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Dallas Real Estate Agent Arrested For Murder – Update

Jay Thayer Williams works for William Davis Realty. Or shall I say, worked. A call up there to office manager Bill Jordan — who was not in the office — revealed that Mr. Williams no longer works for the company and his name has been removed from the company website.

So When Is That Highland Park Village Sale Going To Happen?

The venerable Highland Park Village is in the process of being sold by the Henry S. Miller family to a man named Ray Washburne, CEO of Charter Holdings. And why do you care? Because neighborhood shopping centers have an intrinsic fiscal relationship with the homes that surround them — great shopping centers enhance home values and quality of life, bad ones suck values down like a vortex. Our sister blog Overheard and DD contributor Josh Hixson reports that the new owner may be booting trainer to the stars Larry North from his digs, most likley because Miller gave North a sweet rent deal that Washburne may not be able to stomach given the current economic climate and precious price he’s paying for what many consider the most prime retail space in America. (Would you like a rent in the realm of $17 per square foot when the going rate is $80 to $100 plus triple net, no finish-out? Me too. ) Though Miller threw in a Hail Mary to up the price, my sources tell me the deal is just minutes from the finish line. Now wonder if they are keeping the theatre?

Dallas Real Estate Agent Arrested For Murder?

So reports Steve Thompson but for the life of me, I cannot find any record of Jay Thayer Williams having a Texas real estate license. The murder took place in Fort Worth in 1986 — I recall reading about it and being concerned — the killer left the victim with two small children scampering alone in the house. Developing.

D Sale Of The Week: Bentley Tibbs Texas Modern

This is what we all need post tax day: timeless, clean, uncluttered design as if all those files, papers and receipts have been swept away. 8707 Canyon is proof that home builders can erect more than a faux French chateaux and turrets that gobble up the lot. This home, designed by Dallas architect Bentley Tibbs, is a “Texas modern” new construction under 5000 square feet (4971) with four bedrooms, four and a half baths, formals and covered patio. Guests are greeted by a four foot waterfall directly across from the zinc-clad front door (zinc must be the material du jour: note that 6645 Northaven, Lionel Morrison’s Ricks Circle chef d’oeuvre, also has a huge zinc front door. Bullet proof?) Also soaring glass 12-foot window walls, transom windows, and artful use of warm, natural materials including oak, stone, and more zinc on the fireplace. The home sits on a sloping half acre in coveted Bluffview, where topography and trees rule. Neighborhood tidbit: Bluffview neighbors are said to be very picky about anyone who comes in and chops down trees — like you might lose a limb — so if you move here, don’t pack your tree saw. (Right on, neighbors!)

$2,049,000

Becky Frey for Briggs Freeman

972.380.7787