Adaptive Reuse

The Oak Cliff Art Walk is at East Dock Tomorrow!

By Karen Eubank / October 3, 2025 /

Proxy Properties developer A.J. Ramler never imagined his creative efforts to keep church pews out of the landfill would result in what has become one of South Dallas’s most exciting community art events — the Oak Cliff Art Walk 2025 at East Dock, this Saturday, October 4. Ramler and his team are widely known for…

Dallas Leads Texas in Putting Up Downtown Digs

By Charles Grand / June 10, 2025 /

Dallas is leading the Lone Star State when it comes to downtown apartment construction, with 7,650 units delivered in the city center between 2020 and 2024, according to a study by RentCafe. The online apartment search website compiled a list of the top 50 cities in the United States by downtown apartment units built during…

Trammell Crow’s Office-to-Multifamily Conversion Project Slated For June 26 City Council Agenda

By April Towery / June 5, 2024 /

A zoning change that could repurpose three office towers into a mixed-income multifamily housing development will go before the Dallas City Council in late June. Trammell Crow Company’s proposed redevelopment is on nine acres at 5550 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway east of the Dallas North Tollway.  Developers with Dallas-based Trammell Crow Company are requesting a Planned…

East Dock is an Exciting New Adaptive Reuse Project in East Oak Cliff From Proxy Properties

By Karen Eubank / May 23, 2024 /

One of the most exciting aspects of historic preservation is adaptive reuse. It is the process of preserving a structure built for one purpose and using it for a new purpose. It’s smart, economically and environmentally sound. We are excited to have a guest post today from award-winning architect Alicia Quintans about the exciting new…

Preservation Dallas Hosts a Tour of The Continental Gin Company Building

By Karen Eubank / June 23, 2022 /

We are all familiar with Deep Ellum’s thriving music scene. It’s been the cultural heart of the neighborhood since the 1920s. What is not so well known is that the thriving manufacturing scene was its economic soul and The Continental Gin Company started it all. Deep Ellum was home to the largest manufacturer of cotton…