Collin County

Are People Flocking to Melissa, Texas, For Luxury Homes or a $35M High School Football Stadium?

By April Towery / August 31, 2023 /

Melissa, Texas, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the region, and there’s no shortage of stunning listings available.  It might be due to the sprawling acreage and lower property tax rate, but it doesn’t hurt that the high school recently unveiled a 10,000-seat, $35 million football stadium.  They’re clearly expecting a lot of visitors…

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Why Lie? You Might Be Surprised by Fortune Magazine’s No. 2 Family-Friendly Place to Call Home

By April Towery / October 12, 2022 /

Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the best U.S. city for families, according to Fortune Magazine, but it’s the No. 2 spot — Collin County’s Wylie, Texas — that caught our eye and maybe even had us asking, “You sure about that?” People across the country have been conducting online searches of “Wylie, Texas” lately, in part…

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Centurion Breaks Ground on 11,100-Home Development

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / April 27, 2022 /

Centurion American Development Group spent Tuesday afternoon in Celina beaming about its single mixed-use development.

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You Might Get a J.R. Ewing Vibe in These Collin County Apartments

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 14, 2022 /

It’s apartment living — not that there’s anything wrong with it — but it’s one in which you might get a distinct J.R. Ewing vibe out of it. Brinkmann Ranch in Frisco was one of the first stars of Dallas, the CBS television drama that ran from 1979 to 1991. Lorimar Productions used Brinkmann Ranch,…

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1,100-Home Community Going Up Just Beyond The Hay Rolls in McKinney

By Marlin Weso / January 26, 2022 /

Houston-based Hines is teaming up with investor Trez Capital to develop the 1,100-home Aster Park community north of Farm Road 1461.

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