As Dallas serves as the International Broadcast Center for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Wildcat Management’s Tanya Ragan positions the Purse Building at 601 Elm Street for international and institutional buyers.
-- Downtown Dallas is drawing global attention this summer as the city serves as the International Broadcast Center for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, placing thousands of international journalists, producers, and media professionals on the streets of the city’s urban core for more than a month. For investors watching Dallas from outside the United States, the moment is more than a sporting event. It is a window into a city that has been quietly building toward something significant for years.
Wildcat Management, the Dallas-based real estate investment and development firm led by Tanya Ragan, has the Purse Building available for acquisition, an asset that sits at the center of that transformation. It represents the kind of property that is increasingly difficult to find in a market moving as quickly as Dallas: a building with history, flexibility, and a location inside a city with structural momentum behind it.
The Purse Building at 601 Elm Street is a 65,000-square-foot landmark built in 1905 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One of the few surviving pre-World War I warehouse structures in downtown Dallas, it sits directly across from Dealey Plaza in the city’s West End Historic District. Wildcat Management completed a major renovation in 2020, and the building supports multiple redevelopment scenarios including boutique hotel, creative office, residential, or mixed-use, with historic tax credits available to offset up to 45 percent of rehabilitation costs.
The backdrop for the property is a city in active transformation. The $3.7 billion Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center redevelopment is underway, with demolition crews on site and the project on track for a 2029 completion. More than 700 new residents arrive in the DFW region every single day. Eleven major corporate headquarters have relocated to the area in recent years. The proposed arena district near City Hall signals a once-in-a-generation rethinking of the city’s civic core.
“Dallas has been building this story for years,” said Tanya Ragan, President of Wildcat Management. “The World Cup puts a global spotlight on a city that was already moving. The buyers who are paying attention right now are the ones who will look back on this summer as the moment they saw it clearly.”
Investors seeking a deeper look at the downtown Dallas investment opportunity may read Tanya Ragan’s analysis at tanyaoutloud.com/tanya-ragan-on-world-cup-and-dallas-real-estate.
About the company: Wildcat Management is a Dallas-based real estate investment and development firm specializing in urban revitalization and adaptive reuse. Led by Tanya Ragan, a four-time GlobeSt Women of Influence honoree and 2024 Texas ICON by REDnews, the firm has spent more than twenty years reshaping the West End, Farmers Market District, and Government District in downtown Dallas. Wildcat’s portfolio reflects a long-term commitment to preserving architectural heritage while advancing urban growth across North Texas.
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