Downtown Dallas Apartment Locator: Converted Towers on Four Rail Lines
Our Downtown Dallas apartment locator team checked 56 places this week, and 31 of them have specials. Prices start at $999 a month after free rent. Much of Downtown's housing is in office towers from the early and middle 1900s, turned into apartments. Newer midrise buildings fill the gaps toward the Farmers Market and the Cedars. Every DART light rail line shares the transit mall here, and Union Station adds the TRE commuter train and the streetcar. That makes this the easiest part of Dallas to give up a car. The typical one bedroom runs $1,580 this week, but watch the garage fee, which most towers charge on top of rent.
- Typical 1 bedroom
- $1,580/mo
- Places with homes available
- 56
- With a special
- 55%
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Downtown apartments by size this week
We checked 56 places in Downtown on November 6, 2026. Prices count any firm free rent, spread over the lease, and are before fees. Pick your size to see the best deals.
This week in Downtown
Price by building age, after free rent
For a studio here, middle age buildings cost about $113 a month less than older ones. Newer doesn't have to mean pricier.
On a 1 bedroom here, middle age buildings run about $186 a month less than newer ones. If price matters most, start with them.
On a 2 bedroom here, older buildings run about $410 a month less than newer ones. If price matters most, start with them.
On a 3 bedroom here, middle age buildings run about $2,209 a month less than newer ones. If price matters most, start with them.
55%
of places here have a move-in special
Firm free rent offers here give about 4 weeks.
−$44
typical 1 bedroom since November 1
Prices here are easing. A good week to look.
Our picks in Downtown
Places we like right now, in each kind of building. Tell us your budget, and we'll send the names and floor plans.
Newer buildings
Built or redone since 2015
1 / 81 Bedroom from $1,278/mo1 month free off base rent on select apartment homesOur takeA newer build near the farmers market district, close to downtown, with the modern finishes you'd expect from a home this age.Get the name →
1 / 81 Bedroom from $1,640/moUp to 8 weeks freeOur takeModern finishes and well kept amenities in a new downtown building; ask us about parking before you sign.Get the name →
1 / 81 Bedroom from $1,449/moOur takeAsk for an upper floor home; the views are the draw, and the common areas and dog park stay clean.Get the name →
Middle age buildings
Mostly built 1995 to 2014
Older buildings
Built before 1995, lower prices
Find your best deal in Downtown
Pick what you want. We compare each deal with buildings like it here: same size, about the same age.
Circles show the general area, not the building. Numbers match the deals below.
1 / 8Top deal on this list
★ Our pick$556 below similar 1 bedrooms here
6 weeks free on a 12‑month lease
$904
/mo net effective
1 bed · 565 sq ft · $1,021 listed · You save about $1,410
Class B · Built 1999 · 4+ stars on Google
Up $15 since November 1 · 34 homes available this week
Get the name and floor plan- 1 / 8★ Our pick
$245 below similar studios here
Studio · 383 sq ft · $2.93 per sq ft
Class A · Built 2020 · 4+ stars on Google
Down $29 since November 1 · 10 homes available this week
No special needed
$1,121/moGet the name 
$729 below similar 2 bedrooms here
2 bed · 956 sq ft · $1.81 per sq ft
Class A · Built 2015 · 3.5+ stars on Google
9 homes available this week
Up to 6 weeks free off base rent on some homes
$1,729/moGet the name- 1 / 8★ Our pick
$1,372 below similar 3 bedrooms here
3 bed · 1,434 sq ft · $2.11 per sq ft
Class A · Built 2024 · 4+ stars on Google
10 homes available this week
Up to 8 weeks free on some homes
$3,025/moGet the name
Prices are rent only. Monthly fees and the deposit are extra. Ask for your list, and we'll send the names and floor plans.
Nothing here matches all of that this week. Tell us what you want and we'll look for buildings that fit.
Why our prices are lower than what the community quotes
When a community gives free rent, we spread it over the whole lease and show what you pay a month on average. The community quotes the full rent, and many take the free rent off your first months. You pay the same total either way. Our way lets you compare one deal with another. Fees and the deposit are extra.
Why our prices are lower than what the community quotes
When a community gives free rent, we spread it over the whole lease and show what you pay a month on average. The community quotes the full rent, and many take the free rent off your first months. You pay the same total either way. Our way lets you compare one deal with another. Fees and the deposit are extra.
