Multifamily Housing
A majority of the Dallas City Council voted late Wednesday to approve a controversial application to rezone undeveloped land in North Oak Cliff from single-family to multifamily, with developer and former city plan commissioner Christian Chernock securing authorization to build apartments on the site. The land in question, some 3.5 acres between Plymouth Road and…
A recurring critique of Dallas City Council’s alleged propensity for approving multifamily rezoning applications is that officials are cynically using the housing affordability crisis to justify the construction of upscale projects in the face of neighborhood opposition. If there’s a shortage of affordable housing, the criticism goes, how is greenlighting a high-end development in Preston…
D-FW is once again showing itself to be a powerhouse when it comes to new multifamily construction, with a recent report placing it No. 2 for expected unit delivery in 2025. Some 28,958 units are anticipated this year in the Metroplex, putting the region only below the New York City metro area when it comes…
A new laundry service platform is looking to grow its presence in Texas, leveraging underutilized washers and dryers to enter the D-FW laundering market. NoScrubs is an app-based, on-demand laundry service that relies on gig workers to pick up, clean, and return customers’ clothes and linens within just a few hours. The company got its…
While some reports have suggested the delivery of more housing stock to D-FW over the last year has empowered consumers by giving them more options and negotiating leverage, a recent study by RentCafe shows there are still plenty of headwinds in the region’s rental market. D-FW renters are actually dealing with one of the tightest…
