Southern Dallas
Members of the Oak Cliff community turned out for a special event this past Friday evening showcasing some local art and the brand-new apartment complex The Finch. Spanning seven buildings in a nature-rich part of town just down the street from Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, The Finch was built by developer Swede Hanson’s firm…
In a city where new housing can mean displacement in some neighborhoods, Dallas developer Swede Hanson is trying something different: getting buy-in from the community before breaking ground. Hanson has developed a reputation for listening as much as building in his pursuit of delivering attainable workforce housing south of the city center. In carving out…
In a move that shows what parking reform aims to accomplish, Dallas City Council voted to authorize $14.5 million in incentives for a transit-oriented mixed-use development just outside Pleasant Grove. Dallas-based Palladium USA Inc., a multifamily housing developer, wants to turn some underutilized surface parking at DART’s Buckner Light Rail Station (8008 Elam Rd.) into…
Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins is term-limited but his former appointed Plan Commissioner Lorie Blair is running to take his seat. Blair is up against retiree Ruth Steward, Realtor Erik Wilson, low voltage technician Eugene Ralph, and former candidates Subrina Lynn Brenham and Davante Peters. As a real estate-focused news outlet, CandysDirt.com is asking candidates about the housing issues their district neighborhoods face — and…
It’s widely known that Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson loves his “four Ps”: public safety, parks, potholes, and property tax relief. In one of the first meetings of the new year, Johnson and the Dallas City Council gave us four more Ps: Parrish Park and a pocket park. In a December State of the City speech,…
