Dallas' Highland Park Village is gearing up for a fresh round of upgrades, with owners filing plans Monday to tack on about 10,500 square feet across two buildings at the historic shopping center. The current price tag comes in at $11 million, down from an earlier $25 million estimate in the same filing, for additions that would bump up Building C by roughly 3,500 square feet and Building D by about 7,000 square feet inside the seven-building complex that anchors the Park Cities.
The plans were filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and list architecture firm OMNIPLAN as the designer on the job. The filing initially put the work at $25 million before the cost estimate was revised to $11 million, as noted by The Real Deal. That report also points out that Building C fronts Douglas Avenue, while Building D sits at the corner of Douglas and Mockingbird Lane, a key gateway into the Village.
TDLR filings point to steady, bite-size changes
State project listings show this is far from a one-off makeover. Highland Park Village has seen a steady stream of tenant fit-outs and small additions in recent years, consistent with the incremental expansion laid out in the new filing. According to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project records, many jobs at 47 Highland Park Village are logged as privately funded tenant renovations. Additional TDLR filings show those projects typically appear in the agency's Architectural Barriers database before any construction starts.
Who is steering the expansion
The listed owner on the project, Highland Park Village LP, ties back to Gillon Property Group, the Dallas firm formed in 2025 to consolidate the Washburne and Hunt-Hill family real estate portfolios. That structure comes from a company launch announcement on PR Newswire. The Washburne-led group acquired Highland Park Village in 2009 for about $170 million, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Gillon has stayed busy around North Texas since then, including a recent deal to buy Watters Creek, detailed in a release on Business Wire. The Highland Park Village filing signals the firm is still investing in one of its highest profile assets, just not in a way that radically changes the Village's footprint.
Design limits at a historic Dallas icon
Highland Park Village is widely regarded as one of the earliest open-air shopping centers in the country and is documented in National Historic Landmark records, which means any expansion has to play nice with its Mediterranean-style façades. The center is recorded in the National Park Service nomination documents, a level of recognition that tends to keep dramatic design experiments in check.
OMNIPLAN, the architecture firm on the new filing, has worked at the Village for years and describes its approach as making changes that “make it seem like we were never there,” according to OMNIPLAN. That preservation-first mindset helps explain why the latest project is a modest square-footage boost rather than a sweeping overhaul.
What it could mean for shoppers and tenants
The property’s own site already shows two spaces in Building C labeled “Coming Soon,” hinting that at least part of the new square footage is expected to be leasable storefront space. Building D currently houses Highland Park Village management and sits amid a roster of luxury tenants that includes Dior, Beretta and Oscar de la Renta.
As reported by The Real Deal, the project cost in state filings was revised from the earlier $25 million figure to $11 million, and Gillon Property Group declined to comment on the plans. For now the paperwork is preliminary, and details such as a construction start date, phasing and which brands might land the new space remain subject to review and negotiation.
If regulators sign off and the additions get built, the expansion would amount to another careful, incremental upgrade at a center that has spent decades balancing historic preservation with high-end retail. Neighbors, shoppers and leasing watchers can keep an eye on updated TDLR entries and company announcements for any changes to the budget and a firmer construction timeline in the months ahead.
