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Mayor Eric Johnson to Business Leaders: Dallas Isn’t Suburbia — and That’s the Point

By Charles Grand / February 4, 2026 /

If Dallas is going to stay competitive, it has to lean into its identity as a pro-business urban center to leverage corporate flight from less-hospitable environments and stave off D-FW’s suburban upstarts, according to Mayor Eric Johnson. Speaking at a Metroplex Civic & Business Association luncheon on Tuesday, Johnson highlighted some of the concrete indicators…

DFW CRE Flexes in Industrial and Retail While Office Buckles

By Charles Grand / February 3, 2026 /

With 2025 behind us, we’re getting an idea of how Q4 panned out on the commercial real estate front in D-FW. To nobody’s surprise, the office sector lagged behind retail and industrial once again, but tenants are still paying up for high-quality Class A space as rents keep rising, according to Partners Real Estate, which…

This Historic Highland Park Colonial Revival Had My Heart at the Curb and Never Let Go

By Karen Eubank / February 2, 2026 /

History, location, style, and space — what more could you want? It’s well known that impressing me takes a lot. However, whenever Allie Beth Allman Realtor Rachel Trowbridge calls about a new listing, I know it will be spectacular. Driving up to this historic Highland Park Colonial Revival mansion overlooking Turtle Creek is a treat.…

Fiscal Folly: Why Another Sports Arena Won’t Fix Downtown Dallas

By CandysDirt / February 2, 2026 /

Dallas, It’s Time to Stop Chasing Arenas and Start Building a City By Norman Alston FAIA, Principal Norman Alston Architects Downtown Dallas shines at night — the dazzling skyline, the pulsing street life, the promise of a city constantly reinventing itself. For decades, local leaders have sought ways to make that promise real, to bring…

Both Sides of the Aisle Don’t Understand Housing Affordability

By CandysDirt / February 2, 2026 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor Takeways No Apparent Connection Between Affordability and Institutional Ownership The administration has said it is “immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single‑family homes” and will ask Congress to codify the policy, emphasizing that “people live in homes, not corporations.” Conceptually, the ban targets private‑equity funds and…