Leah Shafer

Leah Shafer is a content and social media specialist, as well as a Dallas native, who lives in Richardson with her family. In her sixth-grade yearbook, Leah listed "interior designer" as her future profession. Now she writes about them, as well as all things real estate, for CandysDirt.com.

Plano Arts District Coming to Downtown

By Leah Shafer / July 22, 2015 /

Downtown Plano has gone from sleepy suburb center to bustling business and cultural area over the past decade. Now the city is looking to create an official arts district in its historic 80-acre downtown. The downtown area has already seen over 50,000 square feet of private development, including more than 1,100 urban apartments built or approved,…

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Winners Make a Big Splash in ‘Sitting Pretty Porta Potty Screen Contest’

By Leah Shafer / July 21, 2015 /

Last month, we told you about the “2015 Sitting Pretty Porta Potty Screen Contest,” created in response to Highland Park’s new rule that portable toilets be screened from the public’s view at residential construction sites. The contest, sponsored by Sardone Construction and HPD Architecture, closed June 29 and the winners have been announced. Close to 30 people registered and 17 submitted…

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Richardson Reno Looks Unassuming, But Interior Space is Totally Reimagined

By Leah Shafer / July 21, 2015 /

Today’s Tuesday Two Hundred takes us to a North Richardson reno with over 2,000 square feet and interior updates that look stellar. The house at 3307 N. Spring Dr. near Renner and Jupiter roads is a total reimagining of the space: it was built in 1984, but looks modern and enticing. This 3-2 has 2,154…

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On MidlandDirt.com: Permian Basin Builders Assoc. Offers Benefits to Members, Buyers

By Leah Shafer / July 17, 2015 /

In the Midland-Odessa area, there’s a big resource for business people in all aspects of residential and commercial construction, the Permian Basin Builders Association (PBBA). This group is known for its two big annual events, the Home and Garden Show each February and the Parade of Homes each October. But they offer other benefits to members…

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Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Brings European Sensibility, Vision to Dallas Development

By Leah Shafer / July 16, 2015 /

Many diners at Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar and passers by admire the Virgin de Guadalupe monument standing outside, a tile-and-brick structure that murmurs the history of the area. This Harwood Avenue location was Dallas’ first school for Hispanic children, the 1927 St. Ann’s school house. It was located in the heart of Little Mexico, in what is…

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