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A new mixed-income apartment community has opened in Far North Dallas with the completion of Cypress Creek Montfort Drive, a 168-unit mixed-income apartment building just up the road from the Galleria.

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Council members may be enjoying summer recess, but the news hasn’t taken a vacation. Staff continue grappling with budget pressures, rolling out new initiatives, and dealing with the occasional unexpected headache.

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Dallas leaders unveiled plans Monday for a nearly $200 million expansion of Klyde Warren Park that will add 1.7 acres and extend the popular deck park farther west over the remaining recessed stretch of Woodall Rodgers Freeway.

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The Dallas City Plan Commission won’t consider the controversial Preston-Royal mixed-use proposal until August after opponents successfully argued that nearby property owners weren’t properly notified of significant revisions to the project.

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Ryan Serhant has come to Texas with a total of 13 founding agents, six independent brokerages in four cities, combined agent sales of $1.5 billion. This is going to be very interesting to watch.

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Should Dallas preserve key connections between Oak Cliff and downtown, even if doing so tacks on roughly $600 million to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center redevelopment? That’s the question Dallas City Council will face next week.

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Another special meeting of the Dallas City Council pushed the ball forward on the relocation front Wednesday, approving up to $3 million for due diligence on potential alternative sites for City Hall and emergency dispatch operations.

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With Texas Counter Fitters’ No Longer A Wallflower event just a week away, CandysDirt. com takes a closer look at the murals, custom installations, artist collaborations, and immersive spaces redefining wallpaper’s role in today’s interiors.

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Three of the most vocal Dallas City Council members determined to prevent the relocation of City Hall operations out of 1500 Marilla St. filed an emergency lawsuit on Monday.

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On Tuesday, the brand’s parent company, Saks Global, said the iconic Neiman Marcus Downtown location at 1618 Main St. will close its doors for good at the end of September.

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A: 100% in person. You can read the nonverbal cues and finesse the rebuttals and arguments.

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Property tax protest tip: File today if you’re in Dallas County. The website is apt to glitch on deadline tomorrow.

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Q: For your ARB hearing, is it better to do a phone hearing or in person?

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Tip: When you go in front of the ARB, make sure you have your thoughts together. Limit your arguments to 3 minutes or less. No more than 10 photos.

“Less is more. Limit your information the things that move the needle,” Goodrich says.

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“It’s like having the test before the test,” Glenn says of the property evidence file.

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Request the 14 day evidence file ahead of time. Then, if the appraisal review board uses evidence not in that evidence file, you can say it’s not admissible.

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Protest tip: you can file an open records request to get the comments on your property from the appraisal district

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Answer from Glenn Goodrich: the appraisal district is hearing that a lot right now, so by itself that’s not likely to win. You need to show the difference between your property and others that recently sold.

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Q: can you argue the sales price you paid versus the appraisal district’s market price? Essentially, you overpaid. Is that an appraisal district protest argument?

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