Sustainable DEvelopment and Construction
I hope the City of Dallas is truly prepared to get an earful. If what we’ve heard from builders, tradesmen, and insiders is any indication, there’s a lot to be said when it comes to improving the city’s often excruciatingly slow permit process. The problem stems from the City of Dallas’ move to a system…
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Recently, I received a text from a fellow consultant about the state of business in Dallas. The conversation is the same among us in the industry — what is coming back strong post-COVID, what is taking longer, and what is never going to be the same. All based on our years of experience with a…
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By Jon HubachSpecial Contributor As we saw in 2020 as the world came to terms with what COVID-19 means to development, approval timelines were better suited to be written in pencil. No city seemed quite so unprepared for this than Dallas. As has been the issue for many cities, city staffs are working from home. …
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Could enlisting the help of private companies be the key to fixing Dallas’ much-maligned permitting process? That seems to be the thinking among some who are fed up with the current system. Leading the charge to overhaul the city’s process is Phil Crone, executive officer for the Dallas Builder’s Association. He characterizes the current setup within…
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In 2013, when I secured the building permits required to renovate my Athena condo, I was on the permitting office’s doorstep New Year’s morning and within a couple of hours, I left, permits in hand. When I returned a year later to get new permits to renovate the master bathroom, a similar timeline played out.…
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