It’s been like an episode of As the Sundance Square Turns. After an ongoing exodus of tenants, the Fort Worth entertainment district’s vacancy struggles may be entering a new phase and have finally taken a turn for the better.
After years of increasing numbers of empty storefronts, there’s an attempt to stabilize leasing activity. JLL, a professional leasing services company headquartered in Chicago, announced this week they are now stepping in to support targeted retail leasing for Sundance Square. Dallas Cowboys legend Roger Staubach later served as an executive chairman at JLL after the company acquired The Staubach Company in 2008.
Fort Worth’s shining example of downtown revitalization isn’t what it once was. As once-booming retailers fled and restaurants closed their doors, criticism has spread across social media among former tenants and area residents.
1970s Ideas
In the 1970s, Bass Brothers Enterprises reimagined the 37-block district, naming it after the Sundance Kid, who was known to have hung out in Fort Worth with his buddy, Butch Cassidy. The company, founded in 1960 by oilman Perry Richardson Bass, was started with Perry’s 1959 inheritance from his uncle Sid W. Richardson…