTOL if that is an attractive modality option we want to leave space on roofs for that.

Connection to Arlington, people want to get to games.

Highspeed rail at least ten years off.

That’s where the A&M aeronautics doors came in and they are going to have a large door to bring in aeronautic components. Our hotel door needs to be as big, to display their technology.

In the long run I think elevated transit is our answer it is 1/5 the cost.

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Innovation district not meant to replace Sundance

Square.

A&M will bring in students, intellectuals and some of the best and brightest minds from all over the world and creating what we are calling an innovation district picking up on A&M’s forward-looking objective.

An awesome opportunity and an awesome responsibility.

Huge numbers of people walking by the site every day. There are companies that want access the that energy.

Dallas as an example how you activate with LED Boards. Want people to say, “I didn’t know that it was there”.

Activate the air space above the street. Visitors should be overwhelmed by the street experience.

Roof of the Convention Center should be treated as an opportunity. Solar panels that double as LED lighting.

Drone shows off the roof of the Convention Center?

Seeing the renderings of the façade of the new Convention Center it is breath taking and its new and exciting what we do should mirror that and be exciting.

This area is not clear what the activity is going to be in this district.

Zoox has rolled out fully autonomous vehicles that all four wheels articulate, and they are rolling down the Las Vegas strip as of mid-May 2025.

What about having a high-end TED talk auditorium.

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One of John Goff’s lines “Companies come and go;

Universities come and grow”.

Denver Central Station, so many people have said, “why can't we have something like that”? We can.

Grapevine has done with their Downtown station that's the kind of caliber and scale that I have in my mind.

Sadly, Fort Worth has been a little dismissive to transit. standing there in Central Station….she said, “look at all these people”. Yeah, we love people.

We could put an eVTOL landing site on our new station, somewhere on the campus.

Get across the tracks and use some of those 84 acres.

When we look at innovation areas, I think of Cambridge, Massachusetts with MIT, if you've ever tried to drive around that area, it's impossible. You have a different quality of experience as a visitor, as a student, as a researcher, when you don't have a district inundated with parking.

I think in the very near future people aren't going to want a human driver because the market says that women in particular feel safer. But I think everyone's going to feel safer.

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Let’s Dream Big