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Recently, I received a text from a fellow consultant about the state of business in Dallas. The conversation is the same among us in the industry — what is coming back strong post-COVID, what is taking longer, and what is never going to be the same. All based on our years of experience with a…
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From Staff Reports Maintaining and renovating a historic property can be extremely expensive, especially considering the high cost of materials. So it’s no surprise that homeowners with properties within a historic district are sometimes tempted to skip the additional expense of securing a certificate of appropriateness (CA) from the city when looking to save money.…
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By Jon HubachSpecial Contributor As we saw in 2020 as the world came to terms with what COVID-19 means to development, approval timelines were better suited to be written in pencil. No city seemed quite so unprepared for this than Dallas. As has been the issue for many cities, city staffs are working from home. …
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By Phil CroneExecutive Officer, Dallas Builders Association For builders, 2020 has had no shortages of challenges in the City of Dallas. The first, of course, came in March when the Dallas Builders Association’s advocacy played a critical role in keeping housing designated as an essential business. As housing demand sprung to life across the Metroplex,…
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It’s been over eight months since Donnie Nelson’s Reverchon Park Sports and Entertainment LLC gained approval from Dallas City Council to proceed with a contract for redeveloping the 100-year-old Reverchon Park ballfield. (Confused? Here’s some background.) What I’ve since learned is that the January council vote didn’t award a contract per se. What it did…
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