Charter Petition Aims to Pin Dallas Government to I.M. Pei’s City Hall as Downtown Office Vacancy Hits 33.7%

A coalition of former officials, preservationists and civic donors will begin collecting 20,000 signatures on Oct. 2 for a Dallas charter amendment that would bar the city from moving its seat of government out of I.M. Pei's 1978 City Hall without voter approval, a measure that could stall a relocation search aimed at up to four downtown office properties.