Emerging Real Estate Markets

Richard Malouf Is Knitting Together a 30,000 Square Foot Something Over on Strait Lane, and He Needs Mega Juice

By Candy Evans / April 16, 2012 /

Do you recall the saga of Dr. Richard J. Malouf, who apparently built quite a fortune and then some through Medicaid orthodontics? For one, he is getting closer to completing the 30,000-square-foot earth-friendly compound he is constructing over on Strait Lane. Compound, hell, it’s an ENVIRONMENT with the following equation: 10711 Strait + 10674 Strait = one big mama…

Museum Tower Model Homes: 2800 Square Feet of Clean Living With Marco French

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2012 /

Here’s the thing about Museum Tower: you could buy here and never nail one piece of art to the walls because your views are your art! From 1800 square feet to the 9,000 square foot penthouse — who will buy that? Here is the smallest model, 2800 square feet of French art deco from 1930’s…

Do Art & Real Estate Intersect? You Bet, Right Here in Dallas -Dallas Art Fair

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2012 /

I was at the amazing Dallas Art Fair Patron party Thursday night, and while my mouth moved more than my eyes, talking to throngs of friends, one image caught my eye at the booth of Santa Monica dealer Peter Fetterman, Peter Fetterman Gallery. Probably, of course, because it was real-estate-y. It was fine art photography,…

My Night at the Museum (Tower) Was Existential, Exhilerating, and Totally Worth Getting Fried

By Candy Evans / April 12, 2012 /

This week Museum Tower offered sneak peaks at the three new model units that are, of course, setting high new standards in Dallas architectutal aesthetics. Emily Summers, of Emily Summers Design Associates, Ann Schooler, Schooler, Kellogg & Company, and Marco French, of Marco French Studio all created three beautiful homes, ranging in size from 2,100 square feet to 3,700 square feet. Each reflected the vision of its respective designer and clearly shows buyers how you can incorporate contemporary, transitional and traditional treatments into the gleaming glass tower. In other words, don’t think just because you are moving into Museum Tower like I am, that you only have to have the spartan look of sterile haute moderne in your home. Oh no, way no.

Candy’s List: Help This Poor Agent Find a Light, Bright Listing Fast!

By Candy Evans / April 12, 2012 /

She’s looking for a property value of $2-3 M that must be showable without the lights on … great natural light is very important to these buyers, and isn’t that a smart thing to do? You know the standard rule of fare for showing a home is to get in there and light up the…