Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
While Todd Interests was intent on getting dirt turning on its gated luxury golf course development planned for what was formerly Fairfield Lake State Park, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission had other ideas. The commission, chaired by Buc-ees founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin III, voted to condemn the 5,000-acre Freestone County property and plans to…
High wind and massive hail caused trees to be ripped up at the roots and car windshields to be shattered as a large band of severe thunderstorms moved through North Texas after 5 p.m. June 11. The storms, which also caused numerous power outages that Oncor is still working to resolve, pounded the Flower Mound…
Dallas has an affordable housing problem. That’s not news to anyone in the region. However, addressing the root issue of housing affordability and building lasting solutions is a dilemma local officials and business leaders are still puzzling out. David Noguera, the City of Dallas Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization director, opened the discussion hosted by Michael…
In Texas, if there’s one thing that’s close to sacrosanct in the state legislature, it’s private property rights. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and most of the top executives in the state are thought to have the rights of private property owners at the top of their priorities. However, Todd Interests, the Dallas-based…
A new study from Commercial Edge shows that more than 52 million square feet of Dallas office space and more than 87 million square feet of Dallas industrial space will have loans reaching maturity between 2023 and 2025. With vacancy rates hovering at 17.2 percent for office and 5.5 percent for industrial, some strategically minded…
