The Cedars
The Cedars has become one of the most vibrant neighborhoods in Dallas. This is thanks, in very large part, to developer and investor Jack Matthews, owner of Matthews Southwest and the man who built The Beat. Matthews has been the driving force in rebuilding the Cedars. He turned the old Sears warehouse into Southside on…
Read MoreThe best thing about an agent that’s selling a property in their own building is that they know everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. In this case, the agent is JB Hayes with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, and the property is in The Beat Lofts in The Cedars. What’s Not to Love About The Cedars?…
Read MoreA Child Poverty Action Lab report released in July identified trouble brewing in the Dallas rental market, but you wouldn’t know it by the number of apartment projects approved on an almost-weekly basis by the Dallas City Council. The CPAL report issued the following findings: Public Facility Corporation Projects Three projects were approved Wednesday under…
Read MoreA $3 billion reconstruction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas is on the horizon, and elected officials have a lot of unanswered questions. During a Feb. 7 joint meeting of the city’s Transportation and Infrastructure and Economic Development committees, the Dallas City Councilmember and voters who approved Proposition A in November got a…
Read MoreBy Matt WeinsteinPrograms Associate, Preservation Dallas For those of us who never knew Dallas before Interstate 30, it is difficult to imagine The Cedars as an affluent district of large homes with manicured lawns that was once the southern gateway to downtown Dallas. Few homes tell the neighborhood’s story as well as the Blue House.…
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