A North Fort Worth apartment complex under construction will woo tenants with a 45-acre greenbelt, a clubhouse and walking trails.

But don't look for a smoking lounge.

Developer Hillwood Properties' Monterra Village will be 100 percent smoke-free. It's being touted as the first rental housing project in North Texas to snuff out tobacco.

A nationwide trend toward smoke-free rental units started in California and is spreading across the country.

Hillwood says its surveys show that 70 percent of apartment residents turn up their noses at smoking.

"Our data and research from various groups across the country shows that a vast majority of apartment home renters want to reside in smoke-free communities," Perry Wallace, vice president of multifamily development for Hillwood Properties, said in a news release.

"There also are significant health, safety and cost benefits to having a nonsmoking environment throughout Monterra Village," Mr. Wallace said.

Indeed, Hillwood says its polls show that some renters will pay a premium to live in an apartment complex where the folks next door aren't lighting up.

Units in the development will start at about $980 a month.

The 288-unit Monterra Village will open next month near Interstate 35W in Hillwood's AllianceTexas project.

It's the first phase of a 1,000-unit apartment development that Hillwood plans there.