Dive Brief:

• Sometimes middle age means a facelift, but in the case of the First National Bank tower in downtown Dallas, it's surgery on what's behind the facade.
• The 52-story building has been vacant since 2010, but now Olympic Property Partners plans to put $175 million into the plan for apartments and stores with some offices.
• The first step is removing asbestos, a heritage of the 1960s. 

Dive Insight:

The First National Bank conversion is the latest in a series of reclamations of downtown buildings for new purposes. This project is the largest so far.