The owners of a North Dallas office park are seeking permission to knock down the empty buildings and replace them with an apartment community.

The Hillcrest Oaks office buildings are on the south side of LBJ Freeway just west of Hillcrest Road. Built in the late 1970s, the three buildings contain more than 200,000 square feet of office space on about 7 acres.

The buildings are owned by a New York-based company that’s headed by the top officers of Fortress Investment Group, county tax records show.

The property owners are asking for city approvals to build more than 400 apartments on the property, which is surrounded by commercial buildings.

Dallas architect Humphreys & Partners is designing the project, according to filings with the city.

The Hillcrest Oaks buildings are noteworthy because they were the first major real estate development by top property firm founder and Dallas Cowboys legendary quarterback Roger Staubach.

In 1977, Staubach and his business partner Robert Holloway formed a real estate company, which as its first project developed Hillcrest Oaks.

The Hillcrest Oaks office complex has three empty buildings.(Steve Brown )
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