Year: 2024

Former Dallas Plans Inspector Sour But Sated After ‘Lemon on Stemmons’ Permit Debacle

By April Towery / October 2, 2024 /

When news broke this summer that City of Dallas employees had to vacate the Stemmons office they’d just moved into over city code violations and a missing certificate of occupancy, the irony was not lost on others. However, some of the sharpest criticism for the widely-panned “lemon on Stemmons” came from within, when one municipal…

Grab This Tudor in Greenland Hills for an Amazing Price

By Brenda Masse / October 2, 2024 /

When I spoke to David Griffin & Co agent, Lori Ericsson, about this week’s Highlight Home of the Week sponsored by Senior Loan Officer Lisa Peters of First Horizon, she said, “It’s a wonderful house in a great location — Greenland Hills! And it shows really well: better than the pictures.” And you’re not gonna believe the price. What…

A Vickery Place Tudor Revival Cottage With a BIG Surprise

By Karen Eubank / October 1, 2024 /

When Compass Realtor Gayle Schneider said, “Karen, you really have to see this one to believe it,” I flew out the door. First, I believed her. Second, her listing is a Vickery Place Tudor Revival cottage on Goodwin Ave. and that is where I spent my 20s. I have great memories of that street and…

Here’s What Your Council Member Had to Say About the Now-Approved ForwardDallas 2.0

By April Towery / October 1, 2024 /

At last. The ForwardDallas 2.0 comprehensive plan was officially adopted and is now the guiding document for future land use in the ninth-largest city in America. A lot of ink has been spilled about what led up to the Dallas City Council’s 11-4 vote to pass the document on Sept. 25. As always, some golden…

Dallas Set to Outshine New York and Miami With Development Opportunities, Expert Says

By Shelby Skrhak / October 1, 2024 /

In this episode of Dallas Dirt, Candy Evans sits down with Abteen Vaziri, founder and CEO of Uptown Companies Incorporated, and a recent New York transplant on a mission to transform Dallas’s real estate landscape. “Dallas has opportunities that no other Metroplex in the United States has,” Vaziri says. Vaziri’s explains the EB-5 Immigrant Investor…