
Center Street Station
Center Street Station is a $30 million mixed-use project in downtown Arlington, home to Babe's Chicken Dinner Houseand the historic Arlington Music Hall. This catalyst development when completed, will feature a mix of entertainment, retail, boutique-type specialty stores, office space and restaurants which include the popular Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers. Center Street Station will become a signature destination for Downtown Arlington.

Center Street Improvements
Providing a new gateway to Downtown Arlington on Center Street at Division, the Center Street public streetscape improvement project was a huge new commitment to the downtown vision and was designed to be both a demonstration and catalyst project started by the public sector. The new streetscape was completed in December 2006, and is already stimulating nearby investment and redevelopment, with several new construction and historic rehabilitation projects emerging on adjoining private properties. For more details on this project, visit www.sradesign.com.
Projects adjacent to this new streetscape include: The historic Vandergriff Building, Center Street Station and the Arlington Music Hall; and the Vandergriff Town Center, a new 30,000 square foot commercial building with a lower level that is available for custom tenant occupancy.
Center Street Development Project
The City of Arlington created a Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA) as part of its 2005 – 2010 Consolidated Plan. Resources will be concentrated in the NRSA for the purpose of revitalizing an area most in need. The targeted strategy area is shown in the NRSA map (pdf) and is bordered roughly by Randol Mill, Collins, Abram and Davis. The City of Arlington Community Services Department with authorization of the City Council has dedicated funding from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement improvements in housing and economic development in the NRSA. The Center Street Town Home Project is one of the first new owner occupied housing activities resulting from the dedication of these resources.

UTA Special Events Center
The UTA Special Events Center will raise awareness for the University and Downtown Arlington! This 6,500 seat facility is being planned for university and community sporting events, school concerts, etc, and could also be available for public use. The events center will be built at the northeastern corner of campus between South Center and South Pecan streets at West Second Street, near the UT Arlington Bookstore and four major residence halls.
UT Arlington’s “College Town”
The University of Texas at Arlington has evolved over the last decade into a large, world-class university, with more than 25,000 students and 7,000 faculty and employees, with many students living on campus, creating a demand for both housing and mixed-use retail and entertainment. This vision for a “college town” street adjacent to the campus edge and linking the downtown commercial core with the University has been in exploration and planning for several years, and numerous forces are coming together this year to move this vision forward as part of the University’s Master Plan and near-future development plans.
This project would involve University land and several joint ventures and partnerships once finalized and will include: 6 mixed-use housing units with retail/business on the ground floor; 4-story structures; 94,160 sf of retail; 376,526 sf of residential; and 279 residential units.