page_title: The Crescent (Dallas)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The Crescent (Dallas) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Removed Fountain
context_page_description: The Crescent is a postmodern office, hotel, and retail complex located at 200 Crescent Court in Uptown Dallas, Texas, United States. The 10-acre complex was designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee and was completed in 1986. The structure has 1,134,826 square feet of office space in three office towers, Hotel Crescent Court, and an upscale shopping center including department store Stanley Korshak.
context_section_description: In the early 1980s Dallas developer Caroline Hunt and Rosewood Corp. purchased several blocks of old automobile dealerships north of downtown Dallas with plans to create a grand mixed-use development. Excavation began with one of the largest holes on record, creating a 5-level, 4,100 space underground parking facility. The development was one of the most expensive ever constructed in Dallas with an estimated cost of $400 million. Opening in 1986 with a gala event, the complex initially struggled to attract tenants during a depressed economy.  Its elegant appointments and location in the center of the (then) transitioning Uptown neighborhood attracted multiple financial firms and upscale retailers (moving the center of the financial industry from Main Street to Uptown). The Crescent is sometimes credited for setting the quality level for much of the surrounding neighborhood, and today commands some of the highest office rents in Dallas. In 2014 plans were announced to transform and update the exterior of the building, resulting in more park space along with retail and office upgrades.
caption: The Center Court
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