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This Is What It’s Like for Women with Construction Careers

By Shelby Skrhak | January 10, 2019 |

Carla Gallardo never thought she’d love a job in construction. She wanted to be an architect until her engineer father swayed her to civil engineering. Besides, no one in her family ever worked in construction, so Carla was coming into the industry blind. Sort of. In 2008, a construction internship caught her eye while still…

Centurion American Buying Timberlawn Hospital, 50 Acres for Development

By Candy Evans | January 10, 2019 |

I guess the question is, is there anything Mehrdad Moayedi WON’T BUY?  Like he may need a phone ap soon to keep up with everything in his portfolio, from the Crespi Estate Estates, to the Statler, to the Cabana Hotel, to his zero lot line homes I am eyeing along Forest Lane, to, oh yes,…

Denied But Returning: Lincoln Katy Trail Has More Lives Than A Cat

By Jon Anderson | January 9, 2019 |

City Council took up the long in the tooth Lincoln Katy Trail project at Wednesday’s evening meeting after failing City Plan Commission in November. In an attempt to sweeten the deal to an affordable housing-hungry city council, Lincoln raised their affordable component from five percent to 15 percent (from 15 to 45 units). And many…

Josh Nimmo’s Incredible Architectural Conception for Crestfield Place

By Candy Evans | January 9, 2019 |

Crestfield Place debuts tomorrow evening, as we have told you, beginning at 4:30 p.m. over at 2204 Moser in the East Village. This is Cobalt Homes’ second foray into high end, dense living townhomes in urban infill. I caught up with the architect, Josh Nimmo, because I am giddy with delight over the project and the…

Shutdown Impacts Some States More Than Others

By Bethany Erickson | January 9, 2019 |

For the most part, Texas is doing OK during U.S. government shut down, but it still is hitting the state’s most vulnerable citizens the hardest, according to a recent report on the states most and least affected by the 2019 shut down. The report, compiled by analysts at WalletHub, compared all 50 states plus the…

Dallas Housing Market: Four Things To Watch in 2019

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | January 9, 2019 |

Unlike prior years, 2019 will not be full steam ahead for our area’s housing market. Looking ahead, here are four things to watch in the year to come and why they matter: