“They should be able to live nearby in an affordable place that has quality that they can enjoy with their families,” Onu said.“At that time, I didn’t have the resources or the ability or the knowledge to come here and make an impact that I believe we’re going to have here. Now that I’ve graduated, I’ve gotten some projects under my belt and gotten some knowledge, I’m intensely focused on what I can do to help out this area and the city as a whole,” Onu said.
The site for the project is right across from the Tommie Allen Recreation Center and Park on Bonnie View Road.“I want to create that affordable version of that here where you can live, eat, work and play all in one area,” he said.Visiting the neighborhood Friday, Onu met the councilman at Atkins’ neighborhood office on Simpson Stuart Road near Bonnie View, which is very close to Onu’s project.
Atkins said he is encouraged that Onu has arranged financing and is not asking the city for help after many city investments in southern Dallas. “I think we set the table for people to come and we’ve been marketing,” Atkins said. “Now it’s opportunity time to invest. It’s opportunity time that we’ve got market rate type of development who said, I don’t need any incentive from the city of Dallas. I love that word. He said 'I don’t need anything,'” Atkins said.
The southern side of Dallas still has land available for development. It is the part of the city where Dallas needs to grow.“I am taking a bet and I believe in this area. I believe in this city. Dallas has some of the most migration of any city and it’s only a matter of time before that migration reaches more and more south,” Onu said.Onu said he also has a single-family home development in the works nearby in Lancaster.
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