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The new Ability Connection HQ and training center in Las Colinas.
Ability Connection Makes Strategic HQ Move to Irving, Opening More Doors for People with Disabilities
by Lance Murray | May 22, 2023
Ability Connection, which celebrates its 70th anniversary milestone this year, serves more than 900 people across Texas, and relies on a one-person focus, where skilled staffers learn what priorities individuals and families need and want. The organization serves people with all types of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
by Lance Murray |
May 22, 2023
Veteran hotelier Hans Ritten has been appointed general manager for the upcoming HALL Park Hotel, and Ashley Herrera has been named senior property manager for The Monarch at HALL Park residential tower at the HALL Park development in Frisco, Dallas-based HALL Group announced....
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by David Seeley |
May 22, 2023
Tucked away among blocks of warehouses in Farmers Branch, an address without a sign offers no clues of the treasures within, which would make any supercar fan salivate—if they don't pass out from sheer overwhelmption. It's the 75,000-SF HQ home of Tactical Fleet, America's largest pre-owned supercar dealership, where hundreds of Lambos and stacked-to-the-ceiling Porsches and Ferraris glitter with the promise of speed.
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by David Seeley |
May 22, 2023
Dallas County's Mesquite Government Center will house a Tax Office, Constable Office, and Justice of the Peace and Juvenile Services offices, along with a community space and early voting operations area. Boston-based Suffolk—the company that built The Galbraith on Bryan Street, The Terminal at Katy Trail, and the Terminal C renovations at DFW Airport—is the contractor. See who's designing the center—and how it will impact Mesquite.
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Global Executive Search and Global Expansion: TGI Fridays CEO to Step Down as Company Grows the Brand in New Territories
by Lance Murray | May 19, 2023
Ray Blanchette has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Dallas-based restaurant chain TGI Fridays and board chair Rohit Manocha, co-founder of TriArtisan Capital Advisors, will assume Blanchette’s responsibilities on an interim basis.
The TGI Fridays executive team will report directly to Manocha.
“TGI Fridays is beginning a new phase of revitalization, innovation, and value creation....
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
Nchacha E. Etta has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fort Worth-based Omnicell Inc., a leader in transforming the pharmacy care delivery model, effective June 1....
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
Leading global tax services and software provider Ryan announced that Fred Crawford has joined its board of managers as its 14th member.
“I am thrilled to welcome Fred to the Ryan Board of Managers,” Ryan Chairman and CEO G....
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by David Seeley |
May 19, 2023
In February, Dallas-based multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm NexPoint revealed plans and renderings for a proposed 200-acre life sciences development in Plano that could eventually create over 4 million square feet of lab, office, and therapeutic production space.
At the time, the working title for the development was the TxS District, short for Technology x Science. But today NexPoint announced that the project has been renamed as something bigger and bolder: the "Texas Research Quarter," or TRQ.
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Tanya Patterson, Vice President of Strategic Solutions at Texans Credit Union
Texans Credit Union Promotes Longtime Employee to VP of Strategic Solutions
by Lance Murray | May 19, 2023
Richardson-based Texans Credit Union has promoted Tanya Patterson to vice president of strategic solutions, a role in which she will lead the newly formed Strategic Solutions department that will focus on identifying new growth opportunities for the credit union.
“We are excited to have Tanya leading our Strategic Solutions department. We believe her leadership skills will be instrumental in helping Texans achieve its strategic objectives,” Texans Credit Unioin CEO David Frazier said in a statement....
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by Quincy Preston |
May 18, 2023
The multi-billion investment firm’s two-property industrial deal in Philadelphia builds on its commitment to grow in the “critical sector.” Closer to home, NexPoint recently unveiled plans for a massive life sciences district in Plano. The proposed 200-acre TxS development would be a "major economic catalyst" for North Texas, the firm’s founder said in February.
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by Lance Murray |
May 18, 2023
Plano-based Toyota Connected North America employees and family members drove in Eco or EV mode for a week to see how much earth-saving difference it can make. Turns out, it made a lot—the equivalent of 748 trees sequestering carbon for 10 years, with a savings of 5,091 gallons of gasoline.
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by David Seeley |
May 18, 2023
After 30 years as a globe-trotting fashion designer, Rockmore went viral on TikTok in 2021, amassing over 2 million followers. Now the Dallas-based influencer is out with her own capsule summer collection of "three essential styles" in "delicious colors" at "an accessible price." Oh—and she has a two-story closet.
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The Last Word: FC Dallas President Dan Hunt on the World Cup Coming Back to Dallas
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 18, 2023
The next World Cup is still three years away, but soccer fans in North Texas were already buzzing like crazy today. That roar you might have heard at the AT&T Discovery Center in downtown Dallas or the The Star’s Tostitos Plaza in Frisco coincided with the official unveiling of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Dallas logo and branding.
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by Dallas Next Media |
May 18, 2023
Here’s how your company could be named one of the most innovative, fastest-growing companies in North America. The prestigious Fast 500 rankings honor companies large and small, public and private.
Time is ticking: Apply by June 23, 2023.
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by Lance Murray |
May 17, 2023
121 Technology Park's first phase will feature four Class A buildings, offering 370,000 square feet of technology manufacturing and industrial space. Later phases will include two 100,000-square-foot office buildings, 130 owner-occupied townhomes, and 20,000 square feet of food and beverage retail.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 17, 2023
Two months ago, Dallas-based ad agency TRG launched its new "whole human" approach, with the slogan "To earn people's attention, we must pay attention to people." Now the agency aims to do that with a whole new Brand Performance Group based around human attention metrics.
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