The Lora, a 27-story luxury apartment tower rising over Dallas' Knox Street, is finally showing off what it looks like on the inside. Fresh interior images and a full amenity lineup have dropped as the building gets ready to welcome its first residents this summer. The tower will bring 186 apartments to the Katy Trail corridor, with one- to four-bedroom homes that run from roughly 800 square feet to more than 3,500 square feet. It is the first residential piece of a roughly 1 million square foot Knox Street mixed-use build-out that will layer in offices, shops, restaurants, and a hotel along the trail.
Design and scale
Designed by Woods Bagot, The Lora’s sculptural façade leans into warm, earth-toned precast concrete and broad arches that developers say nod to the site’s railroad history. According to Trammell Crow Company, the 27-story tower is being developed by a joint venture led by BDT & MSD Partners and Trammell Crow and will include residences that range from roughly 800 square feet to more than 3,500 square feet.
Interiors and amenities
Inside, the finishes and layouts are pitched as warm and light-filled, with large great rooms and broad views of the Dallas skyline doing most of the flexing. “All you need for wellness, work, and leisure is at The Lora,” the project’s marketing materials promise, and the amenity list tries hard to back that up. Residents are set to get a yoga studio, cold plunge, Pool Terrace with an al fresco kitchen, Mirador Room for dining, a members-style bar, a lobby by Chad Dorsey Design, and 24-hour concierge services. Those features, along with the leasing timeline, are detailed on The Lora's official site.
Where it fits on Knox Street
The Lora is planned as the first residential tower within the broader Knox Street development, a roughly 1 million square foot project that also calls for about 150,000 square feet of office space, roughly 100,000 square feet of retail, a half-acre park, and an Auberge Collection hotel and residences. The project topped out earlier this year, according to The Dallas Morning News. Leasing materials for the office portion indicate that ISN Software, Paul Hastings, and BDT & MSD Partners have already preleased space.
Retail, restaurants and neighborhood fit
Developers are betting heavily on ground-floor energy, with restaurants and curated retail cast as the connective tissue tying the tower into the neighborhood. One of the headliners is Sant Ambroeus, which selected Dallas for its first Texas location and will take over a street-level restaurant that looks onto the project’s new park. The broader retail and restaurant lineup is designed to link directly to the Katy Trail and nearby Highland Park shopping and dining areas, positioning Knox Street as a new hub for the corridor. Sant Ambroeus' Texas expansion was reported by CraveDFW.
Leasing timeline and what to expect
The Lora’s marketing page lists one- to four-bedroom residences and states that leasing will begin in summer 2026, currently by appointment only. The rollout of floor plans and interior imagery was covered in a first-look by the Dallas Business Journal, which highlighted the building’s push toward hotel-like services. Prospective renters can register interest through the building’s marketing site as units get closer to officially hitting the market.
Deliveries across the Knox Street project are expected to start later this summer, with The Lora leading the residential wave. Backers are positioning the tower’s mix of large floor plates, hotel-grade services, and street-level retail as a key piece in stitching fresh energy into the Katy Trail corridor as the neighborhood continues to evolve.
