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.
The Pink Wall has been dominated by Preston Tower for 50 years. Oddly, it’s first residents were welcomed into this modern high-rise in the same year viewers welcomed Star Trek! Preston Tower is a pinch older than the neighboring Athena, but the Pink Wall’s two-story walk-ups were already swinging when Preston Tower leapt from…
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Ebby.com is Dallas’ most up to date Realtor-driven website. I use it to find interesting open houses, check listings, and the like. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s seen a property listed on Ebby.com that hadn’t yet reached the originating broker’s site. Other local brokerages have great sites, too. Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International…
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Previously, I wrote about the winners of the Dallas Builders Association’s annual ARC awards in the kitchen categories. Now that we’ve had a little nosh, let’s see the winners in the rest of the house. Missed part 1? Click here! While there were nine categories dedicated to kitchens, bathrooms didn’t fare so generously with just…
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Candysdirt.com is breaking down the most recent Fair Park Management Agreement. Remember, there is a special City Council meeting on this agreement tomorrow at 1 p.m. Click here, here and here for parts 1, 2, and 3. Part IV subtitle: Are We Giving the Fox the Supra Keys to the Henhouse? To refresh your memory,…
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If you’ve just joined, bless you. I’m dissecting the most recent, slimmed-down contract for the public/private mega buck partnership Dallas is considering to hand over Fair Park. We are publishing this mega post because there is a special City Council briefing Monday at 1:00 pm to dissect. Check out parts 1 and 2 here…
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