DALLAS® Economic Development Guide 2024

REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE

Dallas-Fort Worth: America’s Best Business Location

Top Corporate Destination

No. 1 in U.S. for 5-Year Job Growth

Low Taxes and Cost of Doing Business

No. 1 in U.S. for New High-Tech Jobs

No. 1 in Texas for Higher Education

Access to a growing labor pool of over 600,000 within a 30-minute commute of the city.

RD.

PATRICK RD.

TRACT 4 137.745

ACRES

TRACT 3 106.59

ACRES

TRACT 2 138.65

ACRES

TRACT 1 101.00

ACRES

Land, utilites - including water, natural gas, electricity and high speed telecommunication - are a ordable and available. And now with the new South Grove industrial park under construction, options are even better.

MARSHALL

Waxahachie o ers so many ways to get people and pallets there and back: Air transportation options include DFW International, Love Field and Mid-Way Regional Airports. Highway access is easily accessible at The Crossroads. And Tier 1 BNSF and UP rail access connects Waxahachie to the Inland Port of Dallas and the Port of Houston.

BUTCHER RD.

AUSTIN RD.

LOFLAND INTERCHANGE

MARSHALL RD.

SOLON RD.

SOLON RD.

35E

Where Businesses Find New Energy.

From the piney woods of East Texas to the plains of West Texas and everywhere in between, Oncor’s infrastructure attracts companies near and far and has for more than 100 years. As the largest electric delivery company in Texas and a 21st century energy innovator, we fuel economic growth across the state.

OUR INNOVATION IS DRIVING OPPORTUNITY

$15B+ Capital investment planned through 2026

13M+ Texans served across 400+ communities in nearly 100 counties

10,500+ Miles of new/upgraded transmission & distribution lines in the past 5 years

200+ New substations added since 2019

COMFORT

Where big city amenities meet small-town charm

EXCELLENCE

Where industry collides with luxury

DIVERSIFIED

Where both corporate offices and industrial powerhouses flourish

COMMUNITY

Where neighbors are friends and strangers are friendly

Where education and workforce are top priorities

PRO BUSINESS

Where businesses continue to grow and thrive QUALITY

AFFORDABLE

Where living comfortably can be both luxurious and affordable

Just 23 miles east of downtown Dallas, it’s an easy

trek, and will be easier upon the completion of the $800 million Interstate 30 widening project

The 550-acre Rockwall Technology Park is just minutes from the beautiful 23,000-acre Lake Ray Hubbard

While Rockwall has an established reputation in manufacturing, the REDC

recently purchased two 10-acre sites to capitalize on our strong, white-collar population

All across the Lone Star State you’ll find a friendliness you don’t find elsewhere, and you can feel safe knowing

Rockwall’s crime rate is more than 60% lower than the state and national average workers within a 45-minute drive of Rockwall

Our “A” rated school district is ranked in the top 10% of Texas schools, and there are more than 2.8 million REDC offers robust incentive packages including cash and/or land incentives to qualified companies who are expanding or relocating.

In the past year, Rockwall County’s housing prices were 15% less than surrounding DFW counties, and the consolidated tax rate is one of the lowest in the area at $1.565445 per $100 valuation

OLD TOWN LEWISVILLE

2024 AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION TEXAS CHAPTER BUSINESS-FRIENDLY & STREAMLINED PERMITTING PROCESSES

ONE OF THE LOWEST TAX RATES IN THE DFW METROPLEX

TOP 100 U.S. CITIES FOR ECONOMIC & POPULATION GROWTH - 2022 SMARTASSET

RETAIL OCCUPANCY RATE

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THE MAVERICK FACTOR MEANS

THE MAVERICK FACTOR MEANS

IMPACT

UTA is committed to being a for economic development and well beyond. Not only do our alumni hold leadership positions at every Fortune 500 company in North Texas, but 79% of them live in Texas, contributing to our economic impact of $28.8 billion impact—that’s

UTA is committed to being a driving force for economic development in the region and well beyond. Not only do our alumni hold leadership positions at every Fortune 500 company in North Texas, but 79% of them live in Texas, contributing to our economic impact of $28.8 billion in the state. Real-world impact—that’s the Maverick Factor.

IMPACT

Located on Interstate 35

50 Minutes to downtown Forth Worth, TX

50 Minutes to downtown Dallas, TX

38 Minutes to DFW Airport

49 Minutes to Love Field

30 Minutes to Alliance Airport

Access to a talented labor pool

BNSF Rail

Sanger Independent School District

Growing residential base

Recreational opportunities

Historic Downtown Incentives to qualified projects

Sanger Economic Development Corporation

(940)

sbradshaw@sangertexas.org

Discover Sanger, TX – where strategic location meets unparalleled quality of life. Nestled just off I-35, 10 minutes north of Denton, and thirty minutes south of the Oklahoma border, Sanger offers a prime position for both residents and businesses. With easy access to three major airports, this thriving community provides a seamless blend of convenience and connectivity. Residents savor an exceptional quality of life, surrounded by the beauty of Lake Ray Roberts, charming boutique shops, and an array of dining choices. The City’s commitment to economic development is evident in the availability of several large tracts of land along I-35, making it an ideal hub for distributors and manufacturers seeking a strategic base for growth. Sanger, where you can truly have it all – a flourishing economy, a picturesque environment, and a vibrant community.

https://discoversanger.com

LET’S RODEO!

Saddle up with industry giants.

Mesquite isn’t just the birthplace of professional rodeo, we are the seat of logistics and manufacturing, and some real giants of industry are riding into town. We have 10 million square feet of ready-to-build industrial space, over 1.5 million skilled workers nearby, a vibrant community, 10,000 new homes in the making, and 4 major highways strategically connecting us all.

CANADIAN SOLAR

One of the largest solar companies in the world is investing $250 million into their first U.S. manufacturing plant in Mesquite.

GENERAL DYNAMICS

Will occupy a 249,011 square foot manufacturing facility in Mesquite 635 Business Park.

Join Canadian Solar and General Dynamics in North Texas’ hottest seat of manufacturing. Saddle up with us! MesquiteEcoDev.com

Welcome

A letter from the Dallas Regional Chamber

The Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) is proud to serve as the voice of business and the champion for economic growth in our region. Our 60-person team works hard every day to help make the Dallas Region the best place in America for all people to live, work, and do business.

This guide tells the story of the Dallas Region’s remarkable and sustained economic strength and showcases what a great time it is for you and your business to call our region home.

Since 2010, more than 250 companies have moved their headquarters here, including six Fortune 500 companies. The Dallas Region leads the nation’s major metros in five-year job growth—and it’s not even close. You might not expect it, but one-third of Texas’ tech jobs are here, and we’re No. 5 in the country for total tech jobs. And the federal government’s selection of Dallas as the home of one of three national hubs for the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health confirms our region’s status as a burgeoning powerhouse for life sciences and biotechnology innovation.

The breadth and depth of industries and major companies operating in our region means a diverse array of businesses can find their place and thrive here. The last 11 Fortune 500 headquarters that moved here represent nine different industries. The sheer size of our region helps, too. It means companies can put down roots in a community that has just about everything to meet their needs.

The Dallas Region is a mecca for sports fans with all four major league sports represented, and our arts and culture scene is rich and vibrant. These traits, coupled with our diverse job market and favorable tax environment, make us a destination for the best and brightest workers from around the world.

The talent base already studying, living, and working here is top-notch, too. Dallas-Fort Worth is No. 1 in Texas for higher education enrollment (more than 343,000 students) and degrees completed (more than 55,000 degrees awarded), and 72% of students stay and work in our region

after graduation, creating a robust and educated pipeline of workers for our companies.

The Dallas Region has an enviable location in the middle of the southern U.S., serving as a major hub for rail, freight, air, and highway traffic. We’re in the middle of North America, halfway between Mexico City and Toronto. Our accessibility and business-friendly climate help make us one of the most productive regions in the nation, and our high quality of life at an affordable cost makes this a great place to start a career and raise a family. Opportunity abounds, and the DRC is committed to making sure we maintain and grow the qualities that make our region great—while helping ensure all people have a chance to share in this prosperity by narrowing opportunity gaps that exist in companies, communities, educational institutions, and health care. It’s our vision that the business community uses this sweet moment in time to share resources, knowledge, and acumen to catalyze change that improves the quality of life for all people.

We still have much to achieve, and our track record of strong and steady progress tells us we can turn each new possibility into reality—with your help. There’s no better place in America to be than right here, right now. By working together, we will make tomorrow in the Dallas Region even better than today.

2024 CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Cynt Marshall

CEO

Dallas Mavericks President & CEO

Dale Petroskey

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

Angela Farley

Economic Development, Senior Vice President

Mike Rosa

Research & Innovation, Senior Vice President

Duane Dankesreiter

Research & Innovation, Vice President

Eric Griffin

Communications, Marketing & Events, Senior Vice President

Dana Jennings

Education & Workforce, Senior Vice President

Jarrad Toussant

Talent Strategies, Senior Vice President

Elizabeth Caudill McClain

Public Policy, Senior Vice President

Matt Garcia

Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement, Senior Vice President

Latosha Herron Bruff

Membership, Senior Vice President

Meghan Kelley Wehner

Dale Petroskey President and Chief Executive Officer Dallas Regional Chamber

PLANO

Nationally Ranked. Locally Focused.

Come be part of a business culture powered by national brands, progressive startups and growing businesses ready to take that next, big step. With new programs to drive economic development, we’re creating a business environment where companies, like yours, can truly thrive. Take the next step to a brighter future.

We’re Building The Future.

Accolades

Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the top regions in the nation for business, thanks to a low cost of living, business-friendly environment, strong base of well-educated and skilled employees, and robust access to both U.S. and international markets through its transportation network.

Year after year, the region’s selling points are lauded by business experts at respected publications, including Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, and Site Selection Magazine.

Key metrics tracked by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which covers an area that includes Texas, northern Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, show the region to be among the strongest in the country.

Additionally, the communities comprising the Dallas-Fort Worth region are consistently ranked among the top places to work, the best places to live, and the best places for investment.

1 # #

in the country for 5-year job growth (593,700 jobs) among largest U.S. metros for year-overyear job growth (3.3%)

BLS, Dec. 2023

Dallas-Fort Worth was first among large metros to recover pandemic job losses, adding more jobs in the past 5 years than the next two metros combined.

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“Dallas is just such a great place for travel, for the resources in the community, the talent you can draw on...[prior to relocating we] o ered every single person in our company a weekend trip, and we flew them [to Dallas] with their families…That was probably part of our success.”

Global 500 Companies Fortune, 2023

World’s Most Admired Companies Fortune, 2022

Fortune 500 Companies

Fortune, 2023

Brian S. Tyler

Chief Executive O icer

“Dallas continues to be the bellwether of a true diversified market for real estate growth and sustainability. With its centralized national location, proximity to inland and port trade routes, and the availability of land, North Texas remains the central focal point for employers and skilled workers to operate their businesses.”

“In addition to the logistical advantages Dallas o ers...this relocation is beneficial from a number of standpoints, including a lower cost of living and access to a highly educated workforce...”

John Ho, CEO

#22 of 500

Most Innovative Cities in the World

2023 2thinknow

Best Performing Cities—Dallas

2023 Milken Institute

Airport Satisfaction

#4 #4

Mega Airport

Large Airport

J.D. Power, 2023

The cost of doing business in Dallas is on par with the national average.

#11

Best cities in North America for startups

StartupBlink, Global Startup Ecosystem Index, 2023

#1

Best cities for conducting sports business

Sports Business Journal, 2023

Top 100

List of the largest green power users within EPA’s Green Power Partnership Participant Rank

5. AT&T (Dallas)

14. Kimberly-Clark (Irving) 29. 7-Eleven (Irving)

42.

83.

Three R1: Doctoral Universities

The Dallas Region added 467 New Residents each day

25%

Increase

75% Net Migration U.S. Census, 2021-2022

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education: Very High Research Activity

“We believe it’s in the best strategic interest of the company to make this move [to DFW], which supports Caterpillar’s strategy for profitable growth as we help our customers build a better, more sustainable world. ”

Jim Umpleby

Chairman and CEO Caterpillar

PRIORITIES

2024-2026 Strategic Plan

Alongside our 700-plus member companies and partners, the DRC works hard each day to improve the quality of life for all people in the Region through strategic, integrated work four focus areas: Prosperity & Economic Development; Education, Talent & Workforce; Policy; and Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement.

Alongside our 700-plus member companies and regional partners, the DRC works hard each day to help improve the quality of life for all people in the Dallas Region through strategic, integrated work in our four focus areas: Prosperity & Economic Development; Education, Talent & Workforce; Public Policy; and Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement.

Alongside our 700-plus member companies and regional partners, the DRC works hard each day to help improve the quality of life for all people in the Dallas Region through strategic, integrated work in our four focus areas: Prosperity & Economic Development; Education, Talent & Workforce; Public Policy; and Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement.

We serve as the preeminent voice of the business community and a bridge to the public, education, and nonprofit sectors to drive growth and prosperity for all who call the Dallas Region home and for those interested in coming here.

as the preeminent voice of the business community and a bridge to the public, education, nonprofit sectors to drive growth and prosperity for all who call the Dallas Region home those interested in coming here.

We serve as the preeminent voice of the business community and a bridge to the public, education, and nonprofit sectors to drive growth and prosperity for all who call the Dallas Region home and for those interested in coming here.

The work of the DRC’s strategic plan is funded by our Tomorrow Fund investors.

TOMORROW FUND

The work of the DRC’s strategic plan is funded by our Tomorrow Fund investors.

An investment in the DRC's Tomorrow Fund makes possible our strategic e orts to improve life for all people while enhancing the business climate and economy of the Dallas Region. in the Tomorrow Fund, you become a valued partner in our long-term mission and enhance company's ability to do good for our region and all the people who live, work, and do business

TOMORROW FUND

PROSPERITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Prosperity & Economic Development

investment in the DRC's Tomorrow Fund makes possible our strategic e orts to improve the quality of people while enhancing the business climate and economy of the Dallas Region. By investing Tomorrow Fund, you become a valued partner in our long-term mission and enhance your company's ability to do good for our region and all the people who live, work, and do business here.

We champion the growth of existing Dallas Region companies and innovation while positioning our region as a prime destination for living, working, and doing business.

We champion the growth of existing Dallas Region companies and innovation while positioning our region as a prime destination for living, working, and doing business.

Education, Talent & Workforce

PROSPERITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION, TALENT & WORKFORCE

We foster a talent pipeline that meets the needs of employers and prepares workers and future workers for job opportunities that lead to a fulfilling life and career.

We champion the growth of existing Dallas Region companies and innovation while positioning our region as a prime destination for living, working, and doing business.

We foster a talent pipeline that meets the needs of employers and prepares workers and future workers for job opportunities that lead to a fulfilling life and career.

PUBLIC POLICY

EDUCATION, TALENT & WORKFORCE

Public Policy

We foster a talent pipeline that meets the needs of employers and prepares workers and future workers for job opportunities that lead to a fulfilling life and career.

PUBLIC POLICY

We advocate for policies and outcomes that preserve Texas’ economic competitive advantage and support a prosperous life for Texans in the near and long term.

We advocate for policies and outcomes that preserve Texas’ economic competitive advantage and support a prosperous life for Texans in the near and long term.

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement

We advocate for policies and outcomes that preserve Texas’ economic competitive advantage and support a prosperous life for Texans in the near and long term.

We work to narrow opportunity gaps that exist within companies, communities, and educational institutions to promote a high-quality life for all people in the Dallas Region.

We work to narrow opportunity gaps that exist within companies, communities, and educational institutions to promote a high-quality life for all people in the Dallas Region.

DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

of the DRC’s strategic plan is funded by Tomorrow Fund investors. Become a partner in our mission. To invest in the DRC’s Tomorrow Fund, contact memberinfo@dallaschamber.org.

Become a partner in our mission.

We work to narrow opportunity gaps that exist within companies, communities, and educational institutions to promote a high-quality life for all people in the Dallas Region.

To invest in the DRC’s Tomorrow Fund, contact memberinfo@dallaschamber.org.

Tomorrow Fund

An investment in the DRC’s Tomorrow Fund makes possible our strategic efforts to improve the quality of life for all people while enhancing the business climate

Dallas Love Field (DAL), located just seven miles from downtown Dallas, achieved a significant milestone in 2023 by serving over 17 5 million passengers Recognized as the busiest medium hub airport in the U S , DAL has earned prestigious awards, including ACI-World's Airport Service Quality and ACI-NA's MarComCX The airport plays a pivotal role in reshaping the airport experience Over its history, DAL has contributed more than $5 6 billion to the economy, elevating labor income by $1 7 billion through the support of over 28,000 local jobs DAL is dedicated to expanding its footprint and enhancing aviation services for an unparalleled travel experience

Top Investors

The Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) recognizes the following companies and organizations for their membership investment at one of our top levels. Companies in bold print are represented on the DRC Board of Directors. For more information about the benefits of membership, call (214) 746-6600.

1820 Productions

55 Seventy Wine Cellar & Tasting Room

7-Eleven, Inc.

Accenture LLP

Access Healthcare Services USA LLC

Acme Brick Company

AECOM

AJC – American Jewish Committee

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP

Aligned Data Centers

AlixPartners LLP

Allie Beth Allman & Associates

Alston & Bird LLP

Amazon

Amegy Bank of Texas

American Airlines Center

American Airlines, Inc.

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association, Dallas Division

American National Bank of Texas

American Red Cross

AMN Healthcare

Andrews Distributing Company of North Texas

Arcosa

Armstrong Relocation and Companies

Ashford

At Home

AT&T

Atmos Energy Corporation

Aurora

Austin Industries

AvreaFoster

Axxess

B&H Engineers, Inc.

Baker & McKenzie, LLP

Baker Botts L.L.P.

BAL

Balfour Beatty

Bally Sports Southwest

Bank of America

Bank of Texas

Bare Roots Landscape Solutions

Barnes & Thornburg

Bay Immigration Law PLLC

Baylor Scott & White Health

Bell Nunnally

BFS Advisory Group

BGSF

Big Rock Educational Services

Billingsley Company

BioLabs Pegasus Park

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

BMO Transportation Finance

BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Boeing

Boingo Wireless

BOKA Powell

Bombardier Aviation

Bottle Rocket

Brasfield & Gorrie

Bridgepointe Technologies

Broadway Dallas Brunswick Group LLP

Buckner International

Builders FirstSource

Business Jet Center

BuzzBallz/Southern Champion

Cadence Bank

Capco

Capgemini

Capital Factory

Capital One Bank

Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.

Carter Arnett PLLC

Carter Financial Management

Carter, Inc.

Caterpillar, Inc.

Cawley Partners

CBD Kratom

CBRE Group, Inc.

CEC Facilities Group

Cenergistic

Cenero

CENTURY 21 Judge Fite Company

CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.

Champion Partners

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Chickasaw Nation

Children’s Health

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Citi

City Electric Supply

City of Lancaster

CitySquare

Clark Hill PLC

CMC

CMP

Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages

Collateral Edge

Colliers

Comerica Bank

Commemorative Air Force Commerce Bank

Communities In Schools of the Dallas Region

Cook Children’s Health Care System

Corgan

Corrientes 348 Argentinian

Steakhouse

Corrigan Investments, Inc.

CRA | Admired Leadership, Inc.

Crescent Real Estate Equities, LTD.

Criado & Associates, Inc.

CrossFirst Bank

Crow Holdings

Crowe LLP

Crown Castle

Crown Laboratories, Inc.

Cruise

Cumming Management Group Inc.

Cushman & Wakefield of Texas, Inc.

CyrusOne

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas College

Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Stars Hockey Club

Dallas Symphony Association

Dallas Wings

Dal-Tile Corporation

Daseke Inc

Data Center Coalition

Dave & Buster’s Dallas

De La Vega Development

DeGolyer and MacNaughton

Deloitte LLP

DENSO Products and Services Americas, Inc.

