April Towery
April Towery is former News Development Director for CandysDirt.com and covers Dallas City Hall. She studied journalism at Texas A&M University and has been an award-winning reporter and editor for more than 25 years.
Downtown Dallas is bustling with holiday cheer, and if you’ve got a luxury condo on your wish list, it’s time to hop in the sleigh. Great listings abound in the downtown area, including a three-bedroom, three-bath penthouse condo at 511 N. Akard St., Apartment 1502. Special features include a rooftop terrace, a private elevator, African…
Public Facility Corporation reform laws were approved in this year’s Texas Legislative session, but an affordable housing watchdog group says it falls short. It also grandfathers PFCs approved before the passage of House Bill 2071. The new legislation provides affordability, accountability, and transparency. It also makes headway in curbing abuses and tenant protections, advocates say. …
Dallas City Council members last month reviewed a pair of development programs used to spur affordable mixed-income housing throughout the city in the hopes that City Council will authorize changes to make the initiatives more developer-friendly. The programs are complicated and the funds are restricted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines.…
It’s long been debated in the weeds of land use planning circles: what to do with the “bodies” of dead big box stores? When retail giants like Toys ‘R’ Us and Bed Bath & Beyond shuttered in recent years, they left large footprints and sprawling parking lots. The former Bazaar grocery store at 10710 Garland Road…
Looking for an 11,134-square-foot, five-story castle with lake views, private balconies, and its own drawbridge? Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty agent Eric Hacker with the Hacker Property Group has got you covered. Hacker, a retired Major League Baseball pitcher, is no stranger to fancy real estate, but Parsons Castle wins the trophy when it comes to…
