Collin County

Friday Five Hundred: Gorgeous Allen Home Has Amazing Upgrades

By Joanna England / February 6, 2015 /

Cathy Browne has done it again. This high-performing Ebby Halliday agent has another phenomenal Allen listing, this time in West Allen’s Shaddock Park. Built by Drees in 2013 with tons of high-end upgrades, this home sports several energy-saving and environmentally conscious features in its design. “That is one of the reasons the sellers decided to…

Tuesday Two Hundred: 3,700 Square Feet for Under $300K? Yep! We Found It In Anna

By Leah Shafer / February 3, 2015 /

Everything is bigger in Texas, and that certainly holds true in the residential real estate of Dallas’ northern suburbs. But spacious houses can be hard to come by under $300K, so today’s Tuesday Two Hundred listing at 400 Acklington Dr. in Anna caught my eye with 3,701 square feet, four big bedrooms, and 2.5 baths. It…

Craig Ranch Enters Build-Out Phase with Thousands of New Houses, Apartments

By Leah Shafer / February 2, 2015 /

Developer David Craig was in the right place at the right time when he bought the first tracts of land for Craig Ranch 15 years ago, north of State Highway 121 in McKinney. With northward expansion of the population and careful planning by Craig for the mixed-use development, the 2,200-acre planned community has been hugely…

UPDATE: Frisco Homeowners Retain Attorney to Fight Above-Ground Power Lines

By Leah Shafer / January 26, 2015 /

As expected, on Jan. 15 Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to build to build a 138,000-volt transmission line across west Frisco. In response, several Frisco homeowners have retained legal counsel to represent their interests to the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas. Their attorney, Francis B. Majorie of…

Toyota Groundbreaking Is Green Light for North Texas Real Estate Community

By Leah Shafer / January 23, 2015 /

At a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday, about 100 attendees watched as a Toyota Tundra truck moved the first shovels of dirt for the Japanese automaker’s $350 million North American headquarters in West Plano. The relocation of Toyota Motor Corp.’s $350 million headquarters to Plano from Southern California was North Texas’ biggest corporate relocation of 2014. By…