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Change of plans?
Dallas Business Journal
HURST -- Hurst city officials said they've heard Lord & Taylor may scrap plans to build a 140,000-square-foot department store at Northeast Mall.
Plans made public in July called for the demolition of the abandoned Montgomery Ward store so a new Lord & Taylor store could be built in its place.
"We are hearing from (Lord & Taylor's) architect people that they may do some retooling," said Allan Weegar, city manager of Hurst. "They have changed their plans. I don't know if that means they're just putting it off for a while or pulling out altogether. I don't know if the economy had anything to do with this or not, but it sounds like it was a corporate decision."
A demolition permit has not been issued for the space, said Dennis Dieberich of Hurst's building permits department.
So far, there's little news coming out of St. Louis, where Lord & Taylor's parent company, May Department Stores Co., is based.
A spokesperson for Lord & Taylor said she could not comment on the retailer's plans because she couldn't reach officials in the company's real estate department.
-- David Wethe
Awaiting word
LOVE FIELD -- Dallas-based aviation company SevenBar has cooperated with federal authorities investigating the attempted hijacking Oct. 5 of one of its air ambulances from a remote field in New Mexico.
But to date the FBI hasn't indicated whether the hijacker may be a member of the same group of terrorists who flew aircraft into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, according to Wade Black, president of family owned SevenBar, which is based at Dallas Love Field.
The hijacker spoke with what the pilot of the airplane described as a "foreign" accent she believed was Middle Eastern, said Black.
SevenBar, the largest fixed-wing ambulance company in the United States, has more than 25 aircraft operating from Dallas; Albuquerque, N.M.; Farmington, N.M.; and Lubbock. The 54-year-old company specializes in air medical, aviation service centers, executive charter and aircraft sales.
Black said as a result of the attempted hijacking the company requires local law enforcement officials to be present when a SevenBar medical transport is flown in to provide service.
The hijacking attempt occurred when a hooded man wielding a knife entered a SevenBar ambulance that had flown into Deming Municipal Airport in New Mexico. The man held a knife to the pilot's throat, but the ambush was interrupted when the door of the aircraft flew open as the plane began to taxi.
-- Margaret Allen
Sneak peek
IRVING -- A date for the groundbreaking has yet to be set, but on Oct. 23 the University of Dallas will unveil plans for its $22 million University Center, a 100,000-square-foot building centralizing the graduate school of management's five facilities on campus.
The project is the second phase of a $104 million capital campaign, including the completion of a $7.5 million arts village in 2000. The center, facing State Highway 114, also will house UD's administrative offices and student services.
"The new building will provide an exceptional learning environment that incorporates all forms of multimedia technology," said Robert G. Lynch, interim dean for the graduate school of management.
Internationally known architect Antoine Predock will unveil his conceptual model of the center at the Dallas home of Deedie and Rusty Rose. Predock designed their home, which was completed in 1993.
Although Predock did the conceptual work, Dallas-based Brown Reynolds Watford Architects Inc. is the architectural firm handling the project.
-- Stephanie Patrick
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