You may be wondering – and we wouldn’t blame you – just what all can be said about a lot? A vacant piece of land, comprising trees and dirt and flora and fauna? Turns out, with this particular lot anyway … a lot!
For starters, the 2.14-acre building site at 8738 Canyon Drive is located in the prestigious Bluffview Estates. If you don’t know this area, plan a Sunday drive-by tomorrow … and bring an architect with an incredible imagination! It is pretty much guaranteed you will forget about 6 seconds into your meandering that you are in a major city of 1.2 million-plus. And just after that, the possibilities will start to flow faster than the creek that runs through the neighborhood after a good rain.
“What an amazing opportunity to blend nature and architecture into a one-of-a-kind home in the heart of Dallas,” says listing agent Garrett Holloway. “This is one of the most topographically interesting neighborhoods to be found in an urban area.”
Once a 215-acre dairy farm, Bluffview Estates is home to some of Dallas’ most desirable properties and a few celebrities. The shaded, winding streets do, in fact, sit on a 50-foot bluff that runs along Bachman Creek.
John P. Stevens, who also developed Stevens Park in Oak Cliff, bought the dairy farm in 1924 and divided the property into roughly one-acre parcels. When home construction began in the area, there were deliberate efforts made to preserve mature trees, which led to some uniquely shaped lots. Bluffview’s first residents hired highly acclaimed architects like Charles Dilbeck to design their homes in a distinctive environment and incorporate features from Bachman Creek’s streams and tributaries. These architecturally significant homes still shape and define the beauty of the neighborhood today.
Bluffview is beloved for this natural beauty as well as privacy and proximity to downtown, Love Field, and great retail destinations (think Drake’s, Neighborhood Services, Shinsei, Dea, and Jose as well as shopping areas like Inwood Village and West Lovers Lane). Three major grocery stores are within 5 minutes of Bluffview as well.
In addition to the location and surroundings, this land, priced at $9.5 million, has quite the history. If you’d like to know more, just ask Holloway. While mum’s the word for now, suffice it to say the owner of the two combined parcels are descendants of one of the most pedigreed families in the US and are reluctantly letting go of what will be the site of someone else’s real estate fantasy come true.
Garrett Halloway has 8738 Canyon Drive listed for $9.5 million. Ready to schedule a property walk? Reach him at 214.986.9158 or [email protected].
