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Flower Mound, Highland Village becoming carbon copies of other suburbs

Plano and Southlake are beautiful communities, but it seems a tad zealous for developers to try and piggy-back on their successes by creating similar communities around the Metroplex.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Chesapeake Energy leases office space at Tower Annex in downtown Fort Worth

It's right next door to the hip-urban retail-residential Tower at 500 Throckmorton Street.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Countrywide to axe 7500 jobs

Bank of America did not say exactly where the cuts would occur.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Dallas-based Ashford Hospitality sells Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre for $72 million

Completed sales and announced contracts for Ashford have reached $310 million in 2008.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

RadioShack assigns Fort Worth HQ lease to Tarrant County College District

TCC is also acquiring the surrounding land owned by RadioShack as well as the RadioShack retail store connected to the complex.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Dallas Housing Authority rental vouchers are going unused

The special vouchers are designated specifically for black families wishing to move to predominantly white neighborhoods.

Monday, June 23, 2008

FBI agents arrest eight in elaborate mortgage fraud scheme in Dallas

The defendants ran a scheme in which they bought homes under false pretenses, collected kickbacks, and then let the homes go into foreclosure.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Swiss accounting firm KPMG reups on lease in Sundance Square

The company likes what it sees in the Wells Fargo Tower.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Grand Prairie’s Riverside Golf Club under contract to Dallas developer

Huffines Communities could seal the deal by late 2008.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Dallas-based Behringer Harvard to develop contemporary lofts in Las Vegas

The 168-unit multifamily complex is slated for completion in 2009.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Dallas-based Staubach Co. sold to Jones Lang LaSalle for $727 million

The long-awaited sale is finally official.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Plano realtor launches fee-based Web site where homeowners can list “for sale by owner”

You cut out real estate agents but you do have to pay $349 to $499 per listing.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Real Estate Council to hold breakfast meeting discussing debt market on June 10

Commercial real estate owners can learn about the equity situation over a nice plate of bacon and eggs.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Frisco city council votes to pay for permanent move of 3XGold Gymnastics from Dr. Pepper Star Center

3XGold Gymnastics will move to Frisco Center Properties by Aug. 1

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The Real Estate Council names Michelle Corson as new president

Hmmm. This Real Estate Council suddenly seems to have become a bit more, oh what's the word, intriguing.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Speculators buying up cheap land in West Dallas near Calatrava bridge site

And the rich get richer. But it's sortof win-win since West Dallas will benefit, on some level.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Hey wow, another apartment complex going up in East Dallas

It's in the area south of Henderson, near Bennett and Capitol.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

New private residential community going into Sunnyvale

St. James Park is a fully landscaped private community spanning more than 124 acres with 49 estate home sites of two-plus-acre wooded lots.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Behringer Harvard expands management team

Scott Fordham will join the real estate investment company as senior VP of accounting.

Friday, May 23, 2008

UPDATED: Dallas County’s 2008 property values go public today

Preliminary numbers show a 12.7% increase in taxable property value in Dallas County, but that number could change as property owners appeal the figures.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Allen named one of nation’s most recession-proof suburbs

Today's math lesson: Good schools = robust home markets.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Twinrose Development breaks ground on Regent I and II industrial project in Irving

Regent is the first project for woman-owned Twinrose Development Company.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Delay of Glorypark development is no surprise

The Rangers have promised development around The Ballpark for nearly 20 years since voters approved the stadium in 1990.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tarrant County property values are on the up and up

Appraisal district reports 8.7% increase in '08

Tarrant County to bucks real estate trends nationwide with revenue from the Barnett Shale.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

UDR, Inc. breaks ground on billion-dollar mixed-use development in Addison

The development is named after renowned Roman architect Vitruvius.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Post Investment Group completes its latest multi-family acquisition in Dallas

Post has been snatching up quite the number of properties recently.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

High-rise apartment building going into the spot in Uptown Dallas where Hard Rock Cafe used to be

It'll become another apartment building, which is exactly what Uptown needs.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Former Arcadia site on Greenville Avenue in Dallas will become mixed-use retail center

It claims to be "Dallas' first 'green' multi-use building".

Monday, April 28, 2008

Local developer proposes McKinney indoor theater

Jeff Blackard plans for a $13-15 million indoor performing arts center to be built in Adriatica, Blackard’s mock Croatian village located at the corner of Virginia Parkway and Stonebridge Drive.

Monday, April 28, 2008

DFW Broadband Properties Summit awards The Trump Organization

No word on whether The Donald will make an appearance.

Friday, April 25, 2008

McKinney new home market down

The City of McKinney may be at an all-time high in terms of population, but that growth hasn't translated into the same numbers for new home builders in 2008.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Plans for Denton’s Fry Street at standstill, needs zoning modifications

Plan for a CVS pharmacy is the sticking point, as the drive-through CVS requires needs a special permit.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Forth Worth senior living community Trinity Terrace to expand

The new River Tower will have a state-of-the-art Health Care Center.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

8th Annual home tour of ritzy Dallas neighborhood Turtle Creek to take place on May 4

Snoop through rich folks' homes -- legally.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Duncanville City Council approves new condos

City officials have been working toward this project on a 1.8 acre tract of land bounded by E. Center Street, E. Cherry Street and N. Merrill Avenue for several years.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Denton feeling national housing slump

Denton County's foreclosure rate is 40 percent higher than April of last year, according to recent statistics.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Dallas-based Crosstex Energy moves to new Dallas location

The new location will accommodate more than 400 employees.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Fort Worth-based Pier 1 Imports sells its corporate headquarters

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. calls itself the original global importer. Eat it, World Market.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The Real Estate Council celebrates 20th annual FightNight

Commercial real estate’s largest fundraiser to be held May 1

Monday, March 31, 2008

Grapevine holding public hearing Tuesday March 25 on Gaylord Texan Resort’s proposed expansion

With only 1511 hotel rooms, 4.5 acres, and 400,000 square feet of convention center, the Gaylord is still not nearly big enough.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008


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