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Transit-Oriented
Development
Along DART Rail: 1994-2015
Highlights of major projects, many still
evolving, illustrate the scale and scope
When DART Rail first opened in 1996, it did more than
improve mobility – it transformed the real estate environment.
Downtown Dallas was the first to benefit from the Southwest’s
first light rail system. Lofts and luxury apartments began to
sprout where formerly underutilized buildings had stood. The
revitalization continues as new restaurants, retail, hotels and
arts venues take their place in a newly vibrant downtown.
But it was the 2001 opening of the Mockingbird Station mixed-use
development, adjacent to its namesake station, which sparked
imaginations and firmly established DART Rail as a catalyst
for transit-oriented development (TOD). Artfully mixing new
with old, transit with cars and pedestrians, and residences with
restaurants and shops, the compact micro-neighborhood epitomizes
New Urbanism and remains its standard bearer in the region.
Since then, the viability of TOD – once considered risky and
novel here – has become conventional wisdom, and development
up and down the DART Rail lines has thrived. Nearly $8
billion in new projects, and millions more in renewal of existing
properties, is clustered near stations. In addition to helping set
off a building boom, DART has created a more livable region
by linking employment, medical, educational, recreational and
entertainment destinations throughout the DART Service Area.
1994
Dallas Convention
Center additions
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Eastside Village
Gilley’s Dallas/
Palladium Ballroom
2012
Downtown Garland
Station
The Beat Lofts
DART Police
Headquarters
2011
Cedars Station
Omni Dallas Hotel
Perot Museum of
Nature and Science
2012
Convention Center
Station
2013
Akard Station
George W. Bush
Presidential Center
Lake Highlands
Town Center
2013
Mockingbird
Station
Lancaster Urban Village
Southern Land
15th & Ave I
RED LINE
BLUE LINE
Market
Center
WESTMORELAND
Hampton
Tyler/Vernon
Kiest
Illinois
Medical/
CentrePort/ West Irving Downtown Irving/
Heritage Crossing Market Center
DFW Airport
Dallas
Zoo
Morrell
8th & Corinth
BUCKNER
KDC Richardson
& State Farm
Richardson
Expansion
Irving Convention
Center Station
SWMD/Parkland
Station
2015
GREEN LINE
Southwestern Medical Inwood/
District/ Parkland Love Field
Burbank
Bachman
Mockingbird
Bell
Park Lane Station
Irving Convention
Center
2011
New Parkland
Hospital
2015
Shops at Park Lane
2009
Farmers Branch
Station
Bush Turnpike
Station
VA Medical
Center Station
2014
T & P STATION Fort Worth ITC Richland Hills
Galatyn Park Station
K. Hovnanian Homes
at Mustang Crossing
Mustang Station
Lake Highlands
Station
SWMD/Parkland
Station
Blue Cross Blue
Shield campus
2009
Farmers Branch
Station
21 Forty Medical
District apartments
2009
Baylor Univ.
Medical Ctr.
Station
2013
Illinois Station
Akard Station
The Ambrose
apartments
Downtown
Carrollton Station
Galatyn Park
Station
Mosaic Apartments
2007
Fair Park Station
UNION at
Carrollton Square
Eisemann Center
for Performing Arts
2002
SWMD/Parkland
Station
2009
Downtown
Garland Station
Galatyn Park Station
Colonial Reserve
Medical District
apartments
Rail access to
State Fair of Texas®
Granville Arts
Center renovated
and expanded
Oaks 5th Street
Crossing
2009
Cedars Station
Downtown
Plano Station
2009
2003
Downtown Plano
Station
2013
2013
West End Station
Renaissance Dallas
Richardson Hotel
2001
Victory Station
2007
The Awalt Building
2001
Mockingbird
Station
American
Airlines Center
Cityplace/
Uptown Station
2001
Mockingbird Station
2012
2012
West Village
Pearl/Arts
District Station
2002
2003
2001
Sheraton Dallas
1998
2001
Cedars Station
2000
Convention
Center Station
LEDBETTER VA Medical Center
12
South Side on Lamar
Cedars
Lake June
Victory
Convention Center
Lawnview
Hatcher
ORANGE LINE
BELT LINE
Irving Convention
Univ. of Dallas Los Colinas
N. Lake College
Center
Urban Center
Walnut Hill/
N. CARROLLTON/
Downtown
Farmers
Branch
Royal
Lane
Denton
FRANKFORD
Carrollton
Trinity Mills
A-Train to Denton (DCTA)
West End Akard St. Paul
Pearl/
Arts District
Cityplace/
Uptown
ORANGE LINE Weekday Peak Only
Lovers Park
Lane Lane
Union Station
MLK, Jr.
Fair Park
Baylor University
Medical Center
Deep Ellum
NORTH
White Rock
Walnut
Hill
Forest
Lane
Lake Highlands
LBJ/
Spring Arapaho Galatyn Bush Downtown PARKER
ROAD
Central Valley Center
Park Turnpike Plano
LBJ/Skillman
Forest/Jupiter
Downtown
Garland
DOWNTOWN
ROWLETT
Over the years, DART rail
stations have attracted:
Condo and
apartment
buildings
Corporate
headquarters
Downtown
revitalization
Entertainment
venues
Hospitals
Hotels
Multiuse
developments
Museums and
performance halls
Shopping
districts