A center in Dallas' Design District is about to get a major makeover: M2G Ventures, a DFW real estate investment and development company, is repositioning the former Inwood Design Center, a 14-building 740,000-square-foot complex at 1110 Inwood Rd. into a two-pronged design complex with restaurants and retail.

According to a release, the rebranding will introduce two distinct identities which will operate "independently but harmoniously."

• Inwood Design District, nickname IDD, will be for showroom and industrial use
• Ace on Inwood, AKA Ace, will be for retail and restaurant

"IDD" comprises 630,000 square feet, with spaces ranging from 2,500- to 40,000-square-foot floorplates for showroom and light industrial use, with up to 24-foot clear heights.

Ace on Inwood will be a 109,233-square-foot retail building with spaces ranging from 1,193 to 6,000 square feet, for restaurants, retail, services, wellness and boutique concepts, with a focus on home furnishing uses to complement the existing base in the area. Patio space and endcaps will provide further opportunity for placemaking and activation.

Construction is about to begin with completion targeted for the end of 2025.

Project enhancements will include upgraded façades and storefronts, branding and signage, enhanced parking, and layered landscaping. Art strewn in unexpected places will include colorful visual moments, 3D illusions, or interactive installations, serving as visual landmarks and encouraging walkability and discovery.

In a statement, M2G Ventures co-founder Jessica Miller Essl calls it "one of the most dynamic projects we have been a part of."

“This modern evolution takes the property from industrial to a premier mixed-use campus at a location that bridges the Design District and Brookhollow submarkets,” Essl says. "We anticipate bringing both districts into their new lives. By creating two distinct projects under one collective vision, our team can create two best-in-market projects in their respective peer sets."

M2G has done similar projects in the past 10 years including the Foundry District in Fort Worth, a creative repositioning of a warehouse district into showrooms, retail, food and beverage, and creative office; and Proto Park in Dallas, a mid-century warehouse transformed into an industrial destination; M2G has since exited both projects.

The design team for the project includes Ibañez Shaw Architecture as architect, RSM Design for environmental graphics, Paper Kites Studio for landscape architecture, Katie Murray for art curation, Ramble Creative for branding, and SHOP Companies’ Jake Sherrington and Victoria Pappas for lleasing the retail component of Ace on Inwood.