Dallas real estate news

Hoping for a 30 Day Delay & Wear Red: Tonight’s Meeting on East Village Big Box Sam’s Club

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2014 /

A CandysDirt reader attended tonight’s meeting to try and stop development of a Sam’s Club on that 17 acres of land near Cityplace — once owned by ACS — where we learned this week that Trammell Crow Companies wants to built another Sam’s Club warehouse store.  District 2 was out in full force with about…

How To Kill a City: Death by DUMBING

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2014 /

I read Mark Lamster’s quick take on the (from my perspective) real estate travesty that is being discussed right now, that being Trammell Crow’s ridic decision to plop a big box Sam’s Wholesale Club in a new development grazing the east side of Central Expressway, across from Uptown. Mark cleverly calls his post: How To…

We Do Not Need Another Sam’s Club in Uptown East

By Candy Evans / May 21, 2014 /

While I was in West Virginia, I read Steve Brown’s report that a Sam’s was coming to Uptown East at Cityplace, courtesy of Trammell Crow. I thought maybe I had altitude sickness or something. Total head scratcher. Here I have been interviewing builders and developers on how Uptown development is splashing over east of central,…

Lease of the Week: The Living is Easy in Kessler Square, With Culture, Shopping, and a Short Commute

By Joanna England / May 21, 2014 /

Here’s another fantastic opportunity to live in Oak Cliff: This beautiful Kessler Square traditional offers lush landscaping and a fantastic neighborhood experience. At the southeast corner of Edgefield Ave. and Colorado Blvd. in Kessler Park, you’ll find this gorgeous home at 1154 N. Edgefield. It’s a stone-clad 1938 traditional that has been carefully updated and…

Guest: Why I Support Highland House in Preston Center – It’s Far Better than the Alternative

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2014 /

Guest post by Claire Stanard At the Town Hall meeting hosted by Jennifer Gates last week, I tried to explain in three minutes why I support Crosland Development’s Highland House project to the large group of neighbors gathered at Northway Christian Church. I was brief , out of respect for the imposed time limits, unlike…