I agree with this take. You'll have virtually zero safety concerns anywhere in this area. But it's not really built to be super walkable between areas. Within Legacy West and even crossing over to the East side of the Dallas North Tollway to Shops at Legacy, it's all very walkable. But even just the short distance from there up to Granite Park isn't really what most big city people think of walking. Just do a google street view from the conference location in Granite Park down to one of the first restaurants South of it in Shops at Legacy, for instance Mexican Sugar (which is pretty good upscale Mexican, btw). You'll see you pass through just a lot of corporate office building areas, past parking garages and parking lots. Totally within walkable *distance* if you had to, but not what most people would normally walk just because it's not really on a busy city sidewalk/street like you'd find in a downtown/city center type of area. Granite Park has a few food options, but for going out nearby, you'll probably want to head just across the highway to places like Earl's Kitchen or Haywire in what is known as "Legacy West". The good news is that both sides of the Tollway (Legacy West and the original Shops at Legacy side on the East) are some of the better going out/eating out/shopping areas of the North side suburbs. Lots of cheaper, but still perfectly fine chain hotels just on the NE corner of the 121/DNT interchange. That makes them very accessible by uber to your conference as well as the good entertainment areas, but you won't want to walk to them or cross the major highways (underpasses with stop lights on the frontage roads, but still).