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Dallas Poised to Adopt Economic Development Policy Focused on Infrastructure And Incentives

By April Towery / December 12, 2022 /

Creating infrastructure for housing and commercial development, and providing fast and simple tax abatements to incentivize businesses emerged as priorities during a Dallas City Council discussion on the city’s economic development policy last week.  The city council is set to adopt revisions to the 2021 economic development policy at a Dec. 14 meeting.  This year…

Dallas City Council Unanimously Approves Ojala Holdings’ Standard Shoreline Apartment Development

By April Towery / November 9, 2022 /

The Dallas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved Ojala Holdings’ Standard Shoreline, a once-contentious Garland Road rezoning request, allowing for the construction of a 300-unit, four-story apartment complex adjacent to the Lochwood neighborhood.  The rezoning request approved at the Wednesday Dallas City Council meeting was initiated by Ojala Holdings and involved the purchase of a…

Too Close For Comfort: North Dallas Residents Protest Proposed Lighted Pole Sign on Forest Lane

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2022 /

To say the intersection of North Central Expressway and Forest Lane has deteriorated is an understatement. The highway underpass continues to be a favored camp for Dallas’ burgeoning homeless population, though the city has fenced off and rock-filled much of the underpass. Reports of homeless interactions here fill the neighborhood app NextDoor, and another encampment…

Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar Rebate is Great, But One Builder Says It’s Not a Green Building Magic Bullet

By April Towery / August 18, 2022 /

The Inflation Reduction Act represents the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history, but will it fix our energy woes?

Some Dallas Officials Want to Limit Purchase Power of Real Estate Investors

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 22, 2022 /

One local investor says the shortage of supply is the problem, not investors.  By Mike AlbaneseSpecial Contributor Analysis from Redfin reinforces the notion that Dallas is among the hottest, if not the hottest, real estate market in the nation. The demand is so high that local governments, including the City of Dallas, are looking at…