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Some city leaders continue to push for Dallas poker rooms to operate legally within the city limits, but there doesn’t appear to be a quick and easy fix. District 1 Councilman Chad West led the charge last year, asking city staff to create a land use category that would allow the facilities to operate legally…
If anyone knows historic homes — especially on Swiss Avenue — it’s Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Realtor Elizabeth Mast. She told me this Italianate Mission mansion would move quickly because it’s not only beautiful but also in flawless condition. It’s been on the Swiss Avenue Mother’s Day Home Tour, was named one of D Magazine’s 10…
The matter of rezoning the Preston Center West shopping center to allow for a high-rise office building and apartment complex is set for the Dallas City Plan Commission’s Thursday, March 21, agenda. The development proposal — which drew criticism from former District 13 Plan Commissioner Claire Stanard — was set for a CPC agenda two…
When people fall in love with the 100-year-old Craftsman and Prairie-style homes in Winnetka Heights, they don’t fall for the updates. It’s the original details — details that smart owners have left well enough alone — that captivate lovers of historic homes in the Oak Cliff neighborhood. Glazed cabinetry, wide millwork, and original hardwood floors…
Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation is branching out with a new affordable housing project that aims to allow legacy residents and low-to-middle-income buyers stay close to their jobs in Farmers Branch. The Porches at Valwood Park is a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) project where Builders of Hope will construct new homes on empty…
Has anyone else noticed that real estate news has been pretty crazy lately? Change is hard, and people in the industry might be feeling a little stressed these days. But spring has officially sprung, and there’s nothing to cure stressful times like laughter. And you know that we, here at Upon Closer Inspection, are always…
