A 65-unit apartment complex is planned along Third Avenue Northwest.

The District 29 complex near Dodger Drive and 29th Street will grow, with 18 more townhome structures.

Northwest side

Hoppe Development, of Lincoln, Nebraska, plans to build 65 apartments in a series of eight two- and three-story buildings along the south side of Third Avenue Northwest between Fifth and 10th streets.

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The apartments Hoppe Development is planning to build along Third Avenue Northwest will look like these.

The complex will include a mix of one, two, three and four-bedroom units with rents ranging from $750 to $1,750 a month.

In February 2025, the City Council sold the property to the developer for $369,000.

In May 2025, the Iowa Finance Authority awarded about $1.2 million worth of housing tax credits to help pay for the project.

Then last fall, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $874,440 in workforce housing tax credits for the project.

Construction could begin in June.

East side

When work on District 29 began in 2020, it was the first significant construction of market rate rental housing Fort Dodge had experienced in years.

The first phase of construction was finished in 2021. That first phase consisted of a four-story, 93-unit apartment building and five townhome structures.

A second phase of construction started in 2022.

In the spring of 2025, Talon Development, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, announced plans for 18 more townhome structures to be located south of the current buildings.

The first phase of that expansion will consist of nine buildings, each containing six townhomes. The second phase will consist of nine more buildings, each containing five townhomes. Each townhome will have three bedrooms and a two-car garage.

The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $1 million worth of workforce housing tax credits for the project.