Fort Worth Friday

Bluff Street Building is Tucked Into Quiet Downtown Fort Worth Corner

By Eric Prokesh / January 8, 2016 /

Planted at the gateway to downtown Fort Worth , a mere stone’s throw from the Trinity River, Fort Worth’s landmark Courthouse, and Freeway access to DFW Airport, stands the in-town condominium at 644 East Bluff Street, occupying an unexpectedly tranquil, in city corner.

Fort Worth Friday: Duplex Conversion Creates Delightful Double-Faced Home in Arlington Heights

By Eric Prokesh / December 18, 2015 /

  Ah, titillating ambiguity! This home at 800 Virginia Place in Arlington Heights is just such an agreeable experience. Glimpsed  from a casual drive-by, the house could be mistaken for new construction — but was in fact built in 1936. Does it front Virginia or 7th Street? On a corner half-acre lot, the result of an adroit up/down duplex to…

Fort Worth Friday: New Orleans-Style Estate Offers Discreet Charm in Rivercrest

By Eric Prokesh / December 11, 2015 /

Defying its high profile location in prime Rivercrest, directly across from the country club golf course, 4604 Alta Drive jealously asserts and preserves her privacy by subtle screening landscape and clever inward-looking orientation on a nearly half-acre lot. In effect, the house is only glimpsed from the street — side view — the main facade…

Fort Worth Friday: A Ryan Place Rehab With Stained Glass Gets Help From Renovation A-Lister

By Eric Prokesh / November 27, 2015 /

What are the punch list essentials to take a house from long-term rental to a near immediate sale? Northern Realty Group agent Lisa Logan was presented with just this dilemma. Of course, it’s helpful if the listing is in Ryan Place, where demand remains insanely strong and inventory persistently low. Here is another useful stroke – have…

Fort Worth Friday: Charity Really Does Begin in Cow Town

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2015 /

by Eric Prokesh A Real Estate firm moniker doesn’t often provoke a swift u-turn (in routing and story choice) or a detailed inquiry into business plans, but driving by the choicely located Charitable Realty, at Camp Bowie and Clover Lane, I was provoked to do both. Charitable Realty, the inspiration of owner/founder, Lori Fowler, is…