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AI Startup Mercator.ai Builds Momentum With Texas Contractors

By Charles Grand / October 27, 2025 /

As artificial intelligence starts to reshape industries from finance to healthcare, it’s also beginning to reconfigure how Texas contractors find their next big project. Case in point: Mercator.ai. It’s been one year since Mercator.ai expanded into the Lone Star State, and the firm’s business development platform for general contractors is gaining significant traction. Boasting seven…

A Less Than Basic 6-7 Primer On AI For Residential Real Estate, LOL

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 27, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor I’m laying out some basics here and not recapping what AI is being used for in residential real estate. As someone who liked to live on the bleeding edge of technology, I always had to get the first iteration of something new, like the first iPhone on the day it was first…

Behind the Façade: 26 Designers Reimagine Turtle Creek’s Storied 2025 Kips Bay Decorator Show House

By Elaine Raffel / October 26, 2025 /

With less than two weeks to go, anticipation is running high as 26 designers race toward the finish line at this year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas. Now in its sixth year, the celebrated event opens to the public on November 7, returning once again to the storied French Renaissance estate at 2999 Turtle Creek Boulevard.

City Hall Roundup: Downtown Crossroads and Lifelines

By Charles Grand / October 26, 2025 /

Not for nothing that downtown has been dominating the news cycle. Some years of high-profile business relocations and bad headlines about crime and homelessness appear to have set the stage for what sometimes feels like impending doom. Not one but two of the Big D’s major sport franchises are mulling alternative locations for new arenas,…

5West Proves the Most Striking Designs Are Defined by the Details

By Daniel Lalley / October 26, 2025 /

In a city like Dallas, there is no shortage of stunning properties. From the manors of Highland Park to the Midcentury cache of Kiestwood, this architectural landscape is stacked with standouts. For those who want to truly make a statement, sheer square footage or stunning locale simply isn’t enough to catch attention. In a market…