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The Frisco-based Dude Perfect team will be at Dickie's Arena. [Photos: Dude Perfect/Facebook]
The Last Word: Dude Perfect’s Coby Cotton on Jumping from YouTube to a $100M Theme Park
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 28, 2023
Dude Perfect told the Wall Street Journal they've sent out bid requests for their proposed $100 million theme park/HQ "to Frisco and other cities" and asked for responses within two months. Meanwhile, the team said, they've been talking with potential fundraisers for the project.
by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2023
A leader in "account-based decisioning" and real-time machine learning models, VALID announced its launch of InteliFUNDS, a new service that enables banks to make up to 99% of check deposits "instantly available with no risk to the institution." Founded in 2003, the pioneer in check authentication and risk decisioning says it has "more than $200 billion in decisioned checks under our belt."
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2023
State governments affected by the opioid epidemic were locked in intense litigation with pharmaceutical companies for years. Now the settlement money is being distributed, earmarked for treatment centers, recovery services, transitional housing needs and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 27, 2023
According to a new report from Redfin, Dallas-Fort Worth's gravitational pull continued to exert itself in January. DFW was the No. 6 metro in the U.S. among the Top 10 Metros Homebuyers Are Moving Into, the report shows. And the metro that lost the most residents to DFW-bound homebuyers was Los Angeles. The report says DFW homes sell "for roughly half" of the typical L.A. home, which costs $800,000.
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An Addison location of Common Desk. [Photo: Common Desk]
Common Desk Plans 23K-SF Coworking Space in Dallas’ The Hill Shopping Center
by David Seeley | Feb 27, 2023
Common Desk, a coworking space company that launched in Deep Ellum and now has nearly two dozen locations in North Texas, Austin, Houston, and North Carolina—has its eyes on The Hill. The Hill Shopping Center, that is—a trendy retail development on Walnut Hill Lane near U.S. 75.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2023
Pei Wei Asian Kitchen plans to bring its "wok'd-to-order" dishes to 10 to 15 new locations this year in Texas, Arizona, and Florida, and is expanding its footprint in unexpected places like food trucks, airports, and even inside Kroger Grocery stores. The company has introduced a new "light and bright design" in several new DFW traditional locations, as well as at its first digital location on Dallas' Greenville Avenue.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 24, 2023
Edithann Velez Ramey has been appointed chief marketing officer of Arlington-based Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world’s largest regional theme park company and the largest operator of waterparks in North America....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 24, 2023
Former Microsoft executive Robert Bernard has joined Dallas-based real estate services giant CBRE Group as chief sustainability officer and senior vice president of client sustainability solutions, bringing with him more than two decades of environmental sustainability experience....
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Klyde Warren Park [Photo: Dallas Arts District]
Klyde Warren Park Once Again Voted One of Top 5 Best City Parks in U.S.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 24, 2023
Klyde Warren Park is the jewel in the crown of downtown Dallas, and now it's gotten some extra sparkle. The park has been ranked No. 5 of all city parks in the U.S. in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice list for 2023. "Perched atop a sunken freeway, this nationally acclaimed 5-acre oasis is just one of the examples of what makes Dallas' downtown area so dynamic," USA Today writes.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 24, 2023
This week the Texas Motor Speedway announced the renewal of multiple commercial partnerships as well as two new partnerships with Texas-based companies.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 24, 2023
Just north of downtown Dallas, one of the city's most stand-out buildings is getting a new name along with some new internal looks. The former HQ of The Richards Group at 2801 North Central Expressway is being rebranded as One West Village and will begin undergoing renovations soon. Dallas-based CRE company OliveMill Holdings is doing the renovation after acquiring the building last year in a partnership with Dallas' Hunt Realty Investments and New York's Angelo Gordon.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 23, 2023
If you saw HBO's "The Last of Us" this week, you know all about the Death Zone—a perilous place full of zombies and murderous raiders. Well, we've all now entered our own real-life Death Zone, and it's on the calendar—the nearly 100-day stretch between President's Day and Memorial Day weekend is the longest 3-day weekend drought of the year.
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The RoboTire system at an Arlington Discount Tire store. [Video still: RoboTire]
A Robot Is Changing Tires in Arlington
by David Seeley | Feb 23, 2023
Michigan-based RoboTire uses "state-of-the-art robotics and advanced algorithms" to change a vehicle's tires in a fraction of the time it takes humans to do it, "reducing an hour-long experience to under 25 minutes while maintaining the highest levels of safety." The Arlington location is the second of Discount Tire's 1,100 stores to implement the system. And it's not a coincidence—Discount Tire is a RoboTire investor.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
The Toyota EV Incentive Finder is available on Toyota.com and is powered by EV Life. It makes finding federal, state, and even municipal incentives much simpler, the company says. Using EV Life's proprietary "Incentives Engine," Toyota customers will be presented with potential incentives of the available 470+ EV tax credits, rebates, and other benefits such as HOV carpool decals and toll discounts.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Carlos M. Pelayo has been appointed executive vice president and chief legal officer of Coppell-based Mr. Cooper Group Inc.
Pelayo will lead the company’s legal department and corporate governance functions and will serve on the executive leadership team....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Trend Micro says its acquisition of the Delaware-based company will extend its orchestration, automation, and integration capabilities. It will also enable enterprises and Managed Security Service Providers to improve operational efficiencies, cost effectiveness, and security outcomes.
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