DeSoto Economic Development Corporation

DFW International Airport

DHD Films

Digit7

Diodes Inc.

DLR Group

Dormae Products / Milton Sleep Company

Dow-Caide Custodial Supply Inc.

DPR Construction

DroneUp

E Smith Advisors

EarthX

Ebby Halliday Companies

Edelman

EisnerAmper

Ernst & Young LLP

EssilorLuxottica

Estrada Hinojosa & Company, Inc.

Exeter Finance

F2G Solutions Inc

Faegre Drinker

FASTSIGNS - Northeast Dallas

FedEx Office

Fidelity Investments

Fifth Third Bank

Financial Additions

First Horizon Bank

Flexport

Flowserve Corporation

Fluor Corporation Headquarters

Fortrea

Forvis LLP

Freeman

Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Fresh Consulting

Frito-Lay North America

Frontier Communications

Frost Bank

Frost Brown Todd LLC

Furniture Marketing Group

Gaedeke Group

Galderma

George W Bush Foundation

Globe Life

Goldman Sachs & Co, LLC

Google Graham Mortgage Corporation

Granite Properties

Grant Thornton LLP

Green Brick Partners

Greenberg Traurig

GS Dallas LP

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Gupta & Associates Inc.

Hall Group

Harness IP

Harwood International

Hattie Hill Enterprises, Inc.

Haynes and Boone, LLP

H-E-B/Central Market

Highland Park Village

Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors

Hillwood Development Company, LLC

Hilti North America

Hilton Anatole

Hines Interests LP

HKS Inc.

HNTB Corporation

HOK

Holland & Knight LLP

Holmes Murphy

HOLT CAT

Hoque Global Real Estate

HUB International Insurance Services

Hunt Consolidated, Inc./Hunt Oil Company

Imaginuity Interactive

Improving Enterprises, Inc.

Inclusion Cloud

Independent Financial

In-N-Out Burger

Integrity Marketing

Interior Resources Group

International Leadership of Texas

Invitation Homes

Invited

ISHIR

Ito En North America

Jackson Spalding

Jackson Walker LLP

Jacobs

JBJ Management

JE Dunn Construction

Jefferies LLC

JLL

Jones Day

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kanarys, Inc.

KDC Real Estate Development & Investments

KEIRUS BY KJE

KERA

Ketchum Public Relations

KFM Engineering and Design

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Kirkland & Ellis

KPMG LLP

L.A. Fuess Partners Structural Engineers

Labora Group

Latino Center for Leadership Development

Law Offices of Erika N Salter, P.C.

Legacy West

LH Capital

Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP

Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Live Nation

Locke Lord LLP

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

Lockton Dunning Benefits

LURIN Advisors, LLC

Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, LLP

M&J Lupton Investments, LLC

Marsh & McLennan Agency (MMA)

Marsh USA Inc.

Mary Kay Inc.

Matthews Southwest

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

McCownGordon Construction

McGlinchey Stafford

McGuire, Craddock & Strother, PC

McKesson Corporation

McKissack & McKissack

Medical City Healthcare - HCA North Texas

Mercer Method HRM

Methodist Health System

Michaels, The Arts & Crafts Store

Momentus Capital

Montfort Capital Partners

Morgan Stanley

Moss and Associates

Mr. Cooper Group

Munck Wilson Mandala LLP

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.

MV Transportation, Inc.

MW Logistics, LLC

Nabro Holdings, LLC

NEC Corporation of America

NewsRadio 1080 KRLD

NexPoint

Nexstar Media Group

Next Version Solutions LLC

Northern Trust

Norton Rose Fulbright

NTT DATA Inc.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Omni Dallas Hotel

Oncor

On-Target Supplies & Logistics Ltd

Open Channels Group, LLC

Openkey

Options Clearing Corporation

Optym, Inc.

OVG360

Pacific Builders

Pacific Elm Properties

Palos Garza Logistics

Pape-Dawson

Parkland Health and Hospital System

Parkland Health Foundation

Parrish Restaurants, Ltd.

Pathway Homes

Paycom

PDR

Pegasus Bank

Penske Motor Group

Perkins and Will

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

PGA of America

Philanthropy Kids

PlainsCapital Bank

Plug and Play

PMI Global Services, Inc.

PNC

Premier Protective Security

Premier Truck Group

Prime 45 Development LLC

Primoris Services Corporation

Prism Health North Texas

PROAN Trading LCC

Probe Group

Prosperity Bank

Protiviti

PwC

R.E. Warner and Associates, Inc.

Raise Your Hand Texas

Raising Cane’s

Raytheon, an RTX business

RECARO Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC

Regions Bank

Reimagine RedBird

Reliant, an NRG company

Remington Hospitality

Roam

Rogers-O’Brien Construction

Ross Tower

RSM US LLP

Rudolph Foods

Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.

Ryan LLC

Salesforce

Sands Corporation

Santander Consumer USA

Scottish Rite for Children

Sewell Automotive Companies

Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton LLP

Sherman Economic Development Corporation

Sidley Austin LLP

Simmons Bank

Sixth Street

Slalom

Smart City Networks

Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR)

SMU - Southern Methodist University

Snell & Wilmer

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits

Southwest Airlines

Southwest International Trucks

Southwestern Medical Foundation

Southwest Office Systems

Spectrum Spencer Fane LLP

Starbucks Coffee Company

State Farm Insurance Companies

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Stinson

Structure Tone Southwest, LLC

Suffolk Construction

Susser Bank

T.D. Jakes Foundation

Talent Suite

Tangram Interiors

Target

Tata America International Corp.

TDIndustries

Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.

TechStars

Teknology Source

Tenet Healthcare

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M UniversityCommerce

Texas Capital Bank

Texas Christian University

Texas Health Resources

Texas Instruments, Inc.

Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Texas Rangers Baseball Club

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Texas Woman’s University

The Beck Group

The Boston Consulting Group Inc.

The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center

The Commit Partnership

The Crowther Group

The Dallas Morning News

The Fairmont Hotel

The Joule

The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas

The Rogers Healy Companies

The Salvation Army

The University of Texas at Arlington

The Westin Dallas Downtown

Third Wave Innovations

Thomson Reuters

TIAA

Tom Thumb - Albertsons

Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

Town of Addison

Toyota Motor North America

TriNet Pharma

Trinity Industries, Inc.

Trinity Park Conservancy

Truist Bank

Turner Construction Company

TXU Energy

U.S. Bank

UMB Bank N. A.

Unica Enterprises LLC

University of North Texas at Dallas

University of North Texas System

University of Texas at Dallas USAA

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Vaquero

Veritex Holdings

Verizon Wireless

Vizient, Inc

Walmart, Inc.

Waymo

Weaver

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Wells Fargo

West Coast University Texas

West Monroe

White Rock Medical Center

Whitley Penn

Willow Technologies

Wing

Winstead PC

Worlds

WSP USA

Young Women’s Preparatory Network

Zipline

Zirtue

Economic Development Services

The Dallas Regional Chamber (DRC) works with our member companies and regional partners to strengthen our business community by advocating for pro-growth public policies, improving our educational system, attracting talented workers from around the world, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and enhancing the quality of life for all. Our economic development program works directly with companies, location consultants, and local and state allies to market the region and attract new and expanding corporations. We serve as a single point of contact for companies, site selection consultants, and corporate real estate executives examining the region.

Mike Rosa Senior Vice President

214-746-6735 mrosa@dallaschamber.org

INFORMATION

Kevin Shatley Vice President

214-746-6641 kshatley@dallaschamber.org

n Detailed data, maps, information, and publications

n Estimates of state and local incentives

n Consultations and research support from our experienced team

Kelly Cloud Vice President, Life Sciences

214-746-6749 kcloud@dallaschamber.org

COORDINATION

n Distribution or completion of RFPs

n Connections with local cities, state agencies, companies, and service providers

n Itinerary recommendations to support an effective field visit

Our Service Area

The Dallas Regional Chamber’s economic development team maintains relationships with regional economic development representatives in 20 North Texas counties as well as The State of Texas Office of the Governor. Through these relationships, we assist companies and site location consultants with their corporate location projects.

Elizabeth Koestler Managing Director

214-746-6730 ekoestler@dallaschamber.org

HOSTING

n Itinerary, travel, and hospitality arrangements

Mechelle Jimenez Manager

214-746-6743 mjimenez@dallaschamber.org

Rebecca Loredo Robinson Managing Director

214-746-6694 rloredo@dallaschamber.org

WELCOMING

n Regional, city, state, service provider, and expert presentations

n Meetings with peer executives from local companies

n Information, publications, and orientations for relocating employees

n Executive welcome orientation, receptions, and meals with peers

n Support to achieve local corporate social responsibility goals

Region Location

Research and Innovation

The Dallas Regional Chamber maintains a robust and dynamic research and innovation program that is a recognized voice for the Dallas Region’s business community.

Priorities

n Ensure that DRC leaders, the larger business community, and other decision makers have ready access to information that supports economic development, public policy, education & workforce, talent, diversity, inclusion, community engagement, and other strategic initiatives

n Create research products that tell the “DFW Story,” including the breadth, quality, and successes of the DFW community

n Support the launch and growth of innovation activities by connecting entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers, and the business community

Duane Dankesreiter

Senior Vice President 214-746-6772 ddankesreiter@dallaschamber.org

Ben Bhatti Vice President 214.746.6690 bbhatti@dallaschamber.org

Eric Griffin

Vice President 214-746-6688 egriffin@dallaschamber.org

Nicole Ward

Storyteller/Data Journalist 214-746-6617 nward@dallaschamber.org

Christian Manty

Data and Integrations Developer 214-746-6615 cmanty@dallaschamber.org

Amanda Chara Manager 214-746-6734 achara@dallaschamber.org

DFW Marketing Team

The DFW Marketing Team is an alliance of economic development organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Our team works with location consultants and corporate real estate executives who are examining the Dallas-Fort Worth region for business locations and expansion opportunities.

The DFW Marketing Team is committed to:

n Facilitating new business development in the Dallas-Fort Worth region

n Assisting with due diligence, research, qualified site identification, and contacts

n Coordinating a regional approach to economic development

n Providing network opportunities among economic development allies

We can connect you to a variety of urban, suburban, and rural opportunities, including:

n Industrial/manufacturing

n Distribution facilities

n Corporate headquarters

n Retail

n Call centers

n Mixed-use developments

n Residential land

n Transit-oriented developments

n Tourism sites

n Airport properties

For more information about the DFW Marketing Team, please call Kevin Shatley at 214-746-6641 or visit www.DFWmarketingteam.com.

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Economic Development Allies

The Dallas Regional Chamber proudly supports economic development in the 20-county Dallas-Fort Worth partnership region by maintaining relationships with more than 120 key local community allies.

ADDISON, TOWN OF

Wayne Emerson Director of Economic Development (972) 450-7034

Lauren Williams Economic Development Manager (972) 450-7080

ALEDO EDC

Deana McMullen City Secretary & Human Resource Director (817) 778-0147

ALLEN EDC

Dan Bowman Executive Director/CEO (972) 727-0252

David Ellis Assistant Director (972) 727-0212

Eileen Gonzales Marketing Director (972) 727-0228

Nicole Bywater Economic Development Specialist (972) 727-0229

ALVARADO, CITY OF Emile Moline Economic Development Director (817) 790-3351

ANNA, CITY OF Taylor Lough

Assistant City Manager (469) 861-5080

Bernie Parker

Assistant Economic Development Director (214) 831-5394

ARLINGTON EDC

Marty Wieder Executive Director (817) 459-6155

ARLINGTON, CITY OF

Gus Garcia

Economic Development Director

(817) 459-6155

Marcus Young Economic Development Specialist (817) 459-6117

ATHENS EDC

Elizabeth Borstad Director (903) 677-6613

AZLE, CITY OF David Hawkins Director of Planning and Development (817) 444-7084

Kristen Pegues Community and Marketing Specialist (817) 444-2541

BALCH SPRINGS, CITY OF Charles Fenner Economic Development Director (972) 286-4477

Linda Highwood Economic Development Project Manager (972) 528-6044

BEDFORD, CITY OF

Andrea Roy Assistant City Manager/ Development (817) 952-2175

Audrey Thorne Economic Development Analyst (817) 952-2160

BRIDGEPORT, CITY OF Leah Clark Executive Director (940) 683-2185

BURLESON, CITY OF Alex Philips Economic Development Director (817) 426-9613

Drew Pennywell Economic Development Project Manager (817) 426-9637

CARROLLTON, CITY OF

Robert Winningham Economic Development Director (972) 466-3299

Chris Szymczyk Economic Development Specialist (972) 466-5741

CEDAR HILL EDC

Henry Florsheim Director of Economic Development (972) 291-5132

Louis Castillo Economic Development Specialist (972) 291-5132

Cheryl Vaughan Executive Assistant

(972) 291-5132

Naila Malveaux Marketing Manager (972) 291-5132

Nathaniel Jude Research Analyst (972) 291-5132

CELINA EDC

Alexis Jackson Executive Director (972) 382-3455

Melissa Thomas Marketing Manager (972) 382-3455

Lalaina Alvarez Business Retention & Expansion Specialist (972) 382-3455

CLEBURNE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, INC.

Jerry Cash Executive Vice President (817) 645-8644

COLLEYVILLE, CITY OF Mark Wood

Assistant City Manager (817) 503-1117

COPPELL, CITY OF Mindi Hurley Director of Community Development (972) 304-3677

CORINTH EDC

Scott Campbell City Manager (940) 498-3240

CORSICANA, CITY OF

Connie Standridge City Manager (903) 654-4803

John Boswell Economic Development Director (903) 654-4806

CRANDALL EDC

Casey Bingham Executive Director (972) 427-3771

Brad Piland Director of Public Works (972) 427-3771

DALLAS COUNTY

Luis Tamayo Director – Dallas County Planning & Development (214) 653-7601

DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER

Mike Rosa

Senior Vice President, Economic Development (214) 746-6735

Kevin Shatley Vice President of Economic Development (214) 746-6641

Kelly Cloud Vice President, Economic Development - Life Sciences (214) 746-6749

Elizabeth Koestler Managing Director, Economic Development (214) 746-6730

Mechelle Jimenez Economic Development Manager (214) 746-6743

Duane Dankesreiter

Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation (214) 746-6772

Eric Griffin Vice President, Research and Innovation (214) 746-6688

DALLAS, CITY OF Robin Bentley Director, Economic Development (214) 671-9942

Heather Lepeska

Assistant Director of Economic Development (214) 670-1222

Andy Buffington Business Development Manager (214) 671-9824

Samantha Taylor Business Development Coordinator (214) 671-9093

DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

John Brookby

Vice President, Commercial Development (972) 973-4660

DECATUR EDC

Kevin Holzbog Executive Director (940) 393-0350

Barbara Metcalf Executive Administrative Assistant (940) 393-0354

DENISON DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE

Tony Kaai President (903) 464-0883

DENTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

Kendall Carlson Director of Marketing & Communications (940) 382-7151

DENTON, CITY OF Erica Sullivan Economic Development Program Administrator (940) 349-7731

Christina Davis Business Development Administrator (940) 349-7730

Emilio Montalvo Economic Development Analyst (940) 349-7731

DESOTO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Matt Carlson Executive Director (972) 230-9605

Antoine Long Economic Development Manager (972) 230-9608

DUNCANVILLE, CITY OF Agustin Garcia Director of Economic Development (972) 780-4997

ENNIS, CITY OF Jim Wehmeier

Director of Economic Development (972) 878-4748

EULESS, CITY OF Michael Warrix

Director of Planning & Economic Development (817) 685-1684

EVERMAN, CITY OF

Michael Nicoletti

Director, Economic Development (817) 293-0525

FAIRVIEW, TOWN OF Dave Quinn

Interim Director (214) 775-0617

FARMERS BRANCH, CITY OF

Allison Cook

Director of Economic Development & Planning (972) 919-2507

Chris Webb

Economic Development Manager (972) 919-2551

Stephanie Mullins Economic Development Coordinator (972) 919-2509

FARMERSVILLE, CITY OF Ben White

City Manager/Public Works Director (972) 782-6151

Rodney Williams

Executive Director (972) 782-6151

FATE, CITY OF

Justin Weiss

Assistant City Manager (972) 771-4601

FERRIS, CITY OF Brooks Williams City Manager (972) 544-2110

FLOWER MOUND, TOWN OF

Ray Watson

Director of Economic Development (972) 874-6045

Melody Eby Economic Development Specialist (972) 874-6044

FORNEY EDC

Lynn Spencer Economic Development Director (972) 552-6463

Christy Stewart Economic Development Specialist (972) 552-6465

FORT WORTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP

Robert Allen

President & CEO (817) 880-8460

Jessica Heer Executive Vice President of Economic Development (817) 880-8459

Sara Thurber Vice President of Economic Development (817) 880-8461

FORT WORTH, CITY OF

Robert Sturns Director of Economic Development (817) 392-2663

Michael Hennig Economic Development Manager (817) 392-6024

Cherie Gordon Business Development Coordinator (817) 392-6053

FRISCO EDC

Jason Ford President (972) 292-5158

Gloria Salinas Vice President (214) 671-8049

Harry Whalen Director of Business Attraction, International (972) 292-5156

Stefanie Wagoner Director of Business Retention & Expansion (972) 292-5157

Jeremiah Anderson Director of Innovation (972) 292-5164

Emily Pollard Head of Marketing & Communications (972) 292-5159

Payton Capps Manager of Corporate Attraction (972) 292-5140

Erika Saracho Research Analyst (972) 292-5165

GAINESVILLE EDC

William Myers Executive Director (940) 312-3398

Stephanie Striplin Administrative Officer (940) 665-5241

GARLAND, CITY OF Ayako Schuster Economic Development Director (972) 205-3818

GRANBURY, CITY OF

Chris Coffman City Manager (817) 573-1114

Lance LaCour

Director of Economic Development (682) 279-8223

Darlene Du Val Administrative Assistant (817) 573-1114

GRAND PRAIRIE, CITY OF

Terry Jones

Business ManagerIndustrial Recruitment, Retention & Expansion (972) 237-8020

Kay Brown-Patrick Business Manager - Retail Recruitment, Business Retention and Enterprise Development (972) 237-8446

Richard Nevins

Business Manager - Office Attraction, Redevelopment, Medical & Hospitality (972) 237-8063

GRAPEVINE, CITY OF Garin Giacomarro Director of Economic Development (817) 410-3382

Ana Erwin Commercial Outreach Manager (817) 410-3108

Steven Jones

Market Research Manager (817) 410-3153

GREATER IRVING-LAS COLINAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Diana Velazquez

Vice President of Economic Development (214) 217-8470

Sharon Hardaway Economic Development Coordinator (214) 507-5091

GREENVILLE BOARD OF DEVELOPMENT

Greg Sims President/CEO (903) 455-1197

John Dickson

Director of Business Development/Retention (903) 455-1197

Barbara Carter

Executive Assistant (903) 455-1197

GUNTER, CITY OF Ben Rodriguez

Director of Community and Economic Development (903)-433-5185

HALTOM CITY, CITY OF Rex Phelps City Manager (817) 222-7745

HEB ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

Mary Frazior Director (817) 540-1053

HIGHLAND VILLAGE, CITY OF Autumn Aman Community Development Coordinator (972) 899-5093

HURST, CITY OF Chris Connolly Executive Director of Economic Development & Tourism (817) 788-7025

HUTCHINS EDC

Guy Brown CEO (972) 225-4449

JACKSBORO EDC

Brenda Tarpley Executive Director (940) 567-3151

JOHNSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Diana Miller Executive Director (817) 556-6985

