Candy's House of the Week

Baby, it's grand: The most beautiful tudor in Preston Hollow

This Preston Hollow Tudor sits on 1.6 acres.
Photo courtesy of Dave Perry Miller
The stately formal dining room.
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Updated kitchen with all the modern amenities.
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Yep, that's a porte-cochère.
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The original slate tile floors remain.
Photo courtesy of Dave Perry Miller
A music room for your baby grand.
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The billiards room is as refined as the rest of the house.
Photo courtesy of Dave Perry Miller

We love the House of Tudor. You've passed by this house a hundred times on Preston Road in Old Preston Hollow, just north of Walnut Hill Lane.

In a sea of newly constructed, ginormous mansions and mini mansions sits a stately, romantic Tudor home on 1.6 wooded acres. It's been there for 80 years, and it will be there for at least 80 more.

The home was built in 1930, on what was once a huge farm. In 2002, well-known Dallas architect Richard Drummond Davis handled the remodel.

The home was built in 1930, one of the original Preston Hollow cottages on what was once a huge farm. In 2002, well-known Dallas architect Richard Drummond Davis handled the remodel of this rambling country home filled with exqusite finishes, craftsmanship and old-world beauty. The original slate tile floors remain.

You get sooo much: 7,534 square feet, four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, formals, music room, study, billiard room, guesthouse, pool, and four-car garage with a porte-cochère. The landscaping is magnificent — old, lush and totally filled in as only 80 years can fill.

The best part? This home, listed with Kimberlee Gromatzky over at Dave Perry Miller, is a steal: It was $3,695,000, then it was reduced to $2,999,999, and now it's listed at $2,795,000. The price reduction is almost as big as the house!

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GP News

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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