Dallas

OMG: Does This Mean I’ll Have to Actually USE My Viking Range? Hotel & Condo Restaurants in Dallas Seem to be Disappearing

By Candy Evans / July 18, 2012 /

We were just talking about this with Kyle Crews, Daylon Perraria, Missy Woehr and the other fine folks at The Residences at the Ritz Carlton, Dallas, when I had to scoot fast because buyers were coming in to sign a contract. I hope they liked those stoves at The Ritz. Never know when you have…

Neighborhood Bugs: Are Some Dallas ‘Hoods More “Buggy” Than Others: Skeeters & Such — A Guide to the Buggiest ‘Hoods in Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 11, 2012 /

We all know Dallas is buggy. Let’s face it, you move to a warmer climate, you get bugs. When I grew up in Chicago we had millipedes and spiders in summer months, but not even an amoeba survived the tundra months of winter. I will not step foot in Main until July 1 because of the black…

Hot Property: Scott Deakins Muses on Museum Tower, Low-Down Street Talk on Arts District Real Estate

By Candy Evans / July 10, 2012 /

Museum Tower’s ears must be burning, no pun intended. Last week a subtle article in the Dallas Morning News revealed that the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System has been investing in real estate assets for oh, about 30 years. Among those: Museum Tower, the Beat Lofts near Southside on Lamar, south of downtown Dallas,…

A Week of Fireworks — In the Dallas Home Building Real Estate Market, That Is

By Candy Evans / July 6, 2012 /

During the Real Estate bubble, Dallas Realtor extraordinaire Della Lively told me every home builder in town was drinking champagne. Then the bubble burst, and now, with the exception of a very few, they can barely afford beer. The real estate downturn sliced and diced home starts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by more than…

Surprise, Surprise: Texas is One of the Nation’s Largest Producers of Renewable Energy – So Says Local Green Queen

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2012 /

I love this post on Huffington Post by Anna Clark, who also writes for Joel Kotkin, and who I totally need to re-connect with. Anna is the Green Queen of not just Dallas, but Texas. In her op-ed piece for The Huffington Post, she writes that while the Dallas series may portray as as the…