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AMLI and Stream Realty Partners Will Develop 18-Acre, $472M Transit-Oriented Showplace at Addison Circle

by | Apr 13, 2022
The transit-oriented signature development will be built around the upcoming DART Silver Line station with Addison Circle Park as its green space anchor. Here's a first look.
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Dallas Invents: 91 Patents Granted for Week of March 15
by | Apr 13, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's tracking positions using a scalable position tracking system, Accenture's self-managed intelligent elastic cloud stack, and TMGCore's robotics employed in processes and systems for liquid immersion cooling, and more.
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Mixed-Use RFP: Richardson Seeks ‘Gateway’ Development for The Innovation Quarter
by | Apr 12, 2022
The city is requesting developer proposals for a high-density, transit-oriented development at DART’s Arapaho Center Station. It will act as a large connector and entry point for The IQ—a sprawling district focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Plano Cybersecurity Firm Raises $215M as Threat of Attacks Grows
by | Apr 12, 2022
Plano-based Critical Start—which says its mission is "delivering badass cybersecurity"—raised the $215 million strategic growth investment from Austin's Vista Equity Partners. The move comes as ransomware attacks increased 104% in North America last year, and as other Dallas-area cybersecurity firms have been recent targets of $525M to $1B acquisitions and investments.
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Common Desk CEO Nick Clark Is Riding the Wave of ‘Cataclysmic Change’ in the Future of Office

Common Desk CEO: Flexibility and Hospitality are Keys to Riding the Wave of 'Cataclysmic Change' in the Future of Office Now under the WeWork umbrella, Common Desk aims to shape the growth of the flexible workspace industry. While offices still engage in what Clark calls "an amenity race," they're now more in competition with home offices rather than one another.
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Dallas Crypto Infrastructure Firm Eyes Uplisting to Nasdaq
by | Apr 11, 2022
Applied Blockchain, an owner and operator of data center facilities used for mining crypto assets, filed plans with the SEC to uplist from the OTC Pink market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market in a move that could raise up to around $63 million.
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Richardson-Based Digital Transformation Firm Aims to Hire Thousands Globally
by | Apr 11, 2022
InfoVision says it plans to hire 2,000 additional employees in India by next year, in addition to opening a 300-person development center in Guadalajara, Mexico. "We believe that our investments in digital will help clients accelerate innovation and reimagine their businesses," Co-Founder and President Sean Yalamanchi said, citing the need to be "future proof at the convergence of technologies."
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DI People: Dave & Busters, Fujitsu, Keurig Dr Pepper, Aurora Innovation, DHA, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 8, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Firehouse, Enseo, Cambium Learning, D Magazine, Lear Investment Management, Spacee, Envy Gaming, 5Q, Stream Realty Partners, Nanoscope, Crossplane Capital, Improving, TimelyMD and more.
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Who Won Last Night’s ‘The Pitch’? Impact Innovators Expand Reach With $270K in United Way Funding

by | Apr 7, 2022
Five organizations took the stage last night at the sixth annual The Pitch competition, after honing their skills through the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ Social Innovation Accelerator program.

Here's who pitched, who won what, and why it matters to the communities these innovators are striving to serve.
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Executive Director of DFW’s Urban Land Institute: How CRE Professionals Can Help Build ‘Sustainable, Thriving Communities’
by | Apr 7, 2022

As the relatively new executive director of the Urban Land Institute Dallas-Fort Worth, Tamela Thornton promotes dialogues and actions in commercial real estate that lead to transformed communities. ...

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Kodiak Partners with U.S. Xpress on First-Ever Autonomous Lane from Dallas to the East Coast
by | Apr 7, 2022
Self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics is teaming up with U.S. Xpress to launch autonomous freight service between Dallas and Atlanta using Kodiak's self-driving trucks—with operators in the cab to monitor things. It's the first launch of a commercial autonomous trucking lane to the East Coast, following earlier Kodiak routes from Dallas to Houston, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City.
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Autonomous Parking Is Coming to DFW International Airport
by | Apr 7, 2022
The pilot is funded through the NCTCOG’s Regional Transportation Council’s (RTC) Automated Vehicles Program.
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How Siemens Is Helping an Italian Startup Enable Undersea Greenhouses

by | Apr 7, 2022
Nemo's Garden aims to revolutionize farming with sustainable undersea biospheres. Plano-based Siemens Digital Industries Software is helping the startup "massively" accelerate using digital twin tech.
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Hillwood EVP: Dallas-Fort Worth Is Now a ‘Gateway Market’
by | Apr 6, 2022
Hillwood's Bill Burton leads vision and strategy at AllianceTexas, which recently surpassed $100 billion in economic development for the region.

Burton is bullish on the continued growth of the industrial space in Dallas-Fort Worth—and the autonomous tech driving the future in the supply chain. Here's why.
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Eatertainment Innovators: Dave & Buster’s to Buy Main Event in $835M Deal
by | Apr 6, 2022
Coppell-based Dave & Buster's is set to acquire Dallas-based Main Event Entertainment, which will continue to operate as a distinct brand. The combination of the family entertainment innovators is a "transformational opportunity," the companies say.
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Aurora Hires Former Ryder CTO, Opens New Terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso to Support Autonomous Pilot Partnership with Werner
by | Apr 6, 2022
Former Ryder CTO Kendra Phillips will lead Aurora's trucking and logistics partner programs. The newest one—a Fort Worth-El Paso hauling route for Werner Enterprises—is a key link in the commercial thoroughfare from L.A. to Atlanta. But it's a flat, monotonous run that many truck drivers find unappealing—making it a key test case for the Aurora Driver.
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