Addison

Addison-Based BioStat Imaging Acquired by Houston’s Principle Health Systems

by | Aug 27, 2024
Principle said its acquisition of the North Texas-based mobile imaging provider underscores its commitment to offering comprehensive, high-quality diagnostic services to the long-term care community.
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Swinging Into North Texas: Batbox ‘Eatertainment’ Venue To Open in Addison
by | Jul 30, 2024
Why take cuts in a dusty batting cage when you can swing for the fences with friends in a buzzworthy venue? That's the idea behind Batbox, which has chosen DFW for its first U.S. location after opening 13 venues across Mexico. Now, with a $7.3 Series A closed, Batbox is calling its shot: 25 U.S. locations by 2030.
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Doubling Down in Addison: AMLI Residential Sees ‘Strategic Value’ in Dallas’ ‘Attractive Investment Market’
by | Mar 28, 2024
AMLI Residential just doubled the size of its Dallas regional HQ in Addison for good reasons, AMLI Development Co. President Taylor Bowen tells Dallas Innovates. Two of them are the innovative new AMLI Treehouse project and the upcoming Addison Circle transit-oriented development. But wait...there's more.
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The Last Word: III Forks President on Evolving His Steakhouse Brand with a ‘Next-Level’ Addison Location
by | Feb 12, 2024
When popular steakhouse brand III Forks, founded in North Dallas in 1998, decided to return to its roots with a new location in Addison's Village on the Parkway, executives said they recognized a need to create a dining aesthetic that retains the brand's core "while reinterpreting it for today's diners."
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Firehawk Aerospace Co-Founder and CEO Will Edwards says he aims to build "the next great American defense company" by innovating rocket engines. His "secret sauce"? 3D-printed solid rocket fuel that cuts costs—and fuel production time from up to 60 days to just 7 hours. [Photo: Firehawk Aerospace]

Full Throttle: North Texas Rocket Company Firehawk Awarded Air Force Backing for Breakthrough Tech

Firehawk Aerospace Co-Founder and CEO Will Edwards says he aims to build "the next great American defense company. And we're doing this by building rocket motors." Using 3D-printed solid rocket fuel to provide a safer, more cost-effective approach to launching payloads, Firehawk is powering forward from its Addison facility, its Midland test site, and a new launch range where its systems will take flight.
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12 Acres in Addison Acquired for Planned Addison Innovation Center
by | Dec 18, 2023
“There is pent-up tenant demand for functional industrial space in infill Dallas,” said Colby Everett, director with Houston's Lovett Industrial, which acquired the Addison property along with Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co. "We look forward to partnering with the city of Addison to retain and attract great companies," Everett added.
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Puttshack Opens Its First North Texas Location in Addison
by | 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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Trez Capital Appoints Executive Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Raising
by | Dec 1, 2023
Trez Capital is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and has an office in Addison. John Creswell will be based in the U.S., the firm said.
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DART Celebrates 40 Years of Service to North Texas, Elects New Board Leaders

by | Oct 20, 2023
The new DART board chair is CapitalSoft CEO and former Richardson mayor Gary Slagel. DART's other new board leaders include vice chair Rodney Schlosser, M. Nathan Barbera as new secretary, and Flora M. Hernandez as assistant secretary.
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Addison’s Lone Star Analysis Expands Global Footprint with New Office in England
by | Oct 18, 2023
Lone Star—a fast-growing provider of leading-edge predictive and prescriptive analytics and Evolved AI for aerospace, defense, and more—said the new office provides better access to more markets and enhanced service to an expanding overseas customer base.
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AMLI Deploys ‘ArborLift’ Tech To Move 4 Heritage Live Oaks for Addison Treehouse Project
by | Aug 15, 2023
Some companies will move mountains to get a project going. AMLI Residential is moving something else—four heritage live oak trees—to make way for a multifamily and retail development that's all about trees itself. AMLI hired Houston-based Environmental Design to deploy its innovative ArborLift tech—featuring inflated, sausage-like rolling bladders.
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Addison’s Securonix Appoints Chief People/Culture Officer
by | Aug 8, 2023
Former Chief People and Culture Officer at global telecommunications leader Mitel, Paul Gregory, will take his post at Securonix, ready to usher in its next phase of growth and innovation. The company recently introduced an integration with ChatGPT that it said delivers generative AI capabilities within the Securonix Investigate platform to greatly reduce incident response time.
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Wingstop Adds New Senior Vice President/Chief Growth Officer

by | Jul 14, 2023

Addison-based restaurant chain Wingstop has hired Anne Fischer as its new senior vice president, chief growth officer, a role in which she will lead Wingstop’s marketing and digital strategies.

“I truly believe we are just getting started at Wingstop, and I couldn’t be more excited to have Anne join our team,” Wingstop President & CEO Michael Skipworth said in a statement....

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Addison Seeks New Eco Dev Director As Campos Heads to Harlingen
by | Jun 23, 2023

A search is underway to replace longtime Addison Economic Development Director Orlando Campos, who has been named the finalist for a similar position in the city of Harlingen in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley....

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Dennis Quaid Hosts Video Featuring Addison-Based Partnership With Native Americans
by | May 18, 2023
The Dennis Quaid-hosted "Viewpoint," which airs on public television stations nationwide, recently produced a video report featuring the Addison-based nonprofit Partnership With Native Americans. The video explains some of the core challenges and opportunities facing tribes today—both on reservations and in urban areas—and supports the need for Native representation in nonprofit funding decisions.
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UT Dallas to Host Mark Cuban Foundation’s Free AI Bootcamp for High School Students
by | May 1, 2023
The AI Bootcamp will target underserved high school students in the ninth through 12th grades and will introduce them to basic AI concepts and skills, the foundation said. Students will learn what AI is and is not, where they already interact with AI in their own lives, and the ethical implications of AI systems including but not limited to TikTok recommendations, smart home assistants, facial recognition, and self-driving cars, among others.
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