Trammell Crow eyes Uptown restaurant site for new tower

A familiar Uptown property is being eyed for a high-rise development.

Trammell Crow Co. is seeking zoning to build a "vertical mixed-use development" on the Caf Express site at McKinney Avenue and Bowen Street.

The single-floor Dallas restaurant occupies a more than 1-acre tract that's zoned for high-rise office and retail construction.

Crow wants to develop a tower on the corner that would "primarily be multifamily residential, with some ground floor retail and restaurant space," according to filings with the City of Dallas.

The retail would include a new Caf Express to replace the existing building, constructed in 1996.

Crow also plans to include in the project an expanded facility for the McKinney Avenue Transit Authority. The streetcar line would get new trolley barn space, offices and an exhibit area in the building.

Underground parking would serve the tower.

Crow's zoning application does not include request for additional height for the project but is asking for more density in the building.

With land prices soaring in Uptown, developers are increasingly looking at properties occupied by low-rise buildings.

The project would be developed by Crow's High Street Residential - the same firm that's working on a large apartment and retail project on Mockingbird Lane near Love Field.

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Trammell Crow eyes Uptown restaurant site for new tower