Dallas real estate

Jon Anderson: Rawlings Railroads Humann Plan for Fair Park That’s Light on Accountability [UPDATED]

By Jon Anderson / August 3, 2016 /

[Editor’s Note: We’re hosting a robust conversation about the future of Fair Park here on CandysDirt.com ahead of the 8:30 a.m., Aug. 4 City of Dallas Park Board meeting that could help decide the iconic landmark’s fate. Earlier we had a post from Amanda Popken covering the Monday meeting at the Hall of State. Below,…

Amanda Popken: Fate of Fair Park Hangs in the Balance Thursday

By Amanda Popken / August 3, 2016 /

[Editor’s Note: We’re hosting a robust conversation about the future of Fair Park here on CandysDirt.com ahead of the 8:30 a.m., Aug. 4 City of Dallas Park Board meeting that could help decide the iconic landmark’s fate.] UPDATE: We have the entire agenda, including the unabridged version of the Walt Humann proposal for managing Fair…

Modest But Mighty, This Winnetka Heights Home is Tiny Living Done Right

By Joanna England / August 2, 2016 /

If you’ve been ogling over those cute tiny homes that are popping up everywhere, but you’re not sure if a life on wheels or in the boonies for you, this listing from David Griffin & Company Realtor Bart Thrasher shows that you can live itty bitty in the city. Bart, who lives in Winnetka Heights…

Crescent Communities Releases Details on Bishop Arts Development, Brownstones May Not Stick

By Amanda Popken / August 2, 2016 /

Crescent Communities released more details about its project planned at Zang and Davis near the Bishop Arts District. The residential components offer a variety of types and sizes to appeal to a range of budgets and lifestyles. Most controversially, the second phase North Site plan includes a set of 30-38 brownstones with single units — each three to…

Pretty as a Pytcher: Another Cute East Dallas Flip, This Time in Lochwood

By Joanna England / July 29, 2016 /

Lochwood is lousy with adorable 1960s ranches, midcentury traditionals, soft contemporaries, and midcentury moderns, so it’s a favorable neighborhood for flippers with flair. Pytcher Homes, the same firm that reimagined a stuffy Old Lake Highlands ranch into a luxe and livable home, is building quite the portfolio. This Lochwood traditional, marketed by Kevin Caskey and…