Archive for August, 2009

By Steve Brown / The Dallas Morning News

The outlook for Dallas home prices was brighter in two indexes released Tuesday.

They were down 2.2 percent in June from a year earlier but rose 2.7 percent from May to June to the highest level since last September, according to the closely watched Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Index. It was the fourth consecutive month of gains in the Dallas index price, S&P said Tuesday.

And the Federal Housing Finance Agency said that Dallas-area prices were up slightly in the second quarter.

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WFAA.com
August 22, 2009

Highland Park trustees toured the ongoing school construction at several campuses Friday. The extensive renovations and building projects throughout the district will remain in progress as students arrive for the first day of school on Monday. Most of the projects – at four elementary schools, a middle school campus and Highland Park High School – are scheduled to be completed during the school year, with the last of the work at the Highland Park Middle/McCulloch Intermediate School campus to be completed by the end of next summer. The renovations and building projects are paid for by a voter-approved $75.4 million school bond. Highland Park trustees toured the ongoing school construction at several campuses Friday.

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By Eric Nicholson / Preston Hollow People
August 21, 2009

A transplant from the heart of Austin is moving north Monday when the University of Texas Co-op opens its first store in Dallas.

The store will occupy 6,000 square feet next to Barnes & Noble on Northwest Highway, across the street from NorthPark Center. It will be filled wall-to-wall with Longhorn merchandise and memorabilia, from burnt orange T-shirts and letter jackets for dogs to pepper grinders and evening wear.

Brian Jewell, director of marketing for the Co-op, said the goal is to recreate the unique feel of the original store.

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By Jason Sheeler / The Dallas Morning News
August 6, 2009

In another context, the name Vince might evoke a well-built Italian-American longshoreman you spent a stormy summer weekend with, sharing too much Dewar’s and information. This VINCE is another affair altogether – fashion shorthand for sturdy, sexy, contemporary sportswear from a seven-year-old LA-based label opening its first North Texas store in Highland Park Village this month.

Kate Hudson and Jennifer Aniston are fans of the bordering-on-designer separates, as are Katie Holmes, Kate Moss and Jennifer Garner. The tabloid mainstays, who get major paparazzi snaps for their off-duty style, are particularly fond of Vince knitwear. But the label is comprehensive – from swimwear to pleated khakis.

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