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Kick Off The New Year With This $15 Million Crescent Estates Mansion

By Karen Eubank | January 6, 2025 |

Jonathan Miller always gets it right. I had just read his latest Housing Notes newsletter when this gorgeous Crescent Estates Custom Homes mansion popped up in MLS, cementing Miller’s latest report on luxury real estate.  Miller is president and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., a real estate appraisal and consulting firm he co-founded in New…

Dallas-based Leon Multifamily Secures Financing for 3 Development Projects in 3 States

By April Towery | January 6, 2025 |

The solution to the affordable housing crisis, we’ve been told, is simple: build more housing. Dallas-based Leon Multifamily, a subsidiary of Leon Capital Group, appears to have received the memo.  The company secured $134 million in construction financing over a 30-day period for three development projects, one of which is in Mansfield.  While many real…

It’s About to Get Cold: What to do During a Freeze

By Brenda Masse | January 5, 2025 |

Editor’s Note: This column was first published on CandysDirt.com in January 2024. What do you know? It still holds true a year later. With temperatures slated to dip into the 20s on Sunday night, read on for what you can do to winterize your home. You know those weeks Texas is famous for where we…

Dallas Council’s January Briefings: Development Code Updates, Permitting Process Improvements

By April Towery | January 5, 2025 |

A new year signifies new beginnings, but in the City of Dallas, it also means revisiting some old things in need of an update. A case in point is the Dallas development code, which was paused while the Planning and Development Services Department focused a significant amount of resources and manpower on the ForwardDallas 2.0…

North Dallas Office Building Sells For Half What It Did in 2017

By Charles Grand | January 5, 2025 |

A 20-story North Dallas office building recently sold at a steep discount, fetching roughly half of what it did eight years ago. The Tower at Park Lane, a 510,000-square-foot Class A office property just south of The Shops at Park Lane and across the highway from NorthPark Center, was purchased for $66 million by Colorado-based…

Stephen Puckett, R.I.P.

By CandysDirt | January 5, 2025 |

From Staff Reports Stephen Puckett, treasurer of the Dallas Builder’s Association and a beloved, well-known leader in the North Texas building community, passed away unexpectedly in his Lake Highlands home on Dec. 20.  Puckett was a mortgage loan officer with Prosperity Bank in the Park Cities. Raised in Dallas, he earned a bachelor’s degree in…