Candy Evans

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

Citizens Police Review Board Meeting in North Dallas Contentious, Policed by Police

By Candy Evans / January 16, 2019 /

We know the City of Dallas is aiming to strengthen its Citizens Police Review Board, the entity which examines alleged inappropriate police behavior within the Dallas Police Department against citizens. In fact, I am fairly certain this is a done deal and will happen within the next two to three months. Dallas City Council likes…

Does VisitDallas CEO Phillip Jones Live in Dallas or Southlake? (And About that Loan…)

By Candy Evans / January 15, 2019 /

A very good question: why does someone promoting Dallas, receiving almost a $700,000 salary funded by taxpayers to in fact promote Dallas, live and raise his family in Southlake? Well, Mr. Jones actually does live in Dallas at The House, by Philippe Starck, where he and his wife, Patricia, own a 1,487 square foot condo…

Tom Greico, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans / January 14, 2019 /

  We regret to inform our community of the passing of Tom Greico, a Dallas Builders Association Honored Life Director, good friend to us here at CandysDirt.com, an eclectic Dallas figure, and a brilliant home builder who pioneered modern vision in many Dallas neighborhoods when most of us were just learning what transitional meant.  …

Centurion American Buying Timberlawn Hospital, 50 Acres for Development

By Candy Evans / January 10, 2019 /

I guess the question is, is there anything Mehrdad Moayedi WON’T BUY?  Like he may need a phone ap soon to keep up with everything in his portfolio, from the Crespi Estate Estates, to the Statler, to the Cabana Hotel, to his zero lot line homes I am eyeing along Forest Lane, to, oh yes,…

Josh Nimmo’s Incredible Architectural Conception for Crestfield Place

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2019 /

Crestfield Place debuts tomorrow evening, as we have told you, beginning at 4:30 p.m. over at 2204 Moser in the East Village. This is Cobalt Homes’ second foray into high end, dense living townhomes in urban infill. I caught up with the architect, Josh Nimmo, because I am giddy with delight over the project and the…