Candy Evans

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

Monday Morning Millionaire, Design District Style: 10,000 Square Feet of Luxury Living Nestled Into the Dallas Design District

By Candy Evans / April 25, 2012 /

Here’s a home that would have  been a great find for that piece in the New York Times on how hot the Dallas Design District has become. Not only are developers building lofts and $5000 a month apartment penthouses in the Dallas Design District, they are also building homes out of warehouse space — luxury…

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Valley View Mall: Another Bishop Arts, The Shops at Legacy Legacy?

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2012 /

Valley View Mall has apparently been purchased by the Jeff Beck family, who plans to turn the hollow, seemingly vacated, 39 year old mall into an outdoor complex called “Dallas Midtown.” According to WFAA-TV,  a press conference at 10 a.m will reveal further details. This will be a $2 billion project along the lines of the hyper successful The Shops at…

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Deion Sanders Splitting the House With His Ex-Wife? Looks Like it’s “War of the Roses” Up in Prosper

By Candy Evans / April 24, 2012 /

By now you know that Deion Sanders’ estranged wife, Pilar was arrested and is having her morning coffee in the Collin County Jail. She has been charged with misdemeanor/assault. There was apparently an altercation yesterday at the Sanders’ Prosper home she still shares with the former Cowboys star. A friend told me just last week that Deion and…

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Sign Up for Free Tickets to See The Queen of Versailles This Wednesday, and then Party Chez CandysDirt

By Candy Evans / April 23, 2012 /

Would you like to know more about The Queen of Versailles? Attention all readers: CandysDirt.com is proud to be a sponsor of Opening Night of the 42nd Annual USA Film Festival in Dallas. We are so pumped we are offering you guys a freebie exclusive for CandysDirt readers: sign up for FREE tickets to “The…

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Who’d Have Thunk It: The Dallas Design District Is Becoming the Hottest New ‘Hood in Dallas for Young Urbanites…and The New York Times is WRONG!

By Candy Evans / April 23, 2012 /

I covered the Design District for years at D Home, and it got me into trouble. Why? Because I was buying way too much for my home: art, furniture, gorgeous objects. It’s grittiness and wide warehouses fascinate me. But when it comes to furnishing or finish-out, the Design District spoiled me, and I still go down there when I need to shop for anything for my home.

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