Dallas City Council
The real estate consulting firm Masterplan has been a mainstay in Dallas for roughly two generations, and until about three years ago, it belonged to the well-known Cothrum family. Now, the brand is back in family hands. Masterplan ran the gamut when it came to local development consulting, offering services related to permit-expediting, zoning, entitlements,…
Big cities like Dallas are poised to see more multifamily housing built, assuming the enactment of SB 840, which will allow developers to bypass rezoning when building multifamily or certain mixed-use projects on land zoned for commercial use. The senate bill, written by Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), received bipartisan support in both chambers of the…
An infamous local affordable housing developer previously convicted on federal bribery charges secured an acquittal in his retrial on Thursday, with jurors siding with the defense’s argument that the defendant didn’t break federal law when he paid two Dallas City Council members tens of thousands of dollars. Ruel Hamilton, who until his indictment was best…
Seniors and those living with disabilities will be getting some property tax relief following a vote by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday. Starting in tax year 2025, council members approved increasing the existing property tax exemption from $153,400 to $175,000 for homeowners in the city limits who are either disabled or 65 years or…
Today is the last day of early voting in the runoffs for Dallas City Council Districts 8 and 11, the last bits of unresolved May election business for the Big D. Council members will certainly have their work cut out for them heading into the summer, with a projected budget shortfall and questions over the…
