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Collin County Residents Mixed on New Shelter in Place Order That Says ‘All Businesses Are Essential’

By Shelby Skrhak / March 24, 2020 /

Collin County residents may have more questions than answers after officials issued a modified shelter in place order March 24, asking residents to stay home but urging businesses to stay open. It largely leaves decisions whether to stay home up to businesses and city mayors to enact stricter guidelines. “I’m announcing new ‘stay home, work…

Plano Top Producer Chad Schulin Joins Compass Real Estate

By Joshua Baethge / November 21, 2019 /

Compass Real Estate announced Wednesday that Chad Schulin, a top-producing agent in Plano, is now affiliated with the technology-driven brokerage.  He will be based out of the firm’s soon-to-be-opened Plano-Frisco office. But leaving Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s was not a decision he made lightly. “I very much enjoyed my time at Briggs,” Schulin said. “It was…

A Terrazzo-Tiled Entryway Gives This Allen Home A Little Somethin’ Somethin’

By Nikki Barringer / October 29, 2019 /

Up in Allen, there’s a three-bedroom, two-bathroom rambling ranch-style house just waiting for you to call it home. Behind the alley, there’s a three-acre greenbelt the city is said to be converting to a park so swing sets galore. Of course, it’ll have that new mulch and not the hot beads of gravel most of…

Suburb Sunday: 3 Allen Homes in the $400s

By Shelby Skrhak / August 25, 2019 /

The city of Allen might be best known for its 18,000-seat, $60-million-dollar stadium of controversial grandeur like we’ve never seen before, but it’s not even the biggest or most expensive in Texas. Those respective credits go to the 1976-built Memorial Stadium in Mesquite, which seats 19,400 people and Katy ISD’s Legacy Stadium, which cost $70.3…

Give Peace A Chance With Contemporary Allen Abode

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 26, 2019 /

By April Towery Special Contributor You had me at theater room. It’s one of those perks, like a Jacuzzi tub or an elevator — maybe you don’t really need it; maybe you’ll never use it, but it sure is cool. And one-touch electric shades in the master bedroom, wood-look tile floors, double ovens, and a…