- Hanover Pushes Back Closing Date for 1.65-Acre Upper Kirby Apartment Site to February [HBJ]
- New Katy Medical Plaza with Green Rooftop Awarded LEED Gold Certification by U.S. Green Building Council [Realty News Report]
- Houston Among the 10 Most Affordable Metropolitan Areas in the Sun Belt [The Urban Edge]
- Transportation Bill Would Focus National Attention on Freight Corridors [Houston Chronicle]
- The Texas Mansion To End All Texas Mansions [Curbed]
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Having seen and toured hundreds of Texas Mansions, I will play a little guessing game as to the owner prior to trying to look it up. Extremely gaudy, yet not traditional gaudy = very new money. Lots of dark purples, especially in the bedroom, lots of black colors, lots of shiny surfaces = African American. Sales price way above what’s reasonable in the market, means someone though this was an investment and listened to unqualified financial advisers = Ball Player of some sort. I’ve heard that Houston and Dallas players do on occasion buy Austin mansions, but I can’t guess which one.
Or a modern era Liberace…. But he was….. you know…
Texas Mansion: Why no pics of the helicopter hangar? I am always surprised that on listings like this there aren’t any pictures of the garages, either. If you are looking to buy a place like this, you probably have some high-end cars and would want to show them off to your buddies. So why not have a nice fisheye picture of the garage with a Shelby Daytona Coupe inside?
@commonsense – Nope, it’s apparently a top exec for the guys who produce My Little Pony
The president of Hasbro Studios owns it, Stephen J Davis; he graduated from UT.
OrangBodoh: My guess is whoever might be in the market to buy it will tour the place and view the garage and hanger.
I’ve always said that photos for listings are overrated.