See all the numbers: prices by size, newer vs. older, week by week
Prices by size
"Middle half" is the range half the places here start in. A price under it beats about 3 in 4 places.
| Size | Typical | Cheapest | Middle half | Per sq ft | Since November 1 | Places open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,391 | $999 | $1,192 to $1,654 | $2.29 | down $8 | 35 |
| 1 bed | $1,580 | $1,129 | $1,364 to $2,054 | $2.20 | down $44 | 54 |
| 2 bed | $2,325 | $1,405 | $1,908 to $3,097 | $2.01 | down $16 | 53 |
| 3 bed | $3,625 | $2,767 | $2,933 to $6,318 | $2.05 | down $28 | 23 |
| 4 bed | n/a | $8,850 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 |
Newer vs. older buildings
Newer means built or redone since 2015. Middle means mostly 1995 to 2014. Older means built before 1995. Prices are for a 1 bedroom. How we sort them
| Buildings | Typical 1 bed | With a special | Usual weeks free | Per sq ft | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newer (Class A) | $1,643 | 52% | 4 weeks | $2.33 | 31 |
| Middle (Class B) | $1,457 | 67% | 5 weeks | $2.09 | 12 |
| Older (Class C) | $1,473 | 55% | 10 weeks | $1.98 | 11 |
Prices week by week
The typical price from each weekly check since Oct 28. A line heading down means prices here are easing.
Each place's price is its lowest listed available apartment of that size, after any firm free rent and before fees. We leave out income restricted, tax credit, 55+ and student housing. Prices can change any day, so get the final price in writing from the building before you apply.
Areas we cover inside Downtown
Main Street DistrictMain, Elm and Commerce are where most of downtown's converted office towers and loft buildings sit.
Main Street Garden is the neighborhood park, and you can walk to DART rail on Pacific Avenue in a few minutes.
Arts DistrictThe northeast corner of downtown, home to the Dallas Museum of Art, the Meyerson and the Winspear.
Klyde Warren Park decks over Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and apartment towers sit near the St. Paul and Pearl/Arts District stations.
Farmers MarketOn the southeast side of downtown around the Dallas Farmers Market on Harwood.
You'll find newer midsize apartment buildings and townhomes, and I-30 and I-45 are both right at the edge.
The CedarsJust south of I-30 along Lamar and Akard, The Cedars has old warehouses, lofts and newer apartment buildings.
Dallas Heritage Village sits on its east side, and Cedars station puts Red and Blue line trains a few minutes from the core.
Photos: Arts District: Luis Tamayo from Arlington, Texas, USA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Farmers Market: Dallasfarmersmarket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Downtown Apartment Locator Help for Converted Office Towers
- The station you'd use, West End, Akard, St. Paul or Pearl/Arts District, picked by the walk from each building
- We tell you what a model unit in a converted tower can hide: inward windows, long narrow plans and the elevator line at 6pm
- Garage fees and any flat heating and cooling charge added before a tower gets compared with a suburban quote
- A heads up on east edge homes that pick up weekend music from Deep Ellum
DART Lines and Commute Gaps in Downtown
Red, Blue, Green and Orange trains all share the transit mall on Pacific Avenue and Bryan Street, stopping at West End, Akard, St. Paul and Pearl/Arts District. The TRE leaves Union Station for Fort Worth Monday through Saturday, with Sunday trains only around the State Fair. Pick a building within a few blocks of Pacific and every line is a short walk.
I-35E, I-30 and US-75 all touch the grid, and Woodall Rodgers caps the north side. AT&T's headquarters sits inside the core, and the company plans to move it to Plano. If you work there, keep that in mind before a long lease.
Parking swings the math. Garage spaces are billed monthly and street spaces are metered, so a renter who can drop a car skips that charge entirely. That's how a Downtown home can come out cheaper per month than a suburban one with a lower listed rent.
Converted office towers and what to check in them
Many of the core's apartments are in towers built for offices between the 1910s and the 1960s. Office floors are deep, so plans often run long and narrow, and a unit facing an inner court in a converted tower can get very little daylight.
Ask to walk the unit you'd rent, not the model. The model tends to be the best layout in the building. Count the elevators against the floors, and ask how long the wait runs at 8am. Then ask whether heating and cooling run on a central system with a flat monthly charge, how full the package room gets, and how guest parking works. Each of those lands on top of the rent.
Daily life in Downtown Dallas
Downtown is the one part of the metro where you can skip the car. Four rail lines meet here, a new park sits every few blocks, and museums and games are a walk or one stop away.
- Downtown without a car
- Green space between the towers
- Where downtown eats and goes out
- Groceries and errands
- Museums, games and the fair
- What we tell renters moving downtown
Downtown without a car
All four DART light rail lines (Red, Blue, Green and Orange) share the transit mall on Pacific Avenue and Bryan Street, stopping at West End, Akard, St. Paul and Pearl/Arts District. Union Station adds the TRE commuter train to Fort Worth and the Dallas Streetcar south to Bishop Arts. The free M-Line trolley starts in the Arts District and rolls up McKinney Avenue into Uptown. When you do drive, our times run 12 to 15 minutes to the Medical District and 30 to 34 to Legacy West. Most towers charge for a garage space, so ask what yours costs.
Union Station
Catch the TRE here for a Fort Worth day trip, or the streetcar to Bishop Arts for dinner without hunting for parking. TRE trains skip Sundays except around the State Fair, so plan weekend trips for Saturday.
