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“I Knew I Couldn’t Be Number One at Reading, but I Could Be Number One at Everything Else”: Allie Beth Allman

By Candy Evans | October 20, 2016 |

The most amazing story ran on WFAA-TV Wednesday night by Shelly Slater on our treasured Allie Beth Allman and her personal secret: Allie Beth has battled dyslexia all her life. But it sure hasn’t stopped her. She is an icon in Dallas Real Estate, buying and selling homes to top movers and shakers including the…

Christy Berry Chairs Prelude Lights at AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Inaugural “Prelude” to Aurora

By Candy Evans | October 19, 2016 |

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Christy Berry will be one busy agent tomorrow night. Christy is the chair of the first private fundraiser event for Prelude Lights, which takes place Thursday evening at the AT&T Performance Art Center. Prelude is a “prelude” to Aurora, a multi-night, city-wide arts event designed to promote public media art. Thursday’s VIP…

Self-Described ‘Dallas Girl’ Kelly Nyfeler Brings New Energy to Briggs Freeman’s Uptown Office

By Joanna England | October 19, 2016 |

It’s not that Kelly Nyfeler didn’t like Colleyville. She lived there for a few years with her family and built a brokerage she was proud of. But she never really felt like she belonged there. “I’m such a Dallas girl,” she admits. When her daughter, Georgia, was accepted into Booker T. Washington High School for…

Twentieth Anniversary for Architecture Group Begins with Aga Khan Award Lecture

By Leah Shafer | October 19, 2016 |

The Dallas Architecture Forum will launch its twentieth-anniversary season next week with a lecture about the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation, and landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the award seeks…

A Preston Hollow Listing with Hockey History: First Mike Modano, Now Tyler Seguin

By Valerie Jarvie | October 19, 2016 |

Oh my Stars! Here’s a listing that got my attention: 6424 Mimosa Lane, hockey phenom Tyler Seguin’s home!  It’s just your average 24-year-old sports superstar’s 7,250-square-foot abode, and a typical gig for the listing agent, Julie Provenzano, broker associate with Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate, who’s become something of a superstar herself as the official real estate…

Sir Richard Branson Rides Into Dallas Real Estate on a White Stallion

By Candy Evans | October 19, 2016 |

The Dallas real estate community was out in force to greet Sir Richard Branson Monday evening in the sizzling Dallas Design District, and Sir Richard lived up to his reputation of an innovator who would never consider doing anything ordinary. Branson rode into the parking lot, future site of the state’s first Virgin Hotel at…