Architecturally Significant Dallas

Trammell Crow Estate on Market in Highland Park, Listed for $59.4 Million

By Leah Shafer / November 21, 2014 /

A slice of local history has hit the market, with the Highland Park estate of the late Dallas real estate developer and art collector Trammell Crow and his late wife Margaret now listed with Allie Beth Allman & Associates. Located between Preston Road and Turtle Creek Boulevard, the 10,000-square-foot Tudor-style house has a price tag that reflects…

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…