Dallas Cothrum

How Adaptive Reuse Is Converting Downtown Dallas Boardrooms to Residential Bedrooms

By Shelby Skrhak / April 16, 2024 /

On this episode of Dallas Dirt, the conversation revolves office conversions in commercial real estate. It’s no secret that office buildings across the country are sitting half-vacant, but this trio of an architect, a commercial real estate broker, and a land use consultant says adaptive reuse is the answer. Join Dallas Dirt host Candy Evans…

‘Dallas is Broken’: Community Reacts to City Manager’s Departure And The Shade of It All

By April Towery / February 26, 2024 /

It appears Dallas City Hall is imploding, and there’s a lot to unpack.  The turmoil began a while back but lit up last week when City Manager T.C. Broadnax submitted his resignation after seven years at the helm in Dallas City Hall.  Broadnax is expected to receive a severance package equal to 12 months of…

Podcast: Is Dallas’ Multi-Family Zoning Debate Even a Debate, or Is It Necessary?

By Shelby Skrhak / February 25, 2024 /

Mention the words “multi-family” and “rezoning” around any North Texas homeowner and you might take cover for the fireworks. Those words are hot on the lips of some Dallas residents right now, who say they want to protect the integrity of their neighborhoods — and are voicing their concern to their elected city council members.…

Podcast: Dallas Is Losing People to the Suburbs Because of Bad Politics, Dallas Cothrum Says

By Shelby Skrhak / February 20, 2024 /

‘When your name is Dallas, you root for the city,’ but Dallas is losing people to the suburbs because of politics, says Dallas real estate consultant Dallas Cothrum. The land use expert and president of Masterplan calls out poor practices by city councils past, highlighting the Trinity East natural gas drilling controversy and its lasting…

Former D11 Councilman Lee Kleinman Wants Pepper Square to be a Planned Development District

By Candy Evans / February 20, 2023 /

It’s his old district, that’s for sure. At the southeast corner of Beltline and Preston Roads where a smattering of shuttered stores — from the old Stein Mart (once a Tom Thumb) to restaurants in a shopping center called Pepper Square — lie vacant, former District 11 Dallas City Councilman Lee Kleinman is working with…