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Fort Worth Names Former Dallas PD Leader as Its New Police Chief

by | Aug 21, 2025
Eddie Garcia served as Dallas' police chief for three and a half years before leaving last October to become assistant city manager for public safety in Austin.
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Cushman & Wakefield Bolsters Office Capital Markets Team With Key Additions
by | Jun 26, 2025
The Chicago-based firm said its Texas office Capital Markets team offers comprehensive institutional coverage across the state and the broader capital markets landscape, now bolstered by the additions of Russell Ingrum, Jared Chua, and Matt Murphy.
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McKinney’s Invene Acquires Austin Product Design Consultancy Guidea
by | May 20, 2025
Invene said the strategic acquisition expands its capabilities beyond software engineering and it positions Invene as a full-stack innovation partner, supporting the next generation of AI-driven healthcare products from blueprint to build.
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FleishmanHillard Hires General Manager for Its Texas Business
by | Dec 6, 2024
Jennifer Little will lead Texas business for PR and marketing firm FleishmanHillard, including its offices in Dallas and Austin. She'll be responsible for the strategic plan and vision for FleishmanHillard Texas, overseeing client experience, business development, talent development, and staffing.
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Dallas Nonprofit Kicks Off Nationwide ‘Teddy Cares’ Initiative for Homeless Children

by | Mar 22, 2024
Dallas LIFE, a local homeless recovery center, is giving a bear and a book to kids in shelters across the country. The nonprofit has the ultimate goal of providing them to 1 million children.
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Canyon Ranch Taps Veteran Executive as New Chief Executive Officer
by | Sep 29, 2023

Canyon Ranch, a Fort Worth-based innovator in destination wellness, has appointed Mark Rivers as its new chief executive officer, looking to his leadership as they grow their emerging ecosystem of properties in Texas and beyond.

Canyon Ranch announced in July with VICI Properties Inc. an expansion of the Canyon Ranch brand, and the company said Rivers played a pivotal role in executing that partnership....

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WalletHub: Fort Worth Leads Texas Among Best Places to Start a Business
by | May 19, 2023

According to the latest WalletHub list, Fort Worth ranks as the No. 1 city to start a business in the state of Texas, leading a strong showing of five Dallas-Fort Worth cities among the top 100 best places to start a business in the nation....

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Enterprise Software Veteran Joins BackBox Board of Directors
by | Apr 28, 2023

Dallas-based network automation company BackBox announced that IT software industry leader Rita Selvaggi has joined its board of directors.

In a statement, Selvaggi expressed her belief that BackBox is a hidden gem for automating essential network tasks.

“BackBox may be the best-kept secret for automating network backups, single-click recovery, OS upgrades, and health checks,” she said....

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Reality TV-Featured Luxury L.A. Real Estate Firm Opens Dallas Office

by | Feb 1, 2023
Called The Agency, the brokerage has been featured on TV shows including "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles," "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," and Netflix's "Buying Beverly Hills." Its new office at 8117 Preston Road is part of a growing network of more than 70 offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe. The Dallas office will be led by managing partners Damon and Megan Williamson.
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The sale of Trammell Crow Center was the top DFW CRE deal for 2022.
DFW Tops U.S. Metros in Commercial Property Deals for 3rd Year in a Row
by | Jan 23, 2023
According to the latest MSCI Inc. estimate, more than $42.5 billion in commercial properties were sold in DFW in 2022. North Texas “wrested the top slot from Manhattan at the onset of the pandemic and has held it ever since,” MSCI analysts said in the report. Dallas-based CBRE was the top-ranked firm for commercial real estate investment sales nationally in 2022—for the 17th straight year.
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CBRE Report: DFW Leads the U.S. in Multifamily Real Estate Investments
by | May 13, 2022
A new report from Dallas-based CRE services and investment firm CBRE shows that DFW was No. 1 in the U.S. in multifamily investments over the last four quarters. Nationwide, Q1 2022 saw the strongest multifamily absorption since 2000. And Texas is leading the U.S. in multifamily completions, as rent growth continues to gain momentum. “The rise in demand has been fueled by household formation, job and wage growth, and sharply rising home prices,” the report said.
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Gig Boom: Dallas Ranks in the Top 10 Markets for Skilled Independent Worker Revenues
by | May 20, 2021
Dallas, Austin, and Houston have a combined 2020 projected revenue of more than $15.6 billion from their independent workers, according to a newly released report from Fiverr. Dallas alone expects nearly $6.6 billion—more than either Austin or Houston.

This work is here to stay, according to Fiverr—even in a post-pandemic world. Amidst a time of high unemployment, people are turning to the self-employed gig economy as a viable source of income.
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ShearShare founders Courtney and Tye Caldwell

Capital Factory Announces $100K Investment Challenge for Annual Black in Tech Summit

by | Dec 16, 2020
Past Investment Challenge winners include McKinney-based ShearShare, Houston-based GroupRaise, and Austin-based Journey Foods. Applications are open now until Jan. 22.
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The Art of Climate Tech: Fort Worth Museum Showcases Hypergiant’s AI-Powered, Carbon-Capturing Eos Bioreactor
by | Nov 10, 2020
The Eos Bioreactor, which also has been featured in Popular Mechanics, uses algae to "eat" CO2.
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Capital Factory’s Texas Startups Roadshow Goes Virtual for Global Entrepreneurship Week
by | Nov 4, 2020
The Texas Startups Roadshow will take local entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors on a virtual ride that spotlights the startup community in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Anchoring the Dallas leg of the trip on Nov. 19 is UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition and a keynote from Mark Cuban.
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