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Thursday Three Hundred: Funky Little Forest Hills Home Reduced to $389K, Has Amazing Insides

By Joanna England | May 22, 2014 |

We wrote about 9003 Groveland when it was still a Friday Four Hundred. But last weekend, when my husband was out on a run through the neighborhood with our son in the stroller, he snagged a bright yellow flier advertising this four-bedroom, two-bath home for $389,000. Whoa! That’s a huge reduction from the last time…

Hoping for a 30 Day Delay & Wear Red: Tonight’s Meeting on East Village Big Box Sam’s Club

By Candy Evans | May 21, 2014 |

A CandysDirt reader attended tonight’s meeting to try and stop development of a Sam’s Club on that 17 acres of land near Cityplace — once owned by ACS — where we learned this week that Trammell Crow Companies wants to built another Sam’s Club warehouse store.  District 2 was out in full force with about…

How To Kill a City: Death by DUMBING

By Candy Evans | May 21, 2014 |

I read Mark Lamster’s quick take on the (from my perspective) real estate travesty that is being discussed right now, that being Trammell Crow’s ridic decision to plop a big box Sam’s Wholesale Club in a new development grazing the east side of Central Expressway, across from Uptown. Mark cleverly calls his post: How To…

We Do Not Need Another Sam’s Club in Uptown East

By Candy Evans | May 21, 2014 |

While I was in West Virginia, I read Steve Brown’s report that a Sam’s was coming to Uptown East at Cityplace, courtesy of Trammell Crow. I thought maybe I had altitude sickness or something. Total head scratcher. Here I have been interviewing builders and developers on how Uptown development is splashing over east of central,…

Highland House Heads to Plan Commission Hearing Thursday, Crosland Shaves Off Three Stories

By Candy Evans | May 21, 2014 |

Crosland Development’s Highland House heads to the City of Dallas Plan Commission Thursday, and the developer has already agreed to shave off three stories in response to last week’s Town Hall Meeting. At least, that is what he has told District 13 City Councilperson Jennifer Gates he is willing to do: reduce his original story…

Lease of the Week: The Living is Easy in Kessler Square, With Culture, Shopping, and a Short Commute

By Joanna England | May 21, 2014 |

Here’s another fantastic opportunity to live in Oak Cliff: This beautiful Kessler Square traditional offers lush landscaping and a fantastic neighborhood experience. At the southeast corner of Edgefield Ave. and Colorado Blvd. in Kessler Park, you’ll find this gorgeous home at 1154 N. Edgefield. It’s a stone-clad 1938 traditional that has been carefully updated and…