Dallas real estate, architecture, and city life
Real estate firm Todd Interests made a splash at the start of the year when word went out the developer was buying up nearly two dozen properties in the southeast sector of downtown Dallas’ Central Business District. The acquisitions encompass parts of the Main Street District and Harwood Street Historic District, but CEO Shawn Todd had a…
Just west of the twin brick arches at Market and Elm Streets, which mark the gateway to the Historic West End of downtown Dallas, you can’t help but notice the faded, ghostly five-story advertisements drifting in and out of focus on the side of the Purse Building. That ghost writing might be the only thing many Dallasites recall about…
Drever Capital Management received its fair share of good press over the last two years, as the owners of the California-based real estate investment outfit rode into Dallas like knights in shining armor to save one of downtown’s largest and best-known skyscrapers. Purchased out of bankruptcy in early 2016, the 52-story First National Bank tower was…
Geographically located at the north central apex of Deep Ellum , the Continental Gin Building, for all its great expanse, sits hidden behind unkempt alley trees and the two- and three-story Elm Street Lofts that were also once part of the Continental Gin Company complex. Starting in 1888, it took Continental Gin 26 years to complete construction of…
The five-story brick building at 711 Elm Street, with its rows of factory-style steel casement windows, fits right in with its scruffy neighbors in the historic West End , and Milton Anderson is hoping a redevelopment project with a six-story addition will fit in with the existing look of the area — at least enough to pass…
Plano-based Granite Properties owns Cedar Maple Plaza , a swanky 2.5-acre office complex in the heart of Uptown that has enjoyed healthy occupancy rates for 35 years. Located in the 2300 block of Cedar Springs Road, south of the Maple Avenue intersection, this collection of four-story buildings is home to two bank branches and more than a score…
