Charles Grand

Suzanne Felber Opens Up Her Oak Cliff Home That’s Long Inspired Curiousity for Estate Sale

By Charles Grand / September 17, 2025 /

There’s a white, Cuba-inspired two-story on W Clarendon Dr. that Oak Cliff residents have always been curious about. Is it a residence; is it a building? Both, actually, and it’ll be open for the first time this week when the owner, housing advocate and Lifestylist® Brands founder Suzanne Felber, hosts a three-day estate sale. But…

42 D-FW Suburbs Ranked by Affordability — See Who’s No. 1 (and Who’s Last)

By Charles Grand / September 16, 2025 /

Looking to relocate somewhere in D-FW where you can afford to buy a home? Well, a recent ranking of more than 40 suburbs in the Metroplex is giving prospective homebuyers a sense of how things are stacking up in the North Texas market. At a glance, it looks like Collin County is running away with…

City Hall Roundup: Alley Trash Plan Fight, Eminent Domain, Fair Park Spat

By Charles Grand / September 15, 2025 /

The end of budget season is just around the corner at Dallas City Hall, with officials scheduled to adopt a spending package and property tax rate for FY 2025-2026 on Wednesday. We’ll get into what’s ultimately decided in our next roundup, and we’ll see if Mayor Eric Johnson’s budget challenge to council members gets taken…

Dallas Mayor Issues Budget Cut Challenge To Lower Property Taxes

By Charles Grand / September 12, 2025 /

Mayor Eric Johnson is challenging the rest of the Dallas City Council to propose their own budget cuts so that the proposed property tax rate could be lowered further. In a memo on Friday, the mayor proposed eliminating $339,000 budgeted for the city’s state lobbying team, arguing that the team is “not delivering results commensurate…

Fort Worth’s Class A Office Market Only Has a Few Big-Block Options

By Charles Grand / September 12, 2025 /

There aren’t many available options out there for a company of some size looking to settle into Class A office space in Fort Worth. In fact, there are only a handful of properties in Cowtown that can currently accommodate a tenant in need of at least 40,000 square feet of contiguous Class A space (which…