Downtown’s former Americana building brings new retail to Dallas Street

The former Americana building, 811 Dallas at Travis, is ready for initial retail tenants after a year-long restoration project, Capital Retail Properties and Identity Architects announced.

The six-story garage portion of the midcentury Americana building has been stripped of its aluminum cladding from the 1990s and embellished with a live green wall system and wood-like material interspersed throughout the façade. The 10-story tower above it was demolished last year.

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