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Jeffrey Binford, Managing Director, Hotels Advisory, CBRE
Too Much Room at the Inn: As Hotels Struggle with COVID, Some May Transform Completely
by Quincy Preston | Nov 9, 2020
Business may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 or 2024. So some hotels may pivot to senior living, multi-family, and reverse office conversions, says Jeffrey Binford, managing director of CBRE's Hotel Advisory.
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 9, 2020
With e-commerce sales up 30 percent from Q1 to Q2, Hillwood is trying to move as fast as its customers.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 9, 2020
Stream Data Centers is meeting demand with a new data center in Garland and other large projects in Phoenix and Chicago.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 9, 2020
Office tenants are weighing changes in space needs and design. But most employees just want to come back to the office, says JLL's Torrey Littlejohn.
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Allen Gump, EVP, Colliers International [Photo: Karen Almond]
Colliers’ Allen Gump: DFW Has Always Been a Major Trucking Hub. Now It’s Taking Logistics to Undreamed-Of Levels
by Quincy Preston | Nov 9, 2020
From sophisticated delivery to huge build-to-suit deals to the future of autonomous trucking, logistics is the name of the game.
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E Smith’s Tamela Thornton: We’ll See New Retail Concepts Taking Advantage of Vacancies in the Market
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 28, 2020
Building a solid tech platform is a must for retailers—and growth in the next few years has to be based on real demand, the President and CEO of E Smith Communities says.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 28, 2020
Omni-channel retailing, curbside pickup, and customer delivery are long-term musts for successful businesses, says The Retail Connection's Alan Shor.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2020
The new campus on
donated land has its roots in an innovative "public-public" partnership between the City of Frisco, its Frisco Economic and Community Development Corporations, and the University of North Texas.
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Jason Ford, Certified Economic Developer and Vice President, Frisco EDC
‘We Believe Cities Like Frisco Will Benefit by the Return of Growth To the Suburbs,’ Says Economic Developer Jason Ford
by Quincy Preston | Oct 13, 2020
The Frisco EDC prioritizes efforts on four main target sectors: corporate attraction and expansion; gaming and new media; the business of sports; and innovation.
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by Quincy Preston |
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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by Quincy Preston |
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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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 13, 2020
Inquiries by economic development agencies "are up by a significant multiple over this period last year," says commercial real estate veteran Joel Pustmueller in a Q&A.
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Danny Chavez, Senior Vice President of McKinney Economic Development Corporation’s Innovation Fund
McKinney Innovation Fund Draws Hundreds of New Jobs, 11 Tech HQs in Eight Months
by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC | Sep 16, 2020
“We’re building an ecosystem and creating a space for startups to access funding, and helping them scale at the timeliest need for their company during the startup lifecycle,” Senior Vice President at McKinney EDC Danny Chavez said.
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![From left, Invene CEO James Griffin, full stack developer Jonathan Sayre, backend developer Brian Kamra, and UX designer Sam Bajwa. [Photos: Invene]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Inveneteam-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Jul 16, 2020
A grant from the McKinney Economic Development Corporation's Innovation Fund will fuel the expansion of Invene, a growing product-as-a-service company. The move could create up to 12 “highly specialized” software engineering jobs in the next three years.
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by Kerry Curry |
Nov 26, 2018
Years in the making, Mike Rader's vision for an intermodal mega-center in southern Dallas County has come to fruition. Best of all, it's thriving.
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