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Design District “Wow-house” Warehouse With Calatrava Bridge Views

By Karen Eubank | August 1, 2016 |

Follow the creative work force and you’ll always find the next cool place to live. Photographers and artists originally pioneered repurposing historic warehouses into studios that doubled as homes. It happened in Deep Ellum back in the 1970s and ‘80s. They were eventually priced out, and moved on to another warehouse neighborhood — The Design…

Stately New Build in Ideally Located Idlewild

By Eric Prokesh | July 29, 2016 |

Since Fort Worth has experienced an astonishing 60 percent growth rate in the last 15 years, it’s fortunate that land for development has been made available from in city and adjacent ranch lands and, incredibly, choice undeveloped tracts adjoining older neighborhoods. The estate at 4125 Idlewild couldn’t be more choicely placed, sandwiched as it is between the posh…

Pretty as a Pytcher: Another Cute East Dallas Flip, This Time in Lochwood

By Joanna England | July 29, 2016 |

Lochwood is lousy with adorable 1960s ranches, midcentury traditionals, soft contemporaries, and midcentury moderns, so it’s a favorable neighborhood for flippers with flair. Pytcher Homes, the same firm that reimagined a stuffy Old Lake Highlands ranch into a luxe and livable home, is building quite the portfolio. This Lochwood traditional, marketed by Kevin Caskey and…

Live the Loft Life in These Historic Downtown Dallas Buildings, Part One

By Leah Shafer | July 29, 2016 |

This is the first installment in a two-part series looking at loft living in historic downtown Dallas buildings. Part two will publish next week. Be sure to check back! The loft life never looked better than in downtown Dallas’ historic buildings. With 11 of them converted for residential living, residents have lots of options, in terms of amenities…

Dallas Son Unites GiveBack Homes to The Referral Exchange to Give Back

By Candy Evans | July 29, 2016 |

You have heard me talk about Blake Andrews here before, many many times. And I think you have heard me talk about The Referral Exchange. Blake is the son of Lana and Barry Andrews, and the brother of Natalie Andrews McGuire. Dallas born and raised, Blake lives on the west coast but spends a lot of…

Statement From Texas A&M University on Why They are Elbowing Out the Elbow Room

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | July 28, 2016 |

by Cody Neathery Special Contributor Texas A&M University has released a statement explaining why they may be seeking eminent domain (as a last resort) to elbow out The Elbow Room: to protect the taxpayers of Texas and help eliminate the shortage of dental care providers in the state… yeah, there is a shortage, they say:…