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Lewisville-Based Caliber Auto Care and Its 33 Texas Locations Acquired by Arizona’s SunAuto

by | Jul 8, 2024

Mesa, Arizona-based Sun Auto Tire & Service has acquired 33 Caliber Auto Care locations throughout the state of Texas, including 16 in Dallas, building on its investment in Texas, the company announced in June.

Caliber is headquartered in Lewisville.

Sun Auto said the acquisition reinforces its dedication to excellence and its values-centered approach across its rapidly growing national footprint....

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In-Home Companion & Services Company Villi Launches in Texas
by | Jun 20, 2024
Villi’s mission is to help clients and their families "with the little things," so they can focus on enjoying life’s bigger moments. A division of Maryland-based Maxim Healthcare Group, the new company currently serves Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio—and plans to expand to other cities and states "in the near future."
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Toronto-Based Waabi Opens Autonomous Trucking Terminal South of Dallas
by | May 1, 2024
“By establishing our presence here, we're committed to creating more opportunities for autonomous trucking in the region,” Waabi Founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun said of the eight-acre-plus terminal in Lancaster.
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10 New Walmart Health Centers Coming to Dallas-Fort Worth in 2024
by | Apr 11, 2024
The services may vary by location, Walmart said, but include same-day primary care, dental, behavioral health, labs, X-ray, community health, and telehealth.
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Canyon Ranch Taps Veteran Executive as New Chief Executive Officer

by | Sep 29, 2023

Canyon Ranch, a Fort Worth-based innovator in destination wellness, has appointed Mark Rivers as its new chief executive officer, looking to his leadership as they grow their emerging ecosystem of properties in Texas and beyond.

Canyon Ranch announced in July with VICI Properties Inc. an expansion of the Canyon Ranch brand, and the company said Rivers played a pivotal role in executing that partnership....

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Houston Engineering Firm Opens Dallas Office Near Love Field
by | May 10, 2023
The new Dallas office of Sparx Engineering is in the historic Braniff Centre building near Love Field, where it will offer clients both short- and long-term access to a cross-functional team of experienced engineers.
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Dallas, Fort Worth Ranked Top 2 Among Largest U.S. Cities for Vacant Land
by | Mar 27, 2023
With 90,739 acres of vacant land, Dallas led all 20 of the most populous urban centers in the U.S. for having the most vacant land available. That's according to a report from CommercialCafe, a commercial real estate internet listing service. Fort Worth came in No. 2 with 90,739 acres of vacant land. Four of the top 5 cities on the list are in the Texas Triangle, with San Antonio at No. 4 and Houston at No. 5.
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Meet the Texas Super Kings: Major League Cricket Takes the Field in July at Grand Prairie Stadium
by | Mar 21, 2023
Major League Cricket is coming to Grand Prairie Stadium starting in July after the league held its first draft of domestic players for teams including the newly named Texas Super Kings. The team also has a newly named coach: Stephen Fleming, a former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team and head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings.
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ExxonMobil's Baytown refinery. [Photo: ExxonMobil]

Irving-Based ExxonMobil Takes Step Toward World’s Largest Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility

by | Jan 30, 2023
The company has awarded a contract for front-end engineering and design for the project. Its Baytown low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia, and carbon capture facility is expected to produce 1 billion cubic feet of low-carbon hydrogen per day, making it the largest low-carbon hydrogen project in the world at planned startup in 2027-2028.
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The sale of Trammell Crow Center was the top DFW CRE deal for 2022.
DFW Tops U.S. Metros in Commercial Property Deals for 3rd Year in a Row
by | Jan 23, 2023
According to the latest MSCI Inc. estimate, more than $42.5 billion in commercial properties were sold in DFW in 2022. North Texas “wrested the top slot from Manhattan at the onset of the pandemic and has held it ever since,” MSCI analysts said in the report. Dallas-based CBRE was the top-ranked firm for commercial real estate investment sales nationally in 2022—for the 17th straight year.
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Delicious Deal: Hillwood Brings Läderach Chocolatier Suisse to Distribution Center in AllianceTexas
by | Dec 7, 2022
Hillwood's latest real estate deal is set to sweeten North Texas and beyond. Läderach Chocolatier Suisse, a 60-year-old family-owned premium Swiss chocolate company, will expand to AllianceTexas for their U.S. distribution center—allowing them to bring delicious freshness directly from Switzerland into retail stores across America. 

Premium chocolates have one of the highest speed-to-market demands in the food and beverage industry, and Hillwood's Samuel Rhea says the deal gives "one of the world’s best chocolatiers" easy access to the unique multi-modal logistics platforms at AllianceTexas.
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CG Infinity Taps Veteran Executive as SVP of Data, Cloud
by | Dec 6, 2022

Plano-based CG Infinity announced the hiring of Louis Mangiacapra as senior vice president of data and cloud, accelerating its customers’ digital transformation and customer-centric initiatives.

Mangiacapra is an experienced technology leader with more than 15 years of experience focused on building, managing, and deploying enterprise-class data and analytics platforms, the company said....

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Spark Arlington is the fourth collaborative workspace community for Spark Coworking. [Rendering: The Cordish Companies]

New Survey Puts Dallas-Fort Worth in Nation’s Coworking Top 5

by | Oct 17, 2022
A recent survey by CoworkingCafe, a nationwide coworking space search website, shows just how important coworking is in North Texas. In Dallas alone, remote workers nearly quadrupled from 2019 to 2021, and many of them have found spots among the city's 98 coworking spaces. That's helped Dallas-Fort rank No. 5 in the U.S. among cities with the most coworking locations.
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Developers Look South: Onu Ventures Plans New 12‑Acre Project in Southern Dallas
by | Jul 18, 2022
Onu Ventures' residential and retail development at the intersection of I-20 and I-45 will include a grocery store and amenities centered around green space to create community.

The Onu Ventures project adds to other developments looking to build in the southern part of the city. Last month, Hoque Global announced its 270-acre University Hills development located next to the University of North Texas at Dallas campus.
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Report: Dallas Among the Best Places in the U.S. for ‘Wellness Workcations’
by | Jul 11, 2022
Many people have begun to work remotely while they travel—whether they're discovering America or exploring the world. Icelandair calls that a “wellness workcation,” and it's released a list of the best destinations in the U.S. to take one. It placed Dallas at No. 7 on the list—making it the only Texas city to appear in the Top 10.
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CBRE Report: DFW Leads the U.S. in Multifamily Real Estate Investments
by | May 13, 2022
A new report from Dallas-based CRE services and investment firm CBRE shows that DFW was No. 1 in the U.S. in multifamily investments over the last four quarters. Nationwide, Q1 2022 saw the strongest multifamily absorption since 2000. And Texas is leading the U.S. in multifamily completions, as rent growth continues to gain momentum. “The rise in demand has been fueled by household formation, job and wage growth, and sharply rising home prices,” the report said.
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