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Relocation + Expansion in Dallas-Fort Worth
Company moves and expansions you need to know. Plus: openings, regional firsts, and newcomers making business news across Dallas-Fort Worth.
Maurizio Rinaldi, CEO of SONDA USA [Photo: SONDA]
The Last Word: Maurizio Rinaldi on Chile-Based SONDA Choosing Dallas for Its North American HQ
by David Seeley | Jun 24, 2024
With a valuation of. around $400 million, Santiago, Chile-based SONDA is an IT firm focused on digital transformation services—with a special focus on helping to create "smart cities." Its regional presence stretches from the southern tip of South America all the way up to Mexico, and now it's Dallas-bound after choosing the city for its North America HQ.
by David Seeley |
Jun 21, 2024
Psychemedics launched in the 1980s after its founder made global headlines by drug-testing strands of hair from the 19th-century poet John Keats. Today the Nasdaq-traded company—which relocated to Dallas from Massachusetts earlier this year—helps Fortune 500 companies, police departments, and even parents determine if someone has abused drugs.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2024
The L.A.-based PE firm recently added Scott Bigelow as senior fund controller in its new Dallas office. Natalia Rainforth also joined its Dallas office as accounting manager.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 14, 2024
The surf's almost up in Deep Ellum, the historic neighborhood just east of downtown Dallas. Next Thursday, June 20, Goodsurf—a culinary and surf concept and subsidiary of Urban Entertainment Concepts—will open the doors and waves of its new venue at 317 S. Second Avenue.
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Brent Reaves, co-owner of Smokey Johns BBQ, shows off his company's banana pudding at the new Joe V's Smart Shop in Southern Dallas. [Photo: H-E-B]
Attention ‘Smart Shoppers’: H‑E‑B Opens Joe V’s Smart Shop Grocery in Southern Dallas
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Jun 13, 2024
The brand's first location outside the Houston area has opened on Wheatland Road with the fresh products H-E-B is known for "at even lower prices with an assortment that’s uniquely curated for the community." One of those curated offerings is products from local barbecue legend Smokey John's BBQ.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 12, 2024
The Picklr, North America’s fastest-growing indoor pickleball franchise according to the company, has officially launched its newest location at Eldorado Plaza in McKinney. Whitestone REIT, the property’s owner, announced the opening, which brings the rapidly growing racket sport to the city’s residents and visitors....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 11, 2024
AVI Systems provides audiovisual and meeting room solutions for the modern workplace—and has also worked on large-scale projects including Texas Live! in Arlington. Its new Flower Mound logistics center offers "a factory-like approach to assembly, testing, logistics planning, and installation."
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2024
Phase I is set to go live in December, followed by a transformative 550,000-square-foot Phase II expansion. The project offers an "excellent alternative" to the tight Dallas-Fort Worth data center market, according to the company's Wylie-based CEO.
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One of the multiple lounges at Workbox-Victory Park [Photo: Workbox]
Workbox Expands Into Texas with New Coworking Workspace in Dallas’ Victory Park
by Lance Murray | Jun 3, 2024
Chicago-based Workbox also announced it has raised $17.5 million in a Series A equity round with a follow-on option to secure an additional $5.5 million.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 3, 2024
South Korea-based Hyosung has been a leader in ATM hardware, software, and services in America since entering the U.S. market in 1998. Its new production, warehouse, and storage facility is 66% larger than Hyosung’s prior facilities and aims to help meet its customers' "evolving needs."
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by Lance Murray |
May 30, 2024
Dill Dinkers' local business partners have committed to open "at least 50 locations" in the North Texas area—including in Euless, Southlake, Keller, Frisco, Little Elm, McKinney, and Mansfield. They join an ongoing gold rush of pickleball facility brands aiming to tap passionate players' pickle-y preferences.
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by Lance Murray |
May 22, 2024
The center will be located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural District and create roughly 300 jobs over the next three to four years, ITS said. It will be ITS Logistics’ second location in Fort Worth after its 1.1-million-square-foot distribution center, which opened last year.
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HASA is opening its third facility in Texas with a new package product manufacturing facility in Rhome. [Image: HASA]
California Water Treatment Company Opens New Production Facility in North Texas
by Lance Murray | May 21, 2024
HASA is a provider of "safe, clean, and clear water treatment" for recreational, municipal, and industrial water sanitization. Its new package product manufacturing facility in Rhome is its third facility in Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
May 21, 2024
The auto maker's new Dallas Business Center in Coppell will be co-located with Subaru's existing distribution and training facility as part of a 200,000-square-foot expansion project with logistics real estate giant Prologis.
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by David Seeley |
May 21, 2024
A month after hitting the Nasdaq in a $5.85M IPO, Garland-based Massimo Group is expanding its manufacturing facility by 90,000 square feet to support both its pontoon boat production and its powersports vehicle operations.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 17, 2024
With the addition of a forthcoming facility in Dallas-Fort Worth, Packaging Distribution Resources' portfolio now totals more than 600,000 square feet across the U.S.. The New Jersey-based company serves industries from consumer packaged goods to nutritional supplements, beauty and personal care, home goods, and e-commerce.
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