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The Road to Everywhere:
A New Breed of Urbanism Transforming the 121 Corridor

by | Nov 21, 2018
The 121 corridor—stretching from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to McKinney along State Highway 121 and the Sam Rayburn Tollway—has been 20 years in the making. Now, it’s blossomed into a new CBD in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, becoming a destination for urban-suburban development.
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DI People: Neiman Marcus, CyrusOne, Pei Wei, Southwest Airlines Make Promotions
by | Nov 20, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at Apex Clearing, Invitation Homes, and Giordano, Wegman, Walsh, and Associates in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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Golden Seeds: Dallas Branch of Angel Group Bolsters Women Entrepreneurs
by | Nov 20, 2018
The 20-member chapter of Golden Seeds Dallas helps fund startups with at least one woman in an operating role at the C-suite level.
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DexFreight Enters the Blockchain Logistics Space with First Shipment
by | Nov 20, 2018
DexFreight founder Rajat Rajbhandari, who lives in Dallas, says the blockchain-based logistics platform is planning to establish a formal presence in North Texas.
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Introducing Crypto Fitness Gamification: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Tony G. from Lympo celebrate the U.S launch of Lympo, the nation's first blockchain fitness app, in partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, at the Dallas Mavericks' Lympo Practice Facility in Dallas, Texas on Friday, Nov. 16. [Photo: Peter Larsen]

ICYMI: Mavs x Lympo Blockchain Fitness App; Nokia, AT&T, Jaunt Augment Reality; Roger Wilco Announces ICO

by | Nov 17, 2018
From retail disruptors (Neighborhood Goods, Sam's Club, The Container Store) to kudos (UTD, The Trade Group, Deloitte's Technology Fast 500) to the weekly Top 10 (Mary Kay's 'R3'), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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Photo Tour: Grand Prairie ‘Reimagines Recreation’ With the Grand Opening of The Epic
by | Nov 16, 2018
The newest addition to the 172-acre EpicCentral is a 120,000-square-foot fitness, arts, and entertainment facility dubbed The Epic. Before the grand opening this weekend, check out a sneak peek of noteworthy feature—from the culinary kitchen to the digital media studios to the artists' residences.
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Follow the Money: Swych Sells Majority Stake; PICKUP Nets $5M; Sabre Agrees to $350M Deal for Farelogix
by | Nov 15, 2018
You’ll also find D.R. Horton, Finisar, Mr. Cooper, Mark Cuban, Pacific Union Financial, KAI Texas, Savhera PBC, HIG Holdings, Crestline Capital, Southlake Equity Group, and Texas Pride Impact Funds in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity by investors and companies with ties to North Texas.
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From left: Dallas Regional Chamber President and CEO Dale Petroskey, At Home Chief Marketing Officer Ashley Sheetz, and Hilti North America President and CEO Avi Kahn.
Find a Booster, Send a Warning Flare, Volunteer Your Leadership
by | Nov 15, 2018
Meet the Mentor(s): Advice from three local leaders who know they didn't get where they are by themselves.
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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 6

by | Nov 14, 2018
Patents were granted for USAA's water detection assembly, Texas Instruments' brownout response, Sensogram's wearable respiration rate monitoring system, Varidesk's design patent, and YSEOP's techniques for automatic generation of natural language text.
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Market In Motion: ‘How Do You Design and Adapt In An Environment Where You Know it Will be Different Tomorrow?’
ROUNDTABLE | As the Dallas-Fort Worth multifamily market continues to thrive, industry experts take on the topics that are changing the game.

The final installment of our series looks at how amenities have evolved, the rise of IoT and emerging technologies, disruptive trends, transportation, sustainability, and what the future holds.
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Market in Motion: Multifamily Experts on Density, Affordable Housing, and Community Engagement
ROUNDTABLE | As the Dallas-Fort Worth multifamily market continues to thrive, industry experts take on the topics that are changing the game. In Part Two, the panelists talk about urban-suburban developments, affordable housing, coliving, and the Airbnb effect.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Multifamily Experts Talk About a Market in Motion
ROUNDTABLE | As the Dallas-Fort Worth multifamily market continues to thrive, industry experts take on the topics that are changing the game.

In the first of this three-part series, expert panelists discuss the strength of the market, the drivers of demand, changing demographics, and where the money is coming from.
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It’s a Connection: Dallas Adopts WiredScore’s Building Connectivity Ratings Platform

by | Nov 13, 2018
Dallas becomes first flagship city for Wired Certification in the Southwest, giving the real estate industry a powerful new tool to market the region worldwide.
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DI People: Humphreys Appoints Dimmer as CEO; Signify Names Jasser Chief Medical Officer, EVP
by | Nov 13, 2018
Also, you’ll find leadership appointments and changes at United Surgical Partners, BenefitMall, ShearShare, Medical City Children's & Medical City Women’s hospitals, AlixPartners, Fluid Delivery Systems, and Lone Star Ag Credit in this roundup of people news in North Texas.
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VettedHeroes Seeks to Improve Veteran Hiring with Partnerships, Technology
by | Nov 12, 2018
VettedHeroes' digital platform will use AI and VR to match veterans with fulfilling jobs during the transition into civilian life.
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ICYMI Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas Innovates
ICYMI: Microsoft & Walmart Team on Dallas Cloud Factory, Health Wildcatters Pitch Day, StackPath Signs Cybersecurity Tech Accord
by | Nov 10, 2018
From business bytes (Mary Kay, Nexeon MedSystems, Children's Health) to impact (Paige Chenault is named Women of the World 'Mother of Invention') to the weekly Top 10 (JPMorgan Chase’s ‘Super Day’), here's your briefing on ideas and innovation in North Texas.
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