Montgomery Plaza — Attraction in Fort Worth

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In 1928, Montgomery Ward located its regional retail and mail order warehouse to West 7th Street, just across the Trinity River from Downtown Fort Worth. This was one of nine regional centers constructed in the U.S. between 1926 and 1929. The building was constructed in 1928 by Thos. S. Byrne, Ltd. as a major regional retail and mail order warehouse for the retail company Montgomery Ward. The building originally allowed for trains to come in between its two towers to be unloaded. The original front façade finished the creation of an eight-story U-shaped structure.

Construction consisted of reinforced concrete with 20’ centered columns throughout. In some areas, wing additions were built only two or three stories high but designed to have five more floors added at a future date. This massive construction survived flood waters that reached its second floor in 1949 and the 2000 Fort Worth Tornado. In 2001 Montgomery Ward went out of business and closed down the warehouse thus leaving the property vacant. Kimco purchased the property and with Weber & Co, demolished the distribution center that was constructed in the 1960s to the rear of the warehouse to make way for a Super Target and other anchors.

Redevelopment began in 2004 and the name Montgomery Plaza was given to the development. The original mission revival warehouse character of the Montgomery Ward building was preserved during an extensive renovation. A six-story hole was carved out through the center front façade of the original store creating Montgomery Plaza’s distinctive M-shaped profile and opening up an 80-foot brick-paved promenade with outdoor dining and shopping which has strings of incandescent light bulbs above and vehicle parking to the sides. The 8 story warehouse now contains retail on the bottom floor with residential above. Floors three through eight were converted into 240 luxury condominiums with 47 different floor plans. The seventh and eighth floors and original connecting corridors remain above the new opening, to create a bridge between the two sides of the building. The Super Target opened in 2005 and the retail section of the bottom floor of the 1928 warehouse opened in 2006.

The architectural approach for the new development focused on preserving the building’s Art Deco period roots. The unique exterior is balanced with an interior design that takes maximum advantage of ceiling heights up to 16 feet, enormous window areas and "industrial-grade" solidity of this unique building. The original contractor who built the building, Thos. S. Byrne, played a role in the redevelopment project by overseeing the interior finish-out of the residences. Montgomery Plaza features a unique outdoor resort-style rooftop amenity deck (the largest in Texas, at nearly one acre), featuring swimming and reflecting pools, cabanas and outdoor fire pits. Parking for the residences is integrated into a built in parking garage located inside the original warehouse building.

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Have no problem lying. Walked in to the office to ask about appointment availability, and put my insurance on file. There’s a big huddle of employees talking and laughing, one girl separates and I ask her if they take my insurance, (already knowing they do). She grabs my phone and says, “we do take PPO plans, but we’re not in network. You’ll probably pay 90% out-of-pocket. You can book with us, but you’re going to pay 90% out-of-pocket. “ The girl was extremely nice, friendly and sweet, but she lied.

Maybe lie is a strong word, but she just said something to get me out the door to leave. Granted it was an hour and a half before they were gonna close so maybe they were already ready to end the day, which I get but I was not expecting to be seen the same day.

I had already looked up the office with my insurance app’s “find a provider search tool” said ‘in-network’ , I called my insurance right before walking in to double check, man on the phone confirmed it was ‘in-network.’

Called again after walking out because obviously something is not right, but I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt. I work healthcare. I know patients overlook things all the time, Maybe I messed up the address or who knows maybe Montgomery Plaza dental is a very common name .

They again confirmed that this office was in network! The rep reviewed my plan and said “even if it wasn’t. preventative care is covered 100% in or out of network. These numbers do change, but they have to actually run the insurance to confirm that”

She really said I’d pay 90% to scare me...

A place like Montgomery plaza should not hire a company like Texas Parking Enforcement to police their parking at 10pm.

I parked near orange theory on Friday evening. They put a warning sticker and put a clamp on my car in front of Montgomery plaza while I was at Target after eating dinner at Gloria’s. The clamp was not very visible and I did not realize it was there because the sticker on my windshield said warning. So I drove over it by mistake. The person issuing the warnings and putting the clamps had no uniform, had a normal car (not a company one) -a run down one at that- and was rude. She did not accept my explanation. She charged 150$ for the removal of the clamp. They should refund me.. shameful shady behavior without fair notice. Also calling such a thing a warning is misleading. This is not acceptable for a place like...