The West Seventh Street project has been part of the rumor millsince late January when Dallas-based Cypress, an affiliate ofStaubach Co., and Washington, DC-headquartered Carlyle Group boughtthe Acme Brick Co.'s headquarters at 2821 W. Seventh St. Sincethen, the joint venture has assembled three full blocks for a "truevertically integrated" infill project with close to one million sfof retail, residential, hospitality space and possibly service-typeoffice, according to Chris Maguire, president of Cypress Equitiesand Staubach Retail Services.

Maguire tells GlobeSt.com that the delay in releasing details isdue to negotiations for the hotel flag and putting the finishingtouches on city agreements. "It will be at least a couple monthsbefore we get the agreements in place," he explains.

Although he can't go into deep detail, Maguire did say the goalis to break ground by year's end. The site, of course, will have tobe scraped.