D-FW home prices up 6.7 percent in third quarter, Realtors’ report shows
NEW ORLEANS — Dallas-Fort Worth home prices are up 6.7 percent in a new nationwide comparison. The D-FW price gain was ahead of the 4.9 percent average increase in the 172 U.S. markets surveyed in the...
View ArticleHighland Dallas hotel near SMU plans $5 million renovation for summer 2015
In time for its first anniversary as part of the Hilton Hotels group, the former Palomar will undergo about $5 million in renovations next summer. In August, Hilton Hotels & Resorts announced that...
View ArticlePlan would give Mockingbird a lower level near Love Field
Mockingbird Lane could have a lower level under a proposal to ease traffic around an increasingly busy Dallas Love Field. The modernized Love Field and modified Wright amendment are about to land major...
View ArticleCRESCENT ANNOUNCES DEL FRISCO’S DOUBLE EAGLE STEAK HOUSE AT MCKINNEY & OLIVE...
(Source: Crescent Real Estate Equities LP) NEWS 2014 CRESCENT ANNOUNCES DEL FRISCO'S DOUBLE EAGLE STEAK HOUSE AT MCKINNEY & OLIVE 10/30/2014 DALLAS (Oct. 30, 2014) - Crescent Real Estate Holdings...
View ArticleDog About Town: Heading to fall festivals and more things to do with your pooch
Looking for an excuse to get out and enjoy the fall weather this weekend? Some pooch-friendly options: Richardson’s annual City Wide Pet Day is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Huffhines Park, 200 N....
View ArticleDog About Town: Stepping out on Halloween and more things to do with your pooch
Looking for someplace to go trick-or-treating with your pooch? Here are some options on Halloween: The Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch, which is wrapping up its season today, welcomes furry little ones too....
View ArticleTollway closures could snarl Mavericks, Stars traffic
There will probably be major traffic delays on the south end of the Dallas North Tollway this weekend. The North Texas Tollway Authority will close two lanes in each direction near downtown Dallas and...
View ArticleCrescent remodeling plans to be unveiled this week
Owners of Uptown Dallas’ landmark Crescent complex will pull the wraps off a major renovation on Friday. Crescent Property Services has scheduled a Friday morning announcement...
View ArticleFluor CEO remains bullish on company’s oil and gas prospects
Oil prices may be soft, but Fluor Corp. chief executive David Seaton expects his company’s oil- and gas-related business to continue to grow. “We have not seen our customers run to the door — so to...
View ArticleHines, Cousins team up on new Victory Park office tower
Houston-based developer Hines is teaming up with Cousins Properties Inc. to break ground next year on a 23-story office tower in Dallas’ Victory Park project. The 466,000-square-foot glass high-rise...
View ArticleTurtle Creek tower fetches estimated $75 million in sale to investor
California-based investor KBS Realty Advisors said Tuesday that it has completed its purchase of a Dallas office tower. KBS bought the 21-story 3811 Turtle Creek building at Turtle Creek Boulevard and...
View ArticleDallas considers ‘tunnelling’ Mockingbird in front of Love Field as traffic...
As our Steve Brown notes this morning, the modernized Dallas Love Field and the modified Wright Amendment are about to land major changes up and down Mockingbird Lane in front of the city-owned...
View ArticleRawlings: Convention center expansion must be part of broader review
Any discussion of expanding the downtown convention center needs to be tied to a broader discussion of what to do with the land around the building, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said Thursday. After...
View ArticleTGI Fridays, under new owners, sells 11 of the 18 D-FW locations
Moving quickly with its plans, TGI Fridays said it is selling 11 of the 18 Dallas-Fort Worth locations to a California-based restaurant franchise group. MarLu Investment Group, of Elk Grove, Calif.,...
View ArticleDowntown Dallas’ former Belo Building getting more than $10 million in upgrades
New owners of the former Belo Building in downtown Dallas plan to spend more than $10 million to renovate the 30-year-old office tower. Cushman & Wakefield said Tuesday that it had been hired to...
