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Preston Hollow: An exclusive enclave for the Dallas elite

There are so many great places to live in Dallas that it helps to have an expert on your side. The Neighborhood Guide presented by Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty gives you insider access from the agents who live and work there, providing in-the-know info about your possible new community.

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Contemporary masterpieces mix with Old World charmers here.

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If you long to call billionaires, pro athletes, and even our nation's 43rd president your neighbors, then Preston Hollow is the neighborhood for you.

Spanning just six squares miles, and bordered by Northwest Highway on the south, Royal Lane on the north, Hillcrest Road on the east, and Midway Road on the west, Preston Hollow is an enclave for the Dallas elite.

Naturally, it also contains some of the city's most beautiful homes.

"Preston Hollow is known for its sprawling estates, tree-lined streets, gentle hills, and rich history," says real estate agent Oscar Andujo, who has called the area home for the last 10-plus years.

He's been working in the prestigious neighborhood for even longer though, and delights in showing clients a mix of Old World charmers and modern stunners, many with storied pedigrees.

Oscar offered up a few of his personal favorites about life in Preston Hollow. Here's his guide to the area:

Where to eat & drink
"I love visiting Highland Park Village, especially to eat at Bistro 31," Oscar says. Famous for being the country's shopping center, Highland Park Village boasts several acclaimed restaurants and designer boutiques like Jimmy Choo, Rolex, Valentino, Dior, Fendi, Harry Winston, and Chanel.

Where to play
Oscar is a member of Brookhaven Country Club, and can't recommend it enough. Along with three championship golf courses — for a total of 54 holes — and a world-class driving range (the largest in Texas, in fact), the club features three swimming pools, 68 racquet sport courts, an award-winning fitness center, and three dining options.

"My wife and I enjoy bringing the kids to the club to make memories," Oscar says, noting that there is also a kids club for little ones aged 5 and up.

What to see
NorthPark Center is a mere three miles away, but there's more to discover there than retail and restaurants. The shopping center is filled with museum-quality art from the Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection, with additional works on loan from the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Where to live
Properties here are characterized by their expansive lots, sometimes spanning several acres, and an array of architectural styles ranging from classic Mediterranean villas to Tudor manors to contemporary masterpieces.

There are many homes by renowned architects like Edward Durell Stone and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as two of the most architecturally significant homes in Dallas: the Richard Meier-designed Rachofsky House on Preston Road and the Philip Johnson estate on Strait Lane.

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Oscar Andujo lives, works, and plays in Preston Hollow. For more information on buying and selling a home in the area, click here, email oandujo@briggsfreeman.com, or call 469-441-9900.

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Million-dollar homes

Multi-million-dollar gated home community The Preserve rises in Frisco

Preserve

A palace on the prairie of The Preserve in Frisco

Construction has begun on a multi-million-dollar custom home community in Frisco. Called The Preserve, it's situated among PGA Frisco’s championship golf courses and near the Omni PGA Frisco Resort, with multiple phases that will roll out over the next few years.

The Preserve is part of Fields, a 2,500-acre development in North Frisco off the Dallas North Tollway. Fields is co-developed and owned in partnership with The Karahan Companies, Hunt Realty Investments alongside investors Chief Partners and Cross Tie Capital.

The development will feature retail, dining, entertainment, hotels, corporate offices, native Texas plants, flowers, trees, and 250 acres of park space. It's designed by the same team responsible for Plano’s Legacy West, led by Fehmi Karahan.

Phase 1 of The Preserve will feature 233 homes crafted by 10 North Texas luxury homebuilders: Alford Homes, Coats Homes, and Starside Builders have all begun home construction. The other seven are The Preserve Bella Custom Homes, Endurance Homes, Faulkner Perrin Custom Homes, Hawkins-Welwood Homes, Shaddock Custom Builders & Developers, Sharif & Munir Custom Homes, and Ventura Custom Homes, for whom construction will start soon.

The Preserve Frisco The Preserve in Frisco, soon to be covered with homes.The Preserve

Lot sizes range from 6,800 square feet to more than an acre. Home design options will incorporate high ceilings, open floor plans, glass walls, and seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor such as patios, infinity pools, and landscaped exteriors.

The surrounding area will have more than 2,000 new trees plus views delivered via design elements such as floor-to-ceiling windows and expansive outdoor living areas.

Many of the homes will address sustainability, health, and wellness with green architecture, energy efficiency, water conservation, and recycled building materials.

It will combine the privacy of a gated community with resort-style living, featuring amenities such as the PGA golf courses, 20+ miles of hike and bike trails, and the exclusive Brookside Club with an expansive swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, tennis and pickleball courts and a playground.

Prices will start at $3,500,000.

Hunt Realty SVP Todd Watson calls it one of the most anticipated mixed-use projects in the area -- æa perfect location for discerning buyers seeking their forever home or a secondary residence" — although he's involved with the project so he's probably biased.

“As part of the Fields development, with prominent neighbors like PGA of America and the Omni PGA Frisco Resort, we know The Preserve will be one of the most sought-after addresses in North Texas," Watson says.

According to the Frisco Economic Development Corporation, Frisco’s population has increased by 500 percent in two decades and was recently recognized as the fastest growing city in Texas and third across the U.S.

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