Burton is bullish on the continued growth of the industrial space in Dallas-Fort Worth—and the autonomous tech driving the future in the supply chain. Here's why.
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Bill Burton, Executive Vice President, Hillwood Development Co.
Hillwood EVP: Dallas-Fort Worth Is Now a ‘Gateway Market’
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 6, 2022
Hillwood's Bill Burton leads vision and strategy at AllianceTexas, which recently surpassed $100 billion in economic development for the region.
Burton is bullish on the continued growth of the industrial space in Dallas-Fort Worth—and the autonomous tech driving the future in the supply chain. Here's why.
Burton is bullish on the continued growth of the industrial space in Dallas-Fort Worth—and the autonomous tech driving the future in the supply chain. Here's why.
by David Seeley |
Apr 4, 2022
Wing—the drone delivery unit of Google parent company Alphabet—is partnering with Blue Bell Creameries, easyvet, and Texas Health Resources on the launch. Wing calls the service "the first in a major U.S. metro area," and aims to offer "6 miles, 6 minutes, free delivery."
Wing's test deliveries from Walgreens stores in Frisco and Little Elm graduate to their official launch Thursday as well.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 14, 2022
NASA is looking to shape the future of flight, and Bell is on board. Its drone was able to successfully detect and avoid other objects in the airspace while integrating with its ground-based radar surveillance system. Bell says the flight test will aid in expanding the industry, as things like drone delivery services and air taxi companies mature.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 26, 2022
TuSimple has been running operations from its 2.5-acre logistics hub at AllianceTexas since last June. Its huge new MIZ facility will serve as an origin and destination facility for TuSimple's L4 autonomous trucks, with two-way launch and landing pads.
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[Image: Courtesy AllianceTexas]
Rising Above the Obstacles
by AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone | Nov 10, 2021
Despite challenges, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) are propelling a new era of aviation.
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sponsored by AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone
by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Oct 25, 2021
Wing will operate a drone delivery facility in Dallas-Fort Worth at the Frisco Station development with a small number of flights starting this week.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 20, 2021
Frisco and Little Elm are the first cities to get a new drone delivery service from Wing, a sister company of Google, and Walgreens. The partners will operate on-demand air deliveries that bring essential items straight to your door.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 20, 2021
Dallas VC-turned-entrepreneur Joe Beard and financier Joel Radtke are innovating debt capital delivery at CollateralEdge.
It's a mission: The founders want to reduce the barriers for businesses to access lower-cost bank financing. By partnering with the banks, the founders can solve problems for all stakeholders with their tech solution that's backed by high-powered capital partners.
It's a mission: The founders want to reduce the barriers for businesses to access lower-cost bank financing. By partnering with the banks, the founders can solve problems for all stakeholders with their tech solution that's backed by high-powered capital partners.
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Autonomous trucking startup TuSimple is one of the tech pioneers now operating at the MIZ. [Video screen shot: Business Wire/TuSimple]
AllianceTexas’ Mobility Innovation Zone Partners With Texas A&M Transportation Institute
by David Seeley | Jul 8, 2021
The transportation institute will serve as a think tank for surface and air mobility technologies at AllianceTexas—conducting research, managing strategic initiatives, and helping to shape innovations that will change the way we live.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 4, 2021
The demonstration marks the first point-to-point unmanned aircraft system delivery in North Texas—showing the future capabilities of commercial operations.
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by Sandra Engelland |
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.
Here’s how DFW is a place for the future.
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by Quincy Preston |
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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Prologis Park 20/35 in Lancaster, TX [Courtesy image]
Meet the Major Developers of the International Inland Port of Dallas
by Kerry Curry | Nov 26, 2018
Some of the biggest players in the warehousing, logistics, and fulfillment sectors call the International Inland Port home. They build, operate, or lease some of the largest buildings in North Texas, all with easy access to intermodal facilities and highways.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 20, 2018
The companies will work on developing hybrid electric propulsion solutions for the vertical take-off and landing concept aircraft.
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by Lance Murray |
May 11, 2018
In a series of architecture plans, renderings, and ideas, HPA offered its vision for the design of the UberAIR skyport platform that will be the launch and landing sites for the air taxi service.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 8, 2018
The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals officially starts Friday, and though all the happenings are in Austin, there’ll be plenty of North Texas presence.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
