Economy

“Mi Patria” Expands the Perots’ Real Estate Portfolio: Don’t Forget That Lakeside Lot in Highland Park, the Old Bright Estate

By Candy Evans / May 1, 2013 /

Alan Peppard reminds me that Ross and Sarah Perot still own the old Bum Bright homestead dirt at 4500 Lakeside Drive. I wrote about that one in March of 2008, when they tore down the old Bright estate. The Bright home was a gorgeous Mediterranean hacienda with a clay-tiled roof, massive stucco archways, and a…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Robert Edsel's Landmark Estate Hits the Market for $16 Million on Turtle Creek Plaza

By Candy Evans / April 29, 2013 /

Photos: Dan Piassick Photography Yes, this is the home with the blue-tiled roof. Wait until you see the gardens, smell the lavender, rose, and hydrangea. Actually, it’s listed for $15,900,000 with the capable Madeline Jobst at Dave Perry-Miller & Associates, an Ebby Halliday Company. And it is one of the most significant homes in Dallas, a landmark…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Robert Edsel’s Landmark Estate Hits the Market for $16 Million on Turtle Creek Plaza

By Candy Evans / April 29, 2013 /

Photos: Dan Piassick Photography Yes, this is the home with the blue-tiled roof. Wait until you see the gardens, smell the lavender, rose, and hydrangea. Actually, it’s listed for $15,900,000 with the capable Madeline Jobst at Dave Perry-Miller & Associates, an Ebby Halliday Company. And it is one of the most significant homes in Dallas, a landmark…

Dallas Election News: Early Voting Starts Today, So Here is a Replay of Our Candidate Questionnaires

By Joanna England / April 29, 2013 /

Get out and vote! Early voting starts today and runs through Friday May 3. Election Day is Tuesday, May 7. You can find early voting locations here. This year we did something a little different here on CandysDirt.com: We sent out candidate questionnaires to every Dallas City Council candidate running in a contested race. As…

Now We Know Why Ross Perot, Jr. is Selling His W Penthouse: the Perots Just Bought an $18 Million Home in Bel-Air

By Candy Evans / April 29, 2013 /

I knew something was up. I mean, people of means like to buy real estate the way I like to buy shoes! And you can bet my last dollar that if I ever had a couple billion, I’d have a closet-ful of homes. Remember when I told you (and CultureMap) that Ross Perot Jr. had…