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Corporate Relocation: ‘Although This Downturn Comes With Unique Challenges, North Texas Has a Lot Working in Our Favor’

by | Oct 13, 2020
How has the pandemic impacted corporate relocations? We talk with eight commercial real estate experts about challenges, opportunities, and the market outlook for the rest of 2020 and beyond.

Here’s how DFW is a place for the future.
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‘There Will be New Opportunities,’ Says Lancaster Economic Development Director
by | Oct 13, 2020
The pandemic is a time to be innovative, says Shane Shepard. Lancaster, with plenty of room for development, is ripe for artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, cold storage, food processing, motor vehicle parts manufacturing, and data centers, according to the economic development director in a Q&A.
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Hillwood’s Mike Berry: ‘North Texas Has a Lot Working in Our Favor’
by | Oct 13, 2020
COVID-19 accelerated many trends in commercial real estate, especially in e-commerce and the industrial sector. Hillwood President Mike Berry talks about the outlook for corporate relocation in Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as long-term shifts involving technology and what sectors are more pandemic proof, in a wide-ranging Q&A.
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Beth Bowman on Corporate Expansion and Retention in Irving: ‘We’re Seeing More Companies Investing in Their Existing Footprint’
by | Oct 13, 2020
The president and CEO of the Irving Economic Development Partnership also sees growth potential in healthcare, technology, cybersecurity, and e-commerce— along with the accompanying warehouse and distribution facilities they require.
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Dallas-Based Arcosa Makes $87M Acquisition That Could Reduce Transportation Costs, Carbon Footprint

by | Oct 12, 2020
The acquisition, a follow-on to another one Arcosa made in January, will expand the company's recycled aggregates platform into the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
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MyTelemedicine telehealth startup McKinney innovation fund
Fast-Growing Telehealth Startup Expands HQ With McKinney EDC Innovation Fund Grant
by | Oct 12, 2020
The incentive-based innovation fund, launched just this year, continues to fuel the growth of tech startups in McKinney. The latest is MyTelemedicine, a SaaS platform that powers modern remote healthcare technologies.
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DFW Leaders Discuss How COVID-19 Has Fueled Innovation in Health Care, Philanthropy, and More
by | Oct 12, 2020
"The downside of a pandemic is that it's frightening. The good thing is, sometimes it speeds up things that probably needed to happen. Like telemedicine," Nicole Small, CEO of LH Capital/Lyda Hill Philanthropies, said during the event.
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Perkins and Will’s Justin Parscale: ‘Take Risks, Explore What Ifs, and Deliver’
by | Oct 12, 2020
The architect thinks a great life is having a job where you can have "crazy, stupid fun" along with a mission to "do something badass" to help others. That's why working on catalyst projects, like Red Bird Mall, and passing along a “can do” message to young people are part of his plan.
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Upward & Onward: Development Moves Forward in Dallas‑Fort Worth

by | Oct 7, 2020
Despite a pandemic pause, developers are betting on the region. Here's a look at some of the newest and biggest projects underway.
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Weir’s Plaza: A New Mixed-Used Development Transforms Knox Street Property
by | Oct 7, 2020
The project set a record for preleasing, winning a three-floor lease from Kirkland & Ellis—one of the country’s largest law firms—and from coworking giant WeWork.
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The Link: Urban Office Development Connects Uptown, Victory Park, and Downtown Dallas
by | Oct 7, 2020
Developer Kaizen and architect BOKA Powell added a wellness and air quality component to the building well in advance of the pandemic.
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Phase IV, The Star: Jerry Jones Moves Forward With a $65M Spec Building in Frisco
by | Oct 7, 2020
"We still get calls every week for space," Lincoln Property's Worthey Wiles says. "The demand is there."
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Pegasus Park: 23-Acre Project Can Boost Biotech, Social Impact, and Corporate Innovation in Dallas

by | Oct 7, 2020
J. Small Investments and Lyda Hill Philanthropies are teaming up to turn a former oil and gas industry campus into a center for innovation and social impact.
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Bill Cawley: Finding Success By Never ‘Working Scared’
by | Oct 6, 2020
The Dallas developer is bullish on the future of the North Texas region as a whole: “I think COVID-19 is going to be a net positive for Dallas. Companies in dysfunctional work environments are going to run from them when the pandemic is over.”
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Site Selection Group Partner Sums Up the DFW Commercial Real Estate Market in 8 Words
by | Oct 6, 2020
Here's what Lee Wagner had to say about Dallas-Fort Worth's CRE market. The partner of corporate relocation services talks trends, opportunities, and pandemic-proof sectors.
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