Candy Evans

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

Maybe Sam’s Wholesale Club Won’t be Breezing In After All: Bobby Abtahi to the Rescue

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2014 /

I was told this morning by folks at yesterday’s City Plan Commission meeting for Highland House, and Trammell Crow’s plan to plop a 100,000 square foot Sam’s Wholesale Club on 17 acres near Cityplace, on the old ACS campus, that the Committee would not allow public comments to be made on the Sam’s Club issue. And…

Laura Miller, Steve Wolens & Mitchell Rasansky Throw Weight to Postpone Highland House Hearing at City Hall

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2014 /

Well, maybe everyone down at City Hall just wanted to get out of town for Memorial Day early. And STAY away, what with more than a thousand residents now angry over that proposed Sams Wholesale Club over near Cityplace, and then the Highland House project for Preston Center which has freaked out University Park residents,…

One Plus Acre Lot on Creek in JanMar With Ginormous Trees, South of LBJ, $899,900

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2014 /

In fact, it’s right next door to Lee Trevino’s old house, NOT his current manse in Preston Hollow, but the place he lived before he became rich and famous. 11757 Hill Haven is a solid family home that has been filled with kids, friends, overnight adventures and pool parties galore. Think “Leave It To Beaver.”…

Sam’s Club at Uptown East Hearing Delayed Until July 10. Now What If…

By Candy Evans / May 22, 2014 /

As expected, that public hearing on a proposed Sam’s Club near Cityplace set for this afternoon is now delayed until July 10. In reading media comments, allegations and insinuations are being made that developer Trammell Crow Co. “slipped this by” the city’s plan commission.   “City staff and the developer said the rezoning tweaks were…

Inwood Mortgage House of the Week: Highland Park Honey Has Best Guest House in Dallas County

By Candy Evans / May 22, 2014 /

Here is a vintage Highland Park honey built in 1936 but significantly remodelled, majorly taken to the studs, back in 2002. Everything in the main house has been replaced, from windows to roof and of course all the innards, maintaining the traditional finish that just spells “HOME”. Then, the owners went a little maniac (in…