KAUFMAN EDC

Stewart McGregor Executive Director (972) 932-5332

KEENE, CITY OF Don Martin Assistant City Manager (817) 641-3336

KELLER, CITY OF Mark Hafner City Manager (817) 743-4020

Mary Meier Culver Economic Development Director (817) 743-4021

Siale Langi Economic Development Specialist (817) 743-4021

KENNEDALE EDC

Darrell Hull City Manager and EDC Executive Director (817) 985-2102

Rosie Ericson Deputy City Secretary (817) 985-2105

LANCASTER, CITY OF Shane Shepard Director of Economic Development (972) 218-1314

Karl Stundins Assistant Director of Economic Development (972) 218-1303

LAVON EDC

Pamela Mundo Executive Director (214) 773-0966

LEWISVILLE, CITY OF

Marichelle Samples Director of Economic Development (972) 219-3400

Christina Williams Economic Development Manager (972) 219-3722

Christina Barrera Economic Development Coordinator (956) 821-3560

LITTLE ELM EDC

Jennette Espinosa Executive Director (214) 975-0455

MANSFIELD EDC

Jason Moore Executive Director (817) 728-3651

Natalie Phelps Economic Development Project Manager (817) 728-3653

MCKINNEY EDC

Michael Kowski President / CEO (972) 547-7687

Michael Talley

Senior Vice President (972) 547-7659

Madison Clark Director of Business Retention & Workforce Development (972) 547-1083

Deana Smithee Operations Manager (972) 547-7690

Caroline Causey Project Manager (972) 547-1086

Mike Wilkes Project Manager (972) 547-1085

Luke Gajary Marketing Manager (972) 547-7691

Melanie Molina Executive Assistant (972) 547-7651

MELISSA, CITY OF Jason Little City Manager (972) 838-2338

Dave Quinn Economic Development Director (214) 775-0617

MESQUITE, CITY OF Kim Buttram Director of Economic Development (972) 216-6340

Beverly Abell Downtown Development Manager (972) 216-6450

MESQUITE, CITY OF

James Johnson

Downtown Development Coordinator (972) 204-4927

Alberto Rivera Economic Development Coordinator (972) 216-6446

Lisset Palma Economic Development Marketing and Events Specialist (972) 204-4928

MIDLOTHIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Kyle Kinateder President and CEO (972) 723-3800

MINERAL WELLS, CITY OF

David Hawes Executive Director (940) 328-7700

Nate Dyhre Director of Economic Development (214) 701-7385

MURPHY, CITY OF

Jared Mayfield Director of Economic & Community Development (972) 468-4006

NORTH CENTRAL

TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

Prit Patael

Senior Economic Development Manager (817) 704-5666

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, CITY OF

Craig Hulse Director, Economic Development (817) 427-6091

Elizabeth Copeland Economic Development Analyst (817) 427-6093

NORTHLAKE, TOWN OF

Nathan Reddin Development Director (940) 242-5703

Lancine Bentley Economic Development Coordinator 940) 350-9344

OAK POINT EDC

Stephen Ashley City Manager (972) 294-2312

ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY

Wilson Peppard Economic Development Director (817) 876-8417

Heather Ledbetter Economic Development Manager

(214) 486-3919

PANTEGO EDC

Joe Ashton City Manager (817) 617-3705

Cathy Allen PEDC Coordinator (817) 994-3802

PARKER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Chris Strayer Executive Director (614) 746-6872

Heylee Sears Economic Development Specialist (817) 609-4131

PILOT POINT MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Denise Morris Executive Director of Economic Development (940) 324-5023

Wendy Haun Economic Development Coordinator (940) 293-7434

PLANO, CITY OF Doug McDonald Director of Economic Development (972) 208-8302

Esmeralda de la Cruz Business Retention & Expansion Manager (972) 208-8305

PRINCETON, CITY OF Derek Borg City Manager (972) 736-2416

DeShawyna Walker EDC/CDC Coordinator (972) 736-2416

PROSPER EDC

Mary Ann Moon

Executive Director (972) 569-1171

Susanne Barney Economic Development Specialist (972) 569-1173

RED OAK, CITY OF Lee McCleary Economic Development Director (469) 218-1208

RICHARDSON, CITY OF

Michaela Dollar

Assistant City Manager (972) 744-4207

Chris Shacklett

Interim Director (972) 744-4249

Miguel Esparza

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager (972) 744-5843

RIVER OAKS EDC

Marvin Gregory Executive Director (817) 626-5421

ROANOKE, CITY OF Scott Campbell

Former City Manager (817) 491-2411

ROCKWALL EDC

Phil Wagner President (972) 772-0025

Matt Wavering Vice President (972) 772-0025

ROWLETT, CITY OF Charles Mazarakes

Assistant Director of Economic Development (972) 412-6121

ROYSE CITY, CITY OF Charles Houk Executive Director (469) 652-0723

SACHSE EDC

Jerod Potts Economic Development Manager (469) 429-4764

SACHSE, CITY OF Gina Nash

City Manager (469) 429-4773

SAGINAW, CITY OF Keith Rinehart Director of Community & Economic Development (817) 230-0331

SANGER, CITY OF Shani Bradshaw

Director of Economic Development (940) 458-9096

SEAGOVILLE EDC

Patrick Stallings

City Manager (972) 287-6807

SHERMAN EDC

Kent Sharp President (903) 868-2566

Shannon Blake

Vice President of Business Development (903) 868-2566

Ashton Bellows

Chief Financial Officer (903) 868-2566

April Day Executive Assistant (903) 868-2566

SOUTHLAKE, CITY OF Daniel Cortez Director of Economic Development & Tourism (817) 748-8039

Stephanie Clayton Economic Development Specialist (817) 748-8169

STATE OF TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & TOURISM

Janie Havel North Texas Region Representative (214) 733-4274

STEPHENVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Jeff Sandford

Executive Director (254) 459-4921

Ashleigh Feuerbacher Assistant Director & Senior Project Manager (254) 459-4921

TERRELL EDC

Carlton Tidwell President, EDC (469) 294-5553

Amy Mueller Specialist (469) 206-8079

THE COLONY EDC

Keri Samford

Executive Director of Development (972) 624-3127

Diane Lemmons Business Retention & Expansion Manager (972) 624-3111

TROPHY CLUB, TOWN OF Wade Carroll Town Manager (682) 237-2901

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Cody Gibbs Economic Development Research and GIS Analyst (972) 883-2295

WATAUGA, CITY OF Jackie Reyff Director of Planning & Economic Development (817) 514-5818

WAXAHACHIE, CITY OF Warren Ketteman

Senior Director of Economic Development (469) 309-4121

Kassandra Carroll Economic Development Coordinator (469) 309-4122

WEATHERFORD, CITY OF Ashley Seitz

Assistant Director of Economic Development (817) 598-4279

WESTLAKE, TOWN OF Ron Ruthven

Director of Planning & Development (817) 490-5739

WHITESBORO EDC

Lynda Anderson Economic Development Director (903) 564-4000

WILMER, CITY OF Rona Stringfellow City Administrator (972) 441-6373

WYLIE EDC

Jason Greiner Executive Director (972) 442-7901

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Location

The Dallas Regional Chamber welcomes you and your company to the Dallas-Fort Worth region. DFW is an innovation hub with a wealth of resources that make it an ideal business location. DFW’s attractive quality of life, strong regional and state economy, low cost of living, skilled labor force, pro-business mindset, and lack of corporate and personal income taxes contribute to a thriving economy.

Forward-looking company leaders seeking a friendly and profitable place to do business have discovered the attributes they are seeking here.

Due to its central location and worldclass transportation infrastructure, DallasFort Worth is a major international gateway. DFW excels in passenger air travel and air cargo operations. The region is home to:

n DFW International Airport, the nation’s second-busiest airport, and home base for American Airlines;

n Dallas Love Field Airport, home to Southwest Airlines, the largest domestic airline in the country; and

n Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport, the world’s first major industrial airport, and home to an Amazon Air hub.

Additionally, DFW’s highways and rail lines are remarkable for the throughput capacity and delivery speed they provide for transporting freight across the country.

Equally important are the region’s efforts to support tomorrow’s transit disruptors like the North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies (NTCMT) that invests in mobility innovation research and deployment.

DFW consistently ranks among the top three U.S. metropolitan areas for business expansions, relocations, and employment growth. The 4.4 million-person workforce is bolstered by a steady influx of young, credentialed, and talented professionals, providing companies with an abundance of skills required to maintain a competitive edge.

Texas’ business climate, combined with the attributes and functionality that DallasFort Worth holds as a major corporate headquarters destination, sends a simple, yet compelling message: There is no better region from which to operate a national or global firm today, next year, and decades into the future.

Central location, leveraged by transportation assets and a favorable business climate

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“Everything is bigger in Texas” is a familiar phrase that is reflected in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, which has a larger footprint than some U.S. states.

Dallas–Fort Worth is the nation’s fourth-largest metro area. Its central location provides convenient access to all major markets in the U.S. and within the North American trade partnership.

The region functions as a logistics and distribution hub, giving businesses an edge by putting key markets within easy reach of air, truck, and rail cargo shipping.

For business travelers, DFW’s central location translates into real time savings. All major U.S. cities are less than four hours away.

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Los Angeles, CA (LAX)

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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s cargo network connects the region to 38 major hubs around the world.

Cargo Transportation Around the Region

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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is an economic engine for the region, generating $37 billion in economic impact annually. Built in 1974 and situated midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, it is one of the highestcapacity commercial airports in the world.

As the headquarters and major hub of Fort Worth–based American Airlines, DFW International Airport offers business travelers a high-frequency schedule and access to any major city in the continental United States in less than four hours. Cargo operations serve 38 major markets around the world, including several key markets in Asia. DFW Airport recently completed a $2.7 billion upgrade to four of its original terminals. A $1.5 billion renovation of its 5th original, and busiest, Terminal C included the installation of innovative modular gates in 2022. A new Terminal F will begin phased construction in 2024 which, with additional improvements to Terminals A and C, will ultimately add 24 new gates and a new Skylink station.

Located just seven miles from downtown Dallas, Love Field is a convenient generaluse airport that serves as the headquarters for low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines. The airport, which served nearly 18 million passengers in 2023, recently underwent a $519 million modernization renovation, including a centralized terminal with 20 gates, a new lobby, and an expanded baggage claim area. DART services Love Field with the “Love Link” providing connections to the Green and Orange lines.

DART’s light rail Orange Line connects DFW International Airport directly with downtown Dallas and beyond. With a completion date in 2025, the new Silver Line will connect the airport with population centers in Collin and Dallas counties.

By the Numbers (2023):

Daily Passengers: 48,196

Total Passengers: 17,591,609

Total Operations: 251,988

Travel Time From Downtown Dallas: 11 minutes

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Source: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: Our Global Center

n 2nd busiest airport in the world (passengers);

n Host to 28 passenger airlines and 21 cargo and freight carriers (active);

n Service to 190 domestic and 63 international destinations out of 5 terminals, 171 gates and 7 runways;

n Ranked best North American airport serving more than 40M passengers per year by Airports Council International;

n Access to every major city in the continental U.S. within four hours;

n 1st NA airport to achieve carbon neutral status and largest carbon neutral airport in the world;

n IATA CEIV Pharma compliant facility for handling temperature-controlled and time-sensitive products, such as vaccines;

n Footprint covering nearly 70 km— larger than Manhattan, with 557k m2 of terminal space;

n Economic output to the Dallas Region totalling $38B, supporting 634K jobs and attracting $28B in visitor spending.

Source: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Nonstop Flight Times From Dallas-Fort Worth

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is globally connected. DFW International Airport is the sixth-most globally connected airport megahub in the U.S. according to OAG Aviation Worldwide. In 2023, DFW Airport added or announced new international and domestic flights. Recent highlights include:

n American Airlines established new flights to Melbourne, Helsinki, and Shanghai, as well as increased the frequency of flights to Rome and Paris. The airline also announced that it will launch new service from DFW Airport to Barcelona, Brisbane, Rio de Janeiro, Tulum,

DESTINATION — FLIGHT TIME IN MINUTES

Alaska & Hawaii

Anchorage, AK — 418

Honolulu/Oahu, HI — 493

Kahului/Maui, HI — 497

Canada

Toronto, ON — 180

Montreal-PET, QC — 184

Calgary, AB — 239

Vancouver, BC — 266

South America

Bogotá, CO — 323

Santiago, CL — 564

São Paulo-Guarulhos, BR — 604

Buenos Aires, AR — 618

Europe

Dublin, IR — 515

London-Heathrow, GB — 546

Madrid, ES — 556

Paris-De Gaulle, FR — 557

Amsterdam, NL — 561

Frankfurt, DE — 577

Helsinki, FI —601

Rome-Da Vinci, IT —617

Middle East

Dubai, UAE — 879

Doha, QA — 880

Asia/Pacific

Istanbul, TK —706

Tokyo-Narita, JP — 800

Tokyo-Haneda, JP — 809

Seoul, KR — 906

Auckland, NZ — 923

Shanghai, CN — 958

Sydney, AU — 1015

Melbourne, AU — 1059

and Veracruz in 2024. In addition, American will increase service to destinations in Guatemala, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

n A total of 16 foreign-based airlines fly out of DFW Airport including AeroMexico, Air Canada, Air France, British Airways, Emirates Airways, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Korean Air Lines, Lufthansa, Qantas, and Qatar Airways.

n Domestically, American Airlines added new service to Albany, NY in 2023 and will begin new service to Appleton, WI, Kona, HI, and Redmond, OR in 2024.

n Southwest Airlines services 77

markets out of Love Field, including two destinations—Providence, RI and Long Beach, CA—not served by DFW Airport. Ten new U.S. destinations were added from Love Field in 2023.

The number of nonstop flights from DFW International Airport and Love Field provides travelers with plenty of options as well as convenience. New international routes, more carriers, and increases in air service destinations confirm DFW’s place as a global super hub.

Caribbean

Nassau, BS — 196

Grand Cayman Island, KY — 205

Montego Bay, JM — 226

Providenciales, TC — 245

Punta Cana, DO — 273

San Juan, PR — 284

Saint Thomas, VI — 289

Aruba, AW — 294

Central America

Belize City, BZ — 176

Roatan, HN — 193

Guatemala City, GT — 202

San Salvador, SV — 210

Comayagua, HN — 216

Liberia, CR — 241

San Jose, CR — 249

Mexico

Monterrey, MX — 109

Torreon, MX — 125

Chihuahua, MX — 130

San Luis Potosi, MX — 134

Durango, MX — 141

Zacatecas, MX — 143

Aguascalientes, MX — 145

Leon/Guanajuato, MX — 148

Queretaro, MX — 150

Merida, MX — 150

Morelia, MX — 156

Guadalajara, MX — 159

Mazatlan, MX — 160

Cozumel, MX — 163

Cancún, MX — 164

Mexico City, MX — 166

Puerto Vallarta, MX — 169

Oaxaca, MX — 174

San Jose del Cabo, MX — 177

Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, MX — 180

Acapulco, MX — 182

Manzanillo, MX — 182

Loreto, MX — 185

Huatulco, MX — 199

Source: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

U.S. Midwest

Wichita, KS — 81

Springfield, MO — 85

Manhattan, KS — 93

Ft. Leonard Wood, MO — 94

Kansas City, MO — 95

Garden City, KS — 98

Columbia, MO — 101

St. Louis, MO — 107

Omaha, NE — 109

Des Moines, IA — 114

Grand Island, NE — 115

Evansville, IN — 115

Peoria, IL — 118

Bloomington/Normal, IL — 121

Moline, IL — 123

Cedar Rapids, IA — 123

Champaign/Urbana, IL — 124

Sioux Falls, SD — 129

Indianapolis, IN — 130

Cincinnati, OH — 135

Madison, WI — 135

Chicago-Midway, IL — 139

Milwaukee, WI — 140

Fort Wayne, IN — 143

Rapid City, SD — 144

Dayton, OH — 145

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN — 145

Chicago-O’Hare, IL — 146

South Bend, IN — 147

Columbus, OH — 148

Grand Rapids, MI — 148

Detroit, MI — 159

Traverse City, MI — 159

Cleveland, OH — 161

Fargo, ND — 164

Bismarck, ND — 166

U.S. Northeast

Pittsburgh, PA — 162

Washington-Dulles, VA — 171

Washington-National, DC — 177

Harrisburg, PA — 178

Baltimore, MD — 180

Buffalo, NY — 180

Syracuse, NY — 189

Philadelphia, PA — 193

Albany, NY — 196

Newark, NJ — 207

Hartford, CT — 208

New York-La Guardia, NY — 209

New York-JFK, NY — 218

Burlington, VT — 222

Portland, ME — 222

Boston, MA — 224

Providence, RI — 290

U.S. South

Waco, TX — 54

Tyler, TX — 55

Abilene, TX — 57

Killeen/Fort Hood, TX — 58

Longview, TX — 59

Lawton/Fort Sill, OK — 63

College Station, TX — 64

Wichita Falls, TX — 65

Oklahoma City, OK — 65

Texarkana, AR — 67

Austin, TX — 67

Shreveport, LA — 68

Tulsa, OK — 70

Fort Smith, AR — 71

San Angelo, TX — 71

San Antonio, TX — 72

Houston-Intercontinental, TX — 73

Lubbock, TX — 75

Stillwater, OK — 76

Monroe, LA — 77

Houston-Hobby, TX — 77

Northwest Arkansas, AR — 77

Alexandria, LA — 78

Little Rock, AR — 78

Midland/Odessa, TX — 79

Amarillo, TX — 81

Lake Charles, LA — 83

Corpus Christi, TX — 85

Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX — 86

Baton Rouge, LA — 87

Laredo, TX — 89

Lafayette, LA — 89

New Orleans, LA — 89

Jackson, MS — 90

Greenville, MS — 91

Memphis, TN — 92

Harlingen, TX — 95 McAllen, TX — 97

Gulfport/Biloxi, MS — 99

Brownsville, TX — 100

AL — 102

Hot Springs, AR — 105

Birmingham, AL — 106 El Paso, TX — 107

Pensacola, FL — 108

El Dorado, AR — 110

Montgomery, AL — 110

Huntsville/Decatur, AL — 111

Nashville, TN — 113

Panama City, FL — 116

Destin-Fort Walton Beach, FL — 120

Chattanooga, TN — 124

Knoxville, TN — 125

Louisville, KY — 127

U.S. West

Clovis, NM — 85

Roswell, NM — 102

Albuquerque, NM — 114

Santa Fe, NM — 119

Colorado Springs, CO — 123

Denver, CO — 130

Durango, CO — 135

Gunnison, CO — 138

Montrose (Telluride), CO — 141

Grand Junction, CO — 143

Vail/Eagle, CO — 143

Tucson, AZ — 145

Hayden (Steamboat Springs), CO — 150

Aspen, CO — 151

Grand Canyon, AZ — 158

Phoenix, AZ — 159

Salt Lake City, UT — 170

Long Beach, CA — 176

St. George, UT — 176

Billings, MT — 178

Las Vegas, NV — 178

Jackson Hole, WY — 179

Yuma, AZ — 180

Idaho Falls, ID — 189

San Diego, CA — 189

Palm Springs, CA — 191

Ontario, CA — 194

Bozeman, MT — 195

Orange County, CA — 199

Los Angeles, CA — 203

Boise, ID — 204

Bakersfield, CA — 205

Burbank, CA — 206

Missoula, MT — 209

Santa Barbara, CA — 210

Fresno, CA — 211

Reno, NV — 213

Kalispell-Glacier, MT — 215

San Luis Obispo, CA — 217

Monterrey, CA — 225

Sacramento, CA — 225

San Jose, CA — 226

Oakland, CA — 227

Spokane, WA — 227

— 131

Atlanta, GA — 130 Harrison, AR — 130 Lexington,

Greensboro,

Daytona

Charleston, SC — 152

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL — 153

Charlotte-Douglas, NC — 153

Hilton Head, SC — 156

Fort Myers, FL — 158

Fayetteville, NC — 158

Orlando, FL — 160

Myrtle Beach, SC — 160

Raleigh/Durham, NC — 163

Key West, FL — 165

Wilmington, NC — 165

West Palm Beach, FL — 166

Fort Lauderdale, FL — 169

Miami, FL — 173

Richmond, VA — 174

Norfolk, VA — 179

San Francisco, CA — 233

Santa Rosa, CA — 239

Eugene, OR — 246

Portland, OR — 249

Seattle, WA — 263

Transportation Infrastructure

Dallas-Fort Worth’s vast transportation infrastructure connects residents and businesses to where they need to go. The freeway system provides accessible corridors to employment centers and centers of commerce. Mass transit options, including Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), the Fort Worth T, Trinity Railway Express (TRE), the Denton County Transit Authority’s (DCTA) A Train, and the intermodal TEXRail, offer convenient alternatives to passenger vehicles.

