An Atlanta commercial real estate firm that’s ramping up in North Texas has hit the ground with two projects.

Integral Group is working on mixed-use developments in Rowlett and Arlington.

“We are going to be focused on reinvention of downtowns, transit oriented developments and adaptive reuse,” said Art Lomenick, Integral’s president of development. “ And Dallas is an important market to us.”

Lomenick is a familiar player in the Dallas real estate business. Previously he worked here with Trammell Crow Co., the Staubach Co. and Columbus Realty. He’s been at Integral since 2012.

In Rowlett, the developer is building a $30 million urban village with 254 residential units, shops and a new public library. A network of pedestrian trails links the project, which is set to begin early next year.

“This development culminates a vision created for downtown by Rowlett citizens 30 years in the making,” Mayor Todd Gottell said in a statement. “The Village of Rowlett will open the door to additional private investment by carrying forward the city’s new urban energy to downtown’s edges at Highway 66 and the President George Bush Turnpike.”

Integral is doing the Rowlett project in partnership with local firm Catalyst Urban Development.

Source: Dallas Morning News