monte anderson

Live, Work, And Play in a Modern Architectural Gem And Preservation Award-Winning Tudor

By Karen Eubank / December 5, 2022 /

This iconic compound is the most exciting live-work-play property on the market in Dallas. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to land an architectural gem of a work-play space and a Preservation Dallas award-winning home. Talk about the best of both worlds! I’ve always loved the 4,569-square-foot studio photographer Manny Rodriguez built in West Oak Cliff just up from…

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County Jail Could be Demolished, Making Way For New Development in Downtown Dallas

By April Towery / September 22, 2022 /

An overcrowded jail that’s not up to code is prompting Dallas County commissioners to contemplate demolishing and moving the facility — making way for prime real estate on the western edge of downtown Dallas. Commissioners will appoint a committee next month to analyze the situation and make a recommendation within a year on whether to…

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Housing Infrastructure Could Get Hundreds of Millions In 2024 Bond Election, But What About Actual Houses?

By April Towery / August 24, 2022 /

The City of Dallas is proposing a $300 million investment into housing infrastructure over the next 10 years, officials announced during a presentation last week on the 2024 bond program.  The discussion sparked a lively debate about whether infrastructure translates to actual homes — and one Dallas developer told CandysDirt.com that the city could solve…

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Monte Anderson Shares Vision to Create Affordable ‘Micro Homes’ in Oak Cliff Shopping Center

By April Towery / April 20, 2022 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

What’s one to do with a suburban shopping center with way too much parking in an area that desperately needs more affordable housing?  Build some affordable housing, that’s what.  Realtor and developer Monte Anderson with Options Real Estate owns the site at 3939 S. Polk St., which was built in the 1960s. He’s requesting rezoning…

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An Honest Conversation on Our Changing Oak Cliff

By Amanda Popken / July 27, 2017 /

This morning’s panel discussion on Oak Cliff: Challenges + Opportunities for the Urban Neighborhood was a strikingly honest — almost uncomfortably honest — conversation, both between the panelists and in the Q&A. The panel brought together two well-established Oak Cliff developers — David Spence of Good Space and Monte Anderson of Options Real Estate —…

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