Celebrity Real Estate

The Next Hot Neighborhood in Dallas? The WSJ Says It’s Bishop Arts in Oak Cliff – Eureka!

By Candy Evans / December 18, 2013 /

Breaking news: Gentrification is back, declares the Wall Street Journal, as it singles out Dallas’ Bishop Arts in a December 15 story chronicling the various cities and neighborhoods “coming back”, racking up serious money for brave urban pioneers. “It’s all part of this cultural shift toward living in urbanity, getting things in an urban area…

Golfer Lanny Wadkin's Preston Trail Home Goes To Auction Thursday, but What About Michael Jordan's Place Up in Chicago's Highland Park?

By Candy Evans / December 17, 2013 /

I told you weeks ago that Lanny Wadkins’ house in Preston Trails had signed up for auction with Concierge Auctions. There’s no reserve.  The auction is this Thursday, and I will be there, of course, to report. The 9,521 square foot home (five bedrooms, five full and three half bathrooms, a pool, 9-hole putting green and practice area,…

Golfer Lanny Wadkin’s Preston Trail Home Goes To Auction Thursday, but What About Michael Jordan’s Place Up in Chicago’s Highland Park?

By Candy Evans / December 17, 2013 /

I told you weeks ago that Lanny Wadkins’ house in Preston Trails had signed up for auction with Concierge Auctions. There’s no reserve.  The auction is this Thursday, and I will be there, of course, to report. The 9,521 square foot home (five bedrooms, five full and three half bathrooms, a pool, 9-hole putting green and practice area,…

Help This Out-of-Town Bachelor Executive Find a Home in Uptown…

By Candy Evans / December 17, 2013 /

He is Salem Boohaker, the General Manager of the new Belk department store going in at the Galleria. Salem is single, has no children, and I am told he is having a tough time finding a neighborhood to call home in his new home, Dallas. Yes, Belk is that new store going in where Saks and…

President George W. and Laura Bushes' Holiday Card was Painted by the Former President

By Candy Evans / December 15, 2013 /

Recall that last Monday, while hanging out aboard Air Force One en route to Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, George W. Bush “whipped out an iPad and showed off his famous painting skills to Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and other members of the Obama inner circle” — this (and photo) from New York Magazine’s blog. (Official White House…