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Love Field-Medical District Development Gaining Strength, New Apartments Planned

By Leah Shafer | September 22, 2015 |

Developers have their eye on the Love Field-Medical District areas, and a new residential community is underway. Fairfield Residential recently purchased about six acres near Denton Drive and Inwood Road for a 350-unit apartment complex. Fairfield has ten residential developments in the DFW area, including the upscale 21 Forty Medical District, Cantabria at Turtle Creek, and Rienzi at Turtle Creek. Two…

Dallas City Council Votes For Demolitions Delay in Effort to Slow Loss of Historic Architecture

By Joanna England | September 22, 2015 |

We’re still reeling from the loss of 10300 Strait Lane, a gorgeous Bud Oglesby-designed modern on one of the most beautiful streets in Dallas, so you can imagine how heartening it was to read Robert Wilonsky’s post announcing that the Dallas City Council voted to approve a demolition delay. The new law is intended to…

Realtors on the Runway: Stage the Listing, Style the Agent!

By Candy Evans | September 22, 2015 |

We at CandysDirt.com are tickeled PINK that tomorrow is the BIG DAY for Realtors on the Runway! Wednesday afternoon, Allie-Coosh founder Paulette Martsolf will dress five legendary Dallas Realtors —  Allie Beth Allman’s Doris Jacobs, Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Joan Eleazer, Dave Perry-Miller’s Karen Fry, Virginia Cook’s Shelby Fuqua, and Ebby Halliday’s Kelly Logsdon Rush for a…

Richardson House Offers Blank Slate for Personalization, Zoned for Plano ISD

By Leah Shafer | September 22, 2015 |

For families looking to live in a northern suburb, today’s Tuesday Two Hundred offers a chance to get a lot of house for under $300K with the opportunity to totally personalize the space. The Richardson house at 5403 Kingston Dr. is 2,158 square feet with four bedrooms, two full bathrooms, and an open floorplan in…

New Project Announced in The Cedars Uses [SURPRISE!] Shipping Containers, But Are They Over?

By Joanna England | September 21, 2015 |

I know that not everyone is going to agree with me, but I’ve been thinking about this ever since PV14 was built: Shipping containers as housing is over. So over. When Michael Gooden was hoisting the long metal boxes in the air that would make up his shipping container project in Old Lake Highlands that…

Inwood Home of The Week: Almost-New Bluffview Construction Has Proximity With a Capital P

By Candy Evans | September 21, 2015 |

This home at 8312 Ridgelea is almost a dream that is too good to be true. Give it an A-plus for location! You are talking about one of the hottest neighborhoods in town, Bluffview. This parcel of homes near Lovers Lane are all walkable to West Lovers Lane shops and super close to Love Field,…