Fort Worth Inc.’s 2022 Entrepreneurs of Excellence is a portrait of innovative, visionary risk-takers who identified a niche or filled a void in the marketplace.
All of them scratched that itch to go it alone.
These 40 entrepreneurs are in commercial and residential construction, consumer and durable goods, health care and life sciences, hospitality, private equity, professional services, real estate, tech and e-commerce, and four who lead up-and-coming companies.
Three stunning homes and one month of tours, following months of hard work by professionals demonstrating their expertise. All of it wrapped up into a super-competitive competition to be named the Best of Dream Street.
Everyone who came out to tour the Dream Street homes had the opportunity to cast a vote in several categories for each home: Best in Show, Best Interior Design/Furnishings, Best Floor Plan, Best Outdoor Entertaining Area, Best Master Bath, and Best Kitchen. One of the homes swept up four awards total.
Extraordinary views to the west, gentle slope toward the back offers the unique combination of great views and ample space for a cabana and room for kids and pets to roam
Extraordinary views to the west, gentle slope toward the back offers the unique combination of great views and ample space for a cabana and room for kids and pets to roam
The only one like it remaining, flat and open at the building site, heavily wooded in the back with access to Mary’s Creek, tons of room to run, play, fish, or explore.
The only one like it remaining, flat and open at the building site, heavily wooded in the back with access to Mary’s Creek, tons of room to run, play, fish, or explore.
Unobstructed views to the west provide some of the best sunsets in Fort Worth and proximity to the Resident Only entrance/exit will provide quick and easy access in and out of the neighborhood.
Unobstructed views to the west provide some of the best sunsets in Fort Worth and proximity to the Resident Only entrance/exit will provide quick and easy access in and out of the neighborhood.
Extraordinary views to the west, gentle slope toward the back offers the unique combination of great views and ample space for a cabana and room for kids and pets to roam.
Extraordinary views to the west, gentle slope toward the back offers the unique combination of great views and ample space for a cabana and room for kids and pets to roam.
One of the absolute premier lots in Montrachet, situated on one of the highest points in the area, this unique homesite offers 360-degree views.
One of the absolute premier lots in Montrachet, situated on one of the highest points in the area, this unique homesite offers 360-degree views.
The green space that borders this lot to the north provides privacy. This oversized lot is relatively flat will provide lots of space and be easy to build on.
The green space that borders this lot to the north provides privacy. This oversized lot is relatively flat will provide lots of space and be easy to build on.
One sunny morning this spring, a Chevy Suburban pulled up to a sizable Mediterranean-style house in a gated community on the west side of Fort Worth. Inside the SUV, Ernie Tarut was recalling how the warm welcome he’d received at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, held in Arlington last December, had influenced his decision to move his Old Gringo Boots company from San Diego to Cowtown. “It was a great feeling that all these people were excited to have Old Gringo maybe coming here,” he said. “I was like, ‘Why do I want to stay in California? Here it seems like I’m already home.’”
So, just a few months after the rodeo, real estate agent Jamie Adams brought Tarut and his wife, Josy, to check out this two-story, 5,376-square-feet home listed for sale at $1.7 million. It was the couple’s second visit to the house in the Montserrat development, roughly a twenty-minute drive southwest of downtown Fort Worth. The Taruts both liked it—maybe even more than the ritzy penthouse condominium that they were also considering at the Montgomery Plaza building in the city’s West 7th district.
The 2021 Fort Worth Magazine Dream Street, the sequel to last year’s wildly successful inaugural Dream Street, will feature three stunning, luxury homes built, designed, and decorated by some of the region’s best builders, architects, and designers.
Tim Windmiller of Windmiller Custom Homes; Rick Wegman, Karl Hahnfeld, John Giordano, and Rob Cocanower of HGC Residential Development; and John Webb of Heritage Homes will each construct homes that will showcase the latest trends in design and technology in the new Montrachet development in West Fort Worth. The homes will be open for touring this winter, and all proceeds will go to a Wish with Wings, the magazine’s flagship charity that grants wishes to children with life-threatening conditions.
A home typically has three stages: design, build (which includes interior decoration), and sell. Ultimately, everything hinges on the sale, a pressure-packed job that lies in the hands of the Realtor. But how does one sell a home with such a niche clientele? And how has the past year affected the business? We posed these questions to local real estate broker, John Zimmerman of Compass, who is also the real estate agent for one of the three homes that comprises the Fort Worth Magazine Dream Street.
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