$47.5M Filing Sets Out a 2027 Start for Uptown Dallas Central Market
Fresh reporting on an October 5 registration gives the long-awaited grocery redevelopment a construction estimate and a proposed delivery window.
A reported $47.5 million construction filing gives the long-awaited Central Market at McKinney and Lemmon avenues a more specific delivery window. The October 5 registration, described in subsequent business reporting, schedules work from March 2027 through September 2028.
The project would remake the former grocery site at 3524 McKinney Avenue in Uptown Dallas. A filed start is a planning milestone, not proof of a notice to proceed, and the completion date should not be presented as an announced store-opening date.
Project at a Glance
- Location:
- 3524 McKinney Avenue
- Reported filed estimate:
- $47.5 million
- Reported filed schedule:
- March 2027 – September 2028
- Status:
- Preconstruction / filed schedule
A different scheme from the earlier tower proposal
The reported scope exceeds 235,000 square feet across renovation, new building work and structured parking. It includes public dining and administrative space and a two-story garage. That combined work area should not be described as 235,000 square feet of grocery sales floor.
An older primary registration at the same address, TABS2022011995, described a very different $295 million, 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use podium and tower project in 2022. It is not the new $47.5 million filing and does not establish the current project team or schedule. Adding the two values would misrepresent successive development concepts as simultaneous construction.
Why the latest schedule matters
Earlier reporting documented the store’s revised design and an April 2026 city approval. The October filing update supplies a later construction window against which future progress can be assessed. It advances the story beyond a general intention to put a store on a long-discussed site.
TCH’s assessment is that renovation, vertical circulation and parking make this a more involved delivery exercise than a basic freestanding retail shell. Existing structures have to interface with new work, while customer access and service functions need to fit within an urban site. Those are construction implications of the described scope, not claims that individual packages have been awarded.
The next milestones
The useful follow-ups are an owner-confirmed start, the current permit and construction package details, and a distinct opening announcement. The exact new TDLR registration identifier has not yet been independently recovered, so the current figures remain labelled as reported filing details.
The project now has a substantial reported estimate and a schedule to track. That is meaningful progress, while keeping the older abandoned tower concept separate from the grocery development now being advanced.