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Eagle Mountain Lake House Is One Way to Escape North Texas’ Summer Sizzle

By Joy Donovan | July 7, 2026 |

We have officially reached the time of the year when hot weather game plans are critical. How to stay cool occupies a lot of our everyday thoughts. We park even farther from the store’s front door if we’re lucky enough to nab a parking spot. We decided eating salad for dinner is much preferable to…

Julie Parrent Brings Thoughtful and Intimate Design to this Devonshire Estate

By Karen Eubank | July 6, 2026 |

Dallas has a great deal of available, beautiful new construction. However, much of it looks alike, so it is always refreshing to find something thoughtful and intimate. Those elements generally mean an excellent designer is on board, and for this Santa Barbara-inspired modern Devonshire estate, that designer is Julie Parrent Design Studio. Working with ICB…

Industrial Gets a Design Upgrade at Inwood Design District

By Charles Grand | July 6, 2026 |

Industrial real estate isn’t usually associated with public art and personality, but Dallas’ newly completed Inwood Design District and Ace on Inwood are showing how industrial can have just as much style as any other sector. Not too long ago, Fort Worth-based M2G Ventures wrapped up a year-long redevelopment of the former Inwood Design Center,…

Dallas Renters Get Less Space for $1,500 Than They Did Last Year

By Charles Grand | July 6, 2026 |

For the third straight year, Dallas renters are getting slightly less square footage for the money, a recent study found. While rent buys you more in Big D than in many of the nation’s biggest housing markets, renters can stretch those dollars further elsewhere in Texas. RentCafe’s latest analysis comparing how much apartment space renters…

Dallas Budget Crunch Brings Furloughs, Fresh Debate at City Hall

By Charles Grand | July 5, 2026 |

Non-uniform city workers in Dallas are about to get some unexpected time off, and it’s ruffling some feathers on the city council. Dallas employees will soon begin taking unpaid furlough days as City Manager Kimberly Tolbert moves to offset the year’s roughly $30 million budget shortfall. Under the plan announced last week, General Fund employees…

A Monumental Decision for Dallas City Hall: The World is Now Watching

By Karen Eubank | July 5, 2026 |

Dallas City Hall was named by the World Monument Fund as one of the sites on its new Irreplaceable America List last week. “As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, Irreplaceable America is a call to protect the places that reflect the richness of that history, and the role heritage plays in education, community memory,…