The most-watched real estate project in Dallas is reshaping the strip between Highland Park and the Katy Trail. Here is what is coming to Knox Street and why locals are paying attention.
Knox Street has always been one of the best walks in Dallas, a short, leafy stretch where Highland Park money meets the Katy Trail and the patios stay full. Now it is getting a full-scale reinvention, and it is shaping up to be one of the most significant luxury developments the city has seen in years.
A four-acre mixed-use project is rising right on the strip, bringing more than 100,000 square feet of new restaurants and retail, a hotel, residences and offices to a block that was already a destination. This is not a suburban power center. It is a dense, walkable, design-forward district built into an existing neighborhood.
Most of it lands through late 2026, so right now is the anticipation window. If you want to understand the next version of one of Dallas’s most desirable corners before it fully opens, here is the map.
Who’s Building It
The development is a joint venture between BDT & MSD, Trammell Crow Company, the owners of Highland Park Village and The Retail Connection. That ownership group matters, because the Highland Park Village team has a track record of running one of the most exclusive luxury retail centers in the country, and they are applying the same instincts here.
The site sits on four acres adjacent to both Highland Park and the Katy Trail, which is the whole strategic point: walkable, affluent, and already woven into how locals move through this part of the city. Track the full plan and tenant announcements on the official Knox Street site.
The Retail Coming In
The retail lineup is the headline. Knox Street has confirmed lifestyle labels DÔEN, STAUD and TOTEME, each opening their first standalone Texas locations here, alongside TWP. For anyone who tracks fashion, those are not mall brands. They are the kind of names that usually require a flight to New York or Los Angeles.
Landing several Texas debuts in one development is exactly the move that signals where this is positioned: not competing with the nearest outdoor mall, but pulling shoppers who would otherwise spend that money out of state. More tenants are still being announced as the opening nears.
Where to Eat
On the dining side, the marquee name so far is Sant Ambroeus, the celebrated Italian hospitality group bringing its first Texas outpost to Knox Street. The plan is all-day dining, an elegant café and a dedicated outdoor patio, which fits the strip’s existing patio-and-people-watching culture perfectly.
An all-day café-to-dinner format is the kind of anchor that keeps a district busy from morning coffee through late dinner, and it slots neatly alongside the restaurants already drawing crowds to Knox. Expect the food roster to grow as the 2026 openings roll out.
The Hotel and Residences
The project’s centerpiece is The Knox, a hotel and residences set to debut in late 2026 under the Auberge Resorts Collection, one of the most respected names in luxury hospitality. The plan calls for a 140-room hotel paired with 47 ultra-luxury condominiums.
Those residences run from roughly 2,500 to more than 15,000 square feet, which is penthouse-in-the-sky territory and a clear signal of who this district is courting. An Auberge flag on the strip instantly puts Knox Street on the map for the kind of traveler who usually skips Dallas for the coasts.
Why It Works
The reason this project reads as a sure thing is location. There is also a nine-story, 150,000-square-foot office building, 3333 Knox, arriving in late 2026 and already fully preleased, which means a built-in daytime crowd of workers feeding the restaurants and shops from day one.
Put it together, residents above, offices alongside, hotel guests rolling through, and the Katy Trail feeding foot traffic, and you get a district designed to stay busy at every hour. That mix is what most developments chase and rarely pull off. Knox Street already has the bones for it.
The Block to Watch
Knox Street is about to go from a great walk to a genuine destination, and the smart move is to know it before it fully arrives. Take the stroll now to see the strip as it is, then watch the new openings land through late 2026. Pair the visit with a walk on the adjacent Katy Trail, the urban path most locals ignore, and you have already mapped the neighborhood before the rest of the city catches on.
| The Location | Knox Street, on a four-acre site between Highland Park and the Katy Trail, Dallas |
| Opening Timeline | Most components arriving through late 2026, hotel debuting late 2026 |
| The Team | BDT & MSD, Trammell Crow Company, the Highland Park Village owners and The Retail Connection |
| The Retail | DÔEN, STAUD and TOTEME Texas debuts, plus TWP, with more to come |
| Where to Eat | Sant Ambroeus, its first Texas outpost, with all-day dining and a patio |
| The Hotel | The Knox by Auberge Resorts Collection, 140 rooms and 47 luxury residences |
| Best For | Fashion shoppers, Katy Trail walkers and locals tracking the next big district |
| The Move | Walk Knox now to see the strip before it changes, then follow the official site for 2026 opening dates. |