View ArticleNorth Dallas mixed-use project sets February opening
Developers of the new Preston Hollow Village on North Central Expressway have already leased more than half of the North Dallas mixed-use project. The first phase of the project under construction at...
View ArticleLewisville development will bring 4,000 apartments
Developers of a Lewisville community are breaking ground this month on the first of more than 4,000 planned apartments. The huge new rental housing complex will be built on the south side of State...
View ArticleKlyde Warren Park is at the center of a development boom
A project in the works on the edge of downtown Dallas will shift the focus of the central business district even farther north. Sixty years ago the center of downtown was at the corner of Akard and...
View ArticleOmni building Frisco’s first luxury hotel near future Cowboys HQ
Omni Hotels & Resorts and the Dallas Cowboys announced Wednesday that they are partnering to bring a full-service luxury hotel to the team’s project in Frisco. The upscale hotel, set to open in...
View ArticleDevelopers team up to build Victory Park’s largest office tower
Houston-based developer Hines is teaming up with Cousins Properties Inc. to break ground next year on a 23-story office tower in Dallas’ Victory Park project. The 466,000-square-foot glass high-rise...
View ArticleInvestors plan big for newly purchased Dallas Design District properties
A group of investors headed by Dallas real estate firm Dunhill Partners that includes oilman Tim Headington and Highland Park Village’s owners has bought a big chunk of Dallas’ Design District. The...
View ArticleUptown’s landmark Crescent is getting an almost $65 million makeover
When the landmark Crescent complex opened in 1986, it was one of the most expensive real estate developments ever built in Dallas. Now the owners of the Uptown buildings are about to begin one of the...
View ArticleUptown's landmark Crescent is getting an almost $65M makeover
When the landmark Crescent complex opened in 1986, it was one of the most expensive real estate developments ever built in Dallas. Now the owners of the Uptown buildings are about to begin one of the...
View ArticleDel Frisco’s trades Far North Dallas home for Uptown project
A new Uptown office and retail project has landed a high-profile local restaurant that’s moving from north of LBJ Freeway. Crescent Real Estate Holdings said Thursday that the popular Del Frisco’s...
View ArticleNew plans for $2 billion Plano project show urban village on Dallas North...
The latest plans for the $2 billion Legacy West project in Plano show a dense, urban development on the Dallas North Tollway. Developers Karahan Cos., Columbus Realty Partners and KDC are building the...
View ArticleDallas Love Field real estate market ready to take off after airport upgrades
After almost four years of construction, the reconstruction of Dallas Love Field is almost done. But development of the area surrounding the city airport is just beginning. Developers who are planning...
View ArticleHigh-profile buildings in Oak Lawn and on North Central change hands
A high-profile Oak Lawn office building and another property on North Central Expressway have changed hands. Caddo Holdings LLC sold the 3500 Oak Lawn Avenue building at Lemmon Avenue and 4245...
View ArticleLegacyTexas Bank moving headquarters to former Encana tower
An empty West Plano office tower that’s been hunting tenants has signed a major lease. LegacyTexas Bank is renting the top three floors in the former Encana Oil & Gas tower on the Dallas North...
View ArticleWill the label SoLo stick to the area south of Dallas Love Field?
Walt Bialas has come up with a catchy name for the area around Dallas Love Field that’s ripe for redevelopment: South of Love or SoLo. “I am very proud of it,” said Bialas, research director for the...
View ArticleKeystone XL oil pipeline legislation passes House
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House passed legislation Friday approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, setting the stage for a Senate showdown that mixes energy politics with a fight over...
View ArticleDog About Town: Rocking and rolling into the holiday season with your pooch
Paws for a Cause, a fundraiser for the Denton Humane Society and Mazie’s Mission, invites four-leggers and their companions to run and rock out on Saturday. Things will kick off at 10 a.m. with a 5K...
View ArticleDog About Town: Rocking and rolling into the holiday season
Paws for a Cause, a fundraiser for the Denton Humane Society and Mazie’s Mission, invites four-leggers and their companions to run and rock out on Saturday. Things will kick off at 10 a.m. with a 5K...