DFW’s robust interstate infrastructure includes critical segments along the USMCA corridor, linking Mexico to Canada and to East and West Coast destinations in the U.S. This makes it an important intermodal center for the distribution of air, rail, and truck freight. The nation’s two largest railroads, Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific, have major operation nodes in the region offering business-efficient access to other key ports and distribution centers across the United States and into Mexico.

DFW also offers many options for regional and international air travel, including Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (the 2nd busiest airport in the world), the convenient Dallas Love Field, and the first major U.S. industrial airport, Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance.

Commercial Airports

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)

Number of runways: 7

Lengths of runways (feet): 8,500; 9,000; 9,300; 13,400 (3); 13,401

2023 Total operations: 689,569

2022 Total operations:

Airports

Dallas Love Field (DAL)

Number of runways: 2

Lengths of runways (feet): 7,752; 8,800

2023 Total operations: 251,988

2022 Total operations: 230,529

Alliance Airport (AFW)

Number of runways: 2

Lengths of runways (feet): 11,000; 11,010

2023 Total operations: 111,778

2022 Total operations: 109,684

9

10 Grand Prairie Municipal

11 Lancaster Regional

12 McKinney National

13 Mesquite Metro

14 NAS Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base

15 Northwest Regional

16 Ralph M Hall/Rockwall Municipal Helicopters and Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft Only:

17 Dallas CBD Vertiport

18 DeSoto Heliport

19 DFW Heloplex/Heliport

20 Ferris Red Oak Municipal Heliport

DALLAS

McKINNEY

DENTON

Highway construction projects

Construction underway or begins soon

Construction begins within 4 years

Construction begins in 5-10 years

Corridor studies, construction in 10+ years

Major Transportation Construction Projects

The transportation sector is essential to Texas’ future. The movement of goods and people in an efficient manner ensures the economy remains competitive and prosperous. North Texas continues to experience tremendous population growth, which places increased demand on the region’s transportation infrastructure. To meet this demand, billions of dollars are being invested to maintain existing infrastructure, prevent congestion, and ensure mobility and safety by relieving chokepoints and expanding critical corridors. Dozens of projects are currently underway with many more planned for the future.

CURRENT EXPRESS/HOV & NEW MANAGED LANES

Current Express/HOV and New Managed Lanes

The DFW region has the most managed lanes of any metro in the U.S. The area’s regional transportation planning agency has created a program to use managed lanes to ensure that critical transportation modes, such as buses, are able to maintain 50-70 mph speeds in order to reliably arrive on time.

Current express/HOV lanes

New TEXpress managed lanes

Transitional HOV lane

Major roadways

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DALLAS

PARKER

WISE

DENTON

COLLIN

DALLAS

McKINNEY

DENTON

Public Transit

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), which includes light rail, streetcar, and bus service, features the nation’s longest light-rail network enabling easy access to key job centers in Dallas and its suburbs.

DART provides convenient light-rail access to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (with a second “Silver” line to open in 2025) and connects to the Texas Railway Express (TRE), an intercity commuter train that transports passengers between downtown Dallas and Fort Worth with many stations in between.

Fort Worth residents are served by the “T” which also connects to the TRE. Additionally, the TEXRail commuter train connects downtown Fort Worth to Terminal B at DFW Airport.

The Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) operates the A-Train, which connects DART riders in Carrollton to five stations ending in Denton.

DFW Rail System

Source:

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Streetcar

Regional Veloweb

Active transportation is a key consideration for meeting long-term mobility needs in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The Regional Veloweb is a network of off-street shared-use trails designed for non-recreational trips spanning nearly 2,200 miles and growing every year.

The Veloweb is part of a larger active transportation network totaling more than 8,600 miles that includes community shareduse paths and on-street bikeway networks.

Investment in the Veloweb helps to extend the region’s roadway and passenger rail transit network by creating a regional expressway for active transportation connecting major destinations. One of the most anticipated trails will connect downtown Dallas to downtown Fort Worth. Branded as the DFW Discovery Trail, the route will span 66 miles of continuous pathways connecting five cities by 2026.

The Veloweb includes plans for connections in 10 counties and 105 cities in the region, according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

DFW Discovery Trail

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DALLAS

FORT WORTH

1,496 MIles

McKINNEY

Existing 49 MIles

Funded 12 MIles

3 MIles Existing 538 MIles

Cotton Belt

McKinney to Dallas

Denton to Dallas

Southern Dallas County

Mobility 2045

Mobility 2045 serves as a fiscally responsible blueprint for the region’s long-term multimodal transportation needs. The plan, adopted by the Regional Transportation Council in 2018 and updated in 2022, provides a range of transportation options to serve Dallas-Fort Worth now and into the future.

As the region grows from more than 7.9 million residents today to an estimated 11.3 million by 2045, it will require an integrated, easily navigable transportation system comprised of roads, public transportation, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Local policies and programs to enhance infrastructure investment will result in even more publicly accessible options. Mobility 2045 details transportation choices for the traveling public and for improving the quality of life in order to manage the region’s growth.

Funded Recommendations

Mobility 2045 represents a blueprint for the continued maintenance and development of the regional transportation system over the next 20 plus years. Mobility 2045 complies with all federal requirements related to the financial aspects of the metropolitan transportation plan. As the Dallas-Fort Worth region continues to grow, additional solutions will be imperative to comprehensively address the ever-increasing transportation needs.

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High-Tech Mobility

The Dallas Region is responsible for some of the world’s most innovative mobility solutions. For instance, autonomous vehicle technologies hold the potential to transform the supply chain industry, and eventually the way people travel. Dallas-Fort Worth is leading this transformation due to the region’s expertise in artificial intelligence, the ability to run experiments in a variety of real world environments, and a robust and collaborative support network. As a result, Dallas-Fort Worth has attracted the most advanced longhaul autonomous trucking companies which contribute to DFW’s status as a hub for solving mobility challenges locally and globally.

Recent Mobility Innovation Successes

A hub for autonomous trucking, a testing ground for air taxi operations and drone delivery, the home of micro-mobility solutions. An evolution in transportation and moving products through the supply chain is happening in the Dallas Region.

In 2023, Dallas-based GOTRAX launched its latest electric scooters, the GX1 and GX2, which each have a top speed of more than 30 miles per hour. Also last year the UP.Summit came to North Texas. The three-day, invitation-only event alternates between Dallas and Bentonville, Arkansas and

AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone and Autonomous Technology

At more than 26 thousand square miles, Alliance Texas (AFW) is a mixed-use development that touches both Denton and Tarrant Counties as well as parts of six cities. It was designated as an innovation zone by the city of Fort Worth in 2023 and is owned by Hillwood, a Ross Perot Jr. company.

In 2023, AFW was ranked number 19 in U.S. cargo operations, making it the only nonpassenger hub in the top 20, and underscoring the work happening at the Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ). The MIZ is its own ecosystem within AFW, where the supply chain is being re-imagined.

The location has a long history of firsts, such as the first industrial airport that now services cargo, corporate, and military aviation traffic, renamed Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport in 2022. Mobility companies like testing and learning at the MIZ because it offers both a real-world environment to commercialize tried and tested technology, as well as private venues to experiment with new ideas.

BY LAND …

Robot delivery companies Gatik, which tackles the “middle mile,” or B2B; Clevon, which focus on the “final mile,” or consumer delivery; and Aurora, which has solutions for both passengers and freight, operate at the MIZ.

state moves between Dallas and Houston.

BNSF is also at the MIZ. Another key piece of supply chain logistics, BNSF operates one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America—and keeps goods moving with trailers, trucks, and trains at the intermodal facility in Alliance.

BY AIR …

In addition to ground transport, the MIZ facilitates research and development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at its flight test center, which spans 80+ acres, and is “smart,” which allows multiple use cases to be tested simultaneously. Partners include well-known names like Bell Helicopter, Alphabet’s Wing, and NASA, as well as startups and academic institutions.

In preparation for its 2024 launch, Aurora opened the industry’s first lane for driverless trucks on busy I-45 in 2023. According to the company, nearly half of all truck freight for the

In 2023, Manna Drone Delivery launched in the U.S., in the Dallas suburb of Northlake, which is affiliated with the MIZ. The Irelandbased company flew chocolate and other treats

Photo: Joby

Photo: Gatik

At NASA’s Future Flight Central virtual tower facility, Joby and NASA completed a series of airspace simulations with a team of participating air traffic controllers evaluating how air taxi operations can be integrated into today’s airspace.

focuses on the future of transportation and mobility.

Towards the end of the year, California-based Joby Aviation announced a successful series of air traffic simulations with NASA’s Ames Research Center based on the Dallas-Fort Worth airspace—which is described as complex and busy.

And the National Science Foundation recognized the region’s strength in supply chain and logistics by awarding a $1 million, 2-year planning grant to build out the logistics innovation ecosystem in North Texas and southern Oklahoma. With the University of North Texas serv-

ing as the lead, a consortium of academic institutions and public and private entities are working to promote innovation in areas that include automation, electrification, digital infrastructure, and workforce development. A successful Phase II grant application could provide up to $160 million over 10 years for the region.

This local news demonstrates the Dallas Region’s role in technological advances that have the potential for global reach and impact. And it underscores the innovative thinking that is part of the area’s DNA.

to residents’ doorsteps. Manna chose the Dallas Region for its U.S. launch because of the region’s rapid growth.

This follows the 2022 opening of the second (remote) operations center for Wing, a sister company of Google that provides air traffic control for deliveries. Initial flights went between locations such as Walgreens and easyvet clinics to Little Elm and Frisco.

Two other UAV companies with operations at the MIZ are DroneUp and Flytrex. DroneUp is a Virginia-based company that began drone deliveries to Dallas-area communities through its partnership with Walmart in 2022. The company can deliver more than 10,000 eligible Walmart items in packages that weigh a maximum of 10 pounds.

Tel Aviv-based Flytrex also began drone deliveries in 2022—flying restaurant items to Granbury through its partnership with Brinker International, the parent of Chili’s and Maggiano’s chains.

Fort Worth’s Bell Helicopter, NASA,

and Hillwood—which developed AllianceTexas—are partnering on efforts like ground-based surveillance systems that may accelerate the large-scale deployment of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (EVTOLs), or air taxis. Bell has also been selected as one of two primary suppliers based in North Texas for Virgin Galactic’s next-generation Delta class spaceships. Red Oak’s Qarbon Aerospace and Bell were selected to provide subassemblies for the sixpassenger ship that the company expects to put into commercial service in 2026.

PARTNERING FOR THE FUTURE …

The MIZ has several collaborative agreements with area organizations to ensure continued innovation. For example, the agreement with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute provides a framework for a think-tank-like environment where mobility opportunities can be explored through research and strategic initiatives.

Investing in Tomorrow’s Mobility Technologies Today

The North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies (NTCMT)—a program of the Texas Research Alliance—is dedicated to coordinating expertise among Dallas Fort Worth research universities, companies, municipalities, and public agencies to tackle global mobility technology challenges. It also elucidates the process of finding and applying for grants.

Areas of focus include, but are not limited to: passenger, freight-hauling, and electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicles; drones, LiDAR, radar, machine vision, battery storage, micro-mobility solutions, and 5G.

In partnership with the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), and federal agencies like NASA, the center’s main objective is to strengthen the area’s research capabilities. It does this by providing private sector access to a network of research universities that have both Texas tier one and Carnegie R1 designations.

It also solicits mobility solutions project proposals seeking matching funds. Each NTCMT project proposal is required to have at least three participants: a non-university partner (e.g. a business, non-profit, or public agency) that puts up half the cost; a partnering North Texas university, which contributes 25 percent of the project cost; and the NCTCOG, which kicks in the remaining 25 percent. There is no floor on project size, and multiple awards are possible, with a ceiling of $2 million per year.

The NTCMT’s work is reflected in things like applying 5G technology to unmanned aircraft, accelerating research on transportation-related projects by facilitating partnerships, attracting industry and academic talent, and strengthening the workforce through undergraduate- and graduate-level projects. The NTCMT also serves as a model and can catalyze the formation of similar regional university networks.

Illustration: Andrey Suslov via iStock

Photo: Hillwood

BNSF’s intermodal facility in Alliance

Digital Infrastructure

Dallas–Fort Worth is situated in a near-perfect geographic region for IT hosting and data center operations. North Texas is in the Central Time Zone, which is effective for companies operating on both coasts. And DFW offers plenty of land for massive data centers along with a temperate climate and lower construction and operations costs than other U.S. markets.

Speed and reliability are important for any IT operation, and high-speed fiber and 5G connectivity is widely available in the area.

Compared to other peering-point hubs, DFW offers some of the lowest power rates for large industrial users.

Connecting the World: Major U.S. internet peering points

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Los Angeles

Minneapolis

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Chicago

Boston

New York

Northern Virginia

Atlanta

Miami

North Texas’ central location is a significant attraction for data centers that service major companies and headquarters across financial services, energy, health care, and other data-critical sectors.

The Telecom Corridor

Located 15 miles north of downtown Dallas, the Telecom Corridor encompasses approximately 30 square miles. This includes the city of Richardson, the Texas Instruments campus, and the west side of Waterview Parkway near the University of Texas at Dallas campus.

The Telecom Corridor area is one of the most significant and unique high-tech business

concentrations in the United States. Some of the telecommunications industries represented in the area include:

n Carriers/service providers

n Telecom equipment manufacturers

n Consulting firms

n Wireless communications companies

n Photonics/optics networking firms

AT&T, Fujitsu, Cisco Systems, Verizon, Collins Aerospace, and Raytheon, an RTX Business are some of the well-known firms located here.

Low Occurrence of Natural Disasters

The low probability of a natural disaster in the North Texas region reduces operational risk considerably. The region is geographically dormant, and the likelihood of business disruption resulting from inclement weather remains low.

Availability of Network Providers

More than 80 business broadband providers operate in Dallas, Fort Worth, and throughout the North Texas region. More than one-third offer fiber service. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon all offer 5G coverage in Dallas. The concentration of access and total bandwidth guarantees low latency and ensures redundancy.

Texas Electric Power Grid— ERCOT

The Texas electric power grid, ERCOT, gives data center operators a competitive advantage due to its independence from electric grids in other states. This autonomy reduces the risk of rolling power outages, improves reliability, and reduces volatility in prices.

Dallas ranks #8 in global data center market size.

DALLAS

Industrial Power Rates for Major U.S. Data Centers

Atlanta

Denver

Phoenix

Northern Virginia

Houston

Data Centers

Dallas-Fort Worth is home to enterprise, colocation, managed service, and cloud data centers of all types and sizes that can fulfill a company’s computing, storage, and networking needs with maximum uptime and competitive pricing. Below is a sample of data center operators and tenants in DFW:

24 Hour Data

Agility Communications Group

Alcon Data Center

Aligned Data Centers

AllianceRX Walgreens

Alpha Data Center

American Express

Ascent Data Center

AT&T

Atos

Bank of America

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Carrier-1 Data Center

CenturyLink

Charles Schwab

Chewy

Citigroup Data Center

Cogent Communications

Collins Aerospace

Cologix

Concentrix

Consolidated Communications

CoreSpace

CyrusOne

Cyxtera Technologies

Dallas Mavericks

DataBank

Digital Realty

Empirical Networks

Entegrity Networks

Enterhost

Epic.io

Equinix

Ericsson

Evoque Data Center

Solutions

Experian Data Center

Facebook

Flexential

Global IP Networks

GM Financial

Google Data Center

HCA

IBM

Intellys Corporation

Internap Network Services

JPMorgan Chase

Meta

NEC

Neutral Tandem

Ntirety

NTREIS

NTT Global Data Centers

Americas

Provision Data Services

QTS

Rackspace Hosting

Skybox Datacenters

Southwest Airlines

Spectrum

Stack Infrastructure

State Farm Data Center

Stream Data Centers

Sungard

T5 Data Centers

TD Ameritrade

Texas Instruments

The Atos Data Center

The Blackstone Group

The Infomart

The InterNAP Data Center

TierPoint

TXU Energy

Tyler Technologies

United Commercial Development

University of Texas at Dallas

Univision Network

UT Southwestern

Verizon Wireless

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Talent

Regional Population Demographics

Migration

Labor Supply

Commuting Patterns

Drive Times

Worker Place of Residence

Skills Development

Higher Education Accolades

Training, Colleges, and Universities

Regional Population

Dallas–Fort Worth consistently ranks among the nation’s fastest-growing areas, and continuing job growth is a key factor. The population growth has, in turn, fueled real estate development as retailers and service providers expand to meet increasing demand.

Population and job growth have pushed Dallas and Fort Worth to redevelop and re-energize their central business districts, creating mixed-use developments with residential, office, and retail space in high-end urban environments. While Dallas and Fort Worth represent the largest population centers, seven suburbs—Arlington, Plano, Irving, Garland, Frisco, McKinney, and Grand Prairie—have populations exceeding 200,000. These municipalities offer an abundance of housing options for people to find a community that best fits their needs.

Top 25 Cities in DFW by Population

The Dallas-Fort Worth population is larger than the combined populations of North Dakota, Wyoming, Hawaii, South Dakota, Montana, Vermont, Maine, and Alaska.

Demographics

Demographics in the Dallas-Fort Worth region continue to evolve. More than 19 percent of the population is foreign-born, with Hispanics accounting for the largest minority group in the region and state. Additionally, the region’s workforce is well-educated with a mix of recent graduates and workforce veterans. Two-thirds of workers 25 years of age and older have at least some college education, with nearly 40 percent holding a bachelor’s degree or other advanced degree.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, more than

1,600,000 residents

were added since the 2010 census.

11,300,000

467 people per day or more will live in DFW by 2045. were added to the Dallas-Fort Worth region in 2022.

Total Population:

7,943,685

Photos: IstockPhoto

Migration Patterns

Domestic migration patterns illustrate worker flow within states and throughout the nation. As seen in this map, individuals come to DFW from all parts of the country. The reasons why they relocate range from looking for a better quality of life to employment prospects to overall climate for starting a business.

Inbound Migration Maps

The Dallas-Fort Worth region grew faster than any other major U.S. metro between 2018 and 2022. A primary driver fueling that growth has been people moving into the region from domestic metropolitan areas. Newcomers generally comprise 40 percent of the region’s population increase.

DFW’s population surge reflects the growth of Texas.

Forbes writes that Texas’ strong job market sustains the state’s vibrant population growth. Since the 2010 census, the population of Texas has grown by 19 percent, more than four times California’s growth rate. The U.S. grew by just under eight percent during the same period.

Each year Dallas-Fort Worth attracts approximately 80,000 individuals from across the U.S. who possess a bachelor’s degree or higher. Arguably, the only way to lure such a workforce is by offering good jobs that pay well, with excellent corporate cultures, or an environment conducive to starting a business.

About the Maps

The U.S. Census Bureau collects monthly survey data from 3.5 million households regarding commute times, jobs, wages, educational levels, and other information. The resulting Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) offer an anonymous snapshot of people living in the United States.

