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Sharon Quist Has All The Dirt on This Swiss Avenue Italian Renaissance Mansion 

By Karen Eubank | February 24, 2025 |

If anyone knows this beautiful Swiss Avenue Italian Renaissance mansion inside out, it’s Dave Perry Miller’s Sharon Quist. She has listed the home four times since the 1990s.  No street in Dallas holds more significance than Swiss Avenue. Thanks to the diligent work of a few dedicated preservationists, it became the first City of Dallas…

April Towery: I’m Taking my Big Dallas Energy to H-Town

By April Towery | February 23, 2025 |

After three years on the job as the first full-time City Hall reporter for CandysDirt.com, I’m off to a new adventure covering the Texas Legislature, criminal justice, and Houston municipal government for The Houston Press.  I get it, I’m not Luka, and there won’t be any protests about my departure. I don’t need to tell…

Texas Is Dominating When It Comes to CRE Activity

By Charles Grand | February 23, 2025 |

Everything’s bigger in the Lone Star State, and that includes the CRE industry. Texas claimed the top spot nationwide in 2024 for direct expenditures on commercial real estate and overall industry contributions to state GDP, according to a study by the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association. Looking at the numbers, it’s not even close.…

Jonathan Miller: About That Report on Office to Residential Conversions

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | February 23, 2025 |

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor We continue to hear about a commercial office recovery, but that is misleading – it is coming from commercial leasing brokers which is a conflict. Commercial office is often selling for ±30 cents on the dollar as WFH continues to savage rent levels. Yet the high-end office market is doing fine. And now we are seeing…

Richardson House of Intrigue: A Hidden Passageway, a Speakeasy-style Media Room, and a Backyard Wonderland

By CandysDirt | February 22, 2025 |

Luxury homes often boast about having everything, but 45 Dunrobin actually does. Strategically placed on a serene half-acre lot adjacent to Breckinridge Park in Richardson, this architectural masterpiece, offered by the Shuey Group, combines privacy, elegance, and a little bit of mystery (stay tuned for more on that). Designed To Perfection “The attention to detail…

In Hollywood Heights, the Trees Sell Houses

By Karen Eubank | February 22, 2025 |

A couple of the best trees in Hollywood Heights are for sale. As a bonus, there’s a lovely house that goes with them. You may not think people would buy a home because of the trees, but a tree played a big part in my home-buying decision many years ago. After discovering Hollywood Heights in…