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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.
View of Downtown Dallas from Reunion Tower. [Image: Travelview/istockphoto]
U-Haul Ranks Dallas as a Top 10 2023 Moving Destination
by David Seeley | Jan 8, 2024
Austin and College Station-Bryan are the other two Texas destinations to make the Top 10 list of places people moved to for a new start in 2023.
by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Dec 21, 2023
Sherif Saadawi, VP of partnerships at Plug and Play, calls his platform "the most active VC in the world by volume of deals"—and that's just one of three pillars it's bringing to Frisco and McKinney, along with corporate-startup matchmaking and sector-focused accelerators.
"In almost every metric that we look for that makes a good ecosystem, DFW really ticks all the boxes," he tells Dallas Innovates.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 19, 2023
Some people think it's a drag to go to the office. But what if right outside your workplace there's a $10 million new Katy Trail Ice House on wooded grounds with three barbecue smokers, a ranch theme, and seating for 1,200 people?
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by David Seeley |
Dec 18, 2023
Frisco is the No. 1 city in the Lone Star State and the No. 7 city in the U.S. in its number of roundabout intersections. That's according to a story by Susan McFarland in the Dallas Morning News. Citing data from Kittelson & Associates, the DMN says Frisco has 61 roundabouts, with four more under construction and 16 in the design phase.
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Opening ceremony for Vietnam-based FPT Automotive in Frisco. [Photo: Business Wire]
Vietnam-Based FPT Launches Automotive Tech Subsidiary in Frisco
by Lance Murray | Dec 14, 2023
FPT—which had a total revenue of $1.87 billion in 2022 and more than 60,000 global employees—said its new Frisco subsidiary has a mission to "drive the advancement of software-defined vehicles, shape the new mobility era, and deliver the highest standards of safety and superior experiences to customers."
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by David Seeley |
Dec 14, 2023
The newest Canyon Ranch destination spa is located at the Crescent Hotel complex in Fort Worth's Cultural District. Its high-tech features include a Vichy table, a Noraxon Treadmill and Motion Capture system, VALD ForceDecks, a K5 Portable Metabolic analyzer, and more.
The company was acquired by Fort Worth's Goff Capital in 2017, which moved its HQ to the Panther City—and plans further Texas expansion.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 7, 2023
The two-story, 32,000-square-foot venue at Village on the Parkway is Puttshack's second in Texas. The Addison venue will be the first Puttshack to offer a new game experience called the Challenge Hole, highlighting the company's innovation and tech advancements.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 7, 2023
As one of the world’s leading outsourcers, Acquire BPO is eying an ambitious growth trajectory, with headcount potentially reaching 100,000 globally by 2035.
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The high-rise Knox Street development includes a hotel and residences, nine stories of offices above two stories of retail, a 27-story multifamily building, and a half-acre park. [Images: Trammel Crow Co.]
Huge Knox Street Mixed-Use Project Gets Construction Start in Dallas
by Lance Murray | Dec 6, 2023
The high-rise Knox Street project sits on a four-acre site adjacent to the Katy Trail and Highland Park. Once completed, it will feature a luxury hotel and condominiums, a 27-story multifamily building, nine floors of offices above two stories of retail and restaurants, and a half-acre park connected to the Katy Trail.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 5, 2023
Aimed for preschooler fans of the British animated TV pig, the new park in North Richland Hills near Fort Worth will offer five rides, seven themed playscapes, a water play area, and other attractions. Here's an early look at what kids across DFW will be begging to visit when it opens in 2024.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 1, 2023
The "one-of-a-kind" Universal Kids Resort being built in Frisco is designed for families with young children. It will offer a 300-room themed hotel and a theme park featuring "immersive themed lands" that celebrate Universal's brand of entertainment, humor, and fun.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 1, 2023
Some 235,000 Indian Americans live in Dallas-Fort Worth, part of the 450,000 who live in Texas. India's leading jewelry retailer has taken notice—and opened stores in Frisco and Houston this week to bring "artfully crafted jewelry to the Indian diaspora" living in the communities.
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Avenida Carrollton, the area's first Actve Adult 55+ community, is now open for tours and accepting pre-leases.
Avenida Carrollton Begins Preleasing for Area’s First-of its-Kind Active Adult 55+ Community
by Lance Murray | Nov 22, 2023
Avenida Partners has launched pre-leasing and private tours for Avenida Carrollton, the first active adult 55+ community in Carrollton that features both boutique apartments and designer villas.
The leasing center, with villa models available to tour, is open every day, the company said. The first villa move-ins will be in November with apartment homes available in the spring, company said....
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by David Seeley |
Nov 15, 2023
Slated to open for golf in November 2024, 1876 Country Club is being built in the Legacy Hills development of fast-growing Celina, 40 miles north of Dallas. Centurion American Development Group is the developer behind both Legacy Hills and the new club.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 15, 2023
A football is round with points on each end. A bowling pin is tall and wobbly. They were never meant to mingle—but somehow they do at Fowling Warehouse, a 71,000-square-foot food-and-entertainment venue in Plano.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 9, 2023
Christine Leong Connors, a former leader at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank in Northern California, says EPIQ now has more people in Dallas than at its San Francisco headquarters.
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