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New apartments are planned in Fort Worth\u2019s Hemphill Corridor, in an area that saw disagreements in 2023 over a rezoning project for townhomes.<\/p>\n
Amanda McCoy<\/p>\n
amccoy@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n
Work is under way on an apartment project in Fort Worth\u2019s Hemphill corridor.<\/p>\n
In 2023, as residents debated a potential zoning change<\/a> that could have brought townhomes to Hemphill Street, a project dubbed \u201cLivano Victory Forest\u201d<\/a> at 3320 Hemphill St. moved through state and city approval processes.<\/p>\n The $65 million project would have had 357 units, according to state filings<\/a> \u2014 but those plans have been scrapped in favor of a new development.<\/p>\n Pivotal Residential<\/a>, an Alabama-based real estate investment firm, purchased the land in 2025, according to a representative for the company, and broke ground on a new market-rate apartment complex in June. The development will be titled \u201cSorella.\u201d<\/p>\n The Fort Worth City Council approved a tax abatement agreement<\/a> for the former developer, Alabama-based LIV Developments, which planned to invest $72 million in the development.<\/p>\n LIV Developments never purchased the land from the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, western province.<\/p>\n The site is next door to the Maren Grove affordable housing apartments<\/a> that recently opened inside the former Our Lady of the Victory Academy building at 801 W. Shaw St.<\/p>\n There will be 348 apartments in the Sorella complex, according to the developer. Pivotal does not plan to seek a tax break for the project.<\/p>\n Pivotal has a project in Grand Prairie, called the Casona apartments.<\/a> The Hemphill apartments will be designed to fit the character of south Fort Worth, according to the developer.<\/p>\n Apartments are expected to be available to rent in late 2027.<\/p>\n