April Towery

After finding out last week he’d passed a series of exams to earn his “CBO” — chief building official — certification, Eskander’s promotion was sealed and the 18-year city employee is now tasked with ensuring that permitting turnaround times remain reasonable, a public-facing dashboard is presenting accurate data, and morale is high in a department that’s had a rough few years.

At a Dec. 4 City Council meeting, elected officials heard from several business owners adamantly opposed to adding more than 100 electronic kiosks to already obstructed sidewalks for just an estimated few million dollars in revenue.

Besides Governor Greg Abbott’s determination to get his school voucher program passed in the legislative session that begins January 14, political experts say Houston residents can expect to see bipartisan support for bills that will improve storm response and infrastructure maintenance. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said his priorities include...

The Dallas City Council in 2022 spent $6.5 million on the former University General Hospital at 2929 S. Hampton Road. Southwest Dallas residents left no room for confusion when they told their District 3 council member Zarin Gracey, and Casey Thomas before him, that they don’t want the building used for permanent supportive housing for the unsheltered.

Southern Dallas residents have waited years for a rezoning that would right the wrongs of the past, including concrete batch plants, scrap yards, and the infamous “Shingle Mountain” encroaching on their homes.

It’s the Sunday before Christmas. The presents are bought and wrapped. You’ve already watched Elf, A Christmas Story, and even Die Hard at least a dozen times. It’s time to get out of the house and look at some North Texas beauties that are perfectly pristine and staged for the holidays.

As 2024 comes to a close and we look back on the hundreds of stories about new real estate projects, City Hall shenanigans, and developers with innovative solutions to the affordable housing crisis, a few names stick out. Some were heavily criticized; some were hailed as heroes. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, here are your newsmakers of 2024.

The past year was a good one for Dallas home production and 2025 is poised to be even better, a Zonda real estate advisor told members of the Dallas Builders Association last month. Bryan Glasshagel says he’ll be paying attention to migration and employment growth as home builders head into the first quarter of the new year.

Bonton Farms is one of the most underreported success stories in Dallas and yet they keep doing their thing — employing the formerly incarcerated, providing fresh food on an urban farm, offering social services, and housing those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford a roof over their heads.

Hold up now; this is big. Sycamore Strategies, on the heels of a huge groundbreaking at the Cabana Hotel, confirmed last week via public documents that it plans to gut and redevelop the interior of the 29-story Magnolia Dallas and use half the space for affordable housing and the other half for hotel lodging.