After years of staring at a shuttered grocery store, South Dallas is finally getting something new on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard: Thirty21, a roughly $20 million mixed-income midrise that aims to bring apartments and services back to a quiet stretch of the corridor. The project, billed as a mix of market-rate and income-restricted housing, is being pitched as part of a broader push to add denser living options where midrises have been rare for decades.
According to WFAA, the development carries an estimated $20 million price tag and will rise on the former Save-A-Lot site along MLK. The station’s June 24 report featured early renderings of the midrise and initial commentary from the team steering the project.
What Thirty21 Will Include
According to the Dallas Housing Foundation, Thirty21 is planned as an 86-unit mixed-income building that will also house an on-site community technology and innovation center focused on digital literacy and job readiness. Project materials outline a roughly 50/50 mix of affordable and market-rate apartments, with amenities aimed at working families and essential workers. Developers describe it as the first midrise of this scale along the MLK corridor.
Who Is Behind It And How It Will Be Financed…