East Dallas

Could the New Cityplace “State of Art” Urban Project Be In Jeopardy Because of Trammell Crow’s Big Box Sam’s?

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2014 /

Last year, Dallas real estate developer Neal Sleeper, president of Cityplace Co., said that the east side of North Central is starting to gain some momentum. “The east side of North Central is really starting to gain some momentum,” he told Steve Brown. “Parmenter’s plans make a lot of sense, and I hope they follow…

Big Box Stores Battle Deja Vu: One Walmart in Miami is the Highest Grossing WalMart in the U.S.A.

By Candy Evans / May 27, 2014 /

Seems like we have something in common with the folks in Miami: they did not want a big box Walmart in Midtown Miami, and they fought it bitterly, every step of the way: protests, appeals, shout-outs, anti-Walmart websites, even creating a blog called “People of Walmart” that portrayed Walmart customers in “an unflattering light, usually overweight…

Ebby Halliday Cuts The Ribbon at Namesake House That Will Help Former Foster Children Stand on Their Own

By Joanna England / May 23, 2014 /

When a child enters foster care, there are already so many obstacles placed in front of them that seem insurmountable. And consider what happens when a child turns 18 and has no family or support system to turn to. The obstacles just keep piling up. Every year, about 1,500 young Texans age out of the…

Maybe Sam’s Wholesale Club Won’t be Breezing In After All: Bobby Abtahi to the Rescue

By Candy Evans / May 23, 2014 /

I was told this morning by folks at yesterday’s City Plan Commission meeting for Highland House, and Trammell Crow’s plan to plop a 100,000 square foot Sam’s Wholesale Club on 17 acres near Cityplace, on the old ACS campus, that the Committee would not allow public comments to be made on the Sam’s Club issue. And…

Sam’s Club at Uptown East Hearing Delayed Until July 10. Now What If…

By Candy Evans / May 22, 2014 /

As expected, that public hearing on a proposed Sam’s Club near Cityplace set for this afternoon is now delayed until July 10. In reading media comments, allegations and insinuations are being made that developer Trammell Crow Co. “slipped this by” the city’s plan commission.   “City staff and the developer said the rezoning tweaks were…