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Remodeling the old Social Security Office, the new Vista Banking Center, Financial Literacy Center, SDFP Innovation Center, and Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce offices are located at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and J. B. Jackson, Jr. Blvd. [Rendering: Vista Bank]
Vista Bank to Open New Banking Center Near Fair Park with Space for Local Nonprofits
by Lance Murray | Mar 13, 2024
Once Vista's renovation of the old Social Security building at 3225 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. is complete, the new location will serve not only as Vista's largest and latest banking center, but will also provide office space to house the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce as well as Southern Dallas Progress and the SDFP Innovation Center. A Financial Literacy Center will also serve the community.
by David Seeley |
Mar 13, 2024
In 2022, we told you about two next-gen, robotics-packed Walmart facilities that were coming to Lancaster, just south of Dallas: a 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center and a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery distribution center. The first opened last year and the second is still under construction. When it's completed, it will complete a trifecta of transformation in the region, including a retrofitted 1.2-million-square-foot distribution center in Sanger, north of Denton.
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Patented: Lupagen’s Real-Time Modifications of Patient Cells and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 13, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. 156 patents granted for the week of Feb. 13 include: Alcon's 3D printing of an intraocular lens having smooth, curved surfaces; Amazon Technologies' anomaly prediction for electronic resources; ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems' signal light for a loading dock; and more.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2024
The stratospheric deal for the Web3 digital marketing innovator was announced by John B. Billingsley, chairman and CEO of Carollton-based JBB Advanced Technologies, and attorney and business investor Christina Marshall, owner of Tronic Ventures. It comes two years after Billingsley sold his renewables-focused Tri Global Energy for $270 million.
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Michael's "Respect the Handmade" campaign was brought to life in partnership with creative agency OBERLAND. [Photo composite: Michaels video screenshots; DI studio]
Could Irving-Based Michaels Rival Etsy? Its Maker Marketplace Is Expanding
by Lance Murray | Mar 12, 2024
Celebrating craftsmanship playfully, Michael's new "Respect the Handmade" campaign features handcrafted crochet chickens, sock puppets, and talking dogs busting a move to a cover of Aretha Franklin's anthem song.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2024
Colorado City-based Notes Live aims to break ground late this year on the Sunset Amphitheater at a 46-acre site northeast of U.S. 75 and S.H. 121. The "world-class venue" will hold up to 20,000 and feature over 250 luxury fire pit suites, reserved seating options, and a landscaped grass berm, all under an "iconic roof structure."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2024
In a new Dallas Fed research paper, Cheremukhin writes that the central bank may find it easier to avoid a recession, thanks to a key fact: while job vacancies are decreasing in the U.S., unemployment has remained steady.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Mar 12, 2024
In this continuing series on real estate development in Southern Dallas, we introduce you to real estate professionals who are part of Innovan Neighborhood's Community Developers Roundtable. They’re working to bring new life to long-neglected parts of Dallas.
The New Dallas Landscape, Part 4: Meet Kwame Ellis and Khalid Shabazz, founders of Titan and Associates.
The New Dallas Landscape, Part 4: Meet Kwame Ellis and Khalid Shabazz, founders of Titan and Associates.
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[Illustration: India Edwards]
North Texas’ Nespon Solutions Acquires Columbia-Based Cloudblue Services
by Lance Murray | Mar 11, 2024
Grapevine-based Nespon said the deal increases its capabilities in Salesforce Industries for financial services, while expanding its presence in the Americas. The combined business will have nearly 350 employees and operate four global Centers of Excellence in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 11, 2024
Axis Energy Services said its EPIC RIG provides improvements in safety and efficiency, as well as the ability to run on grid power for reduced emissions and increased fuel flexibility—enabling the company to "reimagine the way a service rig operates."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 11, 2024
Dude Perfect is about to move into a new stepping stone: a $3 million new HQ in Jerry Jones' Star Business Park in Frisco, leaving behind their Frisco HQ 10 minutes to the south, where they've shot videos for the last seven years.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 11, 2024
Brick by brick, projects in Dallas, Arlington, and Fort Worth were designed to offer an urban park oasis, a state-of-the-art elementary school, and a music center with an "acoustically perfect" concert hall. Now all three have won 2023 Best in Class awards from the Brick Industry Association.
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Kristy Alballero, co-founder and COO of IOOGO. [Photo: IOOGO]
The Last Word: IOOGO’s Kristy Alballero On the ‘ALL-Women’ Award Winners at The DEC Network’s State of Entrepreneurship 2024
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 8, 2024
Today is International Women's Day, and many women entrepreneurs across North Texas are still basking in the glow of something that happened Thursday night: As Alballero said in her post, The DEC Network's 2024 State of Entrepreneurship event featured an all-star cast of women among its entrepreneur award winners.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2024
Sharon Mancero brings over three decades of experience from Wells Fargo to her new role. With her "deep industry knowledge and indisputable background in capital markets," Mancero looks to be a part of Agora's evolution as an "innovative auto finance powerhouse."
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2024
Sabre Corp., a Southlake-based travel technology provider, has named former Wyndham Worldwide executive Gail Mandel as executive chair of the board. Mandel, who has served on Sabre’s board since April 2020, will assume her new role at the company’s 2024 Annual Meeting on April 24.
Mandel has served on Sabre’s board since April 2020, and her appointment as chair will be effective at Sabre’s 2024 Annual Meeting, scheduled for April 24, the company said....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2024
MTX Group, a Frisco-based company, has announced that Edwin Smith has joined the firm as vice president of election solutions. According to MTX, this appointment is part of the company’s commitment to creating trusted, secure, and accessible election systems.
Smith brings more than two decades of experience in the elections industry, and MTX said he will focus on driving transformation in election office business processes, security, reliability, and innovation....
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