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Comparing Transwestern’s Old Rendering to The Latest
This was the proposed development Behind the Pink Wall at 220 residential units. And this is the newest proposal and compromise — 165 units. Preston Tower and The Athena (where Steve Wolens and...
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Downstairs Master PLUS Bedroom — Let the School Countdown Begin With This...
Who says you can’t have it all? Downstairs master plus an extra bedroom, yard big enough for a pool, six bedrooms, even a game-room for $1.5 million? I know, I know: $1.45 million is a LOT, but our...
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Gun Shots and Excitement Near The North Dallas Forty, Family Fatality in Frisco
We had reports this afternoon of a gunman up near the North Dallas Forty, at 5500 North Forty Place, who kept DPD and SWAT teams busy this afternoon while he apparently shot at propane tanks. Police...
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Update on North Dallas Forty Shooter: Faces 7 Counts of Aggravated Assault,...
Maj. Max Geron @MaxDPD The Dallas Morning News has an update — that far North Dallas shooter will be charged with seven counts of aggravated assault on a public servant and also threatened a...
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Dallas County Property Taxes Could Go Up by 10%… Parkland Needs Money
Heads up: Parkland is looking for money to fund that new building that was approved by the taxpayers in 2008. (Personal note: I voted against it.) This despite the implementation of Obamacare. There...
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Dallas City Council Approves Rezoning of Saltillo Apartments by 12 to 3 Vote
Like I told you yesterday, it was showtime down at City Hall for Provident Realty Advisors’ $80 million re-development of the Saltillo Apartments on Cole Ave. on the Katy Trail. City Council Chambers...
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Getting the Back to School Routine Down Easy Peasy in This NEWLY LISTED...
These are the days where you have to get the kids to bed earlier and earlier each night, and wake them up earlier and earlier to get them off to school or at least ready to go back. Most people will...
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Tore It Down Then Changed Their Minds: 4307 Armstrong Now Listed as Lot for...
Erin Mathews has it listed, described as “Situated on one of Highland Parks most revered parkways, this premier 0.82 acre corner building site features an abundance of beautiful old growth trees....
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Museum Tower Shows Strong Sales, Gets “Recognition”: How Long Should It Take...
Last week, my dear friend Tim Rogers over at D Magazine gave Museum Tower some good SEO by headlining that “Museum Tower Shows Strong Uptick in Sales”. He checked DCAD and found: “…that 27 units have...
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What Happened at Dave Perry Miller’s 9:00 a.m. Meeting Friday Morning?...
The big real estate news in town is that Dave Perry Miller, the high end luxury boutique firm with those regal blue and gold signs all over town, has a new general manager. Her name is Gaynelle...
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‘Dallas’ is Back on TNT And Here is a Home on Southfork
Spoilers ahead! If you haven’t watched TNT’s Dallas mid-season premier yet, which launched Monday night, you may want to just look at all the pretty pictures. To find out this amazing home on...
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Speaking of Vacation Homes, Tom Hicks Just Picked Up a New Place in La Jolla, CA
It seems that Tom and Cinda Hicks are getting ready to build another vacation home in La Jolla. We know they already have one place on the water in that delectable beach town, bought in 1994 for...
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Keller Williams Urban Challenges Me to the ALS ICE Bucket Contest, and I Accept!
Photos: Nancy Evans Thank you, Keller Williams Urban. Since I’m in Maine, we really don’t need an ice bucket: we have one outside the front porch called The Atlantic Ocean: 65 degrees. I have only...
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Linda Gray Shows Off Dallas Condo. Guess Where She Lives?
Linda Gray, star of our beloved “Dallas” series, shows off her Dallas condo for CLOSER Weekly magazine/site. It’s pretty clear from the balcony shot where she lives: Museum Tower! Her two-bedroom,...
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An Italianate Villa in Preston Hollow That Doesn’t Sink the Ship
Having just returned from Maine, I was OD’ing on Italianate design, as it was the preference of many a ship’s captain for his grand home. We sure have a lot of Italianate design in Dallas, too,...
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4307 Armstrong Parkway: A Reborn Texan Coming Soon?
Recall our dismay at the dismantling of 4307 Armstrong Parkway, where the buyers, a Hillsborough, California couple named Williams bought the Donnally family home, tore it down to build a new home,...
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Julio Quinones North Dallas Ranch Turns Up the Sparks in Sparkman Estates
This is one of those listings that drives me to drink because I cannot for the life of me understand how damn wonderful our real estate market is. Do you know that I wake up and pinch myself every...
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Labor Day Special for CandysDirt Readers: Live in This $700K Ranch with Pool...
Free, yes indeed. All you have to pay are the utilities. The owner of this home is seeking a Home Tender. What is that? It’s a person who lives in a home for free, maintains and loves it, and keeps it...
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Inwood Home of the Week: Run for the (Lakewood) Hills To Catch This New...
Jeff Dworkin has done it again. The master home builder, and current president of the Dallas Builder’s Association — you cannot spell his name without “w-o-r-k” — builds high quality homes generally...
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Crumbling Behind the Pink Wall: Neighborhood Resistance May be Killing $20...
Has the political climate of re-development resistance in Preston Hollow killed off any chances of re-developing Imperial House? We have written a lot about the quirky high density community called...
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