Oak Lawn

Dallas Open Houses To Shop Christmas Weekend

By Amy Puchaty / December 24, 2020 /

Who says you can’t shop for Dallas homes on Christmas weekend! Here are several top notch gems that are worth a look. Bundle up and bring your wish list, these beauties are sure to check off all your must-haves. Visit one or all three in our Dallas Open Houses of the Week. Remodeled Ranch In Hockaday…

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Creek Living, But Fancy Because It’s Turtle Creek

By Nikki Barringer / December 22, 2020 /

When the answer to “where do you live” is “Turtle Creek” immediately a cloud of success surrounds you. It’s just one of THOSE addresses. It’s swank with an extra -ank. And the assumption is you dabble in gold doubloons. But at 3225 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Unit 704, you don’t even have to. It’s listed at…

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True or False: Caven Can Sell Oak Lawn Lots For By-Right, 120-Foot Buildings

By Jon Anderson / December 7, 2020 /

Caven Enterprises is seeking to sell their Cedar Springs lands, which contain a string of well-known LGBTQ+ bars, to developer Mike Ablon who intends to build a pair of high-rises while leaving the bars in place (read the first story here, and the follow-up here). Caven has heavily spun the narrative that without this one…

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Caven and Ablon Present To Oak Lawn Committee

By Jon Anderson / December 1, 2020 /

The Oak Lawn Committee’s Tuesday night meeting had one case – Mike Ablon and Caven Enterprises’ desire to upzone their parcels on Cedar Springs Road from Reagan to just north of Throckmorton. Caven opened its case with an interesting statement. Essentially, representative and former Dallas City Councilman Ed Oakley told the Oak Lawn Committee to approve…

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Oak Lawn Committee To See Caven-Ablon’s Vision for Cedar Springs Strip – There’s A Better Way

By Jon Anderson / November 30, 2020 /

Beyond the academic arguments of how historically gay neighborhoods are changing and specifically how Oak Lawn’s gay epicenter will evolve, there are the buildings themselves. Tuesday night, Mike Ablon and Caven Enterprises will present to the Oak Lawn Committee. Honestly, the renderings and numbers that’ll be shown (and have been presented elsewhere) offer little to…

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