Charles Grand

City Hall Roundup: Oh Boy, More Than a Year Ago?

By Charles Grand / March 29, 2026 /

The Save City Hall camp may have scored a bit of a PR victory at the city manager’s expense this past week, with a recent revelation purportedly bolstering their argument that officials have been less than transparent about plans for 1500 Marilla St. Before getting into that, though, it’s worth checking out Mayor Eric Johnson’s…

Council Member Casts Doubt on Dallas City Hall Report, Citing Past AECOM Settlement

By Charles Grand / March 27, 2026 /

In a sign that tensions may continue to rise as officials debate whether to relocate Dallas City Hall, a city council member is pointing to a past legal settlement involving AECOM, the firm that helped produce the building’s property condition assessment. Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) shared yesterday a 2023 Dallas Morning News article…

Dallas Wings, Not the City, Will Take Lead on $81M Basketball Team Facility Project

By Charles Grand / March 26, 2026 /

Construction on the Dallas Wings’ long-delayed practice facility in West Oak Cliff may finally move forward after the Dallas City Council voted 13-2 on Wednesday to shift development of the team facility from the City to the WNBA team itself. The city had to rework the deal with the Wings following significant delays, cost overruns,…

Council to Revise Dallas Wings Deal After Delays to Practice Facility Delivery

By Charles Grand / March 24, 2026 /

Major hiccups related to the planned Dallas Wings practice facility at Joey Georgusis Park have the city’s agreement with the WNBA team coming back before council members on Wednesday. With the Mavericks-City Hall drama overshadowing so much other real estate news, we missed the Wings enduring significant city-involved complications in stride as they navigate their…

Leasing Activity Prompts Crow Holdings To Grow Old Parkland East

By Charles Grand / March 23, 2026 /

The Uptown success story just keeps on racking up wins, the latest being the likely expansion of the Old Parkland office campus’s newest addition. Just last week, Crow Holdings’ senior managing director for office development revealed that a second phase to Old Parkland East is now in the works, with project filings incoming. “If we…