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Featured Realtor: Alex Prins Brings Diverse Background to Real Estate Industry

By Joanna England | September 4, 2015 |

We love the diverse background that Rogers Healy and Associates Realtor Alex Prins brings to the real estate industry. He’s done everything, it seems. From skincare to writing, Prins has turned his personality and tenacity into a successful career in one of the most demanding industries in America. For those reasons, Prins has been named…

Transwestern’s Pink Wall Proposal Passes Planning Commission Hurdle, FINALLY

By Jon Anderson | September 4, 2015 |

As predicted, we are all two-weeks older since the Planning Commission fobbed-off the vote on the proposed Transwestern development at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Northwest Highway. What, if any, votes changed in those two weeks is unknown, but I suspect few. Certainly attendees were not treated to German band Texas Lightening popping…

Dallas City Plan Commission Approves Transwestern Zoning Request for Behind the Pink Wall in Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans | September 4, 2015 |

There was only one solo dissenting vote from members of the Dallas Plan Commission, and it was from Paul E. Ridley, a Kingston appointee. As for neighborhood’s over-riding concerns about traffic, the City’s traffic experts said the new development may actually DECREASE traffic on Bandera…  from a car every forty seconds (currently) to a car…

Whole Foods vs. Trader Joe’s: Which Grocery Store Has the ‘Starbucks Effect’ on Home Values?

By Joanna England | September 3, 2015 |

Which upscale grocery has the “Starbucks Effect”: Whole Foods or Trader Joes? That’s what RealtyTrac recently analyzed. If you haven’t heard of the “Starbucks Effect” here’s a little primer: “Homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro appreciated 49.7 percent between January 1997 and December 2013,” Humphries said. “But if you look just at homes in the Dallas-Fort…

Love The Dallas Skyline? Now You Can Bring it to Your Bar Cart

By Joanna England | September 3, 2015 |

This will soon be on the gilded bar carts throughout the homes of Dallas socialites, as who would opt for anything other than gorgeous Czech crystal etched with the city’s trademark skyline? And you can only get it at Bernadette Schaeffler Collection.

Uptown Murder at Gables Park 17 Gaining Nationwide Attention

By Candy Evans | September 3, 2015 |

The tragic gunning down of a woman in an Uptown parking garage last evening, a garage residents say was accessible only with a fob key, has now garnered a bit of national attention via the New York Daily News.  The murder has the luxury apartment community (and a lot of single women in Uptown) on…