A new housing report quantifies the Downtown Dallas renaissance and gives us some much-needed good news about housing stock.

Energy Plaza Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. (Emil Lippe / Special Contributor) Downtown Dallas is reinventing itself once more, and it’s a welcome change.

Construction underway for midrise apartments in historic part of downtown Dallas The Parc on Jackson will have 182 units. The apartments are expected to be move-in ready by October 2025.

The trend seems tailor-made for Texas. Office-vacancy rates in most of the state’s major downtowns are high (roughly 25 percent in Dallas and Houston, in the teens in Fort Worth and San Antonio).

The Santander Tower in downtown Dallas on Nov. 07, 2023. Some Texas developers are converting office space to housing units in downtowns seeing an abundance of unused workspace.

Downtown Dallas office tower sells to lender who still plans conversion to apartments or hotel The 18-story blue-paneled office building at 211 N. Ervay St. sold for $8 million in a Feb. 6 auction ...