Former Masonic facility to be redeveloped

​​DALLAS – One of downtown Dallas' most unique office projects, called the Block House, is creating a new use for the nearly 80-year-old Masonic Temple on Harwood St.

The 41,000-sf historic building, which has been vacant for nearly a decade, is being renovated as part of the East Quarter development on downtown's east side.

The three-story former fraternal organization building was purchased this year by Dallas developer Todd Interests and its partner JPMorgan Asset Management.

The developer is installing new elevators and adding a roof deck for prospective office tenants.

Mid-2018, the developers acquired more than a dozen properties on the east side of downtown. They have begun renovations of the old commercial properties, most of them built between the 1920s and 1930s.

The old buildings are being converted to new office, restaurant and retail uses, and the entire neighborhood has been rebranded East Quarter.