New hotels in Uptown, Dallas

Uptown sits just north of downtown Dallas, a grid of tree-lined streets where apartment towers, restaurants and boutiques share the blocks around McKinney Avenue. It is among the few parts of the city where an evening out can happen without a car. Seven hotels in our guide stand or are planned here: two open, five still to come, with dates running from the autumn of 2026 to 2029. The pipeline is top-heavy: five of the seven are luxury projects, and three of those pair their rooms with branded residences.

What to do in Uptown

The district is easiest to understand through its transport. The M-Line Trolley, a heritage streetcar that has run along McKinney Avenue since 1989, is free and operates every day of the year. It links the West Village shopping and dining complex at the north end with the Arts District and Klyde Warren Park in the south, and it connects to DART rail at Cityplace/Uptown and St. Paul. A full loop takes about 45 minutes. Service starts at 7 a.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. at weekends, and runs until 11 p.m. on Fridays and midnight on Saturdays.

West Village is the closest thing Uptown has to a main street, with more than a hundred shops and restaurants packed into a few pedestrian blocks. Around it the restaurant list is long and changes quickly. Yardbird Table & Bar serves Southern cooking, The Rustic puts live Texas music behind its patio, Nobu runs a Japanese menu, San Martin Bakery handles pastries and breakfast, and Parliament pours craft cocktails on Allen Street. The Nodding Donkey is the sports bar. Sixty Vines, a wine bar with sixty wines on tap, is an easy fallback for a group that cannot agree.

Griggs Park, eight acres, is the place for a picnic. The Katy Trail is the neighborhood's green spine. It is a 3.5-mile paved path laid along a former Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad corridor, running north from Victory Park through Uptown and under North Central Expressway to Mockingbird Station. Runners and cyclists use it at dawn, and the Katy Trail Ice House, with a fifty-foot bar, catches them afterwards.

Culture is smaller in scale than in the Arts District, but it exists. The Kalita Humphreys Theater was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and Theatre Three stages classic and new plays. The Museum of Geometric and MADI Arts and Bivins Gallery cover contemporary work. For the large museums, go south: Klyde Warren Park, opened in 2012 over a sunken freeway, marks the border with Downtown Dallas, and the Dallas Museum of Art and the Meyerson Symphony Center are on the far side of it.

North along the trail, Knox-Henderson offers a more residential run of bars and restaurants for an evening away from the McKinney Avenue crowd. The wider picture of the city, including how Uptown compares with its neighbors, is on the Dallas page.

Where to stay in Uptown

New hotels arrive in a neighborhood that already has older ones. Hotel Crescent Court, the Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Hotel ZaZa and Hotel St. Germain are the established names, and none of them is new. What the seven below add is range: a 134-room independent with a Michelin Key, two compact lifestyle brands, and a run of towers that pair rooms with residences. They cluster in four pockets, and the choice between them is mostly a choice between quiet and noise.

Harwood District and Turtle Creek

Hôtel Swexan opened in June 2023 at 2575 McKinnon Street. It is an independent member of The Leading Hotels of the World, holds a Michelin Key, and has 134 rooms, eight of them suites. The Swiss-Texan identity shows in five restaurants and bars, a rooftop infinity pool and a Joanna Czech Spa. Listed rates start around $520 a night, which puts it at the top of what the neighborhood charges today.

The same part of Uptown is about to change shape. The Dallas EDITION is planned for 3031 N. Harwood Street, anchoring the 2.5-acre Chalk Hill mixed-use development beside the Katy Trail and the Dallas North Tollway. It will bring Ian Schrager's EDITION brand to Texas for the first time, with 214 rooms and suites and about 60 residences, interiors by Bonetti/Kozerski and architecture by BOKA Powell. The site was once occupied by the public broadcaster KERA. The opening is set for 2028.

Close by, on Turtle Creek Boulevard just north of downtown, Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Dallas at Turtle Creek targets October 2027. Pelli Clarke & Partners designed the 35-story tower, with HKS and SWA on the landscape. Carpenter & Company's $475 million project holds 233 rooms and suites and 118 private residences, plus three restaurants and a private club. It will be the brand's first hotel within Dallas proper. Turtle Creek is one of the city's most established addresses for wealth and old-money real estate, so a new tower here lands on familiar ground.

McKinney Avenue corridor

The bar-and-restaurant strip has the two most imminent openings, and they share a building. A new 19-story tower at 2910 N. Hall Street, at the corner of Oak Grove Avenue and one block south of McKinney Avenue, houses a dual-branded Marriott project from Peachtree Group and Phoenix Development Partners, with Merriman Anderson Architects as the architect. Groundbreaking took place in October 2024.

