After years of limited progress on grand redevelopment plans, the news emerged in recent public discussions that the former Valley View Center in Far North Dallas is up for sale.

The site is part of the Dallas International District, where city officials are working to move forward on plans for a 20-acre park, among other things.

The news came from the man who has written even more than I have on this topic: the demise of the former Valley View Mall ...

But this is Dallas, where the more things change … The mall’s sale ... of 17 acres of Valley View land on behalf of its owner, Seritage Growth Properties, which abandoned plans for a high ...