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No Pup Left Behind: Bring Your BFF (Best Furry Friend) to Work Day at VIVO Realty Was a Doggone Good Idea

By Joanna England | May 7, 2014 |

What a wonderful idea to help build camaraderie in a dog-eat-dog industry. Besides helping turn around what could have been a “ruff” day, VIVO Realty helped agents “paws” and reflect on what’s really important: best friends, specifically man’s best friend.

Highland House in Preston Center Town Hall Meeting Next Tuesday Evening

By Candy Evans | May 7, 2014 |

Got word yesterday from City Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates that she is hosting a town-hall meeting from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at Northway Christian Church, giving homeowners a chance to learn more about the proposed luxury high-rise apartment community called Highland House that Luke Crosland wants to build in the heart of Preston Center, hear about…

Lease of the Week: Need a Hot Pad? Check Out This Gorgeous Thomas Avenue Townhome

By Joanna England | May 7, 2014 |

Dallas has no shortage of gorgeous rentals, and thanks to the high demand for luxury properties in walkable areas, homeowners are seeing life as landlords as more profitable in the long run. Need more living space but not ready to leave your gorgeous urban pad? Lease it out! That’s exactly what the owners of 2805…

100 Years Later, Christine Loh’s Swiss Avenue Mansion is Ready To Celebrate

By Joanna England | May 6, 2014 |

Swiss Avenue is full of wonderful properties that have so much history and life to them. They have more character in one square foot than many Dallas homes have throughout. Homes on Swiss Avenue are the antithesis of the zero-lot-line McMansions you see in the suburbs (not that there’s anything wrong with that!), and they…

Tuesday Two Hundred: For The Definition of ‘ADORBS’ Check Out This Junius Heights Cottage

By Joanna England | May 6, 2014 |

Junius Heights is the neighborhood that stoked my love affair with Dallas real estate. My husband and I moved to Junius Heights shortly before we were married, living in a great little craftsman cottage on Glendale Street. We would walk down Junius street to Garden Cafe, and take our dogs for walks around the neighborhood.…

The Dallas Morning News Supports Transwestern’s Lux Apartment Proposal at Preston & Northwest Highway

By Candy Evans | May 6, 2014 |

Don’t know if you caught this, and I meant to draw this out last week, but Rudolph Bush at the Dallas Morning News is strongly supporting Transwestern’s proposal to change the zoning to build a six-story luxury apartment community at the northeast corner of Preston and Northwest Highway. You recall this project would replace the existing…