A long-vacant Oak Cliff hospital that has sparked neighborhood fights for years is finally on track for a new life, and it will be housing and shops, not a shelter. Dallas-based Options Real Estate, led by Monte Anderson, has a purchase agreement to buy the former hospital site at 2929 S. Hampton Road for nearly $6.9 million, with plans for a mixed-use “village” of apartments, townhomes, and retail on roughly 14 acres.
The property has been a political lightning rod since the city bought it in 2022, and neighbors repeatedly pushed back on plans to use the site for homelessness services. The city has now confirmed a purchase-and-sale agreement that became effective Friday and identified Options Real Estate as the buyer, according to The Dallas Morning News.
City records show Dallas purchased the parcel for about $6.5 million in 2022, and municipal real-estate materials list it at roughly 12.5 acres, according to city documents. Earlier coverage chronicled how neighbors and advocates lined up to oppose the city’s concept for homelessness services at the old hospital. KERA News detailed the intensity of that pushback last fall…