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Developer KDC Joins Dallas CASA For Parade Of Playhouses 2022

By April Towery / July 11, 2022 /

Twelve custom playhouses — including a lighthouse with working lights and windows, a Dutch windmill, a Mars space ship, a rocket, an aquarium, a Dallas Mavericks basketball court, and a replica of a historic home — will be on display at NorthPark Center for more than two weeks starting Friday.  Dallas-based commercial development company KDC…

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Trammel Crow Zooms Luxe 2401 McKinney to Oak Lawn Committee

By Jon Anderson / June 3, 2020 /

How does a developer get a better project? One way is to hold a design competition among five firms. This is just what Trammel Crow did for this mixed-use office project coming to the Truluck’s site on McKinney Avenue next to The Crescent Court.   We have a winner … The winner is this design-off…

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Oak Lawn Committee Sees Dream Hotel Spark Another Hotel

By Jon Anderson / November 12, 2019 /

No, you’re not reading tomorrow’s newspaper. District 14 council member David Blewett is holding a meeting at the same time as tonight’s Oak Lawn Committee meeting.  Blewett’s meeting is the first community meeting that’s part of an authorized hearing involving the zoning surrounding the Arts District. I figured you’d want me to be there (story…

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Oak Lawn Committee Sees Lackluster Apartments Bordering Crescent Court

By Jon Anderson / March 13, 2019 /

Editor’s note: Jon Anderson is a columnist for CandysDirt.com. His opinions are his own. It was with sadness that I saw the proposed development slated for the old Old Warsaw restaurant lot on Maple Avenue across from the Crescent Court. My sadness increased when I realized Kairoi Residential wasn’t visiting the Oak Lawn Committee to vet…

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Architecture of Entertainment: Oakland A’s Versus Texas Rangers

By Jon Anderson / December 10, 2018 /

I was in Silicon Valley last week while plans for the new Oakland A’s ballpark were revealed. Between the numbers and images flying around, I got to thinking about Rangers’ stadium taking shape in Arlington. I’ll stop right here and say that the last baseball game I attended was a Chicago Cubs’ game (against lord…

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