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Downtown Business Owners, Community Leaders Provide Christmas Boost for Homeless Students

By Bethany Erickson / December 14, 2017 /

As the holiday season approaches, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of providing Christmas cheer for family and friends — and it’s equally easy to forget that not everyone will have a home to go to for the holidays. Such is the case for the thousands of Dallas ISD students…

Mehrdad Moayedi Buying, Reviving Cabana Motor Hotel Where Beatles Stayed: Hotel, Pool, Bars

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2017 /

Mehrdad Moayedi is nearing the end of his three-year, $230 million renovation of the historic Statler Hilton in downtown Dallas. He bought the iconic hotel in 2014 with $46.5 million in TIF financing and has almost completed making it into a totally glam live-work-play-stay destination again. What does Mehrdad need now? Another project! And the…

Farmers Market Townhome Offers Walkable Lifestyle in Downtown Dallas

By Joanna England / September 29, 2017 /

Adding more single-family housing in downtown Dallas has definitely increased the vibrancy of our urban core, as the once desolate city center now has more full-time families and businesses. The days of downtown turning into a ghost town at 5 p.m. could be over.  If you want an urban lifestyle but don’t want to live…

Architecture Forum Presents Free Public Panel on Dallas Parks and Public Spaces

By Cherry Kelln / March 18, 2017 /

Due to solid public and private leadership, Dallas Parks have seen amazing growth in the last couple of decades. During this exciting period in modern urban history, parks have gone from being nonexistent in downtown Dallas and in the far reaches of the city edge to becoming major economic engines for the urban fabric throughout. This…

Have You Voted for Your Favorite Deep Ellum Murals? Last Day Is Tomorrow

By Leah Shafer / February 27, 2017 /

Back in 2014, folks at real estate company 42 Deep Ellum had an ambitious idea: to paint 42 new Deep Ellum murals on the walls of the properties they owned in downtown Dallas. This project, called 42 Murals, allowed artists to show off their talent through murals painted on many of the historic buildings in the area. The mural…