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Dallas Architecture Forum Features Women Engineers Who Have Broken The ‘Steel Ceiling’

By CandysDirt / October 16, 2023 /

For many years, engineering was a profession dominated almost exclusively by men. That “steel ceiling” has begun to be broken by a group of talented, determined women, but there is still work to do. To explore the issue, the Dallas Architecture Forum will present a panel discussion on the topic of “Women Engineers Shaping the…

Downtown Dallas Celebrates Harwood Park With a Mammoth Grand Opening Weekend

By Joanna England / September 22, 2023 /

Harwood Park was worth the wait for downtown Dallas, as the four-acre park rounds out the four priority park projects set forth by the Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy. To toast the successful completion of the park located at 408 South Harwood St., the conservancy and Downtown Dallas Inc. have come together to put on a…

The Offices at Southstone Yards Brings the Nation’s Largest Timber Office Building to Frisco

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 15, 2023 /

By John English Contributing Writer A mass timber construction building — essentially what’s described as a massive wooden office — is slated for Crow Holdings Development’s Offices at Southstone Yards, a 45-acre, mixed-use development in Frisco. Crow recently announced plans for the development, located at Spring Creek Parkway and Sam Rayburn Tollway 121. The mass…

McKinney Real Estate is Flying High Despite Vote Against McKinney National Airport Bond

By Joy Donovan / June 1, 2023 /

So in May, McKinney voted against a $200 million bond that would have funded a commercial airport in their fair city. This, however, doesn’t mean McKinney’s future isn’t taking off with a commercial expansion of the McKinney National Airport. The city’s plans and talks with the Federal Aviation Administration just aren’t that quickly grounded. Evidently,…

Taking Hillbillies to New Heights, Bubba Brings The Brilliance to Arkansas Home

By Mimi Perez / May 17, 2023 /

I am writing this column flying 35,000 feet in the air on my way back to Dallas. My husband, Gus, and I spent a week visiting our heir and spare in Boston since her semester was done. Our daughter took us to watch films created by her friends who are graduating with their MFA in…