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Athena Christodoulatos [Credits: Photo/Premier; DI studio]
Dallas-Based Architecture and Development Firm Premier Welcomes SVP of Strategic Partnerships
by Lance Murray | Jun 9, 2023
Athena Christodoulatos brings 11 years of experience in the hospitality industry and adds extensive strategic planning and relationship building to Premier's growing team, the company said.
by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
Scott G. Eisen brings more than 26 years of experience in real estate investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and business development to Invitation Homes, an S&P 500 company and premier U.S. single-family home leasing firm.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
Real estate services giant JLL has announced a series of 15 promotions within its Dallas office.
Brad Selner, Kelley Kackley, and Larry Toon have been promoted to the role of executive managing director, specializing in office tenant representation.
Joining them as senior managing directors are five office tenant rep brokers: Andy Leatherman, Conor McCarthy, Jon McNeil, Bret Hefton, and Torrey Littlejohn....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
Dallas-based global real estate firm Lincoln Property Co. announced that Maria Stamolis has been appointed as chief investment officer and head of investment management.
It’s a role in which she will oversee the company’s investments across its global portfolio, which includes roughly $3 billion in assets under management invested in over $6 billion in assets for separately managed pension fund portfolios....
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Scott Turner
Irving Developer JPI Announces Appointment of Chief Visionary Officer
by Lance Murray | Jun 9, 2023
A former NFL player, Scott Turner is the former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council under Dr. Ben Carson's leadership. Before that, he served two terms as representative of House District 33 in the Texas House of Representatives.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the world’s largest wholesale distributor of beverage alcohol, announced that President Sheldon “Shelly” Stein will retire, effective July 1. The company has headquarters in Dallas and Miami....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
Fort Worth Mayor Pro Tem Gyna Bivens will lead the 45-member Regional Transportation Council for the next year after being elected chair on Thursday.
She takes over for Collin County Commissioner Duncan Webb, who led the Regional Transportation Council (RTC) through the recently concluded 88th Texas Legislature, the council said....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
General Motors said the investment will enable it to strengthen its industry-leading full-size SUV business. Since 2013, GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for its Arlington Assembly plant. See why the company is committed to offering internal combustion engine vehicles for years to come—despite its plan to spend $35 billion on electric and autonomous vehicle development by 2025.
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Crow Holdings Announces Co-Leaders for New Renewable Energy Venture
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 9, 2023
This week, Crow Holdings, a Dallas-based real estate investment and development firm, announced the launch of Crow Holdings Renewables. The new venture will develop solar energy and battery storage projects throughout the United States at community and utility scales.
At the helm of the endeavor is a highly capable team assembled by Crow Holdings....
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by David Seeley |
Jun 9, 2023
The historic Ambassador Hotel in The Cedars just south of downtown Dallas—once slated for an apartment conversion—was destroyed in a 2019 fire. But now Austin-based OHT will build an apartment community on the site after all, the Dallas Morning News reports.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 9, 2023
“We can’t predict what city government is going to look like in 50 years.”
Barry Shelton
Assistant City Manager
City of McKinney
.…on why flexibility is being baked into the design of McKinney’s new city hall, via the Dallas Morning News....
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by David Seeley |
Jun 8, 2023
Based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, West Shore Home ramped up its tech game in 2022 by acquiring St. Paul, Minn.-based Design Center, Inc. The firm says its iPad design app and its "Don't Blink" mindset allow consumers to drive the remodeling process through its platform "in a fraction of the time" of traditional approaches.
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Volvo Autonomous Solutions partnered with Uber Freight and DHL in its initial 2023 manual test trucking runs from its new Fort Worth office. [Photo: VAS]
Volvo Autonomous Solutions Opens Fort Worth Office for Self-Driving Trucking Runs to El Paso and Houston
by David Seeley | Jun 8, 2023
Volvo's Fort Worth office will set up the first V.A.S. autonomous freight corridors from Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso and from Dallas to Houston. The company has already begun manual test runs with partners including Uber Freight and DHL. See who else is rolling autonomous trucks out of DFW—and why North Texas has become a key testing ground "to change the way we move goods on highways."
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 8, 2023
Dallas-based employee-owned, full-service design firm Huitt-Zollars, Inc. continued the expansion of its public works practice in Phoenix, Arizona, with the addition of Gavan & Barker, a Phoenix-based design group with expertise in civil engineering and landscape architecture.
“The addition of Gavan & Barker expands Huitt-Zollars’ footprint in the Phoenix area and increases our visibility in the public works market,” Huitt-Zollars President Robert McDermott said in a statement....
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 7, 2023
The Dallas company’s PaperEntry product targets customers wanting to save time and money by automating their data-entry process with artificial intelligence.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 7, 2023
Farmer Brothers—a leading roaster, wholesaler, equipment servicer and distributor of coffee, tea, and more—will keep its corporate headquarters in Northlake at its current location near the Texas Motor Speedway. But the company is moving a key part of its business to Oregon.
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