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Josy Cooner Brought the World to Her Home, Now You’ve Got a Shot at Buying It

By Candy Evans | August 1, 2024 |

If you don’t recognize the name Josy Cooner (Collins), try Scott + Cooner, the 21,000-square-foot haute modern showroom in the Dallas Design District that has been a Dallas icon for the last 25 years. Quite simply, it is the best place in town to source beautiful modern home furnishings. Lloyd Scott and Josy Cooner-Collins teamed…

Bedford Residents Oppose New Higher Density ‘Lifestyle Residential’ Land Use

By April Towery | August 1, 2024 |

Multifamily housing is under fire throughout North Texas, and Bedford is the latest municipality to join the fight against a new land use called “lifestyle residential.” The city is crafting a master plan that calls for this new development pattern, or land use overlay on 60 acres of school district-owned land, but residents of the…

Easton Place: A Secret Enclave of 1970s Shed-Style Homes in a Wooded Oasis

By Karen Eubank | August 1, 2024 |

There is no place in Dallas like Easton Place. If you don’t know where it is, that’s by design. This East Dallas gem is easy to miss because it’s in a rather small, heavily-wooded neighborhood on a cul-de-sac off Easton Road, so it’s not going to be found easily by people driving by. David Bush…

Ex-Dallas Builders Association President Harold Peek to Join Texas Housing Hall of Honor

By April Towery | August 1, 2024 |

Locally-renowned Dallas home builder and former mayor of University Park Harold Peek will be recognized by the state this fall at the Texas Housing Hall of Honor’s annual induction ceremony.  Peek became the youngest president of the Dallas Builders Association in 1971 when he was just 31 years old.  Harold Peek’s Legacy Harold Peek, a…

Swoon For This North Dallas Contemporary Luxury Lock and Leave

By Brenda Masse | July 31, 2024 |

This week’s Highlight Home of the Week sponsored by Senior Loan Officer Lisa Peters of First Horizon is one of only ten homes in the premier gated Skibell community off Forest Road near Preston — and it’s a showstopper. This contemporary masterpiece is a luxury lock and leave work of art. If Candy doesn’t scoop up that home in The…

Vacancy-Plagued Preston Plaza Tower Hitting the Market, Like Many Empty Dallas Office Buildings

By Shelby Skrhak | July 31, 2024 |

A Far North Dallas office tower facing low occupancy is hitting the market rather than continuing to subsidize operating losses, local news outlets reported last month. It’s one of many emptying office buildings across Dallas feeling the strain on commercial office real estate. The Preston Plaza office building, located near the southeast corner of Preston and…