Dallas ISD - Career Institute East at Historic Lincoln

Dallas ISD is renovating a 95,493 sq ft historical building at 5000 S. Malcolm X Blvd to create classroom-centric spaces for its Career Institute East program. The project, filed as Dallas ISD - Career Institute East at Historic Lincoln, is estimated to cost $30,848,378, which works out to $323 per square foot. This renovation is significantly larger and more expensive than the typical alteration in Dallas County, where the median estimated cost for similar work is $249,000 and the median size is 4,226 sq ft.

Scope and Design

The scope of work involves the renovation of a historical building to support a career institute program of classroom centric spaces. Corgan Associates Inc. is the design firm of record for this project. Michael Lynn Kelley is the registered accessibility specialist associated with the filing. The project involves public funds, public land, or is a Federally funded roadway project, indicating significant public investment in the district's educational infrastructure.

TDLR completed plan review in March 2026 and construction is scheduled to finish in May 2027, with work starting April 2026. The registered accessibility specialist, Michael Lynn Kelley, ensures the renovation meets state standards. The scheduled build window of 402 days is longer than the county median of 92 days for renovation and alteration projects, reflecting the complexity of adapting a historical structure for modern educational use.

Local Context

The project is located in Dallas County, ZIP code 75215. According to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates, the area has a population of about 18,840 and a median household income of $41,388. Housing in this ZIP code is mostly renter-occupied, with a median owner-occupied home value of $137,700. Dallas ISD has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $2,861,365, including renovations at schools such as Victor H Hexter Elementary and Arturo Salazar Elementary.

Corgan Associates Inc. has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $632,100,000, including large-scale developments like Dfw2 Dc7 in Lancaster and QTS FTW1 DC1 Expansion in Fort Worth. The Dallas County unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier. This project represents a substantial commitment to vocational education infrastructure in the Dallas area.