- Fort Worth day trips
- Streetcar to Bishop Arts
Pearl/Arts District
The east end of the transit mall, where every DART light rail line stops, so it's an easy walk home from the Arts District.
- Rail to work
- Arts District nights
Green space between the towers
Downtown has added a park every few blocks. Klyde Warren Park sits on a deck over Woodall Rodgers Freeway, with lawns, food trucks and free classes. Harwood Park, on the east side, has mammoth slides, pickleball courts and a splash pad. Carpenter Park on Pacific Avenue is the biggest park downtown and has a fenced dog area, handy if your building has no dog run. Pacific Plaza and West End Square fill in the gaps, so a lunch walk on grass is never far.
Klyde Warren Park
Grab lunch from a food truck and eat on the lawn, or come on a weekday evening when free classes and events fill the deck.
- Food truck lunch
- Free events
- Evening walks
Harwood Park
Go on a weekday evening to get a pickleball court, or on a hot afternoon when the splash pad cools things down.
- Pickleball
- Splash pad
- Playground time
Where downtown eats and goes out
For live music and late nights, walk east under I-345 to Elm Street in Deep Ellum, where bars and stages stay loud past midnight on weekends. The West End Historic District near Dealey Plaza fills old brick warehouses with restaurants that get busy before Mavericks and Stars games. Main Street has patios for a drink after work. For a quick dinner with lots of choices, the Dallas Farmers Market has a food hall inside The Market building.
Deep Ellum
Walk over on a Friday or Saturday night for live bands and bars that stay open late, and skip driving since parking fills fast.
- Live music
- Late nights
- Bar hopping
West End Historic District
Good for dinner before a game, since it sits close to the arena and the West End rail stop.
- Pregame dinner
- Out of town guests
Groceries and errands
The big weekly grocery run usually means a short drive out of the core or a delivery order, so count that in if you plan to go car free. The Dallas Farmers Market fills part of the gap. Its shops open every day, and The Shed, a covered open air market, brings farms and makers on weekends. Drugstores and corner markets on Main and Elm cover quick stops.
Dallas Farmers Market
Come Saturday morning for The Shed's farm stands, then stay for lunch at the food hall inside The Market building.
- Saturday produce
- Food hall lunch
- Local makers
Museums, games and the fair
The Arts District has the Dallas Museum of Art, free to enter for its main collection, plus the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The Sixth Floor Museum looks over Dealey Plaza, and Reunion Tower has the skyline view. Mavericks and Stars games are at the American Airlines Center, one stop past West End at Victory Station. Each fall the State Fair of Texas fills Fair Park, a short Green Line ride east.
Dealey Plaza
Pair a walk through the plaza with the Sixth Floor Museum above it, and go early on weekends before the tour groups arrive.
- History walks
- Showing guests around
Dallas Museum of Art
The main galleries cost nothing to enter, so it's an easy hour on a hot or rainy afternoon in the Arts District.
- Free museum visits
- Rainy afternoons
What we tell renters moving downtown
The convention center on the south side is being rebuilt in phases, so plan on lane closures near Lamar, Griffin and Young for years. On Mavericks and Stars nights, Woodall Rodgers and the streets near Victory back up before the game starts. Units on the east edge, closest to Deep Ellum, can hear weekend music late, so ask which way a bedroom faces. If you'll lean on the train, pick a building within a few blocks of Pacific Avenue.
Downtown questions
What does a Downtown one bedroom cost?
This week the typical one bedroom Downtown is $1,580 and the typical two bedroom $2,325, both with free rent averaged in. Prices vary a lot between converted towers and newer buildings. The lowest price right now is $1,129 for an open downtown one bedroom, with its weeks free averaged across twelve months.
Is Downtown a good place to go without a car?
Of anywhere in Dallas, it's the easiest. Every DART light rail line stops on the transit mall, the streetcar runs from Union Station to Bishop Arts, and the M-Line trolley starts in the Arts District. Groceries are the catch, since a big weekly run usually means a drive or a delivery.
How do Downtown buildings charge for parking?
Almost always as a separate monthly fee, and the amount changes from tower to tower. Get it in writing next to the rent and add it in our true monthly cost calculator.
What should I look at in a converted office tower?
The exact unit you'd lease, its windows and which way it faces, the elevator wait at the evening rush, the package room, and whether heating and cooling carry a flat charge.
Who helps renters find a Downtown apartment?
Our team does. We keep up with the towers on Main, Elm and Commerce, the Arts District towers and the newer buildings by the Farmers Market and in the Cedars. We'll send the ones we find that match your budget, parking needs and move date.
Looking in Downtown?
Tell us where you work and when you move, and we'll send the Downtown towers we find near the right station. Worth a read: what a month really costs, high rise living and moving for a job.
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