Charles Grand
With residential solar panels becoming more common in North Texas, you’d think the process would be a relatively painless one. Dueling bills could speed up solar permits in Dallas — or slow development of new clean energy projects in Texas altogether. One bill under consideration is Senate Bill 1202. If enacted, it would allow private…
It’s difficult to parlay a single investment into a bigger opportunity and then roll that a few more times into a profitable business in the Dallas multifamily housing market, but founder Barrett Linburg makes it look easy with Savoy Equity Partners. Just last month, three new properties comprising 170 units came online in Bishop Ridge…
This week’s City Hall roundup is going to focus on the latest black eyes at the Dallas Department of Planning & Development, which handles permitting, zoning, urban design, and other development-related responsibilities. Staff at the department had a rough go of it last week when some of its costly blunders made headlines, earning the city…
The economic uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s tariff-fueled trade policy is putting builders and prospective homeowners in a tight spot. We’ve all been living through tariff whiplash over the last week, and the latest news coming out of Wednesday is that Trump is pausing many of the higher tariffs he announced on “Liberation Day”…
Prospective homebuyers are poised to pay more for housing as builders feel the squeeze from President Donald Trump’s tariff-driven trade policy. Markets have been in turmoil over the last week after the president announced sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” ranging from 10-50% on goods from dozens of countries. Why the quotes? Some experts say the tariffs aren’t…
