real estate

Preston Center’s San Francisco Problems: How a City’s Demographics Influence Development

By Jon Anderson / May 10, 2016 /

I believe it’s called serendipity.  On May 5, Dallas Morning News writer Robert Wilonsky expressed his thoughts on the slowness of the Preston Center Task Force’s process, its wish-washy-ness, and the overall use of butter knives versus machetes in tackling the issues.  The next day I saw a report put out by the (San Francisco)…

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Air Quality Concerns at Lakewood Elementary Surface After Students Take Ill

By Joanna England / February 22, 2016 /

Crews were inside Lakewood Elementary over the weekend, monitoring the air quality inside the school after reports of children being nauseated, dizzy, and lethargic during the school day. One child even vomited in between classes. This is the second time parents have voiced concern over air quality inside the school. Just last year a dead…

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ABPA Homes for the Holidays Home Tour Features Perfectly Picturesque Creole on Drexel Drive

By Joanna England / November 26, 2015 /

This year’s ABPA Homes for the Holidays home tour is a bit more tightly curated than in years past, with four amazing homes to enjoy from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. next Friday, Dec. 4. This annual home tour is a huge fundraiser for the Armstrong Bradfield Preschool Association, and has brought in more than…

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Featured Realtor: Kylah Boyd Focuses Her Many Talents on a Career in Real Estate

By Joanna England / September 15, 2015 /

We love meeting rookies in this business, and with how hot our market is, more and more talented professionals are choosing a career in real estate. It’s no wonder that we often find go-getters from brokerages all over Dallas, but it seems like the team at Vivo Realty in Uptown is full of young, hungry…

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How Much Money Does it Take to Live Like a Human in Dallas?

By Jon Anderson / September 1, 2015 /

By Jon Anderson Columnist Candy and I have been opinionating back and forth on low-income citizens and how their access to safe and affordable housing is a means to promote economic upwards mobility. After all, if the poor are less poor, they will live richer lives (by any definition) and contribute more to society. Unlike…

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