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Dallas’ Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope Acquires Midwest Glass Fabricators

by | Feb 8, 2024
Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope CEO Bruno Biasiotta said his company's customers and partners "will benefit from the combined expertise of OBE and Midwest Glass through a broader portfolio of products, expanded geographic coverage, and access to OBE’s industry-leading tools and services.”
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Dallas’ Braemont Capital Acquires Colorado Tech Services Provider Loenbro
by | Feb 8, 2024
Braemont said the deal strategically positions Loenbro—a provider of highly technical, specialized services to the data center, infrastructure, and diversified industrial markets—for continued growth through both organic and M&A-driven initiatives.
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North Texas’ Forward Vision Acquired by Las Vegas Branding & PR Agency
by | Feb 8, 2024
JSA said the addition of Forward Vision's B2B marketing team—including its top executives, creatives, and digital, social and PR professionals—will allow for the same "seamless dedication to customer service" that Forward Vision customers have come to depend upon.
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Dallas’ Trive Capital Is Taking a U.K. Bowling and Entertainment Company Private
by | Feb 8, 2024
Tenpin offers customers a unique experience via a mix of bowling lanes, video arcades, escape rooms, karaoke, laser tag, pool, table tennis, and soft play across 53 centers. The partnership with Trive will allow Tenpin to accelerate its expansion strategy in the U.K. and continue to invest in its site portfolio to enhance customer experience, the Dallas PE firm said.
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‘Walk this Way’ Exhibit Tells Stories Through Nearly 200 Years of Women’s Shoes

by | Feb 8, 2024
Opening this Friday, the exhibition at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum offers a pathway to stories centered around "women's labor activism, the fight for suffrage and equal rights, the sexual revolution, and more."
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Pop, Fizz, Zen: BuDhaGirl’s New Sparkling Wines Add a Bubbly Twist to Mindful Celebrations
by | Feb 8, 2024
If you find contemplative moments in watching tiny bubbles pirouette up the inside of a wine glass, this new line from lifestyle and jewelry brand BuDhaGirl could be made to order for you.
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Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Are Bringing a $5B New Pediatric Campus to Dallas
by | Feb 7, 2024
The new campus in Dallas' Southwestern Medical District will "enhance our shared capacity to provide comprehensive care for children, including those with the most complex medical and surgical needs," said Christopher Durovich, president and CEO of Children's Health.
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Dallas-Plano-Irving Metro Ranked No. 8 Among Best-Performing Cities in U.S.
by | Feb 7, 2024
According to the 2024 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index, the Dallas-Plano-Irving metro division earned its top 10 spot "largely because of the continued strength of its labor market." The metro "ranked in the top 10 large cities in all job growth categories and in one-year wage growth," the report said, while performing well "in most components" of the report's rankings.
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Patented: Textron Innovations’ VTOL Aircraft and More North Texas Invetive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros. 129 patents granted for the week of 1/16/24 include: Equifax’s secure online access control to prevent identification information misuse, Musarubra’s system and method for automatically prioritizing rules for cyber-threat detection and mitigation, Max-IR Labs’ IR radiation and fluid channel to detect contaminants and salts in fluids, Meta Platforms’ systems and methods for determining hand poses in artificial reality environments, Textron’s VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans.
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Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas Opens Amid $55M Renovation
by | Feb 6, 2024
Acquired in 2022 through a joint venture between Trinity Investments and Partners Group, the hotel is located on a former family ranch and has a 38-year-old legacy in the Dallas area. The property features two 18-hole golf courses and holds the certification of an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.
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Three North Texas Cities Make the Top 5 in FT’s List of Best Cities for Foreign Businesses
by | Feb 6, 2024
The Financial Times ranked Plano, Irving, and Dallas in the top five of its list of best cities for foreign business. Fort Worth and Arlington made the top 20 in the comprehensive evaluation of cities across the U.S., based on everything from workforce and talent to openness, investment trends, and more.
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Next Chapter: University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk Announces Plans to Step Down
by | Feb 6, 2024
Neal Smatresk's decade at UNT sparked big changes and growth, boosting its standing in academics and research. From "record-breaking enrollment" to "making UNT the highest-ranked Tier One institution in the North Texas region," his tenure marks transformation across multiple fronts.
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Report: Five North Texas Cities Are Among Top 20 ‘Hardest Working’ in the U.S.

by | Feb 5, 2024
Carrollton, Frisco, Irving, Dallas, and McKinney all have their noses to the grindstone, according to CoworkingCafe's evaluation of where U.S. residents work the hardest.
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Dallas-Based CBRE To Pay Over $1B for Military Hospitals and Bases Services Firm
by | Feb 5, 2024
CBRE Chair and CEO Bob Sulentic says the acquisition aligns with its M&A strategy to boost technical services, increase "revenue resilience" and long-term growth, and expand the company's government client work. 
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Despite Near-Miss on The Final, AT&T Stadium Snags Nine 2026 FIFA World Cup Matches
by | Feb 5, 2024
No Final? No problem. JerryWorld in Arlington will still be the site of more 2026 FIFA World Cup matches than any of the other 15 host venues. That includes one of the biggest prizes—hosting one of the two globally watched semi-final matches. Jerry Jones called the announcement a "triumph" and "a fabulous success."
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Texas Regional Bank Names President of North Texas Region, Commercial Banks
by | Feb 2, 2024
Mandy Austin will be responsible for TRB’s mission to provide exceptional financial services to the North Texas community while fostering solid relationships with clients and stakeholders, the Harlingen-based bank said.
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