Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson is CandysDirt.com's condo/HOA and developer columnist, but also covers second home trends on SecondShelters.com. An award-winning columnist, Jon has earned silver and bronze awards for his columns from the National Association of Real Estate Editors in both 2016, 2017 and 2018. When he isn't in Hawaii, Jon enjoys life in the sky in Dallas.

Experienced Designers, New Biz, And a Kitchen Discount For Our Readers

By Jon Anderson / August 3, 2021 /

Back in December 2020, I saw Penthouse 2 at the Travis at the Katy Trail hit the market for $1.2 million. It was a renovated two-story unit with 2,866 square feet. I thought it wouldn’t last long and by April, it had closed. As happens so often in high-rises, existing owners move up or over.…

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Oak Lawn Committee Sees Proposed Old Parkland Expansion

By Jon Anderson / July 7, 2021 /

The Old Parkland lands stood vacant for years at Maple and Oak Lawn Avenues before Crow Holdings restored the historic hospital campus into a significant landmark in 2009. The new campus surrounds the original 1913 Parkland Hospital building seamlessly. Behind the gates, the historic buildings thrive. Interiors are true works of art, from the intricate…

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Swimply: Renting Willing Strangers’ Pools For Profit

By Jon Anderson / June 10, 2021 /

The “sharing economy” is a quaint admission that, unlike prior generations, you can’t afford to own things because wages have not kept pace with corporate profit. Share your car with Lyft, share your home with Airbnb, share your clothes with The Real Real, and now share your backyard pool with Swimply. Yes, that’s right, homeowners…

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Dallas Development is a Strange Dichotomy of Tall Buildings Built in All The Wrong Places

By Jon Anderson / June 4, 2021 /

Last week I was sickened to read about Spectrum Properties’ plans for the North Texas Food Bank headquarters bound by Pearl Expressway, Cesar Chavez Blvd., and Farmers Road in the Farmer’s Market area of downtown Dallas. Not because the Food Bank will be displaced – it won’t. But because Spectrum, who purchased the land from…

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Tomorrow’s Headline: City Council Approves Oak Lawn High-Rise From Pegasus-Ablon and Caven Enterprises

By Jon Anderson / May 12, 2021 /

On Wednesday City Council will vote to approve Pegasus-Ablon’s application to drop a 20-plus-story high-rise into a 36-foot-height neighborhood. I say this with certainty. The votes have been metaphorically counted and the hearing before city council is mere theater to let any opposition believe they actually had a chance of swaying a vote. They don’t.…

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