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...
First Look: The Homes of the 41st Candlelight Christmas in Ryan Place This Weekend
Forty-one years ago, it was probably enough for the inaugural Ryan Place Candlelight Christmas Tour to simply open up holiday-decorated houses and let the public muse on the “quaint” vintage houses that comprise Fort Worth’s first planned development. Alas, no more. I’ve been covering the storied tour for over 10 years, and ...
Sixth Site Selected for Dallas Greening Initiative
North Dallas is getting some more green space with the addition of a new park on a currently vacant lot, the latest step forward for Mayor Eric Johnson’s Dallas Greening Initiative. Located at 18201 Gibbons Dr. by the intersection of Frankford Road and the Dallas North Tollway, the lot is next door to Dallas Fire…
This Midcentury-Inspired Elm Thicket Custom Home Is an Architectural Triumph
Elm Thicket hosts one of the most eclectic architectural landscapes in Dallas. It’s one of those neighborhoods that encourages progressive designs and inspires imaginative builds. Whether it’s a sleek contemporary, an eco-conscious transitional, or something that defies convention, this community encourages what’s next. It’s no wonder t...