Preston Hollow

Looking to Downsize? Don't Lose Luxury When Leaving Behind a Too-Big House

By Joanna England / October 16, 2013 /

You just have to love how homes change as demographics age. Now that Baby Boomers are retiring, a growing number of single-family homes are being marketed just to this demographic. So I wasn’t surprised to get this note from superstar Dave Perry-Miller agent Christine McKenny (woman is ON FIRE!) about a very special listing in…

New Friends New Life Home Tour Features Four Amazing Park Cities and Preston Hollow Mansions

By Joanna England / October 14, 2013 /

The four homes selected for the 2013 New Friends New Life Holiday Home Tour were unveiled Oct. 3, and boy, are they stunners! These amazing mansions will be featured on the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser on Sunday, Dec. 8, and you do not want to miss out!
This year’s tour spans the Park Cities and Preston Hollow, including two homes on Highland Park’s famed Beverly Drive. New Friends New Life helps women reclaim their lives from the sex industry, become self-sufficient, and rescues trafficked teen girls and sexually exploited women and their children. The tour, now in its 14th year, is the organization’s chief fundraiser.

Friday Four/Five Hundred: One of the Cutest Homes in Preston Hollow Goes Both Ways

By Candy Evans / October 11, 2013 /

I discovered this cutie pie last year at a “Dirty Santa” Christmas party, and I haven’t been quite the same since! Not the “Dirty Santa” part — that was one of the most hysterical partis I had ever been to… but this house at 6322 Del Norte! It is adorable! First of all, it’s a…

Crime Is Creeping Upon Us: Burglaries in the Park Cities, Purse Snatchings at the Corner Gas Station in Preston Hollow

By Candy Evans / October 10, 2013 /

I know it’s sort of typical for fall, but the crime news seems to be on the rise out there. Take Park Cities: more than half a million dollars’ worth of property was stolen from a Park Cities home on Bryn Mawr last week.  The six-page itemized report from University Park says says the burglar’s booty…

Bill McCrorey Selling Preston Hollow Estate: What's With All These Restaurant Dudes & Trophy Homes?

By Candy Evans / October 10, 2013 /

Over on Culturemap, Marc Lee writes that embattled restaurateur Bill McCrorey has his delicious Preston Hollow estate home on the market after purchasing it just two years ago. Marc reminds us that McCrorey, who owns Rare (haven’t been there) as well as Republic, Las Colinas Prime and Blackfinn Saloon, has been in court fighting the recent breach…