The Real Estate Council
With a 14-1 majority, Dallas City Council members voted to reduce or abolish parking minimums across multiple development types on Wednesday, finally putting parking reform to bed after staff began the effort almost six years ago. Only Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12) voted against the ordinance, even though others had concerns about the potential…
The Real Estate Council continues to show up and show out as a prominent voice in affordable housing and strategic partnership development. TREC Community Investors put its money where its mouth is late last year by naming Dominique Pryor-Anderson as its senior director of community investment. The hire comes on the heels of TREC’s longtime…
In what Mayor Eric Johnson deemed “the most important hire that the Dallas City Council makes,” Kimberly Bizor Tolbert was appointed last week as the first Black female to lead the ninth-largest city in America. Tolbert, who has served as interim city manager since T.C. Broadnax’s departure for Austin early last year, will earn an…
In this episode of Dallas Dirt, host April Towery sat down with Jamee Jolly, President and CEO of The Real Estate Council (TREC), to discuss the unique dynamics of Dallas’s commercial real estate market, the importance of community involvement, and TREC’s role in shaping the city’s future. Jolly, who took the reigns at TREC just…
The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund, a public-private partnership to provide affordable housing units, is exceeding expectations, officials reported at a Jan. 6 meeting of the City Council’s Economic Development Committee. The DHOF is a targeted $46 million investment fund primarily supported by private philanthropic donors. The City of Dallas offered an initial $6 million through…
