Although Hillwood, a Perot company, is consistently ranked among the top developers in the country by national trade publications and has received awards from several prestigious real estate trade organizations, the company is most proud of the value its projects have created for its customers, its partners and the community.
Amazon Exec Talks Cyber Monday and More from Alliance Airport November 29, 2021 1:00am
Several factors, including the supply chain crisis and the pandemic, are making holiday shopping more complicated this year. Joining TODAY live from Amazon’s [AllianceTexas] air hub in Haslet, Texas, Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, says consumers should feel confident: Watch
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Fort Worth-Founded Booster Partners With Renewable Energy Group to Deliver Carbon-Cutting Fuels to Fleets November 14, 2021 1:00am
Perot Jain-backed Booster was founded in 2014 out of Fort Worth's AllianceTexas, before moving its HQ to San Mateo, California. Booster has raised over $108M in funding, and now operates in California, Texas, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C. By partnering with REG, it aims to help fleets switch to renewables, cutting carbon emissions in the fight against climate change.
Cities and companies across the U.S. own fleets of cars and trucks that spew carbon into the atmosphere daily—accounting for o...
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Google’s Wing Plans To Launch Drone Delivery Service In Dallas Fort-Worth Area October 20, 2021 1:00am
Wing, the drone delivery unit of Google parent company Alphabet, aims to set up shop in the suburbs of Dallas-Ft. Worth, the company said Wednesday, in what would be the first residential drone delivery service in a major metropolitan area in the United States.
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Wing said it plans to begin test flights in the Dallas-Ft. Worth bedroom communities of Frisco and Little Elm, and hopes to win the necessary approvals at the local, state and federal levels to launch commercial service in tho...
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Two more big industrial projects in the works at Fort Worth’s AllianceTexas October 13, 2021 1:00am
Developer Hillwood is gearing up to build two more speculative industrial projects in its 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development in North Fort Worth.
Back in May, Hillwood announced plans for its largest ever speculative warehouse — a 1.24 million-square-foot industrial building on Interstate 35W at Westport Parkway, across the highway from Alliance Airport.
Now the developer is preparing to break ground on two more spec warehouses with another 1 million square feet of space.
Hillwood plans to...
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Tarrant County College offers companies tailored training to give workers a trajectory to success October 4, 2021 1:00am
Economic development is not just about headline-grabbing deals. It’s also about growing a well-trained workforce.
That is where Tarrant County College’s Corporate Solutions and Economic Development office comes in. The new department is located at TCC Northwest Campus in north Fort Worth and wants to provide established companies with tailor-made training for their employees.
“We go out and we engage with CEOs and executives of businesses in the region to really ask one question, and that...
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Autonomous trucking company opens new DFW hub for more states, set to have 50 workers June 16, 2021 1:00am
A California autonomous trucking company’s new North Texas site is open as it looks to expand eastward.
TuSimple has added a facility in AllianceTexas in Fort Worth to support the growing reach of its “freight network,” it announced on Wednesday.
“We're very optimistic,” said Lee White, vice president of Strategy at TuSimple, in an interview. “Alliance is a great facility for us. ... It's in the right place.”
The new site at AllianceTexas adds over 50 new transportation jobs to...
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