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The AT&T Performing Arts Center plans to combine operations with the Dallas Theater Center. [Photo: Kathy Tran]
AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas Theater Center to Combine Operations in Effort to Strengthen North Texas Arts
by Sandra Engelland | Jul 30, 2026
The two organizations will unify business functions under the AT&T PAC umbrella while each keeps its own artistic identity and leadership, with combined operations expected in early 2027.
by Sandra Engelland |
Jun 25, 2026
In a “defining moment for Dallas College.," the planned next-gen transformation of the historic El Centro campus along downtown Dallas' Austin Street corridor "allows for a bold vision linking culture, commerce, transit, and education in one place," Dallas College said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 6, 2025
A former dancer and teacher in the Dallas Arts District neighborhood, Lily Cabatu Weiss became executive director in 2016 and went on to have a lasting impact on the local, state, and global levels.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2025
Dallas-based Wildcat Management said the project is envisioned as a 100-key boutique hotel with 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, creating a destination that melds Dallas’s architectural history—the historic Purse Building dates to 1905—with a modern guest experience.
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Illusion room at Museum of Illusions Dallas [Photo: MOI]
Mind-Blowing Expansion: Museum of Illusions Reopens in Downtown Dallas
by Lance Murray | Mar 6, 2025
The expansion introduces several interactive exhibits including a gravity-defying illusion inspired by the works of artist Leandro Erlich, where a cleverly angled building mock-up allows guests to live out their superhero dreams and appear as if they’re scaling walls.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 15, 2024
After 20 years at HKS Architects, Ray Mabry has joined Memphis-based HBG Design to "forge new frontiers in the national hospitality and entertainment industry" while helping HBG cement its footprint in the Dallas metro area. He'll be doing that from the firm's new Dallas office in the iconic, 72-story Bank of America Plaza.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 7, 2023
For decades, Dallas has dreamed of a transformational park along the Trinity River near downtown Dallas. This week, the Trinity Park Conservancy announced that a groundbreaking will finally happen in 2024. The 250-acre Harold Simmons Park will offer community-uniting nature, a stunning playground with towers and tube slides, a prairie walk, a two-acre bike and skate park, overlooks with views of the greenway and the city skyline, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 3, 2023
A Subway restaurant in downtown Dallas will be transformed into a "Cookieway" on December 4. Out of the chain's 37,000 locations, only four are getting this foot-long-cookie honor in an innovative marketing stunt.
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Bird 3 model scooters are being deployed in Dallas beginning May 24, 2023. [Photo: Bird]
Rental E-Scooters, E-Bikes Return to Dallas as Part of City’s New Micromobility Program
by David Seeley | May 23, 2023
Like a flock returning to a favorite haunt, electric rental scooters and e-bikes from Bird, Lime, and Superpedestrian will begin appearing on Dallas streets Wednesday. The move comes three years after they were banned from the city due to safety and clutter concerns. The focus now is on providing a more sustainable, safe, orderly, and equitable experience. See what's different this time—and how riders could get slapped with fines up to $200 for breaking the rules.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 25, 2022
Pressman, the former CEO of institutional financial services at TIAA, was appointed global CEO of the Urban Land Institute only two weeks ago. But he's up and running at the ULI's Fall 2022 Meeting in Downtown Dallas this week, a four-day conference that began Monday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.
The ULI is the world's oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts, and is welcoming over 5,000 attendees to this week's conference, which is packed with daily sessions and speakers—and as Pressman told the Dallas Business Journal, dozens of tours of all things CRE in Dallas.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 16, 2022
Santander Tower is the eighth tallest building in Dallas, and it’s on the cutting edge of something new: converting skyscraper office space into multifamily housing through adaptive reuse.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Aug 15, 2022
On the 75th anniversary of Indian Independence Day on Monday, the tricolor Dallas skyline was the glow of success for 220,000 Indian Americans who've made North Texas their home. A new report from the Indian American CEO Council shows the positive impact they've made on our economy, our jobs, and our communities.
Co-Chairs Sanjiv Yajnik and Arun Agarwal started the IACEO in 2018 after accompanying Governor Abbott on a trade mission to India. "The governor realized the power of India, and India realized the power of Texas. We could make a difference."
Co-Chairs Sanjiv Yajnik and Arun Agarwal started the IACEO in 2018 after accompanying Governor Abbott on a trade mission to India. "The governor realized the power of India, and India realized the power of Texas. We could make a difference."
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Carpenter Park in Downtown Dallas [Photo: Michael Samples]
Dallas Has Opened Its Newest—and Largest—Downtown Park
by Kevin Cummings | May 9, 2022
Carpenter Park, a 5.7-acre space that runs along I-345 near Deep Ellum on the eastern edge of downtown "will distinguish our center city for decades to come," said the chairman of Parks for Downtown Dallas when construction kicked off in 2020. The vision is now a reality.
See inside the park with our first-look photo tour.
See inside the park with our first-look photo tour.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 24, 2022
AURORA, the Dallas-based public arts organization, is partnering with Downtown Dallas, Inc. on the weekly events, which will be free to the public. Curated video art programs will be projected at parks and outdoor surfaces in West End Square, Pegasus Plaza, and the Dallas Arts District—with live music and an outdoor artisanal market also on tap.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 10, 2021
One of the world's largest independent dermatology companies, Galderma's portfolio includes well-known brands such as Cetaphil, Proactiv, Differin, and Restylane. The Swiss company, whose ties to Texas date back to 1961, will call Trammell Crow Center in the Arts District home.
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by Christine Perez |
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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