Candy's House of the Week

The most talked-about home in Highland Park is on the market

3436 Mockingbird Ln. is a clean-lined, contemporary box.
Photo courtesy of Emily Durante/Dave Perry-Miller
There is a flat screen in nearly every room in the house.
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The dining room is flooded with natural light.
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The kitchen is colorless and clean.
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In the master, you can watch TV from the bed or the sitting area.
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More TV watching in one of the living areas.
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Banks of windows let in the light.
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I know you saw this home in 2009 when it was being built and asked yourself, WTF are they doing? Turns out, this is Silicon Valley living in Highland Park for the investor who watches The Street 24/7.

Travis and Travis created an incredibly modern, clean-lined box with 4,015 square feet on a 50-by-169-foot lot. When you walk in, you are greeted by a video wall of nine 28-inch LCD TVs, setting the tone for the high-tech feel that permeates throughout. In fact, a flat screen hangs on nearly every wall in the house.

The home, at 3436 Mockingbird Ln., has formals — but they ought to be called “informals,” because there is a zero tolerance for stuffiness here. The house also has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a carport for two.

The kitchen is European appliance central, with brands like Gaggenau and Miele. Another huge plus is the crisp and sunny downstairs master bedroom with sitting area and fireplace, not to mention a full spa bath and tons of closet space.

Upstairs are two bedrooms and baths, a sitting area with flat-screen TV, and a deck. Asking price is $1,500,000 with Emily Durante of Dave Perry-Miller.

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Grand Prairie expands to the south with new master-planned community

Rendering courtesy of Provident

Goodland Grand Prairie

The City of Grand Prairie is growing fast and expanding to make way for a new master-planned development south of US Highway 287 and along Tollway 360, in Ellis and Johnson counties.

The community development, called Goodland, is the result of Grand Prairie’s recent 1,500-acre annexation extending its southern border toward Mansfield. Overall, with the added land, Goodland will be a 5,000-acre site featuring 15,000 residences including townhomes, custom homes, and gated communities for 50,000 residents.

According to a release, it will be a “city within a city” and a 45-minute drive from Dallas-Fort Worth. Beyond housing, there will be shops, restaurants, schools, public and private event venues, regional sports fields and complexes, dance halls, churches, trail systems, city parks, ponds, and preserved green spaces.

“This is a significant step in our city’s development,” says Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen in a statement. “Unlike many of our neighboring cities, we have the unique advantage of new development opportunities to our south that will drive the growth and prosperity of our city. We recognized the opportunity and took decisive action.”

Leading the development is Provident, a Dallas-based real estate firm that has created other master-planned communities across Dallas-Fort Worth, such as Preston Hollow Village and Hillstead in Collin County. Provident has plans to work nature into the space design with more than 1,600 acres of creek corridors and floodplain land.

Plans are ongoing for a centralized mixed-use walkable Town Center, complete with civic buildings and other commercial development. Further south on the property near Highway 67, light industrial uses and other private employment campuses are already underway, projects that will contribute vital tax dollars for city growth and future expansions.

“This level of placemaking is quite rare, and certainly not easy to execute, especially in a brand-new community," says Provident Managing Director Rylan Yowell in a statement. "We are committed to a long-term vision with a desire to be good stewards of the land."

A new four-lane road called Goodland Parkway will link Goodland to Grand Prairie at Tollway 360 and US Highway 287. It's set to open by December 2025.

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