Dallas real estate

An Analysis of the Committee Highland House Petition, Graph by Graph

By Candy Evans / May 13, 2014 /

The Crosland Group is proposing a 29-story apartment building near the core of Preston Center shopping center (right behind Hopdoddy Burger restaurant).  At present, a 3 story medical building sits on the Westchester Drive site. Current zoning allows for a 6-7 story building. The proposed building  would be higher than any building in Preston Center. The Highland House is…

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Sunday Six Hundred: If It’s Good Enough for The Good Guys, It’s Good Enough for Us!

By Candy Evans / May 12, 2014 /

Here’s a little post-Mother’s Day giftie. This Lakewood area home is not yet on the market, but is very much for sale as a Hip Pocket, so this is your chance to snag an off-market listing before it hits MLS. And it may spur you to know: fame both slept and SHOT here.

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City Plan Commission Gives Go-Ahead to Zoning Plan for Saltillo Apartments on Cole While Tornado Sirens Screech

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2014 /

This was a surprise, because the developers, Provident, had it coming from two sides. The town of Highland Park opposed re-zoning for the new 250-ish apartment development because they said a new, larger complex would negatively impact a tiny park called Abbott Park. Um, from the looks of the existing apartments, which lease for $900 to…

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Climate Change and Real Estate: Should We Insure Trees Like Celebrities Insure Limbs?

By Candy Evans / May 9, 2014 /

We had some really wild weather yesterday, almost as if on cue after this week’s sobering report on Climate Change: Get used to more flooding, wildfires and drought, depending on where you live. In Dallas, we have tornadoes, flash-flooding, and lots of downed trees and power lines. This was taken at Lovers Lane at Inwood Road!

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Dallas is Really an Outpost Experiencing Growing Pains, but We Need a Plan (or Two)!

By Candy Evans / May 8, 2014 /

I went to a neighborhood meeting for an un-named neighborhood several months ago. Some of the residents wanted to close off streets to a busy, busy street nearby to put a halt to wild-driving trucks and cars crashing into structures and gouging lawns on corner lots. It’s apparently a huge problem. I went because I…

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