DALLAS--Victory Park is making two-sided retail on Victory Park Lane a reality with the start of construction on the unfinished parking garage across from the W Dallas - Victory Hotel and adding an additional 22,030 square feet of retail and restaurant space to the 75-acre mixed-use development in downtown Dallas.

"Transforming the unfinished parking garage is a vital component of our retail strategy at Victory Park," says Terry Montesi, CEO of Trademark Property Co., Victory Park's retail partner. "Creating a two-sided retail district along Victory Park Lane is essential to crafting the vibrant, pedestrian environment we envision for the district. Now, with the two-way traffic conversion on Houston Street and Victory Avenue implemented, the new Victory Park will begin to rapidly evolve into the premier walkable retail and restaurant district of Dallas."

Once complete, the garage, which sat unfinished since 2008, will add street-level retail and restaurant space to Victory Park, as well as a 2,600-square-foot second-floor covered patio connected to a signature restaurant at the northeast corner of the garage. The project also will include constructing new garage façades and the addition of materials complementary to the surrounding district. Completion is slated for summer 2016.