An effort to add density to the East Side is approaching a design review.

Central at Commerce, a mixed-income apartment building planned for the East Side, is on the docket for the Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC). Opportunity Home and Indiana developer The Annex Group are planning 279 units at a presently vacant lot at 1231 E. Commerce St., expecting to spend around $91 million to place housing east of St. Paul Square. Construction is planned to begin in February 2026.

One-, two- and three-bedroom apartments would be offered between 30% and 70% area median income (AMI). The developer is applying for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ 4% low-income housing tax credits, seeking $41 million over 10 years.

Evolve Architects, the design firm involved, wrote t

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