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West Love Update:

New real estate projects are taking off around Dallas’ busy Love Field
Steve Brown
March 24, 2016

“This whole area is undergoing a renaissance,” said developer Jorge Ramirez, who is turning two blocks of old industrial and commercial properties into a new mixed-use development.

His 35-acre, $200 million West Love development is the biggest new project in the Love Field area.

With passenger traffic up more that 50 percent at Love Field and expansions at the nearby medical centers, the area south and west of the airport is attracting new development.

Apartment builder Fairfield Properties just cleared six acres south of Love Field at Denton Drive and Inwood Road where it is building a 347-unit complex.

“Our first phase of apartments is 368 units,” Ramirez said. “And we have 10 townhouses, too. We plan to be under construction in about 90 days.”

The apartments and townhouses will join two new hotels, an office building and shopping center at the site at Mockingbird and Maple Avenue.

“The retail will be low profile, up against street — very pedestrian-oriented,” Ramirez said. “There have been a ton of new apartments going up in this area but no new gathering places, no restaurants.

“We have listened to the neighborhood and what it needs.”

KDC’s office building will be at least 150,000 square feet.

“We can do up to 200,000 if someone comes along and needs more square footage,” Guthrey said.

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