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Turtle Creek’s Renaissance Gets a New Neighbor as Poston Plots Sell to LLC

By Jon Anderson | March 17, 2016 |

In January, the lots located at 3407 and 3409 North Hall Street were reported in DCAD to have been sold to TDRE Lee Park LLC. The actual owner is currently masked behind the LLC with a local address of 4100 Spring Valley Road, Suite 310, in Dallas. However, TDRE Lee Park is a Houston registered…

The Four R’s: REJOICE in The Claridge

By Jon Anderson | March 17, 2016 |

This is part last in a four-part series. Read parts one, two, and three, and join us at our CandysDirt staff meeting here on March 22! Capping off our Four R’s series is this endcap double-unit penthouse at the Claridge. For those just tuning in, four Claridge units, each featured in a previous posting, will play host…

Good Morning Beautiful: Nonesuch Home Belongs to Country Singer Steve Holy

By Candy Evans | March 17, 2016 |

An “O” House is a home so fabulous you have to drop whatever you are doing (yeah, even that) or holding, including your nail file, to look! Why have I not jumped all over this listing? Look at this stone and brick classic with every perfect ingredient. It has so much going for it, it…

Luxe Southlake Brownstones Bring Iconic, Classic Urban Living to North Texas

By Leah Shafer | March 17, 2016 |

The brownstones of New York City are iconic, representing classic, elegant urban living. In the Garden District of Southlake Town Square, a new housing development is bringing that feel to North Texas. Designed by architect David M. Schwarz—designer of The Ball Park in Arlington, Bass Performance Hall, and Sundance Square Plaza in Fort Worth—The Brownstones…

East Dallas Entrepreneur Selling Fab Casa Linda Cottage—Her Change Is Your Gain

By Leah Shafer | March 17, 2016 |

Our Thursday Three Hundred is the home of entrepreneur Rachel O’Connor and her young family. O’Connor is the founder and owner of Party Made Pretty, and she creates all kinds of paper decorations, garlands, and banners. Party Made Pretty booming—she’s now filling more than 400 orders a month and her home-based business is busting at the seams. So she,…

Unprofessional Photos Hurt Darling Kessler Woods Reno-Ready Ranch

By Candy Evans | March 17, 2016 |

This just drives me crazy. Here we have a nice house at 1506 Kessler Parkway in a great neighborhood, obviously last owned by an elderly couple. Asking is $450,000 though it’s on DCAD for $268,000  but then we know how behind DCAD is. I’ll bet this home has had very few owners. Built in 1955,…