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The leading provider of back-office software solutions for petroleum, agriculture, and commodity trading and risk management industries has a global team of around 450 employees. Its new HQ in Irving's Las Colinas will leverage the region's "rich talent pool" and "thriving technology ecosystem." the company says.
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Adaptive3D is moving its headquarters from Plano to Richardson's newly christened IQ HQ, returning to the city where it was founded. The company is working on photopolymers that separate into two parts at the “nano level,” making them more durable for industries ranging from consumer and healthcare to industrial and transportation. “This move also signals the strength and importance of partnerships with key academic institutions like UT Dallas and the role they play in fostering the collaborative creation of future-ready technologies within the IQ,” says Founder and CEO Walter Voit.
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Tony Collins Art makes custom lighting, art, and metal work for restaurants and skyscrapers, and is known for building the rotating structure for the 1934 ExxonMobil Pegasus at the Omni Dallas Hotel. After spending years in Dallas' highly urban Cedars neighborhood, TCA is moving 34 miles southeast to Kaufman's former city hall, fire station, and senior center property. And just in the nick of time—what could become a key city attraction was slated to be a parking lot.
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The North Carolina-based multidisciplinary design and engineering firm has a 30-year tradition in Lewisville, with numerous nearby projects. Specializing in site/civil design, planning and design, transportation, water resources, and geomatics, it says Bright Realty's mixed-used development better reflects its transformative growth as a leading regional brand.
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Described as "an innovative company with a global reach," Austin Circuit Design was founded in Austin in 1985 and moved to Garland following a 2015 acquisition. The advanced design and manufacturing firm specializes in mechanical, industrial, hardware, and software design. COO Mark Cottam says the new IQ location will help ACD continue to "drive strong company growth" and "focus on innovation."
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The fiber broadband giant's move from Connecticut establishes it as one of the largest publicly traded companies to be based in the Dallas market, Frontier said. The company is investing in a new 95,000-square-foot office space—which it calls "the GigaHub"—in Uptown Dallas.
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Introduced in 1993, ABACUS Optical Probes provide the physical communication link between a computer data port and the infrared LEDs on electricity meters to obtain meter billing data, make programming changes, and perform onsite diagnostics. The probes have attained "a dedicated worldwide following" since that launch, TransData says.
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FreshRealm says its new HQ and facility in Lancaster will enable it to produce "superior short shelf-life meals at a scale and solidify its position in the high-growth fresh meals category." In the last year, FreshRealm has acquired the operational assets of two leading meal kit companies for around $74 million.
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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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The agency's clientele list ranges from McDonald’s to Midas, Coca-Cola, Planet Fitness, Six Flags, and many others. The agency said its "reimagination of Moroch" reduced its physical footprint by 50%, showcasing a commitment to innovation and efficiency. Take a look inside the new digs.
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PWT said its new Sherman headquarters will enable it to respond even more rapidly to customer demand while ramping up its production "in a safe and sustainable way." The division of fintech Water on Demand is part of a move by local industries and communities to take clean water "private," the companies said.
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Co-founded by CEO Zach Dell—son of Dell Founder and CEO Michael Dell—Base Power is building distributed battery storage for both customers and the grid, one home at a time. It does that by providing energy to homes along with a backup battery that can be used for up to 24 hours in a blackout.
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Dallas franchise czar Carlos White said the city’s franchise program could serve as a national model, with interest from the International Franchise Association in replicating the Dallas playbook. White and other franchise leaders explored trends, opportunities, and key drivers behind the region's franchising boom at Dallas Startup Week. Here's what they had to say.
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"Together, we can build the workforce of the future—one that will attract and grow businesses, build equity, and sustain our city’s outstanding economic growth for years to come," Mayor Eric Johnson said on the report's release.
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"The new capital will help us continue our momentum in deploying integrated solutions and best-in-class service for fund managers in the private credit and broadly syndicated bank debt sector," Siepe CEO and founder Michael Pusateri said. In conjunction with the new funding, Siepe has appointed Mark Schultis as president.
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A man behind Israel's first Moon mission has been delivering chicken wings by drone near Fort Worth since 2022. Now—after making 100,000 drone food deliveries in North Texas and North Carolina—his startup Flytrex is expanding to Little Elm, with plans for more DFW cities to come.
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The Last Word: MICHELIN Guides Director on Expanding to Dallas, Fort Worth, and 3 Other Texas CitiesA MICHELIN star—not to mention the ultimate prize, three stars—can turn an everyday restaurant into a must-go culinary destination, with seatings booked from opening to close. That coveted rating will be available in Dallas, Fort Worth, and three other Texas cities for the first time ever later this year, Michelin announced Tuesday.
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A new Pickleball Kingdom just north of Galleria Dallas will offer 11 indoor pickleball courts. But the biggest "dink" you'll hear is when the even bigger North Fort Worth faciity opens in Q1 2025, serving up the largest dedicated pickleball facility in North Texas with 17 indoor courts.
