Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Cole Smith, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2019 /

  It saddens our hearts to report that Dallas, indeed the entire U.S., has lost one of its most significant architects: Cole Smith. Cole was born in 1926 and died August 25. He was married to interior designer extraordinaire Sherry Hayslip Smith, who rightfully called her beloved husband “a national treasure.” “Cole Smith’s life and…

Compass Signs Lease For Three Full Floors in Lakewood

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2019 /

Compass Dallas has signed a lease for three floors at 6220 Gaston Ave., the former Faulkner Tower building. The tower is across the street from Lakewood Shopping Center in the heart of Lakewood with a pretty neat view of the Lakewood Country Club golf course. According to the landlord, Carl Anderson, the three floors of…

Ebby Halliday Companies Team With Mayfair International Realty

By Candy Evans / August 25, 2019 /

Why is this partnership so important for Dallas? It’s no secret Dallas is becoming one of the most competitive markets for real estate agents and brokers, what with Compass taking the town by storm and Douglas Elliman headed our way. Redfin is gaining ground, and I have seen quite a few Door signs of late.…

Rare Lionel Morrison-Designed Art House Home Hits the Market

By Candy Evans / August 22, 2019 /

Hands down, Lionel Morrison is one of the most talented architects not just in North Texas, but in the world. Every day I get to admire his work as I pass one of his masterpieces at 6645 Northaven Road. Come to think of it, having great architecture in our midst is like making art galleries…

What’s Up Ray Washburne’s Sleeve? Big Plans for the Former Dallas Morning News HQ

By Candy Evans / August 21, 2019 /

On Sunday, Bethany mused on what a creative developer could do with an old newspaper building — as in the very one we have in downtown Dallas, the former Dallas Morning News “Rock of Truth” headquarters that Ray Washburne’s Charter DMN Holdings purchased a little over a month ago. The iconic building at 508 Young…