Year: 2024

St. Jude Inc. Awarded $4.7 Million Contract to Provide Permanent Supportive Housing at Former Hotel Miramar 

By April Towery / June 28, 2024 /

After multiple setbacks over the course of almost four years, the Dallas City Council unanimously awarded a 20-year, $4.7 million contract Wednesday to St. Jude Inc. to operate 1950 Fort Worth Avenue as permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless.  The project is being funded by 2017 bond funds and a federal grant.  St. Jude…

Can a Home Cause Pain? ML Interiors Group Has the Antidote!

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 28, 2024 /

By Michelle Lynne of ML Interiors Group We all know there are different ways that a home can cause physical pain, from a poor layout (who hasn’t banged their hip on a misplaced countertop or bruised a shin on an open dishwasher door?) to decades-old materials that can be carcinogenic. These issues can typically be resolved…

A University Park Dilbeck with a Frank Welch Touch, a Ghost Story, and Legendary Owners

By Karen Eubank / June 27, 2024 /

Has this historic University Park Dilbeck been blessed with some sort of spell or charm for attracting stylish and discerning buyers? Consider this. Chili’s founder Larry Lavine, jewelry designer Dian Malouf, and society maven Bert de Winter have each called this University Park Dilbeck home. It’s always been a magnet for those with taste, style,…

Mendelsohn: ‘We Are Terrible at Developing Property,’ Dallas to Sell 711 S. St. Paul

By April Towery / June 27, 2024 /

Members of the Dallas Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee are fired up about long-vacant properties that should have been housing the homeless and one city-owned property that was unintentionally performing that task.  In a three-hour committee meeting Monday, members of the panel chaired by District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno recommended that staff proceed with selling …

Stranger Things Have Happened: Netflix House to Headline International District Fall 2025

By CandysDirt / June 27, 2024 /

Staff Reports North Dallas’ Galleria/Midtown/Valley View/International District is making big moves, and those who have invested in the area are betting on a box-office hit.  Netflix House is scheduled to open at Galleria Dallas next fall. The entertainment venue will be in a prominent space on the northwest side of the shopping center, city officials…