Charles Grand

City Staff Signal Targeted Shift From Alley Trash Pickup

By Charles Grand / February 5, 2026 /

City Manager Kimberly Tolbert and Sanitation Director Clifton Gillespie are poised to catch even more grief following the latest Dallas City Council briefing on alley trash pickup, as it seems a transition to curbside pickup will befall some residents at some point next fiscal year. More specifically, the city is going to move forward with…

Mayor Eric Johnson to Business Leaders: Dallas Isn’t Suburbia — and That’s the Point

By Charles Grand / February 4, 2026 /

If Dallas is going to stay competitive, it has to lean into its identity as a pro-business urban center to leverage corporate flight from less-hospitable environments and stave off D-FW’s suburban upstarts, according to Mayor Eric Johnson. Speaking at a Metroplex Civic & Business Association luncheon on Tuesday, Johnson highlighted some of the concrete indicators…

DFW CRE Flexes in Industrial and Retail While Office Buckles

By Charles Grand / February 3, 2026 /

With 2025 behind us, we’re getting an idea of how Q4 panned out on the commercial real estate front in D-FW. To nobody’s surprise, the office sector lagged behind retail and industrial once again, but tenants are still paying up for high-quality Class A space as rents keep rising, according to Partners Real Estate, which…

City Hall Roundup: Park Priorities, Crosswalk Cave, Library Damage

By Charles Grand / February 1, 2026 /

It’s still cold outside, but at least everyone’s getting back into the groove of things, more or less. Plenty of meetings at Dallas City Hall were canceled early in the week, but there’s still some news coming out of 1500 Marilla St. City Council Takes Control of Community Park Project From Park Board Frustration over…

Is Health the Next New Amenity? The NRP Group Delivers New ‘Healthy Housing’ in Fort Worth

By Charles Grand / January 30, 2026 /

Amenities are an important draw in the multifamily market, and we might start seeing more builders tout this new kind of resident draw, following the opening of a fresh development by The NRP Group in Fort Worth. Thrive on Crawford is a new mixed-income development comprising 67 units just northeast of John Peter Smith Hospital.…