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HiFAB Studio and Plant in Grand Prairie Will Create Modern Modular Homes by Lake/Flato Architects

by | Sep 20, 2022
HiFAB, a new venture from Dallas-based Oaxaca Interests, will be building modular homes from its new plant on a seven-acre site in Grand Prairie. The first offering: two- and three-bedroom "Haciendas" designed by the noted San Antonio architecture firm Lake|Flato, starting at $249K and $375K. "Simple design is hard to pull off, but it allows us to focus on the details for a cleaner, more efficient way of living," says Oaxaca and HiFAB founder Brent Jackson.
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The Last Word: Siemens’ Cedrik Neike on Sustainability in Motorsports
Plano-based Siemens Digital Industries Software recently announced that the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile—the governing body of world motor sport and the federation of the world's leading motoring organizations—has selected Siemens as its Official Sustainability PLM Software Supplier.
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How 3 Nonprofit Leaders Are Closing Equity Gaps in Southern Dallas
by | Sep 20, 2022
Capital One is partnering with Bonton Farms, Harmony CDC, The Real Estate Council (TREC) and TREC Community Investors to close gaps in equity and opportunity in some of Southern Dallas’ most impoverished zip codes.
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The Last Word: Common Desk’s Nick Clark on Why Introverts Just Might Need to Be in the Office, and More
by | Sep 19, 2022
Clark was a recent guest on Keurig's "Café Culture" podcast, which explored ideas about creating café culture from the coworking category. In the podcast, Clark talks about how he founded Common Desk; how he loves it when people walk in off the street mistaking the company's locations for a bar; and how he first discovered the "magic" of having "serendipitous interactions" while coworking. But two topics jump out of the podcast: why it's important for introverts to be "prodded" into going back to the office, and why companies should look for "culture adds," not "culture fits."
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Texas Health Resources Addresses a Growing Need—Acute Care at Home

by | Sep 19, 2022
Arlington-based Texas Health Resources is introducing Texas Health Care at Home, an innovative new model that brings acute-level care directly into patients' homes. Launching initially with ER patients at two Fort Worth hospitals, the program will expand to more hospitals and eligible patients over time. The home setting addresses the "social and emotional components of healing" and helps reduce readmissions into emergency departments, Texas Health says. "We're adapting to new models of care to support patients wherever they are," says a Texas Health COO.
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Follow the Money: Cerebro Sports Lands Mark Cuban Backing, Ryan Snags Tax Products from Thomson Reuters, and More
by | Sep 19, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about Pathway Healthcare’s Texas expansion via Innovation360 acquisition; NEW A.G.E Inc’s $2.5M deal with Healing the Earth; donor software firm NPact's acquisition of products from Blackbaud; and Irving-based Commercial Metal Company’s acquisition of Advanced Steel Recovery among other deals.
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DI People: UNT Health Science Center, McKesson, Cyrus One, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | Sep 16, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Jacobs, HF Sinclair and Holly Energy Partners, Caris Life Sciences, Fossil Group, Deloitte, TRG, Invited, Instil Bio, RealPage, Critical Start, Genuine Article, and others.
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The 2022 BioNTX iC3 Summit Will Bring Together Leaders and Changemakers to ‘Accelerate Life Sciences Across North Texas’
The once-a-year summit on September 22 and 23 is an innovation multiplier for capital, collaboration, and commercialization. Experts in the field will discuss strategy and exchange insights—and what's driving life science success across the region.

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Gamified Exercise, Medical Devices, and More: 10 Startups Bring Their Ideas to Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator

by | Sep 15, 2022
The inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator is kicking off with 10 startups who come from all over the map—from Dallas to cities across the U.S. as well as Canada, Switzerland, and Germany. They'll be taking up residence in Fort Worth for an "intensive" 13-week mentorship program that makes each eligible for $120,000 in seed funding from the UNT Health Science Center and Goff Capital. “We believe that Fort Worth can become the physical health innovation capital of the world, and this is an incredible next step to making that vision a reality,” says Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams, president of UNT HSC.
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‘A Global Influencer of Technology and Innovation’: Richardson Opens HQ for Its Innovation Quarter
by | Sep 15, 2022
The 27,500-square-foot new HQ—in partnership with UT Dallas—anchors Richardson's 1,200-acre Innovation Quarter. A masterwork of vision planning years in the making, it's a catalyst to spark innovation and nuture collaborations—and attract hundreds of entrepreneurial businesses. Six new UT Dallas research centers will initially launch at the IQ HQ, helping to build businesses and commercialize research coming from the nearby university.

“We are a global presence," Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker said at the event. "And the vision that we have here is that we will be a global influencer of technology and innovation."
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Coffee With Impact: La La Land Kind Cafe Opens Its First Drive-Thru in Richardson
by | Sep 15, 2022
La La Land Kind Cafe—the coffee shop chain that's been "normalizing kindness" since it opened its first cafe in 2017 on Lower Greenville in Dallas—will debut its first drive-thru location in Richardson Saturday. Offering internship programs for youths who've aged out of foster care, the brand has a goal of spreading both opportunity and joy. That's won nice rewards for its founder, former SMU Cox School of Business student François Reihani, who made the cover of Entrepreneur's "Young Millionaires" issue and landed on Forbes' 30 Under 30 Social Impact list.
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Rendering of the new Business and Innovation Hub at The Star in Frisco. [Rendering: HKS]

Comerica Bank Is Building a New Business and Innovation Hub at The Star in Frisco

by | Sep 14, 2022
The hub—slated to open in late 2023 or early 2024—will house around 300 employees and offer "cross-functional collaboration" opportunities. From a balcony with views to an innovation center and tech genius bar, Comerica says the Frisco hub will complement its downtown Dallas headquarters. Extending Comerica's footprint to "one of the most desirable locations for business and innovation in the U.S." positions the bank for future success, says a Comerica EVP.
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McKinney’s SRS Distribution Partners With HOVER to Streamline Contractor Orders with 3D Digital Twins
With supply chain issues causing construction delays—and a renewed focus on reducing materials waste—ordering the correct amount of roofing and siding may be more important than ever for contractors. Today, HOVER and SRS announced a renewed partnership that enables contractors to use HOVER's app-powered digital twins to order SRS materials from right in the app. "The adoption of digital technology within the building industry is accelerating rapidly," notes SRS' Kent Gardner, who says the partnership "ensures added value in the digital space" for both companies' customers.
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Dallas Invents: 160 Patents Granted for Week of August 30
by | Sep 14, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Botsitter's remote monitoring, care and maintenance of animals, Socrates Health Solutions' blood glucose trend meter, Kyndryl's prioritization for charging electric vehicles while driving on the road, BNSF Railway's train simulator test set and method therefor, Alliance for Sustainable Energy's perovskite materials , TI's accelerated decision-tree execution, USAA's authentication in a virtual reality environment, JPMorgan Chase Bank's gamification-based engagement, Polara Enterprises' integrated accessible pedestrian system, and more.
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Hitachi Vantara Opens First North American Cloud and Engineering Center in Dallas
by | Sep 13, 2022
Dallas' newly opened Hitachi Application Reliability Center is the second of its kind in the world (the company opened its first one in India three months ago). Designed to help clients modernize their IT operations by taking an agile, engineering-led approach, the center expects to employ 120 in Dallas by 2025—adding to the company's already existing nearly 400-member DFW team. "We’re helping our clients move to the cloud strategically by designing for reliability and optimizing for costs," says the locally based SVP and CTO of the company's digital solutions business.
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