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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.
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The Big Wave: Texas Leads U.S. in Lake Home and Lot Listings, with Lake Lewisville No. 2 in the Nation
by David Seeley | Jun 13, 2023
Across the U.S., lake homes and lot listings have surged $5.9 billion since February, with 73,925 lake properties on the market nationwide. And by far the greatest number of listings are in Texas, which ranks No. 1 in the U.S. with 14,669 watery-view offerings. And the U.S. lake with the second-most listings overall? Lake Lewisville, right here in North Texas. See why lake homes are selling like hot cakes—and why Texas is on top.
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Jun 8, 2023
Elina Lavit, originally from the Soviet Union, charted a new course in 2021. Swapping San Francisco for Dallas, she's now steering business development at OncoNano Medicine, a North Texas biotech that aims to revolutionize cancer treatment.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Apr 21, 2023
Kelly-Moore Paints' announcement of its HQ relocation to Irving is the latest step in the company's growth in the North Texas region, following the move of its state-of-the-art manufacturing operations to Hurst in 2017. CEO Charles Gassenheimer told Dallas Innovates his company has big plans for its future in North Texas.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 1, 2023
For most travelers, DFW Airport’s Terminal C is just a way to get someplace. But this summer it’ll get its own destination: Nowitzki, a new, high-tech bar and restaurant concept steeped in the brand power of the Dallas Mavs legend....
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Game On: North Texas is a ‘High-Tech Entertainment’ Paradise
by David Seeley | Jul 28, 2022
From Topgolf to Puttery, Electric Shuffle, TOCA Social, Two Bit Circus and more, North Texas may be America's greatest high-tech playground.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 26, 2022
In Fannin County east of Sherman and Denison, Texas's first new major reservoir in almost 30 years is slated to come online next spring. The nearly 17,000-acre Bois d'Arc Lake will be a source of much-needed water for the North Texas Municipal Water District, which serves Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson and other areas of fast-growing northeast Dallas County.
“But something just as precious has been created near the lake: a new forest with more than 6 million trees, designed over the last four years as a natural habitat to replace what the lake is swallowing up.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 30, 2022
At the 2022 BIO International Conference in San Diego, representatives from North Texas met "the greatest minds in biotechnology"—and discovered some of them are interested in relocating their companies to DFW.
"We connected with them to explore opportunities and increase investments in the Dallas region,” said a VP with the Dallas Regional Chamber.
"We connected with them to explore opportunities and increase investments in the Dallas region,” said a VP with the Dallas Regional Chamber.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 7, 2022
With around $15 million in funding to date, Flower Mound-based OrangeGrid is on a mission to rid the mortgage loan servicing industry of the need for emails and spreadsheets. Its no-code platform allows users to create automated workflows across different software systems, especially in highly regulated industries, and bring them into a single dashboard.
Why did the startup move from California to Dallas-Fort Worth? "Essentially, DFW is the mortgage servicing capital of the country," CEO Todd Mobraten told us.
Why did the startup move from California to Dallas-Fort Worth? "Essentially, DFW is the mortgage servicing capital of the country," CEO Todd Mobraten told us.
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Stephen Dubner, host of Freakonomics Radio. [Photo: Audrey Bernstein]
Freakonomics Radio Asks ‘Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?’
by David Seeley | Jan 20, 2022
To find the answer, host Stephen Dubner flew to DFW to see why the region is so business-friendly, why the people are so friendly too, why cities to the north are growing like hotcakes, and why a Basquiat got on the wall of the Dallas Museum of Art. Oh, and he ate a Meat Potato at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse. (Thumbs up.)
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by David Seeley |
Aug 18, 2021
With $13.2 billion in 2020 revenue and 47,000 employees worldwide, AECOM is a global leader in infrastructure innovation.
Now its CEO and select corporate leaders are leaving L.A. and joining AECOM's 1,200 existing Dallas employees to plant their HQ flag here—attracted by North Texas' benefits as
"a corporate hub and talent magnet for the engineering and consulting industry."
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 7, 2021
Lion's co-founders said that Dallas aligns with the firm's strategy to acquire desirable multifamily assets outside of the urban core, in high-growth cities across the Sunbelt and Southeast.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 13, 2020
While COVID-19 has slowed relocations in the short term, the commercial real estate veteran shares his reasons for optimism.
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A Kodiak truck in Dallas. [Photo: Courtesy Kodiak]
Kodiak Robotics is Moving to DFW to Make Texas the Home of Self-Driving Trucks
by Alex Edwards | Aug 6, 2019
Kodiak Robotics is paving the road to a driverless future with its self-driving long-haul trucking technology. From a new facility in North Texas, Kodiak is testing and growing its freight operations to eventually provide the first commercial application of autonomous driving at scale.
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