Year: 2024
Dallas City Council members came back from the July recess with some big goals: Deal with the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan, adopt a balanced budget, lower the property tax rate, and hire a new city manager. Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins is acting as the council liaison for the city manager search. As the…
East Love Dallas is one of the most innovative developments in Dallas, and renters are lapping it up, with love. Renters? Yes, we said renters. Because Lou Olerio, founder of Olerio Homes, has tapped into a sorely neglected DFW market: the luxury townhome lessee. Olerio, a luxury Texas homebuilder, first saw the potential five years ago, when he…
One of the most exaggerated and accurate representations of the State of Texas and Texans in general is in the movie Giant. Giant is a 1956 flick that starred Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean. The movie lasts no less than 16 hours and revolves around a big ‘ol Texas man, played by Hudson,…
This week’s Highlight Home of the Week sponsored by Senior Loan Officer Lisa Peters of First Horizon is a dramatic contemporary new construction home in a great area. Tucked into the neighborhood just off Inwood and University Avenue, this eye-catching 2024-build is just walking distance from Inwood Village, and hot spots like Shinsei and Perch Bistro. This stucco-and-wood home…
The Dallas Board of Adjustment admitted Tuesday that it didn’t know the extent of its authority to rule on an Elm Thicket permit case stemming from a city permitting error — a mistake that let builders construct a towering three-story home and other structures that don’t meet zoning requirements. CandysDirt.com broke the story earlier this…
