Dallas Luxury Highrise

From Shell to sWan at the W Residences: Why Buying a Blank Canvas Can Be Your Best Bet

By Jon Anderson / November 20, 2015 /

Recently I was invited back to The W Residences to see a special transformation … unit number 2404 to be exact. The home was purchased by the current owner as a shell from the developer. It was the second shell purchased after the owner realized the views weren’t quite right.  And kiddos, it’s all about…

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Museum Tower: the Highest Penthouse in Dallas is Now a Vision… and Priced at $24 Million… We Have ALL the Renderings!

By Candy Evans / July 29, 2015 /

  At the tip top of Museum Tower, 42 stories high in the air, is a 9,350 square foot space I was privileged to see about two years ago with a friend who was then considering a Dallas condo. The view is unlike any other in town, more special if you have lived most of…

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Rarefied Air: Where are the Middle-Class High-Rises?

By Jon Anderson / June 12, 2015 /

Things are called “porn” because they’re largely unattainable, much like the lovelies featured in the original genre. House porn shows abodes to drool over that few can afford — whether it’s my fantasy 8,000 square foot Chicago penthouse or your Highland Park spread. At some point you give up on the unattainable and marry your…

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Prices Are Movin’ Further Into The Ciel at Harwood’s Bleu Ciel

By Jon Anderson / April 23, 2015 /

This morning’s Ebby Alert contained a surprise. Prices at the Bleu Ciel (the next rich, rich, rich highrise in Dallas) are rising right along with construction. So if you’ve been fiddling and diddling about putting a deposit down, it’s gonna cost ya! Originally the 158 units had starting prices of $700,000 for the smallest 1,373-square-foot…

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BombSHELLs: The Shelton’s Secret Penthouses

By Jon Anderson / April 17, 2015 /

Wow! I stumbled into Carolina Rendon’s hip pocket and neither of us felt a thing – but I saw something wonderful that stirred my renovator’s heart. But I get ahead of myself… In 1983, The Shelton popped up in Preston Center located on Luther Lane just south of Northwest Highway and east of the Tollway.…

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