View ArticleBusiness book reviews: How to Ruin a Business Without Really Trying and...
How to Ruin a Business Without Really Trying MJ Gottlieb (Morgan James, $17.95) Author MJ Gottlieb introduces business owners to what he calls Never Ever Ever Land. Learning from his financial and...
View ArticleThe Top 100: How the survey works
Have you ever wondered whether your company has what it takes to make the Top 100? Well, here’s how it works. This year, our selection committee was made up of 82,031 workers at 315 participating...
View ArticleCalifornia cat cafe is catnip for feline fans
OAKLAND, Calif. — Cat lovers in Northern California are pouncing at the chance to spend time with feline company at a new cat cafe in Oakland. At Cat Town Cafe, visitors can mingle with furry friends...
View ArticleIt’s not Christmas yet, but what a gift for Army vet
FRISCO — Sometimes all it takes is a little help to put a family’s life back on track. Gary Griffin’s life was derailed the day after Christmas last year when he was severely injured in a wreck that...
View ArticleWhat Cook’s coming out could mean in the workplace
“So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.” And with that, Apple CEO Tim Cook, chief of one of the world’s most valuable companies,...
View ArticleBaylor’s nursing school celebrates fundraisers at Dallas event
The Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing is hosting a VIP reception at 7 p.m. Monday to honor some of its best fundraisers and to preview the 2015 Going for the Gold Gala on Feb. 28 at...
View ArticleWestdale Real Estate buys Uptown office portfolio
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View ArticleNew Uptown Dream Hotel in the works would have 128 rooms
A development group wants to build a boutique hotel in Uptown. The 128-room hotel would be constructed on a vacant lot on McKinney Avenue near Bowen...
View ArticleTuesday Morning posts strong 10 percent sales gain
Dallas-based retailer Tuesday Morning Corp. reported a strong 10 percent sales gain and shaved its quarterly loss from a year ago as shoppers visited stores more frequently. CEO Michael Rouleau started...
View ArticlePlano project plans office buildings, apartments, retail near Bush Turnpike
Developer Billingsley Co. is planning a Plano mixed-use project that would include a half-dozen office buildings, more than 1,000 apartments and townhomes, and retail space, all near Bush Turnpike. The...
View ArticleRegents to name UT Southwestern building after Wildenthal
The University of Texas System Board of Regents has named the newest biomedical research tower on UT Southwestern’s North Campus for Dr. Kern Wildenthal. The group announced the change Thursday during...
View ArticleOmni Dallas, other downtown hotels see jump in 2014 revenue
Downtown-area hotels have seen growth this year in three key measures — occupancy, rate and revenue per available room — even as central city hoteliers continue to adjust to life with a 1,000-room...
View ArticleNew forecast: D-FW commercial real estate outlook remains positive for next...
Steve Brown Email stevebrown@dallasnews.com Published: November 20, 2014 9:52 am A new forecast for Dallas-Fort Worth commercial real estate predicts continued strong demand for buildings during the...
View ArticleCarlton Fields Jorden Burt’s Real Estate and Commercial Finance Practice...
(Source: Carlton Fields PA) Hartford, Conn. - A group of four lawyers today join Carlton Fields Jorden Burt in Hartford, Connecticut. All will practice in the firm's national Real Estate and Commercial...
View ArticleSounding Off: Park Cities-North Dallas readers discuss residential...
RAISE YOUR VOICE: Share your own opinion online at dallasnews.com/sendletters. Sign up for Sounding Off or submit a guest column (and include your full name and contact information) by visiting...
View ArticleCosmetics and beauty retailer Ulta eyes regional distribution center in...
Another major warehouse project is in the works in southern Dallas’ Interstate 20 corridor. Ulta Inc., the big retailer of cosmetics and salon products, is negotiating a deal with developer Prologis...
View ArticleDowntown Dallas Mosaic loft apartment towers sell to investors who plan...
Downtown Dallas’ largest loft apartment project has a new owner. Olympus Property said Wednesday that it has completed its purchase of the 440-unit Mosaic apartments at Akard and Bryan streets. The...
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