Charles Grand

Entire City Block in Downtown Fort Worth Hits the Market

By Charles Grand / July 25, 2025 /

A whole city block’s worth of land in downtown Fort Worth is hitting the market, giving some enterprising developer the opportunity to convert a vacant lot into better use than parking. Spanning 0.918 acres from the southeast corner of Calhoun Street and 7th Street, the block is situated at the edge of Cowtown’s downtown expansion…

Startup Looks to Turn Idle Apartment Laundry Rooms Into Resident Perks, Gig Economy Jobs

By Charles Grand / July 24, 2025 /

A new laundry service platform is looking to grow its presence in Texas, leveraging underutilized washers and dryers to enter the D-FW laundering market. NoScrubs is an app-based, on-demand laundry service that relies on gig workers to pick up, clean, and return customers’ clothes and linens within just a few hours. The company got its…

City Rankings Have Dallas Down in the Dumps 

By Charles Grand / July 22, 2025 /

It seems Dallas has a whole lot of work to do to make itself more livable for renters and first-time homebuyers, at least according to a couple of recent analyses surveying the national housing market. Obviously, the issue of affordability has dogged the city for quite some time now, but Dallas isn’t alone on that…

Controversial McKinney Airport Expansion Breaks Ground

By Charles Grand / July 21, 2025 /

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Friday for the new commercial terminal at McKinney National Airport, a flashpoint project that has embittered some residents who claim the expansion is a boondoggle. McKinney National Airport had catered to private charters and corporate fleets for more than 40 years before local officials began pushing for commercial passenger…

Renters Need Look No Further Than McKinney, Study Says

By Charles Grand / July 21, 2025 /

Renters looking for that sweet spot between affordability and satisfaction with community might want to consider D-FW’s own McKinney, which recently snagged the top spot as the best city in the United States for renters to live. According to RentCafe’s 2025 ranking, the growing Collin County suburb struck the right balance among overarching factors like…