North Texas Commercial Real Estate Developers April 28, 2021 8:00pm

Ranked by Local Commercial Space Developed in 2020 (in sq. ft) The Dallas Business Journal surveyed commercial real estate developers beginning Jan. 4, 2020. The surveys were sent via email to companies who opted-in to the Business Journal’s surveys and met eligibility requirements. To be eligible for The List, a company must develop commercial real estate projects and have a location in North Texas. Of the 107 eligible companies surveyed, 26 responded. The Business Journal can not independen...
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Caterpillar Inks Big Lease at Williams Square in Las Colinas April 28, 2021 8:00pm

Caterpillar Inc. has selected Las Colinas as the home base for its new Electric Power division. The company will lease multiple floors in the West Tower of Williams Square; it’s still determining exactly how many square feet it will ultimately take. Members of the group are currently located globally, with leadership in locations such as Houston and Atlanta. According to a company spokeswoman, employees will move to the new Irving office from several locations; Caterpillar also expects to make...
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Pandemic? AllianceTexas grows economic impact in 2020 by nearly $1 billion March 8, 2021 7:00pm

Officials from AllianceTexas presented a report to the Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday, March 9 saying that the  27,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in north Fort Worth generated approximately $91.98 billion in regional economic impact and over $2.82 billion in total taxes paid to local public entities during the past three decades. According to its annual Insight Research Corporation report, more than $8.24 billion of the development’s economic impact was generated in 2020 al...
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Hillwood’s Mike Berry: ‘North Texas Has a Lot Working in Our Favor’ October 13, 2020 8:00pm

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. “The region’s commercial real estate market has some distinctive bright spots that give us a reason to be optimistic as we head into the third quarter,” says Hillwood...
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Charles Schwab gives date for HQ designation move from San Francisco to DFW October 5, 2020 8:00pm

The Charles Schwab Corp.’s big move to the North Texas is getting closer.  The financial services company announced Tuesday it expects to move its corporate headquarters designation from San Francisco to Hillwood's Circle T Ranch in Westlake, effective Jan. 1. The company has now closed its acquisition of TD Ameritrade, creating a massive player in the space.  Already, Schwab has more than 2,500 employees at its Westlake campus, and approximately 2,000 employees in Southlake are at TD Ameri...
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