Charles Grand

Morgan Stanley Reportedly Moves Closer to $1.3B Dallas Hub With Downtown Lease

By Charles Grand / August 24, 2026 /

It looks like Morgan Stanley is ready to put down deeper roots in Dallas, with the Wall Street giant reportedly signaling it chose the Big D over suburban Atlanta for a new regional hub. Morgan Stanley signed a lease last month at downtown’s Fountain Place, providing a temporary home while a roughly $1.3 billion Uptown…

$6M Affordable Housing Experiment Helps Spur $248M in Development

By Charles Grand / August 24, 2026 /

An experiment using $6 million in taxpayer money to attract private investment and philanthropic contributions for affordable housing is showing some real scale in Dallas. The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund has supported the construction of 858 affordable multifamily units across 10 investments since its launch in 2022, according to a new three-year impact report by…

City Hall Roundup: From Tire Fires to Tattoo Parlors

By Charles Grand / August 23, 2026 /

Sometimes, the dynamics of Dallas land use and zoning don’t reveal themselves until something catches fire or a small business runs headlong into an obscure line of the development code. Here are some curveballs that came out of Dallas City Hall recently. Tire Fire Raises Questions About Industrial Activity on Residential Properties A massive tire…

Dallas Single-Family Rents Keep Falling as Rental Market Softens

By Charles Grand / August 20, 2026 /

Dallas renters looking for a house instead of an apartment are continuing to gain some leverage over landlords, with asking rents falling for a third consecutive year. The median asking rent for a three-bedroom single-family home in Dallas fell 2.2% year-over-year to $2,200 during the first half of 2026, according to a new report by…

Rockwall Project Breaks Ground as D-FW’s Multifamily Boom Gets to Cooling

By Charles Grand / August 20, 2026 /

A new apartment community in Rockwall is officially underway near Lake Ray Hubbard, with developers pushing ahead as D-FW continues working through a significant wave of multifamily construction. LMF Construction and Realty Investments have just broken ground on Rockwall Harbor Residences, a 176-unit Class A multifamily project sited in Rockwall’s Harbor District. The four-story development…