Building Permits
Builders rejoiced in January when the Dallas Development Services Department reported that it was caught up on permits and didn’t have anything in the queue older than 15 days. There’s little doubt things have improved since Andrew Espinoza took over as chief building inspector last year, but not everyone is satisfied with the speed of…
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Nearly 1 million apartments are under construction across the U.S., and Dallas ranks No. 7 among the 50 largest metro areas in new-construction housing permits, according to a report released Tuesday. Dallas is No. 3 in Texas, according to the report, behind Austin and Houston. Almost 34,000 new apartments were added to the housing stock…
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Little by little, the process of obtaining a building permit from the City of Dallas is becoming more efficient, and officials report the infamous backlog has essentially been eliminated. Changes to the permitting process have happened incrementally over the past seven months since Andrew Espinoza took the helm at Dallas Development Services. The hire came…
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A lot happened at Dallas City Hall in 2022 — some good and some that led us to shake our heads and say, “Sounds like a 2023 problem.” We at CandysDirt.com were challenged in narrowing it down to the biggest eight stories to come out of Dallas City Hall this year. City Manager T.C. Broadnax…
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Chris Sandlin has been waiting for some time as his two projects make their way through the building permit queue at the City of Dallas’ Development Services office. When he submitted his paperwork, the projected wait time was about four weeks. “From what I hear, and from my own experience, the average wait time for…
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