West End

Historic Purse Building Activates Key Corner of West End

By Joanna England / January 31, 2019 /

The last time we told our readers about the re-do of the Historic Purse Building located at Elm and Record streets in downtown Dallas’ West End, Tanya Ragan and her firm, Wildcat Management, had just started the demolition process. Fast forward to yesterday, when Candy and I stopped into the Purse Building showroom to chat…

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Developer Tanya Ragan Hosts ‘Pack The Purse’ Drive Benefiting At-Risk Mothers

By Joanna England / October 26, 2018 /

It’s probably more than a coincidence that developer Tanya Ragan of Wildcat Management is both hard at work fixing up the Purse Building in downtown Dallas’ West End and hosting a “Pack the Purse” event from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 27. While the Purse building will likely be packed full of occupants by its…

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Tanya Ragan Launches Restoration of Historic Purse Building in Dallas’ West End

By Candy Evans / April 20, 2018 /

“I’ve spent almost the last 12 years downtown. I was there when no one wanted to be there,” says Tanya Ragan, President of Wildcat Management and one of the few female commercial developers in Dallas. “I know that when you talk about the Central Business District, you are really talking about 15 distinctly different districts.”…

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New West End Community Group Looking to Create Plaza in Downtown Historic District

By Candy Evans / July 23, 2015 /

Community activism seems to be in full swing everywhere despite the heat.  Jason Roberts is in New York City, taking part in The New York Times’ Cities For Tomorrow Conference, rubbing shoulders with Julián Castro (secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), William J. Bratton (New York City’s police commissioner), Muriel Bowser (mayor…

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