November 5, 2020 E-commerce giant Amazon is adding to its North Texas distribution network. The Seattle-based digital retailer is planning a new 219,000-square-foot delivery station in North Fort Worth. The shipping hub will be at Litsey Road and North Beach Street in a building owned by Hillwood Development Co., according to filings with the state. […]
Dallas County’s rise in coronavirus cases continues to steepen; Texas logs biggest total in 3 months
November 4, 2020 Dallas County announced 866 more coronavirus cases Wednesday, all of them considered new. Two new deaths — one confirmed to be from COVID-19, one probable — also were reported. Labs report coronavirus cases either directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to […]
November 3, 2020 The world’s largest soft-drink maker has picked DFW International Airport for the first location for a “Coca-Cola Around the World Experience,” a new area in Terminal D where passengers can charge phones, check out a Coke mini-museum and grab a cold beverage. Local bottler Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages opened the 2,016-square-foot space on […]
November 3, 2020 The Dallas-Fort Worth office market’s absorption rate is already down to negative 3.4M SF for the year, based on new research from Younger Partners, so Hines Managing Director Ben Brewer could be sweating the condition of the capital markets and investor appetite for new developments in office, multifamily and mixed-use. But he […]
November 4, 2020 Despite continued uncertainty involving the COVID-19 pandemic, North Texas has seen a few corporate relocations in the last seven months, and according to experts, more are on the way. Moving a headquarters from one state to another is never easy, but during COVID-19, the task has become even more strenuous, according to […]
November 3, 2020 The American Academy of Pediatrics announced late Monday that the number of children contracting COVID-19 has soared to unprecedented levels, with nearly 200,000 new cases in the month of October. In just one week late last month, 61,000 new cases were reported in kids – more than any other week during the […]
November 2, 2020 Irving engineering and construction giant Fluor is tapping a new CEO — its third change at the top in less than two years. The company announced Monday that David Constable, a member of its board of directors, will take over Jan. 1 for retiring chief executive Carlos Hernandez. Constable, 59, spent 30 […]
November 3, 2020 Last week’s decision by global property company CBRE to move its headquarters to Dallas is just what the region’s real estate executives wanted to hear. Usually upbeat, real estate professionals are now even more optimistic about the prospects of luring away business from California and the East Coast. While the CBRE move […]
November 3, 2020 It’s finally Election Day. After months of campaigning and prognosticating – all during a pandemic – Texas is playing host to a series of high-stakes contests up and down the ballot, from a presidential race that could be the state’s closest in a generation to the fight for the Texas House majority. […]
November 2, 2020 There are more votes than ever to count in Texas this year: A record-breaking 9.7 million people cast ballots during Texas’ early voting period – 8.7 million of those were cast in person, and nearly 1 million sent through the mail. By the time Election Day comes and goes, experts predict that […]