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Dallas Architecture Firm HKS Announces CEO Succession Plan

by | Dec 20, 2024
Heath May will take the CEO role in January 2026, after a year of apprenticeship and preparation alongside current CEO Dan Noble to ensure a "seamless and collaborative transition."
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Executive Returns to Dave & Buster’s as Chief Information Officer
by | Dec 20, 2024
Steve Klohn will rejoin Dave & Busters after recent changes, the company said. He had left earlier this year after spending a combined eight years with Main Event and Dave & Buster’s. Klohn was said to be "integral" in the company's June 2022 acquisition of Main Event.
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The Last Word: Sky Elements on Its Record-Setting, 5,000-Drone Holiday Light Show
by | Dec 20, 2024

Editor’s update: Sky Elements Drones, which was set to perform in Dallas on Dec. 31, has “informed Reunion Tower that they will not be able to fly their New Year’s Eve show,” Reunion Tower President Dusti Groskreutz said in a statement on Thursday, Dec....

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Three Relocations and an Expansion Coming to Chisholm 20 Business Park in Benbrook
by | Dec 19, 2024

Dallas-based national real estate developer Jackson-Shaw announced four leases at Chisholm 20, a Class A, four-building, 917,374-square-feet business park in Benbrook, that includes three relocations and an expansion.

“It’s great to welcome several new businesses and their employees to Benbrook, and we’re excited to see relocations and expansions from other areas across the Metroplex,” Jackson-Shaw Vice President of Development Miles Terry said in a statement....

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Dallas-Based AECOM Selected to Deliver Austin’s First Light Rail System, with Costs Slated to Surpass $7B

by | Dec 19, 2024
Phase 1 of the "transformative" project will introduce a roughly 10-mile light rail system to Austin with 15 stations to enhance regional connectivity and mobility for communities in the region, AECOM said.
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Collin College Taps Sweden-Based Skanska for $68M Plano Campus Renovation
by | Dec 19, 2024
The renovations will include converting existing office and classroom spaces into lab areas, a theater expansion, larger kitchen and dining room spaces, a "general refresh and reconfiguration," and more.
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Titanic Exhibition Returns to Dallas With Artifacts, Ship Re-Creations, and More
by | Dec 18, 2024
The largest and most immersive touring Titanic experience, Titanic: The Exhibition is a narrative journey that focuses on the fates of the passengers and crew aboard the sinking ship with stories, artifacts, and ship re-creations. Here's a preview look at what visitors will see.
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Patented: Toyota’s Artificial Muscle-Based Child Soothing Devices and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 26, with a total of 95 patents granted.
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Dallas Mavericks Name Longtime NBA Executive as Team’s New CEO

by | Dec 18, 2024
Effective Jan. 1, former Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts replaces the retiring Cynt Marshall after her nearly seven years at the helm of the Mavericks NBA franchise.
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Wing and DoorDash Partner on Drone Deliveries From 2 North Texas Malls
by | Dec 18, 2024
Launching at Brookfield Properties’ Stonebriar Centre in Frisco and Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, the service is said to be the first of its kind for shopping malls in the U.S., following a recent pilot program in Virginia.
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Bell Announces $632M Next-Gen Assault Aircraft Factory in North Fort Worth, Creating Over 500 Jobs
by | Dec 18, 2024
Two years after winning the U.S. Army’s biggest helicopter competition in 40 years—replacing the famed Black Hawk with a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft—Fort Worth-based Bell Textron announced a new factory in AllianceTexas will manufacture components for the next-gen tilt-rotor aircraft.
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Accenture Snaps Up North Texas’ Award Solutions
by | Dec 18, 2024

Plano-based Award Solutions, a provider of training and consulting services in advanced wireless and network technologies, has been acquired by Dublin, Ireland-based professional services company Accenture.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Award Solutions, founded in 1997, has employees in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Branson, Missouri; San Diego, California; and Bangalore, India....

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North Texas’ Unified Power Acquired by California’s Pearce Services

by | Dec 17, 2024
With more than 3,500 employees, the combination of Terrell-based Unified Power and California's Pearce Solutions creates one of the leading independent service providers for power continuity solutions in the United States, the companies said.
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Sliding Forward: Dallas’ Recess Fitness Club Adds 2‑Story Slide Plus Healthcare and ‘Biohacking’ Options
by | Dec 17, 2024
Recess Fitness Club is the largest independent gym in Dallas—and one of the most fun ones, with a new 2-story slide between floors in the "playground-inspired" space. Now the gym is getting serious, too, with new biohacking innovations and RecessRx, an integrated healthcare offering.
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The Last Word: Kendra Scott on the Launch of Yellow Rose in Dallas’ West Village
by | Dec 17, 2024
After launching in Austin in 2023, the Western lifestyle brand Yellow Rose by Kendra Scott opened Friday in Dallas' West Village retail and multifamily development at 3699 McKinney Avenue. Dallas Innovates first wrote about the expansion last month, sharing how the brand reimagines Western style with new product categories including hats, footwear, home goods, and apparel. 
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Rochefort Management Approved by DoD & SBA for the Critical Technologies Initiative
by | Dec 17, 2024
A joint venture between Kyle Bass' Dallas-based Hayman Capital Management and Florida's Serengeti Asset Management, Rochefort has been authorized under the federal Critical Technology Initiative to help improve America's economic and national security by providing capital to rapidly growing small businesses.
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