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Texas A&M, Last Energy to Launch Microreactor Pilot at RELLIS as Texas Power Demand Climbs

by | Dec 8, 2025
The pilot will test Last Energy’s 5-megawatt PWR-5 design at Texas A&M–RELLIS while the company advances a plan for 30 commercial microreactors in Haskell County northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth to serve data center growth.
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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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Frisco-Based Cloud Communications Company TeleCloud Acquired by Austin’s Davenforth

by | Oct 4, 2024
Davenforth, a joint family office, announced that it had also acquired Pennsylvania-based Third Generation, and as a result, is launching a new managed IT, voice, and networking platform that will service 21,500 users across 900 businesses.
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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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Cedar Hill Joins Flock of Cities With Bird City Texas Certification

by | Feb 22, 2023
Cedar Hill, roughly 17 miles south of downtown Dallas, is noted for its "outdoorable" fun. Here's a list of locations to enjoy the local birding.
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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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Capital Factory’s Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0 Highlights How Texas Competes with Silicon Valley

by | Mar 9, 2021
Founder and CEO of Capital Factory Joshua Baer declared that “Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States." Here’s why.
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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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