Reunion Tower
Dallas’ skyline has changed quite a bit in the past 30 years, but Reunion Tower’s design has proven timeless, remaining a landmark and focal point that identifies the city. Adjoining Reunion Tower is the glittering 1,120-room Hyatt Regency Dallas, which also opened in 1978.
Reunion Tower is supported by four slender, reinforced-concrete cylinders and is topped by three levels of activity. Those three floors are encircled by a geodesic dome with more than 260 lights on its exterior. The Reunion Tower Light Show was launched with a holiday ceremony in December 1977 and continues nightly. Until it closed for renovation in November 2007, the tower was home to three unique spaces operated by Hyatt: Top of the Dome lounge, Antares Restaurant, and a 360-degree observation level.
A $23-million renovation in 2008-09 transformed the sphere’s interior spaces. The top level now is home to a fine-dining restaurant and lounge, Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck; the middle level is now event space managed by Wolfgang Puck Catering. Both levels retain revolving floors. The bottom level will continue to offer indoor and outdoor observation decks featuring the Dallas skyline.
The tower’s renovation and Woodbine’s deal with Wolfgang Puck were honored as among the Best Real Estate Deals of 2008 by the Dallas Business Journal.
The tower, hotel and Union Station are part of the 50-acre Reunion District, which was Woodbine’s first development project. Woodbine continues to serve as developer, construction manager and asset manager for the properties.
Address / Phone / Accessibility
300 Reunion Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75207
Tower Information Line Phone: 214.571.5744
Event Space Information Phone: 214.741.7825
Restaurant: Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck
Phone: 214.741.5560
Fax: 214.571.5787
Within the Reunion District, on the west side of Dallas’ central business district, between Reunion Boulevard and Hyatt Regency Hotel Drive. It is near the historic West End entertainment district, Dallas Convention Center, Union Station and Old Red Museum.
Websites
http://www.reuniontower.com/
http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/fine-dining/3917
http://www.unionstationdallas.com
Facilities
Gross area: 19,459 square feet on 48th, 49th and 50th floors
Height: 560 feet (50 stories)
Elevators: 3
Inside “The Ball”: 3 levels of usable space with 360-degree viewing
• 50th floor revolving restaurant: 6,862 square feet
• Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck: 124 seats (restaurant), 54 seats (lounge)
• 49th floor function space: 6,932 square feet
• Rotating floor, divisible into four separate areas
• Managed by Wolfgang Puck Catering
• 48th floor Observation Deck: 6,008 square feet
• Valet parking at tower base; self-parking in surrounding lots
Tower Trivia
• 837 steps (61 landings) in the core cylinder
• 260 lights on the geodesic sphere
• 14 miles of wiring in the lighted sphere
• 55 minutes to make one revolution of the revolving floors
• 118-foot diameter geodesic sphere
Original Project Team
Architect: Welton Becket Associates (now Ellerbe Becket), Los Angeles
Interior Designer: Howard Hirsch and Associates, Beverly Hills, California
General Contractor: Henry C. Beck Company (now The Beck Group), Dallas
Developer/Construction/Asset Manager: Woodbine Development Corporation, Dallas
Tower Operator/Property Manager: Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Chicago
Restaurant Operator: Hyatt Regency Dallas, Dallas
Renovation Teams
1995-96 - Interior renovation
Project Manager: Woodbine Development Corporation, Dallas
General Contractor: Woodbine Development Corporation, Dallas
Renovation Architect/Designer: Deborah Lloyd Forrest (now ForrestPerkins), Dallas
2008-09 - Repositioning
Project Manager: Woodbine Development Corporation, Dallas
General Contractor: The Beck Group, Dallas
Renovation Architects/Designer: EDG, San Rafael, California and McCall Design Group, San Francisco
Restaurant Operator: Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining, Las Vegas
Event Space Operator: Wolfgang Puck Catering, Los Angeles
Project Ownership
Affiliates of Hunt-Woodbine Realty Corporation of Dallas