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Meet the Ellis County Custom Home Builder With a Higher Calling

By Daniel Lalley | September 3, 2024 |

The custom home industry is becoming more competitive, costly, and complex every day. In the last several years, a myriad of factors have made it especially tough to turn a profit. With increases in lumber prices, labor scarcities, and market fluctuations, this business requires more resilience than ever. In an industry as challenging as this…

Dirt is Moving on Phase 2 of The Loop Dallas’ Trinity Forest Spine Trail

By April Towery | September 3, 2024 |

A nine-mile corridor that seamlessly connects two of Dallas’ most cherished natural spaces — the Great Trinity Forest and White Rock Lake — is more than just a trail, officials with The Loop Dallas say. This section of the citywide project is a beacon of hope.  The Trinity Forest Spine Trail south of Interstate 30…

Nexus Development Announces $150M Turtle Creek High Rise for Senior Citizens

By CandysDirt | September 3, 2024 |

Staff Reports Another day, another high-rise apartment tower — but this one is different. A site plan for the project at the corner of Turtle Creek Boulevard and Fairmount Street shows units for the high-demand senior citizens’ community.  This project is one of several high-rise residential towers in development in Turtle Creek. After this property…

Mesquite Breaks Ground on 288-Unit Workforce Housing Community

By CandysDirt | September 3, 2024 |

The City of Mesquite’s Housing Finance Corporation is hoping to close the gap on a workforce housing shortage, announcing last week a partnership with The NRP Group to build 288 mixed-income units near the intersection of Interstate 30 and Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway.  All units at The Fielder, 1300 Wooded Lake Drive, are reserved for…

Are There 8 Votes to Push ForwardDallas to the Finish Line? Here’s What Your Council Member Has to Say

By April Towery | September 2, 2024 |

Elected and appointed officials have spent years working on ForwardDallas 2.0, an update of the city’s comprehensive land use plan. Residents in each of Dallas’ geographic districts have gotten savvy to the technical aspects of the document and lobbied for their causes at town halls and City Plan Commission meetings. Is the rubber about to…

Bedding Down on Princeton Avenue with Valerie Dillon, George Bass, and Hästens 

By Karen Eubank | September 2, 2024 |

Rogers Healy and Associates listing agent Valerie Dillon has created quite a buzz with her Princeton Avenue listing, a luxurious Highland Park traditional home.  That buzz began with engaging George Bass to stage the 7,329-square-foot home because the George Bass Stage & Design team’s work is always buzzworthy.  We all know Dallas is really a…