High Rise Living in Dallas

Rolls Royce and The Stoneleigh Residences: A Match Made in Gilded Heaven

By Jon Anderson / January 30, 2018 /

Dear Diary, Today I drove a Rolls Royce. Not only was it OMG big (like 20 feet long), but it rode so very unexpectedly smooth (I expected smooth, but it’s shockingly smooth). The new Phantom VIII was on display, and quite at home, at the Stoneleigh Residences in concert with the Allie Beth Urban team…

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Unbelievably Chic Offering in Legendary Turtle Creek High-Rise

By Amy Puchaty / January 29, 2018 /

When a property this chic comes across your desk, you pay attention, and such was the case when Elly Holder reached out to me for help writing the property romance for her rare-to-market offering in the iconic Howard Meyer designed 3525 Turtle Creek.

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Condo Owners Should Say Thanks For All The New Apartments

By Jon Anderson / September 15, 2017 /

That’s right, thank them.  Buy them some chocolates and champagne … maybe a spa day. Why? Because without the over-rotation on apartments that’s happening during this building cycle, your condo would be worth less.  Now, this doesn’t hold in the over-saturated, million-dollar end — in fact that part of the market has so much product,…

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Literally Raise the Roof in Gold Crest Penthouse Unit 1101

By Jon Anderson / August 11, 2017 /

We all know the Gold Crest on Turtle Creek.  Even though it’s just 11 stories tall, its design overshadows many taller buildings on the boulevard.  It was built in 1964 by George Dahl and it was his home for the last decades of his life. Fresh on the market after over 34 years with the…

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Spend More Than a Night at The Museum: 8181 Douglas Lets You Live in Your Own Art Gallery

By Jon Anderson / July 7, 2017 /

Between explaining the housing crunch (here, here), flooding, new Pink Wall development, Dallas Midtown, and of course the latest in the mayor’s Fair Park friends-with-benefits giveaway, I’ve been on a tear these past few weeks. It’s time to break free with a little party, and unit 210 at 8181 Douglas definitely provides the balloons (you’ll…

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