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TGI Fridays CEO Brandon Coleman III [Photo: TGI Fridays]

TGI Fridays Promotes CMO to Chief Executive Officer to Lead Transformation

by Lance Murray | Aug 29, 2023

Restaurant industry veteran Brandon Coleman III has been named chief executive officer of Dallas-based TGI Fridays, charged with moving the company forward into a new era.

The announcement was made by Rohit Manocha, chairman of the board and co-founder of TriArtisan Capital Advisors, the lead investor in TGI Fridays.

In a statement, Manocha lauded Brandon, saying the executive has “proven time and time again that innovation layered on top of rich brand history is the key to sustained and impactful growth.”...

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Jim Lake On Building the Future While Preserving the Past

by Nicole Ward | Aug 17, 2023

Jim Lake Companies has carved out a niche in Dallas for redevelopment — not simply knocking down the old to make way for the new, but blending the best of both, to give long-neglected areas a new lease on life. You can find the company's fingerprints in Cedar Hill, Waxahachie, Bishop Arts, and as of this month, Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff.

Here, Lake and one of his Jefferson Tower tenants talk about the impact of investment dollars.

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Dallas’ Stream Realty Partners Opens First Florida Office in Greater Miami

by Lance Murray | Jan 31, 2023

The office will be led by Executive Managing Director and Partner Greg Katz, who comes to Stream from Newmark and has lived and worked in South Florida since 2000. He is tasked with overseeing the brand's growth across the state. The new office is Stream's 15th location across the U.S., the company said. In 2021, Stream opened three offices—in Nashville, Northern Virginia, and Phoenix—to complement its locations in some of the strongest commercial real estate markets in the nation, including Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, and Southern California.

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Two Hands Eatery Becomes First Retail Lease at Stream’s QUAD Development in Uptown Dallas

by Lance Murray | Jan 18, 2023

Two Hands will occupy one of the five free-standing retail spaces surrounding The QUAD's 12-story, Class AA office tower in the heart of Uptown. The Australian-accented eatery is a casual restaurant concept that will offer indoor and outdoor dining with a menu of fusion share plates and well-traveled classics for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus a coffee program and full bar.

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bitewell Founder and CEO Chris Fanucchi; bitewell Co-Founder and CMO Samantha Citro Alexander. [Photos: bitewell]

‘A Healthy Eating Ecosystem’: Dallas Startup Aims to Help People Stay Healthy While Eating Out and In

by Kevin Cummings | Mar 9, 2022

The personalized meal planning startup, bitewell, is launching soon in Dallas with an app that offers "menu transparency" on around 600 local restaurants to help users find meals that meet their needs. It also offers a wide range of recipes for making personalized meals at home.

“Our mission as a business is to make healthy eating simple and accessible for all,” says co-founder and CMO Samantha Citro Alexander. Next up: Chicago, and then the world, the team says.

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A Local Restaurants’ COVID-19 Refuge: Dallas-Based Oasis App Offers Fee-Free Delivery

by Riley Farrell | Jul 21, 2020

Newly launched Oasis provides food delivery that is affordable for both customers and restaurants in Uptown Dallas—there's a $0 delivery fee and restaurants are only charged 10 percent.

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Dallas College and the Texas Restaurant Association Partner on New Restaurant Certification Amid COVID-19

by Alex Lyda | Jul 13, 2020

New ‘Texas Restaurant Promise Certification’ to ensure consumer and staff confidence in restaurant industry amid COVID-19.

International Developers: Meet Mike Hoque From Dhaka, Bangladesh

by Jim Fuquay | Jan 30, 2020

The developer has several projects planned or underway in the downtown Dallas area, including the proposed Cedars mixed-used development SoGood @ Cedars.

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Tech to Table: OneDine’s App-Based Restaurant Solution

by Lauren Hawkins | Oct 7, 2019

Plano-based OneDine seeks to create a seamless experience for restaurants as well as their guests through its app 'designed by people in the restaurant industry, for people in the restaurant industry.'

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Pei Wei Pokes at Panda, Hopes to Be “The Wei Forward” With Clean-Label Initiative

by Lauren Hawkins | Oct 15, 2018

The DFW-based restaurant chain has launched its transparency campaign, calling out competitors to reveal their own ingredient labels in a series of cheeky tweets.

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MUTTS Canine Cantina is seeking franchisees to expand its brand in the Sunbelt. [Photo courtesy of MUTTS Canine Cantina]

MUTTS Canine Cantina Plans to Expand its Paw Print in Sunbelt

by Lance Murray | Aug 14, 2018

The Dallas restaurant and dog park is a membership concept in which dogs and their human partners can relax, eat, and play in a pet-frieindly environment.

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4 Eleven Bringing Events Venue, Retail to Restored Warehouse

by Lance Murray | Sep 7, 2017

The 1920s-era building offers unique features inside and out. It also will house shops from local entrepreneurs.

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Shake Shack, Horseshoe Project
Earn Design-Build Awards

by Lance Murray | Jul 14, 2017

Both projects will go on to compete for a National Award of Excellence and the Project of the Year to be announced in November at DBIA’s Design-Build Conference and Expo Awards Ceremony in Philadelphia.

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No Restaurant Experience? That Didn’t Stop These Dallas Eatery Founders

by Nicholas Sakelaris | Apr 10, 2017

Three Dallas restaurateurs recently discussed what it took to open and succeed in today’s hypercompetitive food world.

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TGI Fridays Promotes CMO to Chief Executive Officer to Lead Transformation

‘A Healthy Eating Ecosystem’: Dallas Startup Aims to Help People Stay Healthy While Eating Out and In

International Developers: Meet Mike Hoque From Dhaka, Bangladesh

MUTTS Canine Cantina Plans to Expand its Paw Print in Sunbelt

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