Dallas real estate

Ranch of the Week: Stunning Ranch Home in Mabank, TX

By Kathryn Roan / May 30, 2014 /

If Mabank is the new Athens, then this house is the place to be. Located a mere 60 miles from Dallas, this is the perfect weekender, but is close enough to the city to commute if you need to. For the price of a typical subdivision home in Highland Park, you can have your own…

Wednesday Wonder: Sleeper Estate Property Has Creeks, Grounds, Guest House & Great Neighbors

By Candy Evans / May 28, 2014 /

If I had my wish to live anywhere in Dallas, anywhere at all, I would choose to live in the woodsy-est heart of Old Preston Hollow. Cannot help it — I love having land and loping trees surround me. The streets I would select are Dentwood, Meadowbrook or Jordan Way, the latter because I love…

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…