A 210-unit affordable housing complex planned about a mile south of the University of North Texas at Dallas campus has picked up support from Dallas City Council members, with construction potentially starting as soon as January and wrapping by late June 2028. The Heights at UNT Station, proposed for 1201 E. Wheatland Rd., carries a projected cost of $19 million and would span nearly 255,000 square feet once complete.
According to Chron, the project applied for four percent low-income housing tax credits and has already gone before the Dallas City Council, which supported it in February 2025. Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam Bazaldua said the project “is great and will come,” per the same report. Curtis Jones is listed as the project's owner, with Arrive Architecture Group serving as the design firm, and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has received a filing for the development.
Despite its name, The Heights at UNT Station has no formal connection to the University of North Texas at Dallas, the article notes. Still, the university's own housing limitations help explain the demand for such a project nearby — UNT Dallas restricts its on-campus residence halls to full-time enrolled students under 25, according to UNT Dallas, leaving older, graduate, and family students to look elsewhere for housing near campus.
A Bigger Complex Once Envisioned, Now Scaled Back
The project wasn't always planned at 210 units. It was initially proposed as a 240-unit complex, per the same Chron report, though the current filing reflects the smaller unit count. Earlier city records tied to that original 240-unit design, reviewed by Dallas City Hall, described a mix of 24 one-bedroom, 96 two-bedroom, 108 three-bedroom, and 12 four-bedroom units, along with amenities like a business center, fitness center, pool, and after-school tutoring — all reserved for households earning at or below 60% of the Area Median Income.
The Heights at UNT Station is one of three affordable housing tax credit projects that its developer, Louisville-based LDG Development, has secured Dallas City Council approval for since early 2025, alongside the 180-unit Legacy on Belt Line and the 330-unit Gateway at Trinity Forest, according to The Real Deal. LDG Development has built more than 22,800 affordable housing units across multiple states since 1994, the outlet reports.
A Second, Larger Project Nearby
Just down the road, at the northwest corner of South Lancaster Road and East Wheatland Road, a separate and much larger affordable complex is also moving forward. University Hills is planned as a 360-unit affordable housing project including 126 one-bedroom, 162 two-bedroom, and 72 three-bedroom floor plans, per Chron's reporting. The Dallas Housing Finance Corporation approved a $50 million loan request for the project — also known as Tapestry at University Hills — in October 2025, according to Webull, with the joint venture led by Hoque Global and Streamline Advisory Partners.
In February, the Dallas City Council passed a resolution of support for SL University Hills Partners' application for competitive 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits tied to the 360-unit project, per Municue. That resolution matters because municipal support provides key scoring criteria for competitive 9% LIHTC applications reviewed by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Part Of A Much Bigger Master Plan
University Hills isn't a standalone apartment complex — it's the primary residential component of a 270-acre master-planned development near UNT Dallas led by Hoque Global. That broader plan is expected to eventually include 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, up to 1,500 multifamily units, hundreds of single-family homes, a boutique hotel, and more than 50 acres of green space, according to WFAA. Dallas City Council had already approved up to $31.4 million in Tax Increment Financing back in June 2022 to help fund infrastructure and utility work for the development's first phase, the station reported.
A Dallas resident said the opportunity to develop the project is much needed, according to Chron's reporting. That sentiment tracks with regional data: a 2023 report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition estimated the Dallas-Fort Worth metro faces a deficit of nearly 270,000 affordable rental homes for low-income residents, as noted by The Real Deal. The city adopted its Dallas Housing Policy 2033 in April 2023 to help close that gap by leveraging tax credits and expanding below-market rental options in targeted growth corridors, per Dallas City Hall records.
The University Hills area has drawn a wave of investment beyond these two apartment projects. Hoodline previously reported on the nearby Rivulet development, a 300-home and 240-apartment project backed by a $23.5 million city infrastructure grant, as well as a separate $130 million University Hills makeover led by Black women developers, per Hoodline. Together, the projects reflect a broader transformation taking shape around a campus that, until recently, had little housing built up around it at all.
