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The Peridot Lounge inside Peridot Residences, part of the ongoing adaptive reuse of Dallas’ Santander Tower as office floors are converted into residential space in the city’s urban core. [Photo: Adolfson & Peterson]
Dallas Ranks as a National Leader in Building-to-Apartment Conversions
by Lance Murray | Dec 26, 2025
A RentCafe report finds three major adaptive reuse projects completed last year, including the $40 million office-to-residential conversion inside Dallas’ 50-story Santander Tower that created 291 Peridot Residences apartments downtown. Nearly 3,000 more units are in the city’s redevelopment pipeline, according to the study.
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Nov 23, 2025
In the latest phase of Pacific Elm’s adaptive reuse of Dallas' eighth tallest office tower, conversion of five more floors will add 105 residences to the mixed-use high-rise in the city’s urban core.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 8, 2023
RentCafe analyzed 300 American cities to find the Best Cities for Geek Culture Fans, and four DFW cities "beamed up" up near the top of the list. See which local cities made the cut—and why "geeks" can live long and prosper in North Texas.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 17, 2023
Frisco's 75034 zip code was the No. 5 hottest zip code in the U.S. for apartment construction from 2018 to 2022, according to a new report from RentCafe. Check out the other hottest apartment-construction zip codes in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Rendering of planned Bloc House micro apartment development, to be located along the Santa Fe Trail in East Dallas. [Image: Bloc House]
Bloc House To Offer ‘Micro Apartments’ Along Santa Fe Trail in East Dallas
by David Seeley | Jun 15, 2023
Bloc House aims to "push the boundaries of conventional development" with studio apartments as small as 350 square feet. That may sound tiny, but shared amenities including a common lawn, pool, and clubhouse could let future residents live large.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 12, 2023
And the construction trend in DFW continues. According to RentCafe's annual Build-to-Rent Report, 4,350 build-to-rent units are currently under construction in metro Dallas, "the second largest number of upcoming homes for rent in all of the U.S."
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 3, 2023
RentCafe said that while the number of high-income renters in Dallas rose by 74% and sits at 6% of the city's total renters between 2015 and 2020—peaking at 17,257— he number of high-income renters rose even more dramatically in other North Texas cities. Garland saw a rise of 198%, McKinney 186%, Plano 103%, and Frisco 93%.
High-income renters in Frisco may look into places like the luxury Remy apartments (above), coming to Frisco Square in 2024.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 20, 2023
The report by RentCafe—"Top 50 Cities for Finding New Apartments in 2023"—ranks Frisco and McKinney as the No. 4 and No. 5 cities in the U.S. for finding an apartment that only a limited number of people, or maybe even no people, have lived in before. Two other Dallas suburbs made the list as well: Richardson at No. 25 and Plano at No. 42.
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Photo: ismagilov/iStock
Size Matters: Want a Home Office? Renters See New‑Build Apartments Upsize in DFW Suburbs
by Quincy Preston | Jun 24, 2021
Three words explain why: Work from home.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 28, 2019
With 22,196 new units expected to be built by the end of 2019, Dallas-Fort Worth blasts past Seattle and New York City for new apartment construction.
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