Preston Hollow

Lee Kleinman Has Called Another Neighborhood Meeting for Neighborhood Input on the Transwestern Project

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2015 /

See this room? On Thursday night it will be Dallas City Councilman Lee Kleinman up at the podium, leading yet another neighborhood discussion on the proposal that Transwestern has made for 3 acres Behind the Pink Wall, aka the northeast intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road. This comes because and because and because. I…

Midway Hollow Home Has Open Floor Plan, Wraparound Porch, And a Master Bath You Won’t Want to Leave

By Joanna England / August 25, 2015 /

Sometimes investors start with a mixed bag of a home, where they could get by without changing the floor plan while making key upgrades elsewhere. Other times the whole home is due for a makeover, with no finish being spared. There’s a certain alchemy to flipping, though, and sometimes the formula bubbles over before it’s…

Best Builders in Dallas: a Look at the Spaces that Scooped Up Those ARC Awards Last Week!

By Candy Evans / August 25, 2015 /

As we told you last week, the Dallas Builders Association each year honors the work of its members, some of North Texas’ top building and remodeling talent, with an Oscars-like celebration of glamorous dress and beverage. They put on the Ritz for the annual ARC Awards ceremony. And of course, half of those winners are my…

Transwestern Development for Behind the Pink Wall (Again) on Hold: Single Fam Residents Claim They Were NOT NOTIFIED???

By Jon Anderson / August 21, 2015 /

  After attending my first Dallas Planning Commission meeting yesterday, I called my doctor for some anti-depressants to keep from cutting myself. I’ll give Commissioner Margot Murphy credit for putting attendees out of their misery quickly by moving the item up in the docket, but fault her for asking for a two-week delay in what…

Another Perspective: For Preston Road, It’s Time to Let Go of The Task Force Fantasy

By Jon Anderson / August 14, 2015 /

Last night Candy and I, both Pink Wall property owners, attended the (hopefully) final neighborhood meeting with Transwestern on their proposed complex on the northeast corner of Preston and Northwest Highway. It goes before the City Council on Aug. 20. While the proposed structure will not win any design awards, it’s inoffensive. And of those…