STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Growing
AGENDA DATE: June 11, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Department of Convention and Event Services
EXECUTIVE: Robin Bentley
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a work order under the existing Job Order Contract, previously approved on November 13, 2024, by Resolution No. 24-1627, for construction services with Phoenix I Restoration and Construction, LLC. at The Women's Museum located at 3800 Parry Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75210 for work associated with the temporary relocation of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters to facilitate construction and renovation of Component 4 of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Master Plan - Not to exceed $5,913,458.00 - Financing - Convention Center Construction Fund
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BACKGROUND
In 2018, the Department of Convention and Event Services (CES) engaged in a multi-departmental solicitation for a development process to determine a path-forward for correcting long-time deferred maintenance of the 2 million square foot Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas (KBHCCD). The solicitation phase for master planning understood that the demand among convention centers continues to grow for high-quality exhibition and meeting space, especially within the medical, scientific, and technical fields, and that the existing KBHCCD was losing ground at a rate that was impacting the local economy. Market analyses conducted in prior years pointed to several factors, in addition to the KBHCCD's aging infrastructure, that were impacting the center's salability.
Included among those factors were mobility, transportation, surrounding amenities, and overall land use surrounding the facility. The exploration of facility data demonstrated that, as a facility constructed in five phases, over several decades without consistent continuity or integration of major systems, the estimated investment level to merely correct existing deficiencies would b...
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