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The State of Dallas Real Estate: There’s No Place Like Home, So Stay There

By Candy Evans / March 13, 2020 /

It’s been a scary, challenging week. Schools are extending their Spring Breaks for a week, there are no NBA games, no NHL games, and no Dallas Art Fair. At least one brokerage has shut down an office. Conferences are canceling left and right. New Rochelle, NY, is on lockdown with the National Guard enforcing. Museums…

UPDATE: Time To Stop Work On Crescent Communities’ Novel Turtle Creek?

By Jon Anderson / March 12, 2020 /

Yesterday, as part of my Oak Lawn Committee meeting coverage, I wrote about a project underway by Crescent Communities near Oak Lawn and Irving Avenues. I was ticked because I saw the building vastly exceeding the square footage possible on their 0.936 acre parcel. In fact, I was seeing double the density possible. Throughout yesterday,…

Oak Lawn Committee Sees Return of KDC, Some Trees, and a Crescent Communities Drive-By

By Jon Anderson / March 11, 2020 /

Last night’s Oak Lawn Committee meeting saw one good project, one “duh” project, and one project that has me seeing blistering red – you’ll want to read to the end for that one. The “duh” was a simple landscaping request for a project at 5490 Denton Drive Cut-off called Lenox Maplewood that was seen last…

The State of Dallas Real Estate: Coronavirus

By Candy Evans / March 9, 2020 /

We were supposed to be in Barcelona this week, enjoying a city I have always wanted to visit, attending a friend’s wedding, basking in a pre-celebration of our 40-year marriage. Instead, we went to Boot Ranch in Fredericksburg. I cannot tell you how relaxing it was for one main reason: little or no mention of…

Latest Response To Reverchon Open Records Request Definitely Odd

By Jon Anderson / February 27, 2020 /

The saga of my open records request surrounding the city’s Reverchon Park ballfield deal continues – this time, a mildly humorous misreading by me. You will recall that last time I was told that there were a lot of items that fell under attorney/client privilege. That stuff still awaits a ruling by the state Attorney…