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Council Member Casts Doubt on Dallas City Hall Report, Citing Past AECOM Settlement

By Charles Grand / March 27, 2026 /

In a sign that tensions may continue to rise as officials debate whether to relocate Dallas City Hall, a city council member is pointing to a past legal settlement involving AECOM, the firm that helped produce the building’s property condition assessment. Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) shared yesterday a 2023 Dallas Morning News article…

Dallas Institution Weir’s Furniture Is Closing; Going-Out-of-Business Sale Starts Today

By Shelby Skrhak / March 26, 2026 /

All four North Texas stores will close by early summer, and the company owns the real estate under every location — leaving some valuable properties likely to change hands. Weir’s Furniture, the place where generations of Dallas families furnished their homes — and Country Store popcorn placated their children — is closing after 78 years…

Dallas Wings, Not the City, Will Take Lead on $81M Basketball Team Facility Project

By Charles Grand / March 26, 2026 /

Construction on the Dallas Wings’ long-delayed practice facility in West Oak Cliff may finally move forward after the Dallas City Council voted 13-2 on Wednesday to shift development of the team facility from the City to the WNBA team itself. The city had to rework the deal with the Wings following significant delays, cost overruns,…

Is The Wrecking Ball Headed to Lakewood’s Iconic Bossom Manor?

By Karen Eubank / March 26, 2026 /

When the Lakewood Conservation District expansion passed, we all breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the homes that make Lakewood, well, Lakewood would be protected. Unfortunately, the expansion district did not go as far as preservationists had hoped. Some of the most significant homes have no protection. That is, sadly, the case with Lakewood’s Bossom…

Council to Revise Dallas Wings Deal After Delays to Practice Facility Delivery

By Charles Grand / March 24, 2026 /

Major hiccups related to the planned Dallas Wings practice facility at Joey Georgusis Park have the city’s agreement with the WNBA team coming back before council members on Wednesday. With the Mavericks-City Hall drama overshadowing so much other real estate news, we missed the Wings enduring significant city-involved complications in stride as they navigate their…