Rendering of Knox Promenade, Dallas. Credit: Brick
The city government has approved the KPF-planned, 3-tower development to be built in the burgeoning and historic Knox District, reports The Dallas Morning News.
Designed as an “intergenerational village,” according to Meg Meliet of developer Hines, Knox Promenade integrates market-rate and affordable housing, a senior living facility, office, and retail space into one of Dallas’s most vibrant neighborhoods. The new high-rises are organized around inviting public spaces defined by pedestrian-friendly streets and open onto a leafy interior courtyard.
Councilman Paul Ridley noted that the “project will add a substantial number of housing units, in addition to a percentage of affordable units, which we desperately need. And we also desperately need the senior housing.”
The tallest tower contains 300 residential units facing McKinney Avenue, while the senior living building includes 225 homes. The KPF-designed office building provides 250,000-square feet of space, and its massing continues the datum of neighboring buildings and steps in a series of stacked, shifting volumes as it rises. Retail space lines the public realm, while underground parking garages fitted with electric car charging stations help improve the pedestrian experience by reducing ground-level traffic. A future light rail station will provide a public connection to downtown Dallas.
Read more about the approval in The Dallas Morning News here.