Adaptive Reuse

Dal-Tex Building Conversion in Downtown’s West End Gets $16M Boost

By Charles Grand / August 3, 2026 /

Downtown Dallas’ transformation from a strictly business-oriented concentration of towers into an actual neighborhood of historic character is proceeding apace, with adaptive reuse projects in the West End revving up to counter the dour narratives haunting the city center. One conversion just got a significant boost in the form of property assessed clean energy financing…

You Can Live, Work, and Swim at This Former Oak Cliff Publishing Company

By Karen Eubank / June 11, 2026 /

Long before live-work spaces became trendy, repurposing an existing building gained traction in the early 1970s. Known as adaptive reuse, artists were transforming industrial warehouses in New York into loft living by the 1990s. Dallas may have been a little late to the party, but we got there. Now, the former 1942 Williams Publishing Company…

Officials Back Oak Cliff United Methodist Redevelopment Project With $10M TIF Funding

By Charles Grand / January 15, 2026 /

The former Oak Cliff United Methodist Church is officially getting a new lease on life following a vote by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, which approved a $10 million TIF agreement to redevelop the historic property. Comprising around 45,000 square feet across three buildings on a 1.72-acre site, Oak Cliff United Methodist was the…

Dire Downtown Office Picture in Dallas and Other Highlights To Round Out 2025

By Charles Grand / December 29, 2025 /

2026 is right around the corner, and the D-FW office real estate market is closing out another year of recalibration. A lot of this might sound old hat at this point, but it’s hard to overstate the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic when it comes to office space. Remote and hybrid schedules have become…

Downtown Office Tower Back on the Market After Getting Picked Up Off the Auction Block

By Charles Grand / December 9, 2025 /

An 18-story office building in downtown Dallas that was only just sold at auction last year is back on the market, with the real estate advisory firm handling the listing touting its conversion potential. The property at 211 N Ervay St. was purchased by Utah-based Thistle Creek Capital for $8 million in February 2024. The…