ARLINGTON, Texas — Editor's note: This article was originally published in the Dallas Business Journal here.
As construction continues on the first luxury apartments in Arlington's Entertainment District, the Texas Rangers and The Cordish Cos. are offering a look at how the community inspired by the World Series-winning club may look.
The developers of One Rangers Way in early June celebrated a topping-off ceremony, which is when vertical construction reaches its highest point — a major milestone for any commercial construction project.
Since then, Scott Seeley, Cordish's senior manager of leasing development, has been busy giving tours to potential residents — but made time to show a reporter around recently. He said One Rangers Way will set a new precedent for development in an area that has seen a proliferation of commerce and entertainment.
"It's really going to set a new standard for amenity-rich living not only in Arlington but even in Fort Worth," he said. "And it's going to really rival some of the stuff in Dallas too."
The apartments at 1200 Nolan Ryan Expy. are expected to open in January 2025. Seeley declined to discuss pre-leasing statistics.
Once construction is completed, One Rangers Way will have 300 units and feature 43,000 square feet of amenity space, including a pool and swim-up bar and, zen garden, sports viewing lounge and outdoor green space.
There will be one-bedroom and two-bedroom units as well as penthouse apartments designed by Hord Coplan Macht. Prices will range from $1,500 a month to penthouses in the $4,000-a-month range.
The building will be filled with various art and 35 artifacts from Rangers history, provided by the company that owns the team, Rangers Baseball Express LLC.
Rob Matwick, executive vice president of business operations at the Texas Rangers, said seeing Cordish's One Light apartments in Kansas City's Power & Light District solidified the vision in Arlington.
"It was fascinating to see it was the same thing," Matwick said. "You had the entertainment district, you had businesses in downtown Kansas City, but you really didn't have the high-end residential."
Separately, the Rangers are working on creating more restaurant and retail space in Choctaw Stadium, across the street from One Rangers Way.
Plans were registered in June with the state for $1.2 million in renovations to the stadium to create 7,000 square feet of retail space, work that could be completed in December. A new Tex-Mex restaurant, El Tiempo Cantina, opened July 1 in the stadium. Choctaw Stadium also hosts a Starbucks, along with office and coworking space.
Arlington's Entertainment District has developed into a premier entertainment destination in North Texas. In addition to Choctaw Stadium, it's home to Globe Life Field, home of the Rangers, as well as the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium. Next to Globe Life Field is Texas Live, a restaurant and bar district, while the Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center opened in February. Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor are nearby.
"We're really excited about being able to provide these types of amenities in walkable distances," Matwick said. "In addition, what's going to be in One Rangers Way ... this gives somebody the ability [to] just walk across the street, have some coffee, if they want to get out of the apartment, or walk down ... and have a great Tex-Mex meal or go to a ballgame."
