Condo Living

Dallas Real Estate News: Report Shows Condo Sales are Fastest Growing Segment of Texas Housing Market

By Joanna England / July 3, 2014 /

Condos are hot and getting hotter, according to the Texas Condominium Mid-Year Sales Report from the Texas Association of Realtors. Statewide, condo sales rose an average of 10.5 percent year-over-year between the months of January and May of 2014. In San Antonio condo sales were up 18 percent, followed by Austin at 14 percent, Houston at…

Steve Wolens Owns a Unit at The Athena While Wife Laura Gets Involved in Transwestern Dispute

By Candy Evans / April 14, 2014 /

You know all about the fracas Behind the Pink Wall, the “No” signs all over Preston Hollow. And you know that former Mayor Laura Miller (and former City Councilman Mitchell Rasanksy, both of whom live in Preston Hollow) have asked Jennifer Gates to get another proxy beside City Councilman Lee Kleinman because he isn’t “willing…

Laura Miller Asks Jennifer Gates to Replace Lee Kleinman as her Proxy: Kleinman Responds

By Candy Evans / April 14, 2014 /

A few weeks ago we told you that Laura Miller, Mitchell Rasansky and a bevy of Preston Hollow  “VIPs” had joined the debate over a multi-family complex in the early works over at Preston and Northwest Highway, Behind the Pink Wall. This development is the source of all the “No” signs cropping up in Preston…

Sunday $700: The Bonaventure? How About a Huge High Rise in North Dallas for $739,000?

By Candy Evans / April 14, 2014 /

Seems like we are walking down Dallas Memory Lane, what with the loss of Margaret Crow. Does the name Ray and Clare Stern ring a bell? They were a long time Dallas power couple. Ray “Thunder” Stern was a famous wrestler and self-made man. Born in Brooklyn as Walter Bookbinder, he grew up the son…

Thanks to Watchful Neighborhood Activists, Rezoning of DHA’s Kings Road Project Will Include a ‘Good Neighbor Agreement’

By Joanna England / April 2, 2014 /

Mike Harper and his fellow Oak Lawn neighbors, the voices behind the RezoningDHA website, worked hard to raise awareness among homeowners when the Dallas Housing Authority submitted a rezoning request for its Kings Road project. And thanks to their persistence and the hard work and consensus building of Dallas City Councilman Adam Medrano, DHA officials were…