Architecturally Significant Dallas

Time to Bust Out The Bubbly! Statler Hilton is (Finally) Under Contract With Plans For an Amazing Comeback

By Joanna England / May 29, 2014 /

Oh boy! We’re excited folks! The deal has gone through, and just as Candy predicted, Mehrdad Moayedi and his firm, Centurion American, have purchased the Statler Hilton from Leobardo Trevino’s Ricchi Investments. Of course, there’ll be no pomp and circumstance or champagne cork popping in the streets like the celebration dance City Hall enjoyed when…

Nancy Dedman’s Bud Oglesby Mansion on Strait Lane, Built by Erik Jonsson’s Daughter, Passing On to New Owners

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2014 /

This is really quite unprecedented: After a few months on the market, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s beautiful Susan Marcus has sold a significant Dallas property at 10300 Strait Lane. That is, or rather, was, the home of Nancy Dedman, designed by Dallas modernist architect Bud Oglesby, built in 1971. The home was listed for $7,490,000 and closed…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Live in Howard Rachofsky’s House for $1,050,000

By Candy Evans / March 10, 2014 /

That’s right, Howard Rachofsky’s ORIGINAL house for just a hair over one million dollars! We are not talking about the magnificent museum house he created on Preston Road, nor the contemporary family delight he created with his lovely wife, Cindy, at 5911 Glendora which is listed with Claire Dewar of Briggs Freeman Sothebys and is,…

Nancy Dedman’s Strait Lane Estate by Bud Oglesby Defines State of Dallas Real Estate in 2014

By Candy Evans / January 9, 2014 /

I was searching high and low for a home that typifies the state of Dallas real estate in 2014, where it is, where it is going. Dallas is growing like gangbusters — our real estate market is one of the strongest in the nation. Only Austin’s, Houston’s may be stronger. Luxury homebuyers are moving closer…

Show Time: Mehrdad Moayedi May Be Buying the Statler Hilton, Already Bought Up the Creeks of Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / October 10, 2013 /

Nice to have this confirmed by the solidness that is Robert Wilonsky: Mehrdad Moayedi, one of the largest residential developers in North Texas, at least 677 lots brought up in 2012 from Dallas to Prosper, Celina, Frisco, McKinney, and Aubrey, apparently is working a deal to buy the downtown Statler Hilton from Leobardo Trevino’s Ricchi Investment Group.…