Charles Grand
Two contentious local races this spring were shaped by development projects. As luck would have it, the winners in both races were commercial real estate professionals. The pair addressed a crowd of Realtors at the MetroTex Government Affairs Forum on Tuesday, sharing their insights on D-FW market dynamics. McKinney Mayor Bill Cox was elected to…
A recent ranking of the best real estate markets in the United States has five North Texas cities in its top 10, a strong showing by D-FW as it further cements its place as a premier metro. What makes a local real estate market one of the best, you may ask? Well, according to WalletHub,…
A new Texas housing law targeting big cities allows developers to build multifamily on commercially zoned land by right, and it’s now in effect. While more apartments will go up that maybe wouldn’t otherwise, municipalities like Dallas are losing zoning authority over where and how those projects will be built. Senate Bill 840 was one…
Well, there’s a whole lot to run down this Labor Day weekend. Dallas City Hall’s budget business is chugging along, and the operational framework of local government for the next two years is taking shape. Hopefully the weather hasn’t been putting too much of a damper on anyone’s plans this holiday weekend, but if so,…
Mayor Eric Johnson dropped committee assignments on Friday and laid out what he’d like to see council members achieve in the next two years. While we’ll be surveying his appointments in tomorrow’s City Hall round-up, a certain policy priority warrants more attention. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, Johnson proposed renaming the Government Performance & Financial…