Coupled with Public-Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs)— geographies that have populations of between 100,000 and 400,000 people— researchers can determine migration trends over a given timeframe. Using 2018-2022 PUMS data, the Dallas Regional Chamber was able to determine in-migration patterns, both the place of origin, and equally important, where people are moving once they get to DallasFort Worth.

Total Domestic Migration Into DFW 2018-2022

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Relocating From the Los Angeles Metro to DFW

2018-2022

Relocating From the Bay Area to DFW

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Relocating From the Chicago Metro to DFW

2018-2022

Relocating From the Boston Metro to DFW

2018-2022

Labor Supply

Employers in Dallas and Fort Worth draw from a well-educated and skilled workforce throughout the 11-county region. A robust network of interstate highways, state highways, tollways, and public transit options makes it easy for workers to navigate the area, while keeping commute times low for major employment centers in and around the Dallas-Fort Worth central business districts.

The region’s relatively low cost of living allows employers to tap into a strong workforce, no matter where they base their operations. For employees, the wide distribution of jobs means they can select from a variety of communities in which to live and enjoy the lifestyle that best fits their needs—whether the preference is a well-established neighborhood, a new, fast-growing community, or a small town in a rural setting.

Approximately three-quarters of the region’s 7.9 million residents are of working age. From this base, employers can tap into a total civilian labor force of 4.4 million people, a workforce size surpassed only by the much larger Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York metro areas.

Major Employment Centers

Radar charts explained

The U.S. Census Bureau pairs home/work census blocks to describe geographic patterns related to the workforce.

Mapping commuter flows, for example, can help employers determine where potential workers live, as well as how far they might be willing to travel for work. Radar images dynamically communicate several important aspects about worker commute patterns.

Using Dallas Downtown-Uptown as an employment center example, the radar indicates primary and secondary cardinal directions from which a worker travels to a job, and the distance traveled as determined by the color of each pie piece. The size of each pie piece indicates the volume of workers who commute from that direction and distance as indicated by the dashed concentric circles marked in hundreds or thousands of people. For instance, the greatest number of downtown workers live north of Dallas, while the greatest percentage (42 percent) reside between 10 and 24 miles away.

DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH

DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY

LBJ CORRIDOR ALLIANCE

LAS COLINAS

DFW AIRPORT NORTH

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Commuting Patterns

Getting around the Dallas-Fort Worth region is easy, thanks to a well-developed network of interstate freeways, state highways, tollways, and public transit options connecting job centers to fast-growing communities. That’s good news for employers as it allows them to draw from a large base of skilled workers. It’s also good for workers, who can choose from a variety of communities in which to live.

County-to-County Worker Flow

In Dallas and Tarrant counties, the vast majority of workers live and work in the same county. Though these two counties also serve as the region’s biggest magnets for workers, the surrounding counties maintain strong job bases of their own to support the community. Source: Lightcast

Drive Times

It’s common to work in one part of the Dallas-Fort Worth area and live in another. Although more than 20 percent of workers reported working from home in 2021 as a pandemic response, this figure receded to 18% in 2022. Increased rates of remote work may be a new normal, but pre-pandemic, a typical year showed almost 90 percent of people in DFW commuting to work by car, truck, or van. This type of commute is easy thanks to our well-developed network of interstate freeways, state highways, and tollways connecting job centers to our fast-growing new communities. The following maps—based on morning rush hour—provide an estimate of how long a commute will take.

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Group HQ Executives and Managers

General and operations managers comprise nearly half of all 280,000 professionals in this occupation group in Dallas-Fort Worth. Other executives include C-level occupations, sales managers, and financial managers.

Worker Place of Residence by Occupation Group Back Office Support

The Dallas-Fort Worth region’s back office support workers are dispersed across North Texas. Back office support, in this context, describes workers who keep the day-to-day functioning of an organization running smoothly. Occupations in this group include general managers to office clerks and HR specialists to administrative assistants. There are more than 734,000 such jobs in the region.

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Worker Place of Residence by Occupation Group Engineering

The lion’s share of individuals in the engineering occupation group are the 56,000-plus professionals who develop apps and software. Other titles (and the number of workers in their field) in this category are as follows: industrial engineers (more than 8,600); mechanical engineers (5,100); and electrical engineers (5,300). Nearly 168,000 work in this occupation group in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Each dot represents the number of engineering workers living within a ½ mile square area. To produce this map the Dallas Regional Chamber worked with labor analytics company Lightcast to assign their proprietary ZIP code level occupation data to a uniform 0.5 x 0.5 mile grid across Dallas-Fort Worth.

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IT/Computer

Workers who fall into the IT/Computer occupation group work in every industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. More than 201,000 people hold jobs related to keeping the business community’s digital infrastructure running 24/7. In addition to software developers, who comprise the majority of occupations in this group, there are increasing demands for information security analysts, computer systems analysts, and computer and information systems managers.

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Worker Place of Residence by Occupation Group Financial Services

It should be no surprise that accountants and auditors comprise a large number of individuals employed in the financial services workforce in Dallas-Fort Worth. More than 43,000 people with those job titles work in DFW. Another 47,000 workers are employed as bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in the region. Other occupations in this category include bill collectors, tellers, financial managers, and credit counselors. All told, this occupation group employs more than 239,000 professionals in the region.

Worker Place of Residence by Occupation Group Health Care

Registered nurses comprise the largest portion of individuals employed in this occupation group in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. More than 71,000 individuals share that occupation, accounting for roughly a fifth of the 404,000 workers in the health care occupations group. Other occupations include medical service managers, therapists, health care technicians, and health support workers.

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Skilled Manufacturing

Dallas-Fort Worth’s skilled manufacturing workers are employed in a wide variety of industries from auto manufacturing to eyeglass assembly. Occupations in this sector include computer-controlled machine tool operators, inspectors, testers, sorters, and electrical assemblers. More than 69,000 individuals are employed in this sector in DFW.

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Worker Place of Residence by Occupation Group Assembly & Manufacturing

More than 99,000 workers are employed in the assembly & manufacturing occupation group in Dallas-Fort Worth. Their specialties include first-line supervisors of production and operating workers (18,000 workers have this title). Assemblers, production workers, and helpers also fall under this occupation segment.

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Distribution & Logistics

Nearly 959,000 workers in Dallas-Fort Worth belong to this occupation group, reflecting the region’s central U.S. location and strong logistics connections via air, road, and rail. Clerks, drivers, package handlers, and customer service reps make up the majority of occupations in this group.

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High-Tech

Jobs in the high-tech occupation category vary widely in function and span across all industries. Software developers comprise the largest share of jobs in this group in Dallas-Fort Worth. Other positions include engineers, scientists, technicians, and researchers of all types. More than 301,000 workers are employed in this occupation group in the region.

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A Snapshot of Regional Skills Development

Finding workers with the right mix of skills is a growing challenge for companies across industries. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the business community is meeting this challenge through avenues that include establishing apprenticeships and participating in specialized training programs through public-private partnerships. That means wherever a company locates in the region, they will have access to a steady stream of talent.

Skills Development Fund (SDF)

This successful state grant program offers businesses, consortia of businesses, or trade unions an opportunity to identify a training need and then partner with a public community or technical college to create solutions. Businesses work with college partners to develop curricula and conduct training. The local workforce board authorizes the proposal; SDF pays for the training; the college administers the grant; and businesses create new jobs and improve the skills of their current workforce.

See more at twc.texas.gov

Workforce Development

Three workforce development boards serve residents and companies across the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Companies can use board services to find, hire, train, and retain skilled workers. Workforce offices work with employers to create customized hiring events, build skills training programs, and provide labor market data. Job seekers can access WorkInTexas.com, the state’s free job board service, as well as apply for child care and transportation services.

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Examples:

n In 2023, Dallas College and Gainwell Technologies received $1 million in grants from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor, including $468,000 from the SDF. The Irving-based company will provide training and advancement opportunities for more than 500 employees. Gainwell develops and implements digital and cloud-enabled solutions that power state Medicaid agencies.

n In 2023, Dallas College received $1 million in SDF funding to create a job training program with partners including Mint Dentistry, Kpost Company, On-Target Supplies and Logistics, and the Richards Group. Six hundred new and current workers will receive customized training in areas like project management, roofing, dental hygiene, material handling, and desktop support.

n In 2022, Collin College received a $928,000 SDF grant to train 580 workers in highdemand occupations supporting the food manufacturing industry. Six companies will receive customized training in the areas of machine operations, material handling, business software, and quality control, among others.

Community and Technical Colleges

Community colleges in the Dallas-Fort Worth region work with companies of all sizes to customize training programs and curriculum to meet local workforce needs. Dallas College includes seven campuses and a dozen centers throughout Dallas County. Since 1965, Dallas College has served over three million people, and is one of the largest community college systems in the U.S. Tarrant County College (TCC) operates six campuses and two training centers. Approximately one in every 22 Tarrant County residents takes a TCC class each year. Collin College attracts 58,000 students annually to its 200-plus degree and certificate programs across 11 campuses. With six campuses, North Central Texas College (NCTC) is the state’s oldest continuously operating two-year college.

Dallas College led a consortium of educational institutions to secure what school officials call a groundbreaking $8.8 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration in 2022. Funding is being used to train the next generation of the region’s bio and life science workforce in three areas: biotechnology, biomanufacturing, and bioinformatics.

In 2023, Dallas College received a 2024 Innovation Award from D CEO magazine and Dallas Innovates in recognition of contributions to the advancement of education including: a first-of-its-kind Student Teacher Residency Program; the first cohort of bachelor’s degree recipients in early childhood education and training; the launch of a second bachelor’s degree program in nursing; and the Student Care Network that provides holistic services to help students succeed.

Collin College announced a new partnership in 2023 to offer Plano-based Toyota’s Technician Training & Education Network (T-TEN) program at its Technical Campus in Allen. The campus provides classroom and lab space dedicated to training craftspeople on the latest techniques with the newest industry-standard technology.

In 2024, Collin College will enroll the first cohort of students in the Texas A&M Engineering Academy, a collaboration between the two schools that will allow students to pursue one of 22 majors to help the state of Texas meet a growing demand for engineers.

Tarrant County College (TCC) commissioned an independent study that estimates its value to the regional workforce includes $2.1 billion in added income for Tarrant County alone. This impact can be attributed in part to innovative programs that meet the workforce where the jobs are; reach nontraditional populations; or provide holistic services that ensure student success.

Examples include opening a training and skills development center at AllianceTexas, one of the largest employment centers in Dallas-Fort Worth; creating the Next Phase Program offered to people who have been incarcerated for low-level, nonviolent crimes to choose welding, business, or office professional courses; and authorizing construction of childcare centers on its South and Northwest campuses beginning in 2025 to bolster student-parent attendance.

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $4.6 million over five years to TCC to help low income, firstgeneration college students access higher education.

The Texas State Technical College is a statewide system operating 10 campuses. The North Texas location comprises 100,000 square feet of labs and classrooms where students can prepare for opportunities in:

n Computer Aided Drafting & Design Technology

n Computer Networking & Systems Administration

n Cybersecurity

n Diesel Equipment Technology

n Electrical Power & Controls

n HVAC Technology

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Higher Education Accolades

In many ways the Dallas-Fort Worth region is the intellectual capital of Texas. The Dallas Region’s 70-plus accredited universities and colleges provide the intellectual horsepower to drive one of the nation’s most diverse economies. To do so, students, faculty, and other academics engage in a wide range of studies from tackling core curricula to honing nanotechnology. The University of North Texas at Denton, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Texas at Arlington are among Texas’ eight “emerging research” universities in DFW—a greater concentration than any other Texas region. UT Southwestern Medical Center, meanwhile, is among the nation’s best in biology and biochemistry research, resulting in numerous clinical breakthroughs and innovations, as well as serving as home to four Nobel laureates.

Fastest-growing Doctoral Universities in the U.S.

—Chronicle of Higher Ed (2023)

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UT Southwestern Medical Center is the only academic medical center in the world to serve as home to four Nobel laureates.

Top 30 university for social mobility in the U.S. west region

—U.S. News & World Report (2024)

#1 in Texas:

DFW has 3 Carnegie R-1 Universities (very high research activity), more than any other Texas metro.

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Texas’ plan to align higher education and workforce by striving for 60% of 25-34 year olds to hold a degree or certificate by 2030.

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Undergraduate Degrees Awarded in the U.S.

—ASEE (2022)

#1 Region in Texas for higher ed enrollment and degree completion: 24 percent of all students in Texas are enrolled in a DFW college or university. 24 percent of all degrees completed annually in Texas come from a DFW college or university. That’s more than any other region in the state.

—THECB (2023)

“The area still attracts business and financial services companies, which have reached a critical mass and can draw on a network of necessary support services. Overall growth is buoyed by a well-educated population, a competitive cost structure and the U.S. economy’s strength.”

— Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas study, “At the Heart of Texas”

“The theoretical nature of higher education often creates natural partnerships with cutting-edge industries. The inverse is true as well. The translation into curriculum of research at the frontiers of science, technology, engineering, math, and management makes higher education institutions ideal partners for problem-solving across all industries.”

Texas Research

— Dr. Victor Fishman, Executive Director of the Texas Research Alliance

“We took a problem that we didn’t think was solvable. We figured we might have some fun with this and make these students really frustrated. But … they came back with an answer. ”

— Worlds’ CEO Dave Copps, speaking about the University of Texas at Dallas’ Design Capstone program

#2 in the Nation: Best Master’s in Data Science Programs

— Fortune Magazine (2024)

#4 Best-Run College in the U.S.

— The Princeton Review (2024)

#3 Grad School for Game Design

— The Princeton Review (2023)

“The culture of genuine partnership, collaboration, and openness to new ideas sets DFW apart in the nation.”

— Dallas Regional Chamber Higher Education Review

$67.4 billion: Economic activity in the region comes from graduates of DFW institutions, totaling 15 percent of the total regional economy.

— Perryman Group Higher Education Study

#1 Best Master of Health Administration — Intelligent.com (2023)

#1 Public School for Service Members and Veterans

— Military Times (2023)

Training, Colleges, and Universities

The Dallas-Fort Worth region offers a variety of public and private educational opportunities with robust programming in life sciences, engineering, and the arts.

The University of North Texas at Denton, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of Texas at Arlington are among Texas’ eight “emerging research” universities. These schools are expanding program capabilities and funding in pursuit of remaining at the top end of research institutions as defined by the Carnegie Classification methodology.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is among the nation’s top in biology and biochemistry research, boasting countless clinical breakthroughs and innovations.

Higher Education

A wide array of universities and colleges attracts students from all over the world.

Community College Districts

The Texas Workforce Commission provides funding for Continuing Education (CE) courses within the community college system.

A total of 5,362 students enrolled in CE courses in the districts and colleges listed above in Fall 2023.

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Other Higher Learning Institutions in the Region

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Number of bachelors, masters, and PhD degrees awarded in 2022 from educational institutions within Texas and adjacent states.

55,872

Number of bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD degrees awarded in 2022 from Dallas-area colleges and universities.

Degrees Awarded (2022) in Dallas-Fort Worth by Area of Study

STEM Certificates/Degrees Awarded (2022) in DFW by Classification

Texas Research Alliance: Building Collaborations Between Companies and Universities

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service helps cut costs, reduce time to market, and connect companies with the resources and expertise of the Dallas-Fort Worth innovation ecosystem.

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n The TRA works with companies to understand their research and innovation needs and bring its network of university faculty, high-growth companies, and startups to help solve challenges.

n The TRA enables access to industry collaborations.

n The TRA engages companies into a large network of expertise in areas such as: AI/ML, defense innovation, mobility, robotics, edge computing, sensors, SBIR, STTR, IoT, and more.

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n 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

n Founded by four of the largest chambers of commerce in DallasFort Worth

n Aligned with the premier research universities and colleges across Dallas-Fort Worth

n Engaged to ensure that Dallas-Fort Worth industries, non-profits, municipalities, and public agencies can access and leverage regional research and innovation resources

n No charge for TRA support, and collaborations can work under non-disclosure agreements

Consider a Capstone Partnership

Productive ways to engage with DFW research universities include Lab and Facility Use Agreements, faculty consulting, Sponsored Research Agreements (IP rights considered), internships, and capstone projects. Capstone projects are an ideal way to solve engineering and development problems that you just don’t have the human resources to get to, while at the same time working with teams of students that may one day be your team leaders or even the CEO of your company. By partnering with external sponsors, students not only work on real world projects, but also gain valuable team-building experience in a results-oriented environment. www.tradfw.org

Labor force of over 2.3 million within 25 miles

• Top Rated school district in Texas • Less than 7-minutes from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

• Over 70% of residents with bachelors degree or higher

• Average household income over $270,000

• No state corporate income tax • No state personal income tax

• Over 400 local shopping & dining businesses

• Over 5.3 million square feet of office space

• Over 4.6 million square feet of retail space

• Over 2 million visitors per year • Award-winning community

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Photo: Michael Samples AT&T headquarters in Downtown Dallas

Industry Diversity

Industrial diversity is an index used to gauge the extent to which an area’s economy resembles the national economy, and is useful in determining how closely the nation’s economic performance will be mirrored across regions. The diversity index for a given year is calculated using employment data at the four-digit NAICS level of industrial detail. A diversity index of 1.0, the highest possible value, indicates that an area’s industrial structure—its distribution of employment across industries—is exactly the same as that of the nation. The lower the index, the less the region approximates the industrial structure of the nation. The index assumes that it is impossible for a regional economy to be more diverse than the national economy. A state or metropolitan area with a high diversity index is more likely to weather an economic downturn than those dependent on a single industry.

Moody’s Industrial Diversity Index

Variance from Percent of U.S. Employment

Industry Sectors

As one of the most diverse regional economies in the nation, Dallas-Fort Worth excels in many important industry sectors. DFW has ranked among the top five regions in 10 of the 12 industries evaluated by Site Selection Magazine (including a first-place ranking in Aerospace).

Logistics and trade, technology, and advanced and other professional services represent the lifeblood of the economy, offering competitive advantages on both the national and the international levels. The DFW area is also a proven location for headquarters to thrive, making the region a magnet for business leadership.

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Advanced Services

Advanced services have traditionally referred to headquarters. However, this category also includes financial, professional, and technical services— from management consulting firms to business insurers and from accounting to legal services.

Complex technologies and transactional operations throughout Dallas-Fort Worth are pushing most advanced services activities into highly specialized firms and enterprises. DFW has many of these operations and will likely continue to attract additional companies.

Management, Control, and Support Functions of Corporate Activities

Manufacturing

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is often associated with major headquarters, logistics, distribution, and supply chain operations. But people might not realize that the manufacturing industry makes up seven percent of the regional economy by employment.

DFW has more manufacturing activity than any other metro area in Texas. The size and scope of operations create a diverse manufacturing landscape across many sectors. Goods produced in DFW range from boots and clothing to bricks, steel, plastics, SUVs, and aerospace components.

Just a few of the large manufacturing operations in DFW include the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington, Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, and Texas Instruments in Dallas.

A Cornerstone of Our Economy

Dallas-Fort Worth has more manufacturing activity than any other metropolitan area in Texas.

Major Manufacturing Operations in Dallas-Fort Worth

1 Airbus Helicopter

2 Alcon Laboratories

3 American Leather

4 Bell Helicopter

5 Bombardier U.S. Aerostructures

6 Canadian Solar

7 Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages

8 Dal-Tile Corporation

9 DrinkPak

10 Dynacraft

11 ESAB

12 Evolve Biologics

13 TreeHouse

14 Frito-Lay

15 Fujitsu Network Communications

16 General Motors

17 Gerdau

18 Keurig Dr Pepper

19 KraftHeinz

20 L3Harris

21 LG Electronics

22 Lennox International

23 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

24 Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control

25 Louis Vuitton

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Financial Activities

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is a key U.S. financial center. DFW is home to Comerica’s corporate headquarters, and Bank of America and Fidelity Investments maintain major operations and call centers here.

JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo are among the top employers in the region.

The DFW Region Is a Key U.S. Financial Center

Capital One operates an innovation center that is helping to drive advances in fintech. In 2021, Charles Schwab relocated its headquarters to DFW after acquiring TD Ameritrade, which also has a sizable campus in the region. In 2022, Goldman Sachs broke ground on a new HQ office development in downtown Dallas that will house 5,000 employees. And in 2023, Bank of America announced it will become the largest tenant in the tallest office building in Uptown scheduled for delivery in 2027.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas serves the 11th Federal Reserve District comprising Texas, northern Louisiana, and southern New Mexico. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation also operates a regional office here.

Financial firms are located throughout the DFW region, with the largest concentration centered in downtown Dallas and its northern suburbs of Addison, Irving, and Plano. Downtown Fort Worth also has many financial companies.

When it comes to insurance, the Dallas-Fort Worth area is home to national or regional headquarters for most major providers, including State Farm and Liberty Mutual.

High-Tech

In 1958, Dallas led the nation into the new era of information and communication technologies with Nobel laureate Jack Kilby’s invention of the microchip at Texas Instruments. This invention spurred the development of technologies ranging from laptop computers to smartphones to those that make space travel possible.

The DFW technology industry encompasses four general categories: manufacturing, information services, professional and technical services, and bio sciences. The region’s activity in emerging technologies such as next generation wireless and broadband communications, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, life science, and the intersections where each of these converge is gaining national recognition.

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Top Companies with Operations in Dallas-Fort Worth

Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

Analog Devices

Diodes

Globitech

Micron Technology

Mouser Electronics

Qorvo

STMicroelectronics

Texas Instruments

Telecommunications Equipment and Services

AT&T

BT Americas

Cisco Systems

Ericsson

Frontier Communications

Fujitsu Network Communications

L3 Aerospace Systems

Mavenir

Metro by T-Mobile

Motorola Solutions

NEC Corporation

Nokia Solutions and Networks

Ribbon Communications

Samsung Electronics America

Verizon Communications

Electronic Instrument Manufacturing

BAE Systems

Collins Aerospace

Elbit Systems of America

Fossil Group

GKN Aerospace

Honeywell

L3Harris Technologies

Leonardo DRS Technologies

Lockheed Martin

Megger Group

Raytheon, an RTX Business

Sanmina

Schneider Electric

Computer Systems and Software Development

Accenture

Atos

Capgemeni

CGI Technologies and Solutions

Deloitte

DXC Technology

EY

Gearbox Entertainment

HCL Technologies

Hitachi Consulting

IBM

Infosys

Inclusion Cloud

Improving

Intuit

McAfee

Microsoft

NTT Data

Oracle

RealPage

Salesforce

Slalom

Solera

Splunk

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tech Mahindra

Toyota Connected

Trend Micro

Wipro

ZIX Corp

Cloud Services and Data Centers

ADP

Aligned Data Centers

Amazon

AT&T

Atos

CyrusOne

Cyxtera

DataBank

Digital Realty Trust

Equinix

Evoque

Facebook Google

HP Enterprise Services

IBM

NTT Global Data Centers

Rackspace Technology

StackPath

Stream Data Centers

Online Services and Shopping

Amazon

Chewy.com

Cost Plus Drugs

Facebook

Hotels.com

Match Group

Sabre

Thryv

Travelocity

Woot.com

High-Tech Manufacturing

Bio Sciences & Medical Technology

Services Professional & Technical Services

Health Care

Health care industry companies are located throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth region where they can tap into a broad base of skilled employees. Dallas’ medical community includes the highly rated UT Southwestern Medical Center and Baylor University Medical Center, as well as Parkland Hospital’s burn unit, one of the most recognized units in the nation. The health care industry in DFW is more than services, however. It also encompasses manufacturing, research, and goods distribution. The activities often cluster around each other, creating synergy within the health care community.

138 Hospitals and Other Facilities With Acute Care Capacity

Health Care Systems and Services in Dallas-Fort Worth

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Manufacturing

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Life Science

The Dallas-Fort Worth life science industry is dominated by pharmaceutical, optical, and medical device manufacturers, such as Alcon (Fort Worth) and EssilorLuxottica (Dallas). The region has shown enormous capacity to attract major industry players like McKesson and Galderma.

The convergence of innovative research and development with regional expertise in emerging technologies defines DFW’s life science industry. UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is among the nation’s best in biology and biochemistry research, while UNT’s Health Science Center (Fort Worth), and Pegasus Park (Dallas)—regional hubs for life science discovery and commercialization—are providing a supportive ecosystem that attracts the most promising startups and federal investments like the ARPA-H Customer Experience Hub.

Making More of Life

The DFW region is on the leading edge of defining new research trends and opportunities in life sciences.

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Abbott Laboratories

Actuate Therapeutics

ARPA-H Hub

Alcon

Argon Medical Devices

Arugula Sciences

AstraZeneca

Atrion Corporation

Ayuvis

B. Braun Medical

Balanced Media

Benchmark Research

BioLabs Pegasus Park

Bio-Synthesis Inc

Bledsoe Brace Systems

Boval BioSolutions

Cardinal Health Inc

Caris Life Sciences

Carter Bloodcare

Celanese

CerSci

Ceutical Labs

Colossal

Cost Plus Drugs

Covance

DFB Pharmaceuticals

DJO Global

E4D

EssilorLuxottica

Fortrea

Galderma Laboratories

Galt Medical

Gradalis

Grifols Biomat USA

Hanger, Inc.

Inform Diagnostics

Innovative Life Sciences

Input Hearing Systems

Integer Holdings

Kwivik Medical

LabCorp

Lantern Pharma

LinedanceAI

Mary Crowley Cancer Research

Med Fusion, LLC

Medtronic

Metroplex Clinical Research Center

Neuro Rehab VR

Nurse Assist, Inc.

Nuvectra Corp

OncoNano

OraMetrix Inc.

Orano Med

Orthofix

OsteoMed

Oxefit

Peloton Therapeutics

Plexon Inc

Progressive Laboratories

Quest Diagnostics

RBC Life Sciences Inc.

ReCode Therapeutics

Retina Foundation

Retractable Technologies

Sanara Medtech

Signify Health

Smith & Nephew

Sovereign Pharmaceuticals

St. Jude Medical

Neuromodulation

Strukmyer Medical

Stryker Orthopaedics

Swiss American CDMO

Taysha Gene Therapies

Texas Oncology

TissueGen

Verily

Vigilant Software

ZipData

Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas

n CPRIT’s goal is to expedite innovation and commercialization in the area of cancer research and to enhance access to evidence-based prevention programs and services throughout Texas.

n CPRIT accepts applications and awards grants for a wide variety of cancer-related research and for the delivery of cancer prevention programs and services by public and private entities located in Texas.

n CPRIT collaborates with a variety of entities, including public and private institutions of higher education, academic health institutions, universities, governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and public and private companies.

BioNTX is the bioscience and healthcare innovation trade organization in North Texas, and an affiliate of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization in Washington, D.C. They are the bridge between businesses and job opportunities, providing direct cost savings services, networking events, and educational programming to the bioscience and healthcare innovation community in North Texas. www.biontx.org

Dallas-Fort Worth is a magnet for major companies and talent. The convergence of life science and tech is happening now in DFW, making us a hub for research and progress and a destination for companies looking to launch, grow, or reposition their life science business .

The DFW LIFE SCIENCE Economic Development Guide is an essential tool for understanding the Dallas-Fort Worth biotech and life science community. This data-driven resource can be used by companies making relocation or expansion decisions. Includes

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Aviation and Aerospace

Dallas-Fort Worth is among the nation’s top regions for aviation and aerospace activity. The region is home to the headquarters of two major airlines: American Airlines (Fort Worth) and Southwest Airlines (Dallas). Southwest operates a major maintenance base at Dallas Love Field, creating a strong foundation for aviation employment. Envoy Air, a regional jet operator and American Airlines partner, is headquartered in Irving, as well.

The regional aerospace industry comprises more than 675 companies, accounting for more than 95,000 jobs in North Texas.

Industry leaders Lockheed Martin and Bell Helicopter are among the largest employers in the region. Combined they employ more than 15,000 workers. And the North American headquarters of Airbus Helicopters is in Grand Prairie.

Major Aerospace Companies

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Electronic parts and equipment

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Airbase Services, Inc.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc

American Airlines Inc

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Aircraft flight instrument repair

Helicopter parts

Air passenger carrier, scheduled

Air transportation, nonscheduled

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Atlantic Aviation Corporation

Aviall Inc

BAE Systems Inc

Aircraft maintenance and repair services

Aircraft engines and engine parts

Aircraft/aerospace flight instruments and guidance

Bell Helicopter Aircraft parts and equipment, nec

Bell Textron Aircraft

Boeing Global Services Aircraft servicing and repairing

Bombardier Aerospace Corp ...................... Aircraft servicing and repairing

CAE USA

CHC Helicopters

Collins Aerospace

Aviation school

Helicopter carriers, nonscheduled

Search and navigation equipment

Co-Operative Industries Aerospace & Defense Harness assemblies, for electronic use: wire or cable

Dallas Airmotive .................................. Aircraft and heavy equipment repair services

EFW Inc

Search and navigation equipment

FAA - Southwest Region Air traffic control operations, government

FedEx Corp Air cargo carrier, scheduled

GDC Technics

Aircraft parts and equipment, nec

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems. . . Guided missile and space vehicle parts & equip. R&D

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Aircraft

Honeywell International, Inc

Huntleigh USA

L3Harris Technologies

Aircraft engines and engine parts

Airport terminal services

Aircraft control systems, electronic

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control............. Search and navigation equipment

Mayday Manufacturing Co

Aircraft parts and equipment, nec

Menzies Aviation ................................. Airports, flying fields, and services

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

Pratt & Whitney

Qarbon Aerospace

Raytheon, an RTX company

Aircraft parts and equipment, nec

Aviation propeller and blade repair

Aircraft manufacturing

Defense systems and equipment

Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas .................. Aircraft parts and equipment, nec

Safran Helicopter Engines USA

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Southwest Airlines

Superior Air Charter

Engine repair and replacement, non-automotive

Aircraft

Air passenger carrier, scheduled

Transportation and public utilities

Texas Air Composites, Inc ......................... Maintenance & repair services

Triumph Aerostructures, LLC

Aircraft

Hospitality

The Dallas-Fort Worth region has a robust hospitality industry presence that can handle meeting and convention events of all sizes and types, whether an annual meeting for a major national association or a short-lead executive board meeting requiring the utmost security and service.

The market includes a large base of hotel facilities, ranging from budget to luxury within 15 minutes of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. This helps make the region a convenient destination for meetings that require travel from points throughout the United States.

Central business districts in Dallas and Fort Worth are half an hour from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, while downtown Dallas is just 10 minutes away from Love Field. Both Dallas and Fort Worth—as well as the surrounding suburbs—offer major convention facilities with flexible space, along with robust entertainment and lodging amenities at a wide range of price points.

Top-Ranked Hotels and Resorts

Dallas Marriott

Downtown

Dallas/Plano

Marriott at Legacy

Town Center

Fairmont Dallas

Gaylord Texan

Resort & Convention Center

Grand Hyatt DFW

Great Wolf Lodge

HALL Arts Hotel

Dallas, Curio

Collection by Hilton

Hilton Anatole

Hilton Arlington

Hilton Dallas Rockwall Lakefront

Hilton Dallas

Southlake Town

Square

Hilton Dallas/Plano

Granite Park

Hilton DFW

Lakes Executive Conference Center

Hilton Richardson

Dallas

Hotel Crescent

Court

Hotel Drover, Autograph Collection Hotel Vin, Autograph Collection

Hotel ZaZa Dallas Uptown

Hyatt Regency Dallas

Hyatt Regency DFW

Hyatt Regency Frisco

Live! by Loews

Magnolia Hotel

Dallas Downtown

Marriott Dallas Uptown

Omni Dallas Hotel

Omni Fort Worth Hotel

Omni Frisco Hotel

Omni Mandalay Hotel

Renaissance Dallas Addison

Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West

Renaissance Dallas North

Renaissance Dallas Richardson

Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek

Sheraton Dallas

Sheraton Arlington

The Adolphus, Autograph Collection

The Ashton

The Joule

The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas

The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas Resort

The Sinclair, Autograph Collection

The Westin Dallas Downtown

The Westin Galleria Dallas

The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas

The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel

Thompson Dallas Virgin Hotel Dallas W Dallas - Victory

Warwick MelroseDallas

Sample of Major Annual Events by Attendance

$17,376,732

Logistics

Dallas-Fort Worth’s central U.S. location provides an advantageous distribution hub with quick access to rail, air, and short- and long-haul truck transportation. The entire region functions as a global inland port, with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Fort Worth Alliance Airport capable of large-scale cargo operations.

The region also offers phenomenal rail transportation. Fort Worth-headquartered BNSF Railway has an extensive hub system throughout North Texas. Union Pacific operates the Dallas Intermodal Terminal in southern Dallas County, moving goods and services throughout North Texas and beyond.

The confluence of three major interstates (30, 35, and 45), as well as I-20 and many state highways, offers distributors efficient routing options for moving products throughout the central part of the U.S. by truck. Carriers can reach up to 93 percent of the U.S. population within 48 hours, while I-35—the USMCA Corridor—provides a direct connection to Canada and Mexico.

Incentives

n Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) provide duty-free or deferred payment for goods processed at plants engaged in international trade. The DFW area currently has five FTZs, including No. 39 granted to DFW Airport which spans a seven-county area. With the agreement of local officials, pre-approval has been secured from the federal government to provide any eligible business with an FTZ designation on an expedited and simplified basis. On-airport and company-specific FTZs sponsored by DFW Airport include: Airbus Helicopters, BMW, Mouser Electronics, Dallas Cowboys Merchandising, Samsung, Sanden, Fossil Partners, Safran, Dal-Tile, FedEx, DHL, UPS, The Apparel Group, Brighton Best International, Lasko, and Allied Electronics.

n Freeport Tax Exemptions allow local governing bodies the option to exempt personal property consisting of goods, wares, merchandise, or ores other than oil, natural gas, and petroleum. Eligible property must be transported out of the state within 175 days of acquisition but may be assembled, stored, manufactured, processed, or fabricated locally. Triple Freeport zones are exempt from city, county, and school district property taxes on inventory.

Dallas-Fort Worth: A Global Inland Port

AllianceTexas Global Logistics Hub

The 9,600-acre Alliance Global Logistics Hub is the nation’s premier inland port, offering multimodal transportation options, economic advantages, and supply chain services.

n Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW)—A 100% industrial and corporate airport

n BNSF Alliance Intermodal Hub; Amazon Regional Air Hub; FedEx Southwest Regional Sort Hub; and UPS Ground Hub

n Two Class I rail lines (BNSF and Union Pacific)

n Interstate Highway 35W connects from Mexico to Canada

n Foreign-Trade Zone No. 196 consistently ranks as one of the top General Purpose FTZs in the United States in terms of the value of foreign goods admitted

n U.S. Customs and Border Protection

n Transload facilities immediately adjacent to intermodal yard planned

n Located within the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development that includes office, retail, and residential development. Legend

Predesignated Foreign Trade Zone “Magnet Sites”

Any company may locate on this land and simply activate with Customs.

Company/Site-Specific Foreign Trade Zones

For companies wanting FTZ status but which cannot locate in an existing magnet site.

Railyard / Intermodal Facility

Distribution Centers

Custom Port of Entry

Rail Line FORT WORTH

McKINNEY

Southern Dallas County Inland Port DALLAS

The southern Dallas County inland port encompasses 7,500 acres and five cities. The inland port is located at the hub of the nation’s best logistics and transportation infrastructure.

n Direct access to Interstate Highways 20, 35E, and 45

n Large acreage sites for manufacturing and distribution

n Heavy redundant electricity

n Lancaster Airport (306 acres, general aviation)

n 360-acre Union Pacific Dallas Intermodal Terminal providing access to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

n BNSF Intermodal facility

n Foreign Trade Zone (No. 39) and Triple Freeport availability

n More than 25M sq. ft. of occupied or build-to-suit warehouse, industrial, distribution, and manufacturing space; announced or built space totals 36M sq. ft. and over 8,000 acres

Source: Lightcast, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Major Companies and Headquarters

Top Employers

Fortune 1000

Major Headquarters Relocations

Recent Expansions and Relocations

Small Business

International Companies

Global Trade

Major Companies and Headquarters

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is a magnet for corporate headquarters and major company operations, attracting 24 Fortune 500 company headquarters as of 2023 and 49 headquarters among the Fortune 1000.

A diverse group of household names such as Texas Instruments, AT&T, American Airlines, Kimberly-Clark, Toyota, and McKesson call the region home, reflecting the area’s strong fundamentals when it comes to workforce, access, and cost of doing business.

The region’s corporate powerhouse companies are distributed throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, an indication of the strength, depth, and breadth of the workforce. Widely distributed companies also hint at the ease of navigation between cities and corporate centers.

Scanning the roster of major employers located in DFW, it’s easy to see the diversity of the business community, from hightech, telecommunications, logistics, and finance industry leaders to consumer brands that impact the daily lives of households across the globe.

Dallas-Fort Worth’s diverse base of employers drives the region’s economic strength, so that growth is possible even during downturns in the business cycle or other economic disruptions.

A Critical Mass of Headquarters and Significant Operations

Construction

AECOM

American Legend Homes

Austin Industries

Balfour Beatty

Beck Group

Builders Firstsource

Centex Corporation

Clune Construction

D.R. Horton

First Texas Homes

Fluor Corporation

Green Brick Partners Inc

Highland Homes

Hill & Wilkinson

Invitation Homes

Landsea Homes

Lennar

McCarthy Building

Companies

MEDCO Construction

Pogue Construction

Primoris Services

Rogers-O’Brien

Construction

SRS Distribution

TDIndustries

Turner Construction

U.S. Concrete

Energy

Atmos Energy

Bass Enterprises

Comstock Resources Inc

Delek US Holdings

Denbury Resources

Energy Transfer

EnLink Midstream

Halliburton

HF Sinclair

Hunt Consolidated/ Hunt Oil

J-W Power Company

Kosmos Energy Ltd

Luminant

Matador Resources Co

Murex Ltd.

Oncor Electric Delivery

Petro-Hunt

Pioneer Natural Resources

ProFrac Holdings

Range Resources

Reliant, an NRG Company

Sunoco

TXU

Vistra Energy

Education & Health Care

Abbott Laboratories

Addus HomeCare Corp.

American Heart Association

AMN Healthcare

ARPA-H Customer

Experience Hub

Baylor Scott & White Health

BioLabs Pegasus Park

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas

Cencora

Children’s Health

CHRISTUS Health

Collin College

Cook Children’s Health

Care System

Dallas College

Galderma

JPS Health Network

McKesson

Medical City Healthcare

Methodist Health System

Sendera RX

Tarrant County College

Tenet Healthcare

Texas Health Resources

University of North Texas System

University of Texas at Arlington

University of Texas at Dallas

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Leisure & Hospitality

American Airlines Center

Arcis Golf

Arlington Sportservice

AT&T Stadium

Brinker International

CEC Entertainment

Cinemark Holdings

Dave & Buster’s

Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group Inc

Fiesta Restaurant Group

Hilton

Hotels.com

Invited

La Madeleine

Live Nation

Lone Star Park

LSG Sky Chefs USA

Omni Hotels

PGA of America

Pizza Hut

Six Flags Entertainment Park

Smoothie King

Texas Motor Speedway

Topgolf Entertainment Group

VisitDallas

Yum China Holdings

Manufacturing

Airbus Helicopters

Alcon Laboratories

American Leather

Arcosa

ATI

AZZ

Bell Helicopter

Bombardier Aviation

Caterpillar

Celanese Corporation

Cisco Systems

Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages

Commercial Metals (CMC)

Dal-Tile Corporation

Darling Ingredients

Diodes

Elbit Systems

Encore Wire Corp

Ericsson

EssilorLuxottica

Flowserve

Fossil Group

Frito-Lay North America

Fujitsu Network

Communications

General Motors

Gulfstream Aerospace

Integer Holdings Corp

Interceramic

Interstate Battery

Keurig Dr Pepper

Kimberly-Clark

Kubota

L-3 Technologies

Lennox International

Lockheed Martin

Louis Vuitton

Mary Kay

NCH Corporation

NEC Corporation of America

Nokia North America

PepsiCo

Peterbilt Motors

Poly-America

Qorvo

Raytheon, an RTX Business

Sally Beauty Holdings

Samsung Electronics America

Smith & Nephew

Solar Turbines

STMicroelectronics

Tetra Pak U.S.

