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Rendering of the entrance to the 50-story Santander Tower and its 14 floors of luxury apartments. [Image: Woods Capital]
Report: Dallas Among Top 10 U.S. Cities in Future Conversions of (Mostly Office) Buildings Into Apartments
by David Seeley | Jul 26, 2023
According to a new RentCafe report, Dallas is on track to add 1,912 additional apartment conversions in coming years, placing it No. 10 in the U.S. in the category. And 80% of those adaptive reuse projects will be in office buildings, exceeding the share in L.A., New York City, and Chicago.
by David Seeley |
Jul 26, 2023
The local BeyHive's buzzing about the September 21 Beyoncé concert at AT&T Stadium. Lexus has signed on as a U.S. tour sponsoring partner—and is providing $20,000 in each tour city to help small, minority-owned businesses through the BeyGOOD Foundation.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jul 26, 2023
MassChallenge brought together more than 200 startups, investors, and corporates from the U.S. and beyond for a three-day gathering at Dallas' Pegasus Park. The Boston-based nonprofit accelerator, which expanded to North Texas last year, showcased its new hub as a center of innovation and entrepreneurship.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 26, 2023
Drawing from his own powerful lesson after losing a multimillion-dollar deal, TransPharMed CEO Kirk Barnes helps founders and leaders to be primed and ready to connect when opportunity knocks. Will Magruder, VP of partnerships at MassChallenge, lends his expertise to crafting a "handshake pitch" in nine words or less. Here's how.
Plus, the votes are in. MassChallenge announced its Handshake Pitch Winners at Pegasus Park: “We're the Tesla of jet skis,” “Net-zero concrete by 2050 by 2022," "We personalize treatment down to your genes," and more.
Plus, the votes are in. MassChallenge announced its Handshake Pitch Winners at Pegasus Park: “We're the Tesla of jet skis,” “Net-zero concrete by 2050 by 2022," "We personalize treatment down to your genes," and more.
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JW Marriott Dallas Arts District [Photo: JW Marriott]
JW Marriott Dallas Arts District Opens as Modern Addition to Downtown Skyscape
by David Seeley | Jul 26, 2023
Built with architectural inventiveness over a massive parking garage, the 267-room luxury hotel features three restaurants, two lobby spaces, and over 20,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Coolest attraction? The stunning Arts District views from its 'mid-air pool' and the nearby sky-level terrace bar, Vincent's.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jul 26, 2023
The Boston-based nonprofit accelerator prepares to launch Human Potential Program with a Demo Day in Dallas, seeks North Texas corporate partners.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 26, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 1974 Productions delivering music content to a smart phone, Amazon's answer time prediction in a contact center service of a provider network, Anaplan's system for creating and maintaining a data hub in a distributed system, AT&T, Emory University's method for mitigating international revenue share fraud, Below Zero Sport's body cooling article of clothing, Forcepoint's fuzzy matching and alias matching for streaming data sets, Global Tel*Link's personalized chatbots for inmates, and Siemens Industry Software's message monitoring.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 25, 2023
Uniting two health tech innovators, Dallas-based unicorn Axxess has strategically acquired Complia Health, accelerating its quest to revolutionize home health tech solutions for providers.
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Fort Worth's planned National Juneteenth Museum is designed by the New York office of Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group. [Rendering courtesy City of Fort Worth]
Bank of America Awards $1M Grant to Fort Worth’s National Juneteenth Museum
by David Seeley | Jul 25, 2023
"The National Juneteenth Museum will be a social and economic anchor in Fort Worth that will serve as a catalyst for community education and growth," Mike Pavell, Bank of America Fort Worth president, said in announcing the $1 million grant.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 25, 2023
Awarded to 101 community-based organizations across the state—including many in North Texas—the Blue Impact grants focus on health care access and target impacts of socio-economic and social determinants of health.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2023
The new program extends the companies' 2023 charitable initiative underway in Europe, where 65,000 trees are already slated to be planted in Germany, England, and Ireland.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2023
At both Topgolf and Dave & Busters, the exec led efforts "that nearly doubled unit count and increased average unit volume by double digits, and that growth mindset is key to what we want to achieve at Nothing Bundt Cakes," Roark Capital Managing Director Sarah Spiegel said.
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Aerial rendering of The Shops at RedBird. [Image: RedBird]
DMN: RedBird Developers Seeking New Investors for Southern Dallas Mall Project
by David Seeley | Jul 24, 2023
The owners of The Shops at RedBird have hired commercial property firm Jones Lang LaSalle to “arrange structured equity from a third-party investor to recapitalize the current partnership and fund future growth opportunities,” according to the Dallas Morning News. The mall revitalization project has brought thriving new commerce, innovation, and healthcare services to the area.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 24, 2023
Addison-based Credera—the consulting business of marketing group Omnicom—said the council will serve as a “collective intelligence hub” to address many different aspects of AI adoption. Founded by Credera Partner and Chief Data Scientist Vincent Yates, the council will aim to foster collaboration while guiding the responsible deployment of AI.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jul 23, 2023
From vacuum cleaners that can climb stairs, to robots built for firefighting, students in UT Dallas's UTDesign Capstone program are solving modern tech challenges. Companies in need? They're tapping into this pool of innovation, getting fresh solutions in AI, AR, robotics, bioengineering, and more.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jul 23, 2023
MassChallenge, a nonprofit connector of startups, founders, entrepreneurs, corporations, and communities, kicked off a partnership with Lyda Hill Philanthropies at the MC | Innovate 2023 Conference July 11-13 at Pegasus Park in Dallas....
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