Sycamore Strategies

Sycamore Strategies’ $200M Magnolia Dallas Redevelopment Moves Forward

By Shelby Skrhak / August 25, 2025 /

The Magnolia Hotel is one step closer to its dramatic reimagining with Sycamore Strategies at the wheel. As CandysDirt.com reported in January, Sycamore Strategies plans to gut and redevelop the interior of the 29-story Magnolia Dallas located at 1401 Commerce St., and use half the space for affordable housing and the other half for hotel…

Braniff Hostess College: From High Flying to Supportive Housing

By Charles Grand / March 26, 2025 /

Officials in Dallas are looking to help redevelop the historic Braniff International Hostess College building in Oak Lawn into permanent supportive housing for people living with or impacted by HIV/AIDS. The five-story adaptive re-use project dubbed Braniff Lofts calls for 48 apartments (12 studios and 36 one-bedroom units) and a host of amenities and on-site…

Sycamore Strategies Developing Affordable Housing, Hotel Lodging in Downtown’s Magnolia

By April Towery / January 8, 2025 /

Hold up now; this is big. Sycamore Strategies, on the heels of a huge groundbreaking at the Cabana Hotel, confirmed last week via public documents that it plans to gut and redevelop the interior of the 29-story Magnolia Dallas and use half the space for affordable housing and the other half for hotel lodging.  The…

Council to Vote Next Week on Downtown’s West End Lofts, a ‘Transformative’ Mixed-Use Project

By April Towery / December 5, 2024 /

Editor’s Note: The Dallas City Council approved a $49 million subsidy for the West End Lofts project on Dec. 11. Three downtown Dallas properties are poised for redevelopment into a “transformative” mixed-use, mixed-income, and transportation-oriented development near the West End light rail Dallas Area Rapid Transit station.  Sycamore Strategies developer Zach Krochtengel is the man…

How Sycamore Strategies Saved the Historic Cabana Hotel in Dallas’ Design District

By April Towery / October 30, 2024 /

The Cabana Hotel has earned its spot in Dallas folklore. The Beatles and Led Zeppelin crashed there. Raquel Welch worked as a cocktail waitress there. It was modeled after Caesar’s Palace and did a little hard time as a county jail. And now, Dallas’ historic Cabana Hotel will be redeveloped into affordable apartments.  Developer Zach…