Texas Instruments

Toyota Motor North America

Trinity Industries

Triumph Aerostructures

Valhi

Williamson-Dickie

Financial Activities

AAA Texas

Alkami Technology

Allstate

Amegy Bank

Ashford Hospitality Trust

Associa

Avantax

Bank of America

Bank of Texas

Billingsley Company

Briggs Freeman

Sotheby’s

Capital One Bank

CBRE Group

Century 21 Judge Fite

Charles Schwab

Citi

Comerica Bank

CyrusOne

Digital Realty

Ebby Halliday

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Fidelity Investments

FirstCash Holdings

Frost Bank

Globe Life

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Hilltop Holdings

Hillwood, a Perot Company

HUB International

JLL

JPMorgan Chase

Mr. Cooper

Options Clearing Corporation

Pegasus Bank

PlainsCapital Bank

PNC

Regions Bank

Santander Consumer

USA

State Farm Insurance

TD Ameritrade

Texas Capital Bank

TIAA

Toyota Financial Services

TPG

Truist Bank

Veritex Holdings Inc

Wells Fargo

Professional & Business Services

Accenture

Allied Universal

AT&T

Atos

Boston Consulting Group

Conifer Health Solutions

CoreLogic

Corgan

Deloitte

DXC Technology

Ernst & Young

FedEx Office

Freeman Company

Google

HKS

IBM Corporation

Intuit

Jacobs Solutions

KPMG

McAfee

Microsoft

NTT Data

PwC

RealPage

Ryan

Salesforce

Sammons Enterprises

TATA Consultancy Services

Thomson Reuters

Thryv

T-Mobile

Tyler Technologies

Verizon

Weaver Trade & Transportation

7-Eleven

Amazon

American Airlines Group

Andrews Distributing Company

At Home Group Inc

Aurora Innovation

Ben E Keith Company

BNSF Railway

Boeing Distribution

Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Container Store Group

Copart

Dallas Love Field

Daseke

DFW International Airport

Gamestop

Hilti North America

HOLT CAT

J.C. Penney

Match Group

Michaels Companies

Mode Global

Mouser Electronics Inc

MV Transportation

Neiman Marcus Group

Republic National Distributing Company

Sabre

Sewell Automotive Companies

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits

Southwest Airlines

Stevens Transport

Target

Tom Thumb - Albertson’s Union Pacific

Upbound Group

Top Employers

Major employers are influential over the health and vitality of the local economy. They make up disproportionately large contributions in terms of both employment and production, and they often bring national and international ties to the community.

10,000+ Employees

Amazon Trade & Transportation amazon.com

American Airlines Group Trade & Transportation aa.com

AT&T Prof & Business Services att.com

Bank of America Financial Activities bankofamerica.com

Baylor Scott & White Health Education & Healthcare bswhealth.com

DFW International Airport Trade & Transportation dfwairport.com

General Motors Manufacturing gm.com

JPMorgan Chase Financial Activities chase.com

Kroger Trade & Transportation kroger.com

Lockheed Martin Manufacturing lockheedmartin.com

Medical City Healthcare Education & Healthcare medicalcityhealthcare.com

Naval Air Station Government cnic.navy.mil

Parkland Hospital Education & Healthcare parklandhospital.com

Raytheon, an RTX Business Manufacturing rtx.com

Texas Health Resources Education & Healthcare texashealth.org

Texas Instruments Manufacturing ti.com

University of North Texas System Education & Healthcare untsystem.edu

UPS Trade & Transportation ups.com

US Postal Service Prof & Business Services usps.com

UT Southwestern Medical Center Education & Healthcare utsouthwestern.edu

Walmart Stores Trade & Transportation walmartstores.com

5,000-9,999 Employees

Allied Universal Prof & Business Services aus.com

Army & Air Force Exchange Service Government aafes.com

Charles Schwab Financial Activities schwab.com

Children's Health Education & Healthcare childrens.com

Citi Financial Activities citigroup.com

Cook Children's Health Care System Education & Healthcare cookchildrens.org

Copart Trade & Transportation copart.com

Dallas College Education & Healthcare dcccd.edu

FedEx Trade & Transportation fedex.com

Fidelity Investments Financial Activities fidelity.com

Home Depot Trade & Transportation homedepot.com

J.C. Penney Trade & Transportation jcpenney.com

JPS Health Network Education & Healthcare jpshealthnet.org

L-3 Technologies Manufacturing l3t.com

Lowe's Companies Trade & Transportation lowes.com

Methodist Health System Education & Healthcare methodisthealthsystem.org

PepsiCo Manufacturing pepsico.com

Southwest Airlines Trade & Transportation southwest.com

State Farm Insurance Financial Activities statefarm.com

Target Trade & Transportation target.com

TATA Consultancy Services Prof & Business Services tcs.com

Tom Thumb - Albertson's Trade & Transportation tomthumb.com

University of Texas at Arlington Education & Healthcare uta.edu

Wells Fargo Financial Activities wellsfargo.com

2,500-4,999

Ben

Deloitte

Dillard's

Ericsson Manufacturing ericsson.com/us

Ernst & Young Prof & Business Services ey.com

Fannie Mae Financial Activities fanniemae.com

Fluor Corporation Construction fluor.com

Frito-Lay North America Manufacturing fritolay.com

Gamestop Trade & Transportation gamestop.com

Goldman Sachs & Co. Financial Activities goldmansachs.com

Hilton Leisure & Hospitality hilton.com

Keller Williams Realty Financial Activities kw.com

Kohl's Trade & Transportation kohls.com

Macy's Trade & Transportation macys.com

Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites Leisure & Hospitality marriott.com

Michaels Companies Trade & Transportation michaels.com

Microsoft Prof & Business Services microsoft.com

Peterbilt Motors Manufacturing peterbilt.com

Pizza Hut Leisure & Hospitality pizzahut.com

Poly-America Manufacturing poly-america.com

PwC Prof & Business Services pwc.com

Sabre Trade & Transportation sabre.com

Sally Beauty Holdings Manufacturing sallybeautyholdings.com

Tarrant County College Education & Healthcare tccd.edu

Toyota Motor North America Manufacturing toyota.com/usa

University of Texas at Dallas Education & Healthcare utdallas.edu

VA North Texas Health Care System Education & Healthcare northtexas.va.gov

Verizon Prof & Business Services verizon.com

Walgreens Trade & Transportation walgreens.com

University of Texas at Dallas Education & Health Care utdallas.edu

VA North Texas

Health Care System Education & Health Care northtexas.va.gov

Walgreens Trade & Transportation walgreens.com

1,000-2,499 Employees

7-Eleven Trade & Transportation 7-eleven.com

AAA Texas Financial Activities texas.aaa.com

Abbott Laboratories Education & Healthcare abbott.com

American Airlines Center Leisure & Hospitality americanairlinescenter.com

American Heart Association Education & Healthcare heart.org

Andrews Distributing Company Trade & Transportation andrewsdistributing.com

Arlington Sportservice Leisure & Hospitality delawarenorth.com

Austin Industries Construction austin-ind.com

Avantax Financial Activities blucora.com

Balfour Beatty Construction balfourbeattyus.com

Brinks Home Security Prof & Business Services brinkshome.com

CAE Defense & Security Prof & Business Services cae.com

Caterpillar Manufacturing caterpillar.com

Cencora Education & Healthcare cencora.com

Century 21 Judge Fite Financial Activities century21judgefite.com

CHRISTUS Health Education & Healthcare christushealth.org

Cisco Systems Manufacturing cisco.com

Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Manufacturing cocacolaswb.com

Collin College Education & Healthcare collin.edu

Conifer Health Solutions Prof & Business Services coniferhealth.com

CoreLogic Prof & Business Services corelogic.com

D.R. Horton Construction drhorton.com

Dallas Morning News Information dallasnews.com

Dal-Tile Corporation Manufacturing daltile.com

Dialog Direct Prof & Business Services dialog-direct.com

Don Miguel Mexican Foods Manufacturing donmiguel.com

DXC Technology Prof & Business Services dxc.technology

Ebby Halliday Financial Activities ebby.com

Encore Wire Corp Manufacturing encorewire.com

EssilorLuxottica Manufacturing essilorusa.com

FDIC Financial Activities fdic.gov

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Financial Activities dallasfed.org

FedEx Office Prof & Business Services office.fedex.com

Fossil Group Manufacturing fossilgroup.com

Freeman Company Prof & Business Services freeman.com

Fujitsu Network Communications Manufacturing fujitsu.com.us

Gaylord Texan Leisure & Hospitality gaylordtexan.com

GEICO Financial Activities geico.com

Gerdau Manufacturing gerdau.com

Globe Life Financial Activities globelifeinsurance.com

GM Financial Financial Activities gmfinancial.com

Great Wolf Resort Leisure & Hospitality greatwolf.com

Halliburton Energy halliburton.com

Hunt Regional Medical Center Education & Healthcare huntregional.org

IBM Corporation Prof & Business Services ibm.com

Inmar Intelligence Trade & Transportation inmar.com

Keurig Dr Pepper Manufacturing keurigdrpepper.com

Kindred Healthcare Education & Healthcare kindredhealthcare.com

KPMG Prof & Business Services kpmg.com/us

Kraft Heinz Company Manufacturing kraftheinzcompany.com

Lennox International Manufacturing lennoxinternational.com

Liberty Mutual Financial Activities libertymutual.com

Mary Kay Manufacturing marykay.com

McAfee Prof & Business Services mcafee.com

McKesson Education & Healthcare mckesson.com

Mouser Electronics Inc Trade & Transportation mouser.com

Mr. Cooper Financial Activities mrcoopergroup.com

Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas Trade & Transportation nfm.com

Neiman Marcus Group Trade & Transportation neimanmarcus.com

NFI Industries Trade & Transportation nfiindustries.com

Nokia North America Manufacturing nokia.com

Nordstrom Trade & Transportation nordstrom.com

Omni Hotels Leisure & Hospitality omnihotels.com

Pioneer Natural Resources Energy pxd.com

Qorvo Manufacturing qorvo.com

RealPage Prof & Business Services realpage.com

Reddy Ice Manufacturing reddyice.com

Republic National Distributing Company Trade & Transportation rndc-usa.com

Safeco Financial Activities safeco.com

Samsung Electronics America Manufacturing samsung.com/us

Santander Consumer USA Financial Activities santanderconsumerusa. com

Siemens Prof & Business Services sw.siemens.com

Southern Methodist University Education & Healthcare smu.edu

Staff Force Personnel Services Prof & Business Services staff-force.com

Stevens Transport Trade & Transportation stevenstransport.com

Supreme Lending Financial Activities supremelending.com

TD Ameritrade Financial Activities tdameritrade.com

TDIndustries Construction tdindustries.com

Tenet Healthcare Education & Healthcare tenethealth.com

Texas Christian University Education & Healthcare tcu.edu

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Education & Healthcare scottishritehospital.com

Texas Woman's University Education & Healthcare twu.edu

Thomson Reuters Prof & Business Services thomsonreuters.com

Travelers Financial Activities travelers.com

TTI Trade & Transportation tti.com

Tuesday Morning Trade & Transportation tuesdaymorning.com

Vizient Inc Prof & Business Services vizientinc.com

Wabtec Manufacturing wabtec.com

Fortune 1000

Dallas-Fort Worth continues to draw Fortune 1000 and Global 500 headquarters through growth and expansion of local companies and by attracting relocations. DFW is one of two regions in the U.S. to host two Fortune 10 companies, and only Beijing and Seattle are home to more. Revenues earned by Fortune 500 companies located in DFW total $1.4 trillion, second only to the New York metro area.

Major Headquarters Relocations

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is regularly identified as one of the nation’s top markets for new and expanded corporate facilities.

Past relocations to the region include headquarters moves for Fortune 500 and Forbes Top Private companies such as AT&T, Comerica, Fluor, and Toyota.

More recent moves include well-known industry leaders like AECOM, ATI, Caterpillar, CBRE, Charles Schwab, Jacobs, and McKesson.

Other major companies have expanded into DFW distribution, logistics, and manufacturing centers, including Amazon, BMW, Galderma, General Dynamics, General Motors, MolsonCoors, and Pratt Industries. Meanwhile, corporations including 7-Eleven, American Airlines, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, FedEx, and JPMorgan Chase have expanded into new corporate office space, soon to be joined by new buildings for Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo.

Acacia Research Group

Active Network

AECOM

Ameriflight

Astura Medical

Aviatrix

Boingo Wireless

C & S Propeller

Cacique Foods

CBRE Group

Channell Commercial Corp.

Charles Schwab

Chip 1 Exchange

Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas

Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Copart

Core-Mark International

Daegis

Dealersocket

Sample of Headquarters Relocations to Dallas-Fort Worth

Nevada

Arizona

Oklahoma

California

DJO Global

Farmer Bros. Co.

Gordon Ramsey North America

Inbenta

Incora

Integrated Defense Products

Ironclad Performance Wear

Jacobs Solutions

Jetsuite

Kubota Tractor Corp.

KVP International

Landsea Homes

Loandepot.com

McKesson Corporation

MD7

Old Gringo

Omnitracs

Pacific Union Financial

Panoramic Doors

QuickFee

Raytheon, an RTX Business

Rixi Recovery Service

Ruiz Foods

SignEasy SmartAction

Solera Holdings

SWH Mimi’s Cafe

Tearlab Corporation

Thermomix

Toyota Industries Commercial Finance

Toyota Motor North America

Trend Micro

United Scientific Group

Vendor Resource Management

Vio Security

Wiley X

Illinois

Addus HomeCare

BL Restaurant Operations

Boeing Global Services

Caterpillar

ELM Companies

ExteNet Systems

Neovia Logistics Services

OpTic Gaming

Schumacher Electric Corp

TopGolf USA

Ohio Paycor

Missouri

GKN Aerostructures

Ulrich Medical USA

Louisiana

Republic Finance

Smoothie King Franchises

New York

Alkegen

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation

McLaren Automotive

oneworld Alliance

Six Flags Entertainment Vehicle Accessories Inc.

Michigan

Warstic Bat Company

Pennsylvania

ATI Lux Ice

Sunoco

Delaware

Waterlogic Americas

Tennessee

Buff City Soap

Dynamic Energy Alliance

Alabama

Zoe’s Kitchen

Other HQ Establishments (International)

Advam Pty Ltd.

BackBox

Baicells Technologies Co.

Basis Technology Corp.

BRP Inc

Clevon

Diab Group

DIRTT Environmental

Solutions

Doosan Robotics Americas

ezyVet

F-Wave Company

GuestLogix

Hisun Motors Corp., U.S.A.

KeepIt

Kidzania USA

KT&G Corporation

Labelcraft Products

LeClanche SA

NGC Renewables

NTT Data

Nutribiotech

Omnilife Origina

Oyo

Three Whiskey

Triathlon Battery Solutions

TXOne Networks

Zinwave Ltd.

Massachusetts

Ribbon Communications

Steward Health Care System

VCE

New Hampshire

Oculus Health

Supporting Corporate Moves

The Dallas Regional Chamber works closely with many companies that decide to locate major corporate facilities here, particularly headquarters. Our team knows how important these decisions are for both companies and their employees.

We help companies understand this region fully—our demographics, labor costs, transportation assets, real estate options, or taxes and incentives that might apply to a project. Often we do it face to face. We visit companies and host executives here, including multi-day visits during which we engage Dallas-Fort Worth area business and civic leaders or subject-matter experts with the candidate company team to achieve the peer-topeer conversations that are so meaningful in selling DFW.

Connecticut

Accudyne Industries Frontier Communications

iCall Powersecure

Revere High Yield Fund

New Jersey

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Comparex USA

CVE Technologies Group Digility Inc.

OKI Data Americas

But we’re not just about the cold, hard facts and the sales pitch. We continue to work with companies—and particularly employees —that decide to move here. Corporate moves often impact hundreds, even thousands, of employees and families. Those employees have lots of questions, and each family situation is different. For all major corporate relocations, the DRC offers to meet with employees and families that suddenly have the opportunity to become new Texans.

We have held several “town hall” meetings with company employees around the U.S., sharing information and our experiences of living in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Our goal is to help employees understand why our region is a great place to live, raise a family, and prosper. Eyes light up when we show pictures of homes with affordable prices, the arts and cultural amenities, our parks and lakes, our foodie places, our outstanding medical care, dog parks, light rail, and bike trails—as well as the many facts and anecdotes that help them realize that DFW is a more robust, culturally and socially diverse place than they might have thought. And those who already know the area well, or might be from here, just get more excited about the move.

Helping employees after a move is announced is a benefit to the company and its employees. It’s fun and meaningful for the DRC’s economic development team and is an important part of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s corporate recruitment platform.

Sample of Recent Dallas-Fort Worth Expansions and Relocations

1 RingCentral, a CA-based provider of AI-powered global enterprise cloud communications, opened a new 35K-sf office in Addison, adding 125 employees.

2 Inbenta, an international AI firm, is relocating from San Francisco to Allen, leasing a 5,000-sf office space.

3 Craftmasters, a skilled talent education provider, will invest $150M to construct a new HQ, state of the art trade school, and residential community in Burleson, creating 400 jobs.

4 Siemens eMobility selects Carrollton for its second EV charger manufacturing hub, an 80K-sf facility that will bring 100 jobs.

5 The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) selects Dallas' Pegasus Park for its customer experience hub, signficantly raising the region’s life sciences profile.

6 Careismatic Brands, a CA-based medical apparel and footwear firm, is locating a new 1M-sf shipping hub in Southern Dallas.

7 Frontier Communications is relocating its HQ from CT to Dallas, bringing more than 3,000 jobs to a 95K-sf office in Uptown.

8 Landsea Homes will move its HQ from Newport Beach to Dallas' Uptown District, occupying 7,700 sf of office space.

9 Contemporary Glass Tempering, a glass and mirror company in New Braufels, TX, plans to construct an 80K-sf manufacturing facility, bringing 50 jobs to Ferris.

10 Lux Ice, a craft ice startup, has moved its HQ from Philadelphia to Flower Mound, creating 100 new jobs at a 50K-sf facility.

11 DrinkPak, a CA-based beverage firm, will create 1,000 new jobs in Fort Worth with a $452M investment that will expand existing facilities by 2.8M sf.

12 McMaster-Carr, an IL-based e-commerce distribution company, plans a $360M regional HQ in Fort Worth, creating 250 jobs.

13 Siemens, the Germanybased global technology company, will establish a $133M advanced manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, creating 715 jobs.

14 Southwire Co., a GA-based electrical component firm, is locating a 1.2M-sf shipping hub in north Fort Worth, bringing 250 new jobs.

15 McAfee, the CA-based cybersecurity company, is opening a 30K-sf regional HQ at The Star in Frisco, creating up to 100 new jobs.

