The following is an interview with Harwood International CEO, Gabriel Barbier-Mueller.
25 minutes
KERA TV13

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MONOCLE: A BRIEFING ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS, BUSINESS, CULTURE & DESIGN

Issue 45. volume 05

July/August 2011

USA [INVESTMENT]

Re-Doing Dallas

As home to the US’s largest light rail operator, one of the country’s top arts centres and $13bn worth of urban development, Dallas is trying to reinvent the cowboy image of the Lone Star State. Texas’s third largest city, Dallas has seen almost a decade of investment and infrastructure change that is transforming it into a primary cultural destination and global hub. In May, Dallas-Fort Worth airport launched a $1.9bn, seven-year-long renovation for its four oldest terminals in the attempt to turn it into one of the most advanced transport centres in the world. New direct, non-stop flights from Sydney make Dallas the easternmost city in the US to connect with Australia and they open up business for Texas across the Pacific. The city’s secondary airport, Love Field, is also modernising. More that $500m has been invested in a centre for domestic air travel. Early next year also sees the first phase of a 21,000 sq m green space that will form a bridge over the Woodall Roger Freeway, connecting residential Dallas with the downtown business and cultural centre. – AES

01  Gabriel Barbier-Mueller:  Barbier-Mueller runs global property development firm, Harwood International. Its signature development is the Harwood International Center in uptown Dallas; the company will open a museum later this year.

02  Lucy Billingsley: Having developed One Arts Plaza, a residential and commercial area in the Dallas Arts District, Billingsley and her team are moving on to Two and Three Arts Plaza, which will house restaurants and an office space.

03  Time Headington: Responsible for the 129-room Joule Hotel in 2008, Headington has recently purchased five vacant buildings in downtown Dallas, where rumours of a second hotel are rife.