Dallas Luxury Condo

Bleu Ciel: Prices For This Luxury High-Rise Continue Up, Up and Away

By Jon Anderson / March 3, 2016 /

In April 2015, just a few months after I started this gig, I noticed that Bleu Ciel’s prices had jumped. Well, it’s done happened again! Today saw a further 2 to 4.5 percent increase on top of the 15-ish percent they’d jumped since pricing was announced. For the “teaser” units on the MLS that translates…

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Condo Developers Running out of Rich People? Build for the Middle Class

By Jon Anderson / January 29, 2016 /

In December, I spent a month writing about Hawaii real estate. Several of the articles showcased new and planned high-rises in the Kaka’ako area of Honolulu that were almost exclusively targeting foreign investment and wealthy local buyers wanting to trade their nest for a high-rise perch. You may also recall that many of these buildings…

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Merry Christmas: Park Towers Raises HOAs Dues Higher Than the Ritz Residences!

By Jon Anderson / December 22, 2015 /

Park Towers is one of Dallas’ original high-rises built in 1964 and located at Fairmount and the Katy Trail. It’s been no secret that I like their floor plans but hate the exterior of mismatched enclosed balcony “sheds” (that have finally been painted a uniform color). When I was looking to buy in 2012, I…

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Prices Are Movin’ Further Into The Ciel at Harwood’s Bleu Ciel

By Jon Anderson / April 23, 2015 /

This morning’s Ebby Alert contained a surprise. Prices at the Bleu Ciel (the next rich, rich, rich highrise in Dallas) are rising right along with construction. So if you’ve been fiddling and diddling about putting a deposit down, it’s gonna cost ya! Originally the 158 units had starting prices of $700,000 for the smallest 1,373-square-foot…

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The New Bohemian: Stephen and Jane Lerer’s Warrington Penthouse Blends Bright Light and Antiques

By Joanna England / April 2, 2015 /

Though they’ve been living in their 23rd-floor penthouse at The Warrington only six months, it didn’t take Stephen and Jane Lerer too long to realize that they were totally and completely in love with their immense, luxurious, and freshly renovated unit inside this Turtle Creek highrise. “I really loved the structure of it, the design,”…

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