City of Fort Worth looking to sell downtown buildings to Kent family group by Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report September 28, 2026 A local business group with a long history in Fort Worth is set to acquire properties that span one expanded city block in downtown near a hot spot of recent development. Fort Worth … Read more
A century of service: Historic Baker Funeral Home celebrates milestone anniversary by Eric E. Garcia, Fort Worth Report September 25, 2026 Ruth “Cookie” Baker remembers her childhood home, long gone to progress, in the neighborhood where her family’s funeral business has thrived over a century. Neighbors helped each other in the close-knit Black community once … Read more
But adaptive reuse becomes much harder when the requirements attached to the new use make the existing building difficult or expensive to accommodate.
General Services Administration puts ‘For Sale’ sign on Fort Worth downtown building by Bob Francis, Fort Worth Report September 14, 2026 Fort Worth’s Fritz G. Lanham Federal Building has hit the market again. The U.S. General Services Administration on Sept. 10 announced plans to sell the 14-story, 669,264-square-foot building at 819 Taylor St., along with … Read more