Cara Mendelsohn
Construction on the Dallas Wings’ long-delayed practice facility in West Oak Cliff may finally move forward after the Dallas City Council voted 13-2 on Wednesday to shift development of the team facility from the City to the WNBA team itself. The city had to rework the deal with the Wings following significant delays, cost overruns,…
Major hiccups related to the planned Dallas Wings practice facility at Joey Georgusis Park have the city’s agreement with the WNBA team coming back before council members on Wednesday. With the Mavericks-City Hall drama overshadowing so much other real estate news, we missed the Wings enduring significant city-involved complications in stride as they navigate their…
Members of the Dallas City Council remain divided over the fate of City Hall and are pressing their respective cases as to the integrity of the process underlying staff’s efforts to explore relocation and redevelopment options. On Sunday, Mayor Eric Johnson offered his most forceful response to those who have been speculating that officials and…
The fallout from last week’s special-called City Council meeting on the fate of Dallas City Hall appears poised to intensify as questions about transparency continue following recent media reports on city communications related to potential relocation sites. As previously reported by CandysDirt.com, the often-tense marathon meeting resulted in a resolution directing City Manager Kimberly Tolbert…
The City Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously Monday to recommend that the city begin exploring relocation options for City Hall functions currently housed at 1500 Marilla St. The property condition assessment and recommendation renewed speculation on social media that officials were laying the groundwork for redevelopment of the site, possibly to accommodate a new Dallas…
