Mikail Onu sees opportunities where others have seen obstacles. When an injury ended his football career, he turned to another venture. Now, he hopes to level the field to create better neighborhoods in neglected communities in Dallas.
A former SMU football player has turned developer and is beginning to make strides in creating new parts of Oak Cliff in southern Dallas County . Onu hopes to transform 12 tree-lined acres just north of Bonnie View Road and I-20 in Southeast Oak Cliff into a new housing development."We're starting phase one of ‘The Adaline,’ which is the name of this community. The Adaline Plaza is a 2.3-acre retail development. There's going to be a 4,000-square-foot market and café.
They're for rent townhomes, not for sale townhomes."But Onu, only 27, has bought into developing this part of Oak Cliff."Really, my grandfather was the originator of this," he explained. "He purchased it and brought it to me and said, ‘We want to sell this.’ I said, ‘I think we have a better opportunity here."While low-income housing has been built in the area, Onu says it's been 50 years since market-rate housing like what he is planning has come to this area.
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