Moxy Dallas Uptown takes the ground-level entrance and 154 rooms, with check-in handled at Bar Moxy on the street. The Society did the interiors. The opening is targeted for summer 2026, and a starting rate near $230 has been listed. The address was chosen for nightlife, not for views, and walking distance to the Katy Trail and the American Airlines Center comes with it.

AC Hotel Dallas Uptown holds the other 110 rooms of the combined 264. Marriott's design-focused lifestyle brand is aiming for fall 2026. The two hotels share a rooftop restaurant and bar, which means a guest at either one can reach the same terrace.

Cedar Springs Road and Reverchon Park

The Stoneleigh, Autograph Collection is the neighborhood's oldest hotel story. Stoneleigh Court opened in 1923 and operated as Le Méridien Dallas from 2013. It reopened in May 2026 under Marriott's Autograph Collection after a renovation backed by owner Brookfield and designed by the London studio Fettle, with 104 rooms and 72 suites, from about 300 to 1,000 square feet. The design takes its cue from Dorothy Draper, who handled the hotel's first renovation in the 1930s, with bold color and pattern. The food is run by chef Michael White: Lions Den, an Italian supper club with house-made pastas, and Bar Leonessa, which turns from a cocktail bar into a coffee counter in the morning. There is a ground-level pool with daybeds. Rates were listed from about $140. Reverchon Park and the Katy Trail are at the doorstep.

A short distance away, Dallas Proper Hotel & Residences is planned for a four-acre site at 2500 Cedar Springs Road, one of the largest parcels to come available in the neighborhood in decades. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill drew a 34-story tower, and Kelly Wearstler is handling the interiors. Proper Hospitality and Lincoln Property Company plan about 200 hotel rooms and 80 branded residences for 2029. Klyde Warren Park is within walking distance.

Cityplace

Cityplace Tower Hotel is the weakest bet in the district. The 42-story tower at 2711 North Haskell Avenue rises 560 feet above the Cityplace/Uptown DART station, and a hotel of 223 rooms was first announced for eight floors in 2019 as an InterContinental. IHG's involvement appears to have lapsed by early 2025. Developer NexPoint is said to be finalizing a deal with Marriott, within a $445 million redevelopment that converts the rest of the tower to about 970 apartments. No opening date is confirmed, and as of August 2026 construction has not started.

Which hotel in Uptown for your trip

For a stay that starts tonight, the choice is between the two open hotels. Hôtel Swexan suits a couple who want a destination hotel with a pool on the roof and a spa, and who are not counting the price. The Stoneleigh lists from a far lower rate, with a lobby that feels like a 1920s apartment building reimagined and a dinner reservation downstairs.

Moxy and AC Hotel are the ones to watch for a trip planned a few months out. Both are upscale lifestyle brands, both sit in the thick of the McKinney Avenue bars, and neither has been reported open yet. A stay booked before an opening is announced carries the usual risk of a date that slips, so check the hotel's own page close to travel.

For 2027 and beyond, the Four Seasons, EDITION and Dallas Proper define a new top tier for Dallas, and all three pair rooms with residences. Cityplace Tower is the project to treat as a possibility, not a plan.

Travelers who prefer to arrive by train will like Cityplace. The DART station sits beneath the tower, and the trolley connects to it. Anyone staying near the Katy Trail should ask which side of the building their room faces, since the trail runs close to several of these sites.

Frequently asked questions

What is the newest hotel to open in Uptown Dallas?

The Stoneleigh, Autograph Collection, which reopened in May 2026 after a renovation by Fettle. Hôtel Swexan, from June 2023, is the only other open hotel in our guide for the district.

Which hotels are due to open next in Uptown?

Moxy Dallas Uptown and AC Hotel Dallas Uptown, targeted for summer and fall 2026, share a 19-story tower at 2910 N. Hall Street. Four Seasons at Turtle Creek follows in October 2027, then The Dallas EDITION in 2028 and Dallas Proper in 2029.

Is Uptown Dallas walkable?

Yes, along McKinney Avenue and around West Village, where restaurants, bars and shops sit within a block or two of each other. The free M-Line Trolley covers the corridor and runs to Klyde Warren Park. Longer trips, to Fair Park or the Design District for instance, usually need a rideshare.

How far is Uptown from downtown Dallas?

The two are adjacent. The trolley reaches the Arts District in the south and Klyde Warren Park marks the boundary, from where Downtown Dallas begins. The free trolley is the simplest way across.

How much does a hotel in Uptown cost?

Hôtel Swexan lists from about $520 a night and The Stoneleigh from about $140. Moxy Dallas Uptown has listed a starting rate near $230. The luxury projects have not published rates.

What is the Cityplace Tower Hotel project?

A planned 223-room hotel on eight floors of the 42-story Cityplace Tower, above the Cityplace/Uptown DART station. It was announced in 2019 as an InterContinental. No operator or start date is confirmed.