Construction crews have officially kicked off work on Westside Village, a $1.7 billion, 37-acre mixed-use district rising just west of downtown Fort Worth. The site, formerly home to the Fort Worth ISD administrative campus, is slated to stack apartments, Class A offices, retail and nightlife, including a planned below-grade jazz club. Phase I is expected to deliver a 308-unit multifamily community paired with a 100,000-square-foot office building.
Moss Construction crews broke ground on Phase I in mid-February and began site work and excavation, according to REjournals. Larkspur Capital’s Schafer Smartt called the start “a major milestone” as the team moves to deliver the mixed wood-frame and commercial program for the initial phase. The selection of Moss as general contractor appears aimed at coordinating the project’s multifamily and office scopes under one contractor.
What’s in Phase I
The first phase pairs a 308-unit residential building with a 100,000-square-foot Class AA office tower that will include ground-floor retail, two restaurant concepts and a private social club. Developers also plan an integrated underground parking garage and a below-grade jazz club intended to bring late-night entertainment to the site. These details were outlined in reporting by Fort Worth Inc..
Public backing and flood fixes
The Fort Worth City Council approved a $125 million incentive package for Westside Village last June to help pay for flood control, infrastructure and streetscape work, city officials said. The package includes a Chapter 380 grant and a proposed tax-increment contribution, and the incentives are performance-based and tied to development benchmarks, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Scale, timeline and design
At full buildout the master plan calls for roughly 880,000 square feet of Class AA office space, 238,000 square feet of retail, a 175-room boutique hotel and about 1,785 apartments, with some later phases featuring Fort Worth’s first mass-timber building, according to developer materials and local coverage. Fort Worth Inc. and the developer’s site detail a phased schedule that expects Phase I to be complete around 2028 and the full project to wrap in the early-to-mid 2030s.
Entertainment anchor: The Shed
Plans also call for adaptive reuse of a nearby industrial building dubbed “The Shed,” which developers say will serve as a food, beverage and entertainment anchor. D CEO’s Deal Ticker and leasing notices identify The Shed at 2800 Cullen Street with about 19,099 square feet of indoor space and a 23,453-square-foot covered patio area. D CEO covered the leasing assignment and specifications.
What it means for the market
Developers have tapped HPI’s Fort Worth leasing team to market the office space, and early pre-leasing activity is already underway, the developer’s materials say. Larkspur Capital and local outlets note the project would be the single largest delivery of office space in Fort Worth in decades, a shift that could reshape the city’s office market. Larkspur Capital outlines the scale and expected tax revenue impacts.
Next steps and neighborhood questions
Phase I will move forward over the next two to four years, with the first buildings expected to be delivered around 2028 and full buildout stretching into the 2030s, per the project schedule. Nearby residents and small businesses have pushed back on the public costs and on the October 2025 decision to rename part of White Settlement Road to Westside Drive. Fort Worth Report covered the renaming vote and local reactions…