I can see Dallas following a development pattern similar to Houston. Key advantage is the land size and there are plenty of opportunity for infill, if its multi-family developments that sprawl but have a decent amount of units, or the tower in the park/multi-nodal nature of Houston, only for Dallas.
Is there a ton of demand though for high rise living in Dallas? Considering the prices. I'm all for the towers rising but realistically, we are likely to see the same pattern of development that we see in Houston but in Dallas. That is low-rise multi-families, like the example below. Much cheaper to build, better pricing versus say a 150-200 unit tower.
Also with a booming population, and the price of single family homes rising, apartment developments like the ones below are likely the future.
Credit: https://www.equityapartments.com/dal...rly-apartments
There are a lot of industrial parks in the region and I'd imagine downtown is just a small portion of the total employment capacity, and so... there might not be a need for walkable, dense areas full of towers. While nice to look at, I'm just thinking realistically of how the metro will grow, pattern wise.
Unfortunatly, auto-dominated, and with WFH, will remain so. But consistent and increasing density over a large area, sure.