Deep Ellum may get back on track after DART stations open

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At Elm Street and Good-Latimer Expressway, storefronts are vacant … for now.

Deep Ellum's new development and empty buildings represent its future and its past. When DART trains start rolling in, they'll bring change. "Everything revolves around the train coming," said Barry Annino, a longtime real estate broker in the area who's head of the Deep Ellum Foundation. The pending start of DART rail service also could bring big profit for investors who own blocks and blocks of Deep Ellum. Four investment groups own more than 90 properties in Deep Ellum – including many of the largest.