Crespi Estate

One Brokerage, Eight of the Most Expensive Homes in North Texas

By CandysDirt / May 9, 2025 /

Cost is a relative concept — and a relatively touchy subject — when judging a home purely by its price tag. But Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is representing some very special homes, and even they can’t help but boast sometimes that their expert real estate advisors offer the finest listings in all the land. This list…

Crescent Estate’s Leo Amaya: ‘Going All In’ on Luxury Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / December 17, 2024 /

In this episode of Dallas Dirt, host Candy Evans sits down with Leo Amaya, Vice President of Crescent Estates Custom Homes, to explore the allure and evolution of luxury homes in Dallas. They discuss standout projects like the Crespi Estates and the Julien, as well as the market trends driving demand, including multi-generational living and…

Real Estate, Retail, And Riches: When CNN’s Richard Quest Knocks, You Answer

By Candy Evans / April 15, 2022 /

We were checking our bags at SFO on January 6 when I got an email from a producer at CNN, a chap named Robert Howell: Hi Candy, I am a producer with CNN’s “Quest’s World of Wonder” program. It’s a monthly travel show hosted by Richard Quest that aims to uncover the “DNA” of cities around…

The 5 Most Amazing Luxury Real Estate Auctions We’ve Seen

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2020 /

I was hooked the very first time I heard about a real estate auction. First of all, I am a consummate bargain hunter. Though I need nothing in this world, I trotted into Tuesday Morning as soon as it re-opened. Imagine how the prospect of getting a house for cheap energizes my blood? But why…

Crespi Estate Changes Hands, Lands With Local Family

By Bethany Erickson / June 28, 2019 /

If the railroads vital to the Crespi family’s cotton trade had run through Waco and not Dallas, Pio and Florence Crespi might have hired Maurice Fatio to build their estate there, instead of Walnut Hill Lane in Dallas. And nobody would be agog today at the news that the Crespi estate, which has changed hands…