D-FW Real Estate Goes Big: Billion-Dollar Dreams, Frisco Mansions, and the Race to Reinvent the Metroplex

Welcome to Dallas-Fort Worth, where real estate isn’t just growing, it’s showing off.

From $3.5 million dream homes rising in Frisco to a new neighborhood that’s more luxury resort than suburb, from high-stakes developments in Denton to a reinvention of South Dallas real estate with a social twist the Metroplex is making big, bold moves.

Whether you’re a hedge fund hawk, a homebuyer dreaming big, or just obsessed with Zillow at 2 a.m., here’s your red-hot roundup of the most jaw-dropping, conversation-starting real estate happenings across North Texas.

Ultra-Luxury Living Breaks Ground in Frisco

Forget cul-de-sacs and cookie-cutter homes The Preserve in Frisco is pure opulence, Texas-style. The first phase of this 267-acre gated fantasyland features 233 custom-built estates with price tags starting at $3.5 million.

That’s not a typo. These are private club, PGA-golf, acre-sized lot homes nestled next to the PGA of America HQ, the Omni PGA Resort, and even Universal’s upcoming theme park.

A private club? Check. Over 25 miles of trails? Naturally. Construction is already buzzing, and if all goes as planned, the first multi-millionaires will be unpacking by next spring.

Call it a suburb. Call it a sanctuary. Just don’t call it ordinary.

South Dallas Is Getting Its Own Real Estate Revolution

While the north flexes with golf courses and gated communities, South Dallas is rising with purpose.

Meet Palladium Buckner Station, a $107 million mixed-income community built right on top of an underused DART parking lot. Thanks to $14.5 million in incentives, developers are turning gray pavement into 304 units of real, affordable living, 80% of them for families earning 60% or less of the local median income.

Luxury with a conscience? Absolutely. And with a light rail stop out front, this is one of the city’s boldest bets on walkable, equitable, transit-friendly growth.

The Rental Revolution: Cottage Cool & Suburban Chic

Who needs a mortgage when you can live like you own the place?

ONM Living, the D-FW builder behind some of the region’s most stylish build-to-rent homes, just announced two new cottage-style communities:

• Cottages at Century Farms near Anna (290 homes)
  
• Cottages at Providence Commons in Providence Village (188 homes)
  

With more than $100 million in capital invested and leases starting in late 2026, ONM is betting big on a new generation of Texans who want designer living without the 30-year commitment.

And that’s just the start ONM plans to roll out 1,000 more rental homes worth over $250 million by 2028.

Denton Goes Glam with a Luxe Apartment Playground

Over in Denton, a 4-story luxury complex is rising inside the sprawling Rayzor Ranch master-planned community. Developed by HighPark Capital and Phoenix Capital Management, this 242-unit property is more retreat than residence.

We’re talking:

• Resort pool with cabanas
  
• Outdoor yoga turf
  
• Pickleball courts
  
• Work-from-home pods
  
• And a kitchen where outdoor brunch dreams are made
  

Completion: Early 2027. Vibe: Napa Valley meets North Texas.

Frisco Builds a Health Haven

In a surprising twist, one of Frisco’s most exciting new buildings isn’t a mansion, it’s a cutting-edge medical center.

Cambridge Holdings just broke ground on an 85,800-square-foot wellness mecca in Frisco Station, complete with surgery centers, OB-GYN specialists, spine surgeons, and radiologists. Anchored by elite partners like Lam Vascular & Associates and Compass Surgical, this healthcare meets high design.

Retail’s Not Dead Just Reinvented

• Sherman Commons, a 275,000+ square foot retail center packed with heavyweights like Ulta, PetSmart, and Academy Sports, just changed hands. The buyers? Dallas-based Kobalt Investment and The Retail Connection.
  
• In Plano, Stockdale Capital Partners picked up West Plano Medical Village, a sleek, fully leased medical plaza with Baylor Scott & White and Catalyst Physicians as anchors.
  

Industrial Surge: ACIS, ProSource & More Expand Footprints

• ACIS, an HVAC powerhouse, is relocating its HQ to Allen’s 121 Tech Park, with 150+ employees in a sleek 33,000-square-foot space.
  
• ProSource Industries inked a lease for a 104,000-square-foot Grand Prairie manufacturing facility, more proof that North Texas remains an industrial magnet.
  

Heart and Hustle: Hugs Inc. Builds a Mission-Driven HQ

In McKinney, something beautiful is happening. Hugs Café, a nonprofit dedicated to employing and training adults with disabilities, is building a new $10 million HQ and training center complete with classrooms, a commercial kitchen, and community support from KDC, H-E-B, and others.

Real estate rarely feels this real.

Law Firm Power Moves & Big Mergers

• Dallas-based Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors is planning a new HQscouting Knox-Henderson and South Dallas as possible new homes for its post-Comerica era.
  
• Austin’s Scott Felder Homes just snapped up Olivia Clarke Homes, a fast-rising D-FW builder known for stylish new construction in Celina and beyond.
  

What It All Means

D-FW isn’t growing, it’s evolving. The new era of North Texas real estate is diverse, dramatic, and deeply ambitious. It’s mansions in the north, mission-driven projects in the south, and sleek design replacing sprawl in all directions.

Big money. Big ideas. Big heart. And the blueprint for the next chapter of Texas.