Sustainability

Harwood International’s Hotel Swexan Secures $8.5 Million for Sustainability Improvements 

By April Towery / October 16, 2024 /

The 22-story boutique Hotel Swexan at the corner of McKinnon and Moody streets was recently awarded $8.5 million from the Dallas Property Assessed Clean Energy program.  This is the second clean energy grant for the Hotel Swexan, the city’s first boutique hotel developed by Harwood International. The moniker represents “Swiss hospitality meets Texan charm,” an…

Faster, Better, Stronger: Meet the 3D-Printed Home You Have to Feel to Believe

By Candy Evans / June 23, 2024 /

Austin-based ICON builds striking concrete homes that are 3D-printed using robots. Probably unlike anything you’ve seen before, save something off of “Building Off the Grid” or “Extreme Homes.”

Kyle Rovinsky Just Listed The Perfect Earth Day Home in Sustainable Montgomery Farm

By Karen Eubank / April 22, 2024 /

It’s Earth Day, and frankly, it’s also Oglesby Day for us! Little did I know when I selected a Bud Oglesby home for our Monday Morning Millionaire that Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate‘s Kyle Rovinsky would also be listing a Montgomery Farm home designed by Oglesby Greene. It is also the first LEED gold-certified home built…

HiFAB Unveils Modular Home Factory in Grand Prairie as Sales Kick Off For Affordable Units

By April Towery / July 11, 2023 /

Affordable housing just got a little more accessible in Grand Prairie — or really anywhere a plot of land is available.  HiFAB hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning at its modular home factory, featuring turnkey homes designed by award-winning Texas architecture firm Lake | Flato.  HiFAB builds single-family modular homes and aims to produce high-design…

Lake | Flato Teams Up with Oaxaca Interests to Create Environmentally Friendly Modular Homes

By April Towery / September 26, 2022 /

It’s beginning to look a lot like efficiency and affordability are trending in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market.  As tiny homes and accessory dwelling units are gaining in popularity, environmentally-friendly modular homes also are entering the scene and making a not-so-tiny splash.  Architecture firm Lake | Flato teamed up with developer Oaxaca Interests to…