High Rise Living in Dallas

Mandarin Oriental is, Once Again, Coming to Dallas, This Time to Turtle Creek

By Candy Evans / November 11, 2019 /

Luxury hotel lovers will salivate over this one: Dallas is getting a Mandarin Oriental, this time for sure.  And this time, on Turtle Creek Boulevard, the original high rise haven of Dallas. The 176-room ultra luxurious hotel will be part of a 25-story mixed use tower coming to a 2.47 acre site at 2999 Turtle…

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Ritz Townhouse Four: The Last Of The Last Of The Last

By Jon Anderson / October 23, 2019 /

Minutes before I left town for a spell, I was able to squeeze in a viewing of the final Ritz-Carlton Residences shell townhouse all duded-up and immaculately finished by CandysDirt.com Approved Builder Mark Molthan of Platinum Series Homes. Since I’d rather hobnob than shutterbug at these events (I happened meet someone with more shirts than…

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Gaggenau Cooks Up Quality And Beauty At Hall Arts Residences

By Jon Anderson / October 7, 2019 /

Serendipity — an unplanned series of happy intersections. It all began when I attended Craig Hall’s 50th anniversary bash for his Hall Group company – as a “plus one” of Dave Perry-Miller agent Sharon Quist. She introduced me to Hall Group VP Lea Anne Laughlin and we spoke about the under-construction Hall Arts project betwixt and…

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Penthouse Plunge: Finding a General Contractor is Harder Than it Looks

By Jon Anderson / September 20, 2019 /

I’ve never used the same general contractor twice. That says something right there. So every time I do a renovation, I have to start from scratch. The usual reason I don’t repeat contractors comes down to communication. I say things that don’t happen. They do things without asking that aren’t on the blueprints. They ignore…

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Penthouse Plunge: Reuse, Recycle, And PARTY

By Jon Anderson / September 10, 2019 /

Once you’ve checked out the Elite Auctions preview of 11322 E. Ricks Circle on Sept. 14, join me from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Claridge (3510 Turtle Creek Blvd., Units 18 A and B) for your chance to tour my Penthouse Plunge before demolition as I revive and return two Turtle Creek penthouses to…

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