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Dallas Stars Select Plano Site for New $1B Arena and Entertainment District

by | Jun 3, 2026
The NHL team, which brought home the Stanley Cup to Dallas in its 1999 championship season, aims to leave American Airlines Center behind for a new arena and entertainment district at Plano's Shops of Willow Bend site. A key Plano City Council vote on the arena project is slated for June 8.
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Samsung Is Relocating Its U.S. HQ from New Jersey to Plano
by | Jun 3, 2026
The move will bring around 1,000 relocated jobs and be completed "by the end of the year," the South Korean electronics giant said. The relocation aims to strengthen alignment across teams and offices while sharpening the company's focus "on the areas that will drive the greatest impact for our customers, partners, and business," Samsung added.
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Sonida Senior Living Appoints Former Seaport Entertainment Leader as COO
by | Jun 3, 2026
Dallas-based Sonida Senior Living, one of the nation's largest owner-operators and investors in senior living communities, has appointed Anton Nikodemus to the newly created role of chief operating officer, effective June 15.
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Patented: UNT’s Synthetic Video/Image Detection and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 12 with a total of 134 patents granted.
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Dallas Mavericks Pick Former Valley View Site for Arena, Entertainment District

by | Jun 2, 2026
After months of speculation about the site of the team's future multi-billion-dollar arena and entertainment district—possibly, and controversially, including the Dallas City Hall site—the Mavs are heading up the Tollway to a new home off LBJ Freeway. But tip-off won't be until at least 2031.
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Munck Wilson Mandala Expands into Fort Worth, Names Life Sciences-Focused Leader
by | Jun 2, 2026
Quintin Cassady, a former general counsel at Galderma Laboratories, will lead the Dallas law firm's Fort Worth office. He has more than 30 years of experience advising global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and consumer product companies on complex litigation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property strategy, compliance, and corporate growth initiatives, the firm said.
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Dallas’ WWEX Group and Austin’s Auctane Complete Merger, Will Operate as ShipStation Global
by | Jun 2, 2026
The companies announced plans for the merger three months ago when Thoma Bravo acquired WWEX Group. The combination brings together WWEX Group’s freight brokerage platform and network of more than 2,300 sales professionals with Auctane’s AI-powered shipping software, global carrier connectivity, and automation capabilities.
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AllianceTexas Is Building America’s First Autonomous Logistics Ecosystem and Redefining North Texas as the Future of Freight
Hillwood’s 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development has long served as a proving ground for what’s next in logistics. Now, through decades of public-private partnership, the creation of a Smart Port, and the integration of forward-thinking policy, AllianceTexas is helping define the future of freight by positioning North Texas to lead in the algorithmic age of supply chain infrastructure.
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North Texas’ Secretome Therapeutics Raises $30M Series A to Advance Muscular Dystrophy-Related Drug

by | May 28, 2026
The financing from Boston's RA Capital Management will support company operations and the continued development of Secretome’s pipeline of innovative treatments, including STM-01, an nCPC-derived therapy in development for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which has had few therapeutic options.
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Biote Names Its Chief Financial and Business Officer as Interim CEO
by | May 28, 2026
The Irving-based provider of innovative hormone optimization said its board has appointed Bob Peterson as Interim CEO and director, effective June 8. Bret Christensen is stepping down from his role as CEO and will continue to serve on the company’s board.
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Dallas-Based Apex Service Partners Gets Minority Investment From Apollo Funds
by | May 28, 2026
Calling itself the nation's largest residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services business, Apex recently relocated its headquarters from Tampa, Florida, to Dallas. The company operates 75 local brands across 46 states, with more than 13,000 employees serving over 16 million homes.
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Align Capital Partners Acquires Idaho-Based Heritage Imaging
by | May 28, 2026
Heritage Imaging operates in underserved markets across 14 states in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest, delivering full-service mobile imaging solutions and providing equipment and technicians to perform scans on-site at customer locations.
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EagleNXT Opens New HQ and Drone Manufacturing Center in North Texas

by | May 28, 2026
The Allen facility features EagleNXT's first-ever U.S. production line for its eBee VISION drone, a fixed-wing surveillance drone that can be deployed in three minutes by a single operator.  The company will also produce advanced multispectral sensors in Allen, along with counter UAS systems via a ThirdEye USA joint venture.
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Korbyt Names Former Verity Exec as CEO, Makes Other C‑Suite Moves
by | May 27, 2026
As CEO, Andrew Robson will prioritize product innovation, customer engagement, and expanding global market opportunities at the Addison-based digital signage and workplace experience software company, Korbyt said—while further scaling the Korbyt Anywhere platform. The company also announced two other C-suite additions.
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DynaTen Corp. Names President to Replace Retiring CEO
by | May 27, 2026
Kyle Hogue will continue in his role as president of the Fort Worth-based mechanical contracting company when he takes over the CEO post from Scott Brady, who acquired DynaTen in 2004.
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Plano-Based Ivy Technology Acquires Southlake’s ISP Tek Services
by | May 27, 2026
The strategic acquisition strengthens Ivy’s IT asset disposition capabilities and adds secure asset recovery, refurbishment, and resale services while extending the company's operational footprint into Mexico, Ivy said.
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