The room was abuzz with luxury and style for the “Trends in the Luxury Real Estate Market” event hosted by daltxrealestate.com and Bleu Ciel — I think. I was greeting any latecomers and waving at resident dogs in the Bleu Ciel lobby.
A recap of the luxury trend insights is what the boss assigned me. Tell readers what these experts said. But like I said, I can’t so I’ll recap what wasn’t said at this event. [If you want to skip my tale, feel free to scroll to the bottom for the fete set photo gallery.]
Last Tuesday afternoon, attendees gathered at the luxury sky-rise tower Bleu Ciel in the Harwood District to hear from our esteemed panel of experts — Bleu Ciel Director of Sales Allison Hayden, Markowicz Fine Art Gallery Director Carolyn Tanner, designer Nikki Klugh, architect Lloyd Lumpkins, and Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate luxury agent Laura Michelle. Publisher Candy Evans moderated the panel discussion for this daltxrealestate event we internally call daltxrealestate Staff Parties.
With warmer weather comes this daltxrealestate.com version of gala season in Dallas. Our team of real estate news writers and editors log out of our proverbial virtual newsroom and step into the real world for these invitation-only affairs we co-host with partner sponsors like Bleu Ciel in the Harwood District, Trinity Falls in McKinney, and High Hill Farm and Development, to name a few recent.
The purpose is to connect our readers with the people, places, and things that are getting Dallas talking. At the Bleu Ciel, the prosecco got me talking.
So yes, the panel offered great insight into luxury design, high-rise sales trends, and many more things that I could tell you about if I hadn’t been outside and then at the back of the room with my fellow daltxrealestate.com team popping hush puppy-like hors d’oeuvres like they were dinner. (They were.) It’s funny how much you bond with co-workers that you only see on a screen, even some that you’ve never met in person before that night.
I can tell you the surprise highlight of the night — a trip up the Bleu Ciel elevator to the 31st floor where we walked down the hall, opened the condo front door, and let out a collective, “Wow.” Here’s where the party began.
I made my way to the condo’s massive wraparound balcony for sunset skyline pictures and a sneaky selfie. That’s when an adorable gal in a charcoal form-fitting dress called out, “No, let me do that for you.” Soon, the self-conscious selfie became a group clinic on selfie-taking. “High angle. Turn the camera. Point your feet here and turn your body slightly.”
I got the selfie I didn’t know I was capable of.
Then touring the gorgeous home, I could hear the questions in hushed tones. “How much do you think this unit goes for?” I’ll be completely honest here. It was nice not having to pretend you had several million ready to plop down, but instead, you could tour this home like regular people in awe that a view like this exists. That all that separates you from the 31st floor’s great beyond is a short glass balcony railing. That this is actually Dallas.
And that my friends, is what really happened at this daltxrealestate.com Staff Party event at Bleu Ciel last week.
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The Fete Set
Now as promised, here are some snaps of our daltxrealestate.com party guests.
