More pieces of this massive real estate project are falling into place.
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Additional pieces of the $3.7 billion redevelopment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas have been awarded.
The Dallas City Council on Jan. 8 approved more than $47 million in architectural and engineering design service contracts for the third and fourth components of the major redevelopment project.
Gensler snagged a $25 million contract for construction and renovations at Dallas Memorial Arena. The San Francisco-based firm, one of the world’s largest architecture firms and one with extensive stadium experience, joins a team that includes Washington-based McKissack & McKissack, which previously was awarded a roughly three-year contract worth about $8 million to manage the renovations of Dallas Memorial Arena.
Work on the nearly 10,000-seat complex will include modernizing seating, lighting and acoustics, in preparation for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings to move in sometime in 2026.
Additionally, KAI Design received a $22 million contract for the reconstruction of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Serving as the architect and engineer, the firm joins a team that includes Dallas-based Dikita Enterprises Inc., which previously obtained a four-year, $9.2 million contract to manage the renovations of the TBAL. Renovations on the facility would expand space for educational programs and cultural exhibitions and could wrap in 2027.
“The city council continues to provide an unwavering commitment to realize the convention center district’s vision as a destination powering the Dallas economy,” Interim City Manager Kim Tolbert said in a statement.
The multimillion-dollar contracts come after council in November awarded a $7.55 million construction manager at risk contract for the first component of the expansion project to joint venture group Trinity Alliance Ventures LLC. Component one of the complex is expected to create about 1,200 to 1,700 jobs.
Work on the expanded facility began in June and will increase exhibition halls, double the site’s ballroom space and triple meeting room space. Renovations are slated to wrap up in 2028, with the complex anticipated to open in 2029.
