Home Building
Pulling a permit from the Dallas Development Services Department may have just gotten easier for builders who submit up to 10 plans per week. The Residential Plan Review Fast Track Permit Program launched earlier this month, allowing developers who submit a high volume of repetitive permits to have multiple floor plans reviewed and approved at…
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Want a home in the shape of a four-leaf clover with the stem as a hallway? That’s a specific and perhaps unusual dream, but Richardson-based My Robot Builds Robotics can make it happen, extruding concrete walls from a 3D printer like a soft-serve ice cream machine. Company president Craig Pettit has invested in real estate…
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There’s good news and bad news for Dallas-area builders, experts told a crowded room of industry leaders Wednesday morning. We’ll start with the good news. Housing affordability is at the forefront of state legislative priorities. There might be a $30 billion surplus going into the 2023 session that could be used to buy down property…
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Do you think you have a stressful job? Try being Andrew Espinoza. Dallas’s director of Development Services basically holds the keys to the city’s future growth and development, and it’s currently at a near-standstill due to a problem created before he was hired according to city council members on Wednesday. It seemed the cavalry had…
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It’s no secret that Dallas’s Development Services Department has struggled to cut the turnaround time for building permits and that the department’s director, Andrew Espinoza, is making strides to course-correct. The results of an audit conducted by Matrix Consulting Group were recently released, and Espinoza said many of the recommendations are already being implemented. He’ll…
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