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Each suite at The Bays at Frisco will feature a private hitting bay. [Rendering: The Bays]
Swing from Your Suite: TaylorMade To Partner on 18-Acre Frisco Resort Featuring Private Golf Hitting Bays
by Lance Murray | Aug 10, 2023
Slated to open in spring 2025 next to the PGA of America HQ in Frisco, The Bays Golf Experience and Suites will feature private hitting bays inside individual suites, four stories of "top-tier" golf entertainment, the "largest television in North Texas," the most advanced TaylorMade golf technology, custom club fittings, and more. (Did we mention the waterfalls?)
by Lance Murray |
Aug 4, 2023
Retail and digital commerce veteran Phil Newmoyer has joined Frisco-based RETISIO Inc. as its new president, bringing with him years of corporate leadership experience.
RETISIO, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions, said Newmoyer comes to the company after having served in roles such as CEO of Provoso Software, chief information officer for Toys R Us and Serta Simmons Bedding, and chief technology officer of Money Mart Financial Inc....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 16, 2023
Frisco-based Gearlinx said Todd Rychecky’s role is a key strategic leadership position aimed at speeding its growth and introducing cutting-edge innovations to the edge compute, network resilience, and business continuity market.
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by David Seeley |
May 30, 2023
After opening locations in Frisco and Plano last year—and with plans to open more in Fort Worth, McKinney, Allen, and Forney—H-E-B will use its new center to fulfill curbside and home delivery orders and support its expansion into Dallas-Fort Worth. "Various forms of automation" will streamline the process at the Plano center, H-E-B says.
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Gearbox Founder and CEO Randy Pitchford [Photo: Courtesy of Gearbox]
Gearbox Entertainment Launches Initiative to Organize, Direct Philanthropic Efforts
by Lance Murray | Apr 25, 2023
Gearbox Entertainment Co., an award-winning creator and distributor of transmedia entertainment, has launched Gearbox Gives, a new initiative that organizes and directs the studio’s philanthropic work.
The Frisco-based company, a member of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, said the initiative’s mission is to harness the power of entertainment to educate, inspire, and create....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 29, 2023
Frisco has hit all the right notes and has been designated as a Music Friendly Texas Certified Community, recognizing its efforts to promote music-related economic development and job creation. This recognition puts Frisco on the map as a hub for musicians and music enthusiasts.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 22, 2023
The expansion comes a month after Frisco-based Careington's chief revenue officer, Stewart Sweda, was appointed CEO. Careington's DialCare Physician Access program includes DialCare Urgent Care, a service offering 24/7/365 video and phone access to licensed physicians for non-emergency care.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 9, 2023
Jeff Banks has been named to the new role of senior vice president, chief data and analytics officer by Dallas-based Comerica Inc.
He will report to Megan Crespi, senior executive vice president, chief operating officer....
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North America’s second Peppa Pig Theme Park os set to open in North Richland Hills. [Image from Peppa Pig Theme Park Florida]
A Peppa Pig Theme Park Is Coming to North Richland Hills in 2024
by Lance Murray | Mar 8, 2023
On the same day the Frisco City Council approved zoning for a Universal Theme Park in Frisco, news of another theme park featuring a kid-friendly pig hit North Texas like a cute pink shock wave. Merlin Entertainments, whose brands brands include LEGOLAND, Madame Tussauds, and SEA LIFE Aquariums, is bringing America's second Peppa Pig theme park to Tarrant County's North Richland Hills.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 8, 2023
The Frisco City Council voted Tuesday to approve the zoning permit for a Universal Studios theme park and adjacent 300-room hotel, despite pushback from some in the community about the park's potential impact on traffic and other concerns. "Welcome to Frisco," Mayor Jeff Cheney said after the vote, according to WFAA, which noted that Frisco estimates the project will bring $1.8 billion in economic impact to the city.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 7, 2023
The annals of human achievement just got lengthier—by exactly 12 inches. Answering an urgent need that North Texans didn't even know they had, Plano-based Frito-Lay and Subway sandwich shops will debut a footlong BAKED Lay's potato chip on National Potato Chip Day, which is crunching its way toward you on Tuesday, March 14. But it's only happening at one Subway restaurant in Frisco. Here are all the crunchy details.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 1, 2023
Homz, which says it's the first national housing company to develop "wellness-centric" multifamily communities, aims to develop 50 communities over the next five years. The uniformed concept will feature clubhouses, pools, athletic fields, playgrounds, urban farms, Miyawaki forests, and more.
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Craig Kessler COO of the PGA of America [Photo: PGA]
PGA of America Taps Former Topgolf Exec as its New Chief Operations Officer
by Lance Murray | Feb 9, 2023
Kessler brings experience in "off-course golf" to the PGA from his years as COO of Dallas-based Topgolf. That's important, PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh says: "For the first time in history there are now more off-course golfers than on-course, so his track record of innovation and growth has never been more relevant or welcome." Kessler most recently served as CEO of Dallas' Buff City Soap.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 8, 2023
A California-based Wells Fargo subsidiary, Wells Fargo Advisors, is leasing an 18,603-square-foot office in the newest high-rise at The Star development in Frisco.
According to a report by Steve Brown in the Dallas Morning News, Wells Fargo plans to start work in March on its offices at 17 Cowboys Way in the $1.5 billion development, with work slated to be completed by the fall.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 3, 2023
RentCafe said that while the number of high-income renters in Dallas rose by 74% and sits at 6% of the city's total renters between 2015 and 2020—peaking at 17,257— he number of high-income renters rose even more dramatically in other North Texas cities. Garland saw a rise of 198%, McKinney 186%, Plano 103%, and Frisco 93%.
High-income renters in Frisco may look into places like the luxury Remy apartments (above), coming to Frisco Square in 2024.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 1, 2023
Veteran-founded Wiley X has been providing premium protective eyewear to the U.S. military since its founding as a family-owned company in 1987. It built its new HQ in Frisco from the ground up, relocating from its former home base in Livermore, California. The company's products have a devoted following among outdoorsmen and women who hunt, fish, and shoot—along with government and first responder networks.
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