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Lease of the Week: Timeless University Park Home is Perfect to Try on The Neighborhood

By Joanna England / May 28, 2014 /

So you’re thinking about building or buying in University Park, but you want to do your research. Sure, CandysDirt.com provides oodles of resources to find out why UP is a great neighborhood, and we even hand pick some of the best builders in Dallas that can construct the custom home of your dreams no matter…

Transwestern and Kleinmann Host Final Town Hall Discussing Apartment Development at Northwest Highway and Preston Road

By Joanna England / May 28, 2014 /

By the end of yesterday evening’s town hall meeting, the tenor of the discussion regarding Transwestern’s plans for a 220-unit luxury apartment complex at the northeast corner of Preston Road and Northwest Highway had become much more nuanced. After a brief presentation from Transwestern’s attorney, Bill Dahlstrom, outlining the development’s updated stats, Kleinman allowed nearby…

Bicycle Safety 101: How Texas Ranks in Bicycle Fatality and Commuting Rates

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2014 /

I am in one of those moods where I could blog all day long, but gotta go meet Bernadette Schaeffler for lunch. So check out this article that tells us Texas is not the worst state for bicyclists. But then, that may be because we don’t have as many bike commuters as does California, Florida,…

Why Can’t We Have This Kind of a WalMart at Cityplace? Thinking OUTSIDE the Big Box…

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2014 /

You guys, LOOK at this Walmart store going up in Totten Square, Washington, D.C. I had heard or read that Walmart was doing smaller-scale stores for urban infill sites, even connected with public transit. Look at these two D.C. stores that opened late last year. A third is under construction in Fort Totten. If this…

Could the New Cityplace “State of Art” Urban Project Be In Jeopardy Because of Trammell Crow’s Big Box Sam’s?

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2014 /

Last year, Dallas real estate developer Neal Sleeper, president of Cityplace Co., said that the east side of North Central is starting to gain some momentum. “The east side of North Central is really starting to gain some momentum,” he told Steve Brown. “Parmenter’s plans make a lot of sense, and I hope they follow…