Elm Thicket/Northpark
East Love Dallas is one of the most innovative developments in Dallas, and renters are lapping it up, with love. Renters? Yes, we said renters. Because Lou Olerio, founder of Olerio Homes, has tapped into a sorely neglected DFW market: the luxury townhome lessee. Olerio, a luxury Texas homebuilder, first saw the potential five years ago, when he…
This week’s Highlight Home of the Week sponsored by Senior Loan Officer Lisa Peters of First Horizon is a dramatic contemporary new construction home in a great area. Tucked into the neighborhood just off Inwood and University Avenue, this eye-catching 2024-build is just walking distance from Inwood Village, and hot spots like Shinsei and Perch Bistro. This stucco-and-wood home…
The Dallas Board of Adjustment admitted Tuesday that it didn’t know the extent of its authority to rule on an Elm Thicket permit case stemming from a city permitting error — a mistake that let builders construct a towering three-story home and other structures that don’t meet zoning requirements. CandysDirt.com broke the story earlier this…
If you had to slap a theme on the City’s proposed $4.97 billion budget, it’d be something about breaking down Dallas City Hall silos. Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said as much when Councilwoman Paula Blackmon asked her what the headline for this year’s budget should be. “Reimagining and realignment for results,” Tolbert said. …
District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno took advantage of a public platform Monday to question planning officials about how permits could be issued for projects that didn’t have the proper zoning. Moreno didn’t mention the recent Elm Thicket/Northpark permit controversy by name, but the reference was implied. Monday’s Economic Development Committee Meeting wasn’t posted for such…
