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.
Trinity Metro to introduce improved electric bus connection between downtown and Alliance May 30, 2022 1:00am
Trinity Metro is purchasing eight new electric buses to connect Fort Worth to the rapidly expanding Alliance development on the city’s northern edge, offering a new way to connect employees to workplaces.
The $13 million purchase of new buses is part of Trinity Metro’s first sustainability plan and will offer riders a “higher quality” transportation option within the next 24 months.
Paul Ballard, interim president and CEO of Trinity Metro, said the agency has always worked to be “ahe...
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Mining company to open new facility in Fort Worth in hopes of helping demand for magnets in the U.S. April 21, 2022 1:00am
The future of the U.S. supply chain for electric vehicles, drones and wind turbines could run through Fort Worth. Las Vegas-based MP Materials held a ground breaking for a new site in AllianceTexas, where the company will manufacture magnets.
“Rare earth magnets are really what will power motion,” said Chairman James Litinsky.
MP Materials runs the Mountain Pass rare earth materials mine in California, one of the largest in the world.
Right now, most of the mining for rare earth materi...
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Perot’s Hillwood designs the Circle T Ranch to round up relocating companies March 10, 2022 7:00pm
A historic North Texas ranch is being offered to relocating companies that want a new home on the range.
The 2,500-acre Circle T Ranch in Westlake already has lassoed a stable full of big business names, including Fidelity Investments, Deloitte and — most recently — Charles Schwab.
The rolling property northeast of Fort Worth has been owned by Dallas’ Perot family since 1993. Ross Perot Jr. paid Dallas oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt less than $20 million for the horse and cattle spread on Sta...
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A leading logistics center: How autonomous trucking is ramping up in DFW March 5, 2022 1:00am
The Mobility Innovation Zone at AllianceTexas is playing a growing role in the region with autonomous trucking.
Dallas-Fort Worth is no stranger to 18-wheelers as a key junction for moving freight around the state and beyond. Now the region is getting more from what’s seen as at least part of the future of logistics: autonomous trucking.
While headquarters for these driverless machines hail from other states, it’s North Texas that’s playing a crucial role in helping refine and improve tech...
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AllianceTexas highlights annual impact of business park development for Fort Worth City Council February 15, 2022 7:00pm
AllianceTexas reported a total of 53.4 million square feet had been developed and 63,021 jobs had been created in the master-planned community through the end of 2021, per a presentation from its developer Hillwood.
Mike Berry, president of Hillwood, delivered the presentation at a Feb. 15 Fort Worth City Council work session. Berry estimated the development's economic impact last year as $8.66 billion, a slight increase from the $8.24 billion reported in 2020. That pushed AllianceTexas to an...
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AllianceTexas surpasses $100 billion in economic impact for North Texas February 15, 2022 7:00pm
AllianceTexas, Hillwood’s 27,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in north Fort Worth, continues to be one of the state’s most formidable economic engines with approximately $100 billion generated in regional economic impact and over $3.13 billion in total taxes paid to local public entities during the past three decades. According to its annual Insight Research Corporation report, more than $8.66 billion of the development’s economic impact was generated in 2021 alone.
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