Plaza I

Be-snore And After: Plaza I Builder’s Beige to Rich Renovation

By Jon Anderson / June 14, 2018 /

New blood. That’s how neighborhoods change and progress. Child-friendly neighborhoods mature, children grow and leave, parents downsize, younger families move in – all very Lion King. High-rises have the same issues, but while interior renovations are under an owner’s control, the common areas are subject to the cheapness or largess of the community. I’ve said…

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Dallas High-Rise Buyer’s Guide: The Middle of A Pricey Road

By Jon Anderson / May 24, 2017 /

Welcome to installment No. 5 in my Dallas High-Rise Buyer’s Guide series.  If you’re just joining, chapters one and two highlighted buildings that include utilities in their HOA dues (and the outlying Bonaventure and Grand Treviso).  Chapters three and four focused on the high-roller buildings at the tippy-top of the price spectrum.  This chapter begins ……

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Through Thick and Thin: Why High-Rise Floor Plans Matter

By Jon Anderson / October 26, 2016 /

When I was a high-rise n00b, I didn’t consciously understand why I gravitated towards one floor plan versus another.  Sure, sometimes it’s easy to spot — one’s too small, one’s got an inconvenient pillar, another doesn’t have enough closet space, and yet another is on a too-low floor.  But why, when all things were relatively…

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