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Melanie N. Hanna [Photo: BKV Group Hires]

BKV Taps Design Pro to Drive Corporate, Hospitality Projects In North Texas and Sun Belt

by | Apr 12, 2024

BKV Group has added Melanie N. Hanna as director of interior design and senior associate working on its Dallas practice site.

Washington, D.C.-based BKV Group is a holistic, multidisciplinary design firm.

In a news release, Jack Boarman, CEO of BKV Group said Hanna’s expertise in “nearly every aspect of design” makes her the “ideal candidate” to help scale the firm’s interior design work in Texas and throughout BKV’s southern region....

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Rolling In: PopStroke Opens This Week at Grandscape in The Colony
by | Mar 25, 2024
With Tiger Woods as a partner and investor and TaylorMade's putters and balls poised for action, PopStroke is no ordinary mini golf course. Forget about windmills and silly castles—the courses here look and feel more like real golf.
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‘Great Big Game Show’ Entertainment Concept Coming to Grandscape in The Colony
by | Oct 5, 2023

A new entertainment concept called “Great Big Game Show” is set to open in late November at Grandscape in The Colony, featuring a real-life, interactive game show where the patron is the contestant....

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As MLC Debut Looms, Sixes Social Cricket Is Swinging at Grandscape in The Colony
by | Jul 11, 2023
With the first-ever Major League Cricket match looming Thursday in Grand Prairie, the sport of cricket is catching on in DFW. Sixes Social Cricket, a London-based immersive entertainment concept, opened at Grandscape on June 17 to help North Texans get in the swing of things.
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Sixes Social Cricket is coming to Grandscape in The Colony. [Photo: Sixes Social Cricket]

U.K.’s Sixes Social Cricket Is Launching Its First U.S. Venue at Grandscape in The Colony

by | Apr 18, 2023
North Texas is quickly staking claim to be the capital of cricket in the U.S. We already have the first professional cricket stadium in the U.S.—Grand Prairie Stadium, home of Major League Cricket's Texas Super Kings, who'll host the MLC's inaugural match this July 13th. Now U.K.-based Sixes Social Cricket has announced the U.S. debut of its immersive social cricket experience here, too. It's slated to open this summer at Grandscape, the shopping and entertainment destination in The Colony.
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First Look: Atlanta-based Shared Workspace Provider Roam Opens Grandscape Location
by | Apr 11, 2023
Roam in Grandscape is the company's eighth location and the first outside the Atlanta metropolitan area, the company said. The Colony location—Roam’s largest workplace—offers 17 luxury meeting spaces and 70 private offices complemented by a member-only shared workspace. Take a look at how Roam is shaking up how work gets done.
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Dallas’ Power Storage Solutions Partners with ELM for ‘Turnkey’ Microgrids
by | Feb 7, 2023
In December, Illinois-based ELM announced that it's constructing a new, 125,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in The Colony for its MicroGrid and Solar divisions. Together, the two companies say they will provide leading-edge technology, UL-certified "turnkey" packaged, USA-based microgrids for utility, commercial, and industrial applications.
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Fountain Life Opens AI-Powered Diagnostic Center at Grandscape in The Colony
by | Dec 9, 2022

Florida-based Fountain Life, a preventative health and longevity company committed to transforming global healthcare from reactive to proactive, has opened its third precision diagnostic center in The Colony....

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Grandscape panorama [Photo: Grandscape]

North Texas’ Grandscape Named World’s ‘Most Innovative Retail and Entertainment Project’ at London’s RLI Awards

by | Oct 25, 2021
The award is presented annually by Retail and Leisure International, the world's only global magazine for the retail and leisure industry. Grandscape was noted for innovative retail and entertainment offerings that range from the 180-foot Grandscape Wheel to new concepts like Puttery and Electric Gamebox, along with crowd-pleasing attractions like Jurassic Park: The Exhibition.
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Mitsubishi Elevator & Escalator Division Expands North Texas Office
by | Sep 26, 2019
The Dallas-Fort Worth branch of Mitsubishi Electric's Elevator & Escalator Division started in 2017 as a two-person operation, but steady growth is leading the company to expand the office.
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The Road to Everywhere:
Highlights of Projects and Development in the 121 Corridor
by | Nov 21, 2018
From Flower Mound to Grapevine to Frisco, check out the plans that are driving the Corridor as a hub for development.
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Panasonic Automotive Systems
Panasonic Automotive Systems Opens Office for Toyota Work
by | Aug 3, 2018
The Panasonic Automotive space in The Colony is built primarily to provide engineering, sales, and quality support for Toyota Motor North America, and features eight large vehicle bays for on-site research and development. 
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