Emerald Bay at Cedar Creek Lake Hits New Milestone as First Home Build Is Underway
When you drive into Emerald Bay at Cedar Creek Lake, the new gated lakeside community is still taking shape, but the buzz of possibility is evident. With streets, curbs, and infrastructure firmly in place, the community’s earliest buyers are now beginning to shift from the planning stages to actual stakes in the ground. Comprised of…
Swoozie’s Returns to Dallas With Color, Joy, and a Whole Lot of Holiday Fun
Walk past the windows at The Plaza at Preston Center and you’ll spot it instantly—the happiest burst of color in Dallas. Swoozie’s is back, and stepping inside feels like opening a really great gift: you don’t know what’s in it yet, but you know it’s going to be fun.
Even with an Almighty Sense of Humor, Jesus Would Find this Alabama Home a Bit Much
In honor of the Christmas season, I found a house to feature this week that recognizes and fully embraces the “reason for the season.” No, no, I’m not talking about Santa. I’m talking about J-Man, Señor Savior, the Babe in search of a manger. That’s right. I’m talking about Jesus. Okay, this is not exactly…
A Coastal Christmas: Cinnamon Shore to Debut Holiday Home Tour This Weekend
Make a quick Christmas weekend getaway to see the Best in Texas Coastal Home Tour — Holiday Edition at Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas. The tour runs Sat., Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sun., Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For one weekend only, the public is invited…
Another Data Center Enters the Dallas Pipeline
Anyone following industrial development knows that the United States has data center fever, and Dallas isn’t missing out on the building craze. The California-based digital infrastructure company Equinix Inc. recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for more than $836 million in new construction and interior outfitting...
Grapevine Contemporary Offers Treetop Views With Mountaintop Feel
Feeling on top of the world is a daily reality at the home found at 3028 Mountainview Ct. in Grapevine. The street it’s built on tells a lot. Perched high above Northeast Tarrant County, this home on Mountainview Court offers sweeping treetop views that stretch across the horizon. It doesn’t look or feel like Texas,…
Enjoy the Natural Beauty of the Big, Blue Texas Sky at Paraiso Escondido in the Hill Country
One of the best features Texas has to offer is its sky. No other state does sky the way Texas does. The blue color is so deep and so vast that it is easy to lose track of time looking up and enjoying the natural beauty that is Texas. Nowhere is this more evident than…
Volk Estates Offers a Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity With New Construction From Venus Development Group and SHM Architects
Volk Estates is a neighborhood of architect-designed estate homes that is essentially hidden in plain sight in the middle of University Park. Developed on 41 acres purchased from SMU by Leonard Volk in the 1920s, it was designed to be an exclusive neighborhood where wealthy people could build large homes on scenic lots. Not much…
Multifamily Housing Construction and the Affordability Escalator
A recurring critique of Dallas City Council’s alleged propensity for approving multifamily rezoning applications is that officials are cynically using the housing affordability crisis to justify the construction of upscale projects in the face of neighborhood opposition. If there’s a shortage of affordable housing, the criticism goes, how is gr...