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Forget Ebola: What is Mark Cuban Doing in Preston Center? Why He Just Bought 8601 Jourdan Way

By Candy Evans | October 15, 2014 |

Eric Nicholson over at the Dallas Observer says Mark Cuban now plans to build some commercial structures on those lots he has been amassing at the northwest intersection of Preston Road and Northwest Highway. Says he just closed on 8601 Jourdan Way… stay tuned…

Pretty Soon You Will Be Able to Ski in Texas — Well, in Grand Prairie, at Least

By Candy Evans | October 15, 2014 |

When we visited Tokyo a few years ago and our hosts told me about the indoor ski resort there, outskirts of Tokyo, I did not believe it until I saw the dome for Zaos, as I think it was called. Sure enough the Japanese loved to ski indoors. The indoor ski resort was on the way…

Now You Can Gawk at The Mansions in America’s 444th Most Expensive Zip Code: Preston Hollow

By Joanna England | October 14, 2014 |

  Can I say that I was a little disappointed that Dallas’s wealthiest neighborhoods — Highland Park and Preston Hollow — ranked only 164th and 444th, respectively, in Forbes’ survey of the richest Zip codes in America?  Preston Hollow didn’t even break into the top 5 priciest Zip Codes in Texas, for crying out loud.…

Nina Pham, Presby Nurse Who Contracted Ebola, Issues Statement

By Joanna England | October 14, 2014 |

For those in Dallas and North Texas who are following this news closely, Nina Pham, the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola after caring for Thomas Eric Duncan, has issued a quote through the hospital. Pham, who has an apartment in the M Streets, started running a fever on Friday. Over the weekend,…

Great Location in Grapevine With a Heated Saltwater Pool

By Joanna England | October 14, 2014 |

Sometimes you really do have to head to the suburbs to find a good deal. With all of the homes in Dallas and Fort Worth getting snapped up so fast, perhaps it’s a good idea to look north to Grapevine, where you can get a great family home for not a lot of money. This…

Crime Report: Hoodlums Are Targeting SUVs With Third-Row Seats Again

By Zachary Dickens | October 14, 2014 |

The theft of third-row seats from SUVs has been termed a “vicious circle.” Burglars steal the seats and sell them to dealers, who sell them back to the victims, who reinstall them in their vehicles, which are then potentially burglarized again. This has been a problem for years in the Park Cities and the surrounding…