16 Plug and Play, the startup accelerator from Silicon Valley, is launching a sportstech accelerator program in Frisco focused on human potential and performance.

17 Universal Parks & Resorts, the FL-based theme park operator, plans to build a 97acre, family-focused theme park with rides, shows, and a 300-room hotel in Frisco.

18 Meow Wolf, the Santa Febased interactive arts and entertainment company, has chosen Grapevine as its fourth permanent addition to the Meow Wolf universe and its first in Texas.

19 Acquire BPO, an Australiabased business outsourcing provider, opened a 17K-sf US HQ in Irving, creating 130 new jobs.

20 Cacique Foods, a leading brand in Mexican food products, has relocated the company's corporate HQ from Monrovia, CA, to Irving.

21 Korber, a German supply chain firm, is expanding its US HQ in Irving with a new 75K-sf, $10M warehouse and manufacturing operation, leading to 100 new jobs.

22 Dollar General, the TNbased discount chain, has expanded its global supply chain with a new 1M-sf distribution center in Justin employing 200 people.

23 Kodiak Robotics, the Silicon Valley-based autonomous technology company, has added a new data center in Lancaster, creating 25 new jobs.

24 McAdams Engineering, a NC-based civil engineering firm, will expand its DFW presence with a new 30K-sf office in Lewisville that will allow the firm to double its 65-person staff.

25 Super Studios will break ground on a 72-acre, $70M film studio and mixed-use complex in Mansfield that will bring Hollywood-level production and 2,000 jobs.

2023 Announcements

26 Innovative Life Sciences, a nutraceutical gummy manufacturer, opens its new 70K-sf manufacturing facility and HQ that will generate 70 new jobs in McKinney.

27 Plug and Play, the startup accelerator from Silicon Valley, is launching an enterprise and AI-focused accelarator in McKinney to connect startups with corporations and investors.

28 Canadian Solar, a Toronto-based solar energy equipment company, will bring 1,500 jobs and 750K sf of industrial space to Mesquite with a $250M investment in its first US manufacturing center.

29 Hexagon Purus, a Norwaybased manufacturer of zero-emission mobility technologies, will open a 200K-sf integration facility in Mesquite employing 250 skilled workers.

30 Merlin Entertainments, a UK-based global leader in location-based entertainment, will build and operate a 13-acre Peppa Pig Theme Park in North Richland Hills.

31 Fisher Investments, a leading financial advisory firm managing over $197B in assets, has relocated its HQ from WA to Plano with plans to add jobs to its local workforce of 1,200.

32 Midland Tower Construction, a telecom tower construction and services company, has relocated its HQ from Midland, TX, to Plano, leasing 7,200 sf of office space.

2022 Announcements

33 QuickFee, a financial technology firm providing B2B accounts receivable services, will relocate its NA HQ from Los Angeles to Plano, occupying 101K sf of office space.

34 Westwood Professional Services, a multi-market segment engineering firm, plans to relocate its HQ to Plano from MN, adding to seven offices and hundreds of employees already in the region.

35 Google plans to invest over $600M in a new 285K-sf data center in Red Oak, creating 30 new jobs.

36 Allegro MicroSystems, a NH-based semiconductor company and leader in power and sensing solutions, will open a new R&D center in Richardson’s Innovation Quarter.

37 Flexpipe Systems, a Torontobased civil engineering company, has leased 157K sf of space for a state-ofthe-art composite linepipe manufacturing facility in Rockwall with plans to hire 70 employees.

38 Cart.com, an Austin based e-commerce and logistics company, is locating to a 766K-sf distribution center in Terrell, bringing 150 new jobs.

39 Fanatics, the FL-based sports merchandise seller, is building a 600K-sf distribution center in Waxahachie, bringing 250 jobs.

40 Trina Solar, a Chinese solar energy company, selects Wilmer for a new 1M-sf solar panel manufacturing plant with a $200M investment that will create 1,500 local jobs.

Small Business

According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), businesses with fewer than 500 employees represented roughly 99.7 percent of all employers nationally, created 62 percent of net new private-sector jobs, and accounted for 46 percent of private payroll. In Dallas-Fort Worth, small business is a vital part of our economic success because of its entrepreneurial spirit and drive for innovation.

North Texas

Small Business Development Centers

An SBDC conducts research, counsels, and trains business people in managing, financing, and operating small businesses, providing comprehensive information services and access to experts in a variety of fields. Each SBDC encourages unique local efforts to meet small business needs in its area.

Collin SBDC

Serving: Collin County Area

Hosting Agency: Collin College

Dallas Metropolitan SBDC

Serving: Dallas County Area

Hosting Agency: The Bill Priest Institute of Dallas College

Navarro SBDC

Serving: Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, and Navarro Counties

Hosting Agency: Navarro College

North Central Texas SBDC

Serving: Cooke, Denton, and Montague Counties

Hosting Agency: North Central Texas College

75% of establishments in the DFW Region have fewer than 100 employees.

Tarrant SBDC

Many industry lists recognize and honor success, innovation, and growth in startups and small businesses. Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 and Deloitte’s North America Technology Fast 500 are two of the best known. Inc. 5000 ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. To qualify, companies must be U.S.based, privately held, and independent and should be able to show three full calendar years of sales. Deloitte ranks the fastest-growing North American companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech sectors based on 3-year revenue growth. Fast 500 companies have been in business for at least four years; have operating revenues of at least $50,000 in the first fiscal year of competition; have operating revenues of at least $5 million in the last fiscal year of competition; and own proprietary intellectual property or technology that contributes to operating revenues.

Inc. 500: America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

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International Companies

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is home to an impressive group of foreign-based subsidiaries, hosting North American headquarters or major operations. International corporate investment in the region reflects the strength and diversity of the DFW economy and stellar access to U.S. and global markets by ground or air, especially through Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. In 2023, Financial Times ranked three DFW cities—Plano, Irving, and Dallas—among the top five best U.S. cities for foreign multinationals to do business.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Companies

Sample U.S. Headquarters and International Subsidiaries in the DFW Region

7-Eleven (Japan)

Accenture (Ireland)

Andritz Separation (Austria)

Anheuser-Busch (Belgium)

Atos NA (France)

Balfour Beatty (England)

Bimbo Bakeries USA (Mexico)

Bombardier Aviation Services (Canada)

Chubb Group (Switzerland)

Cinepolis USA (Mexico)

Clevon (Estonia)

Colliers International (Canada)

Delta Electronics USA (Taiwan)

Epiroc (Sweden)

Fresenius Medical Care (Germany)

Fujitsu America (Japan)

Gerdau (Brazil)

GKN Aerospace (England)

Hempel USA (Denmark)

HOYA Vision Care NA (Japan)

Indorama Ventures (Thailand)

KPMG (The Netherlands)

Kubota Tractor (Japan)

Lehigh Hanson (Germany)

LG Electronics USA (South Korea)

Megger (England)

MORSCO (Australia)

NTT Data (Japan)

Panini America (Italy)

Randstad Technologies (The Netherlands)

Safran USA (France)

Samsung US (South Korea)

Siemens (Germany)

Signet Jewelers (Bermuda)

Smith & Nephew (England)

SMS Infocomm (Taiwan)

Smurfit Kappa (Ireland)

Sodexo (France)

STMicroelectronics (Switzerland)

TATA Consultancy Services (India)

Tech Mahindra Americas (India)

The Apparel Group (China)

Thomson Reuters (Canada)

T-Mobile (Germany)

Toyota Connected (Japan)

Trend Micro NA (Japan)

Unilever USA (The Netherlands)

Vicostone USA (Vietnam)

Webber LLC (Spain)

ZTE USA (China)

Honorary Consuls & Consuls General Serving Dallas-Fort Worth

Belgium

Belize

Cambodia

Canada

Cote d’Ivoire

Denmark El Salvador Finland France Germany Guatemala Honduras Iceland Italy Japan Korea Malta Mexico Monaco Netherlands Norway Paraguay Peru Sierra Leone Slovak Republic

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom Uruguay

EB-5 Investment Visa Program

The EB-5 Investment Visa Program is the immigrant visa category for foreign entrepreneurs and investors.

EB-5 allows a foreign national to obtain lawful permanent resident (LPR) status in the United States for self, a spouse, and unmarried children under age 21 in return for making a qualified investment in a U.S. enterprise. Program authorization runs through 2027.

Parent Company

Region/Country

Americas

Australia

France

Germany

Japan

Other Asia

Other Europe

United Kingdom

1. Nokia is a Finland-based company which designs, develops, and builds communications networks.

The U.S. headquarters, located in Dallas, hosts an Executive Experience Center where customers can engage in immersive live demos of Nokia products and solutions.

2. Tetra Pak is a Swedish food processing and packaging solutions company focused on providing innovative and environmentally sound products. Tetra Pak operates a manufacturing plant in Denton.

3. Airbus Helicopters is a division of Netherlands-based Airbus, a global leader in aeronautics, space, and related services. As the world’s leading helicopter manufacturer, the Grand Prairie headquarters provides civil and military solutions for customers who serve, protect, and save lives in highly demanding environments.

4. Infosys is an Indiabased global leader in nextgeneration digital services

and consulting. With a large presence in Richardson, Infosys Americas is focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, user experience design, and technologies that enhance cloud and big data services.

5. EssilorLuxottica is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses based in France. The merger of industry pioneers in lens technologies and iconic eyewear created a verticallyintegrated business that focuses on vision as a basic human right and lever for global development. Farmers Branch is home to Essilor of America headquarters.

6. Hilti is a Liechtensteinbased company that develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction, building maintenance, and mining industries. The North American headquarters is in Plano.

7. Elbit Systems is an Israeli high-tech company and a leading global source of innovative,

technology-based systems for diverse defense and commercial applications with a regional headquarters in Fort Worth.

8. GRUMA is the world’s largest manufacturer of corn and flour tortillas based in Mexico. GRUMA began its operations in Texas in 1982 and is the present-day parent company of Mission Foods Corp. based in Irving.

9. NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational provider of IT services and products, enterprise solutions, servers, telecom products and services, and consumer electronics. NEC Corporation of America is the company’s principal subsidiary located in Irving.

10. BT Americas is the North American subsidiary of UKbased BT Group, which provides information and communications services, as well as network equipment, network services, software, business solutions, and integrated data services to corporations around the world. BT Americas is headquartered in Irving.

11. Santander is a Spanish multinational financial services company. Its subsidiary, Santander Consumer USA, which provides vehicle financing, is headquartered in Dallas.

12. Toyota Motor Corporation, the leading global automobile manufacturer based in Japan, operates its North American headquarters in Plano, including Toyota Motor Sales, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, and Toyota Connected.

13. Galderma USA, based in downtown Dallas, is a subsidiary of its Swiss-based parent, the world leader in providing science-based skin health solutions to health care professionals and their patients at all ages and stages of life.

14. Ericsson is one of the leading providers of information and communication technology. The company maintains a comprehensive portfolio that ranges across networks, cloud software services, and emerging business. Ericsson’s North America headquarters is in Plano.

Global Trade

According to the International Trade Administration, the Dallas metropolitan area was the 7th largest export market in the U.S. in 2022 with merchandise shipments totalling $50.6 billion. This accounts for 10.4 percent of Texas goods exports.

The latest data available indicates that 8,947 companies exported goods from the Dallas metropolitan area. Of these, 88 percent were small- or medium-sized exporters (SMEs) with fewer than 500 employees. Top export market regions for DFW exporters include those covered by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the USMCA, and the European Union.

The top Dallas-Fort Worth area export market countries included Mexico, Canada, China, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates.

Expansion of the DFW global trade footprint is a primary reason why the region’s Gross Metropolitan Product is the fastest growing among major metropolitan areas over the last decade. The DFW economy punches above its weight: While the region accounts for 26 percent of the population in Texas, the DFW share of the Texas economy is 29 percent.

DFW Trade Around the World

2023 Top Trading Partners—DFW Trade District

Data represents total value/tons within the DFW Customs Trade District, which includes Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Austin, San Antonio, Fort Worth Alliance Airport, Addison Airport, Amarillo, Midland International Airport, Lubbock, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa. However, the DFW region represents 97 percent of the total value of goods traded in the entire trade district.

Thailand

Germany

Vietnam $10 Billion

Note on differing export measurements: USA Trade Online reports exports from final port of exit (e.g. goods bound for export from DFW that pass through other ports, like LAX, will be counted as an export from LAX), while US International Trade Administration reports exports from port of origin.

Billion

South Korea $7.3 Billion

Singapore Taiwan $2.7 Billion

DFW Trade with Target Markets*

France

Mexico

Spain

*Factors used to determine target market status include direct flights, foreign direct investment, trade volume, business environment compatibility, and populationrelated statistics. Six additional target markets are also top trading partners: Canada, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. Source:

The Innovation Ecosystem

Texas is arguably the No. 1 state in the country in which to do business, and Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the best places in the country for entrepreneurs. An explosion of startups, coworking spaces, incubators, and accelerators are building a thriving ecosystem in DFW.

Dallas

The Urban Innovation Corridor in Downtown Dallas is at the intersection of startups, corporations, capital, universities, housing, and retail. The focal points of Dallas capital are located at The Crescent and Old Parkland. Corporate innovation is propelled by leaders at the AT&T Discovery District, Sam’s Club Innovation Center, and the C1 Innovation Lab. Several coworking spaces provide companies with a place to thrive, and in close proximity, you’ll find two nationally ranked research universities, SMU and UT Southwestern, just a few miles away.

Clusters of innovation activity exist all across Dallas-Fort Worth. Below are just a

few examples:

Arlington

Esports Stadium Arlington, operated by OpTic Gaming, is one of the largest dedicated esports facilities in North America with 100,000 square feet of tournament and gaming space. Spark coworking is nearby as part of the Texas Live! development. Innovation is anchored in the city at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Denton

Stoke Denton is a collaborative coworking center that brings community tech events, assists startups, and creates local jobs. The University of North Texas’ Innovation Greenhouse gives novice and seasoned entrepreneurs a place to pitch ideas and start businesses.

Alliance Mobility Innovation Zone

Hillwood’s AllianceTexas in north Fort Worth offers mobility companies full access to an extensive testing ecosystem, resources, and partnerships essential to comprehensively test, scale, and commercialize their technologies.

Frisco

The City of Frisco focuses on innovation across multiple verticals, including smart city technologies, fintech, cybersecurity, and sports/esports. A new innovation hub, anchored by Plug and Play, will be on the 6th floor of the Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research Building at The Star.

Mansfield

The Mansfield Innovation Community, or “The MIC,” is set to be the epicenter of a multiphase, one million-square-foot development. This mixed-use hub will include a GSV Labs Innovation Center.

McKinney

McKinney EDC’s Innovation Fund is designed to help companies scale through “Seed to Series A” in the investment cycle and to invest in small startups at the ideation stage.

Plano

The city of Plano is home to numerous corporate tech centers, including Carmax, the Capital One Garage, and Toyota Connected. The Texas Research Quarter will offer over 4 million square feet of life science lab, office, and therapeutic production space.

Incubators and Accelerators

The same landscape that fosters our largest companies also spurs explosive growth in our smallest. The many incubators and accelerators operating in Dallas-Fort Worth make it easy for startups and small businesses to find support and thrive.

AccelerateHER Incubator

Dallas

Training program specifically for women-owned startups cofacilitated by The Slate coworking and the TWU Center for Women Entrepreneurs.

Plug and Play Enterprise & AI

McKinney

Silicon Valley-based enterprise and AI accelerator. Focus areas include big data and AI, infrastructure and IT, future of work, customer engagement, and cybersecurity. First cohort will start in 2024.

BioLabs

Dallas

A 37,000-squarefoot coworking lab and office facility in Pegasus Park. The space contains 130 benches, including wet labs, and over $2 million in shared equipment.

HealthWildcatters

Dallas

A 12-week mentor-driven seed accelerator focused on healthcare by supporting entrepreneurs and companies that are developing solutions for the industry.

Plug and Play FinTech

Frisco & McKinney

Silicon Valleybased fintech accelerator is a joint program based out of Frisco and McKinney. Focus areas include wealth management, payments, retail banking, regtech, and crypto and digital assets. First cohort will start in 2024.

Blackstone Launchpads

UTA, UTD, UTSW

Located on each campus, the program offers students and recent alumni access to a global network of mentors, advisers, and startup resources.

Impact Ventures

Dallas Accelerator focused on underrepresented founders providing programming, mentors, curriculum, access to capital, and connections.

TechFW

Fort Worth

Since 1998, this accelerator and incubator has been helping entrepreneurs launch and grow emerging technology companies. Programs focus on coaching the inventors, founders, and managers of early-stage companies.

Capital Factory

Texas

Serves as a center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas. One of the most active venture investors in the state, providing mentorship, coworking, and events across the State.

Founders Arena

Arlington Accelerator program designed to support and accelerate the growth of companies operating in the wealth management sector.

Techstars

Physical Health

Fort Worth

Global investment platform and accelerator focusing on addressing the challenges that exist in the world of physical health. Partners include the City of Fort Worth, UNT Health Science Center, Tarrant County, and Goff Capital.

CreateFW

Fort Worth

Located in the Near Southside

District, CreateFW is working to address the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and small business owners, particularly in BIPOC areas.

MassChallenge

Dallas

Boston-based accelerator operating in Dallas since 2022. Key areas of focus include defense, health care, pharmaceuticals, and human potential.

RedBird Innovation Center

Dallas

20,000-squarefoot space in Southern Dallas offering coworking, business incubation, accelerator programs, and event space. Focused on underrepresented founders and creating a more diverse and equitable entrepreneurial landscape.

Plug and Play Sportstech Frisco

Silicon Valleybased accelerator focused on developing technologies evolving human potential and performance. First cohort will start in 2024.

United Way Social Innovation Incubator

Dallas

Supporting human, social, and financial capital in early-stage entrepreneurs in the social innovation sector. The program is designed for entrepreneurs who have experienced systemic racial and gender inequities.

Health Wildcatters at Pegasus Park

CreateFW

Organizations

“You should do that!” That’s typically the first response when someone in DFW decides they’re going to start a new business and tells a friend. The next thing that friend likely will ask is, “How can I help?” Our region is abuzz with a wealth of organizations, events, and resources that foster innovation and support entrepreneurial endeavors.

DFW CPG

A consortium of cross-sector partners working to lower the barriers to deploying, replicating, and scaling smart city solutions. Focus areas include digital infrastructure; mobility and transportation; economic development and entrepreneurship; the built environment; education and workforce; and sustainability and resilience.

The life science trade organization for Dallas-Fort Worth. Created to accelerate the growth of the region’s diverse and balanced life science ecosystem. Companies connect with industry leaders, technologies, investors, universities, consultants, a varied population for clinical research, and an experienced pool of scientists, technicians, and resources.

Founded in 2019 to bring together and serve the consumer packaged goods (CPG) community in Dallas-Fort Worth. The group supports early- to late-stage CPG companies through a mix of networking events, speakers, speaker panels on various topics, and opportunities to connect with experts in smaller groups called DFW CPG Huddles.

The Texas Research Alliance works with companies to understand their research and innovation needs and bring its network of university faculty, high-growth companies, and startups to help solve challenges. Founded as a non-profit by four of the largest chambers of commerce in DallasFort Worth

Capital

Dallas-Fort Worth is home to every stage of capital that a growing company may need. Angel investors, family offices, venture capital, and private equity firms are looking to find and invest in great companies.

Sample of VC and Angel Investors in Dallas

Access Capital

Beyond Capital

Blossom Street Ventures

Capital Factory

Cowtown Angels

Cypress Growth Capital

Dallas Venture Capital

Goldcrest Investments

Green Park & Golf Ventures

Interlock Partners

Mark Cuban Companies

North Texas Angel Network

Perot Jain

Republic

Revtech

Sentiero Ventures

Venture Dallas

Venture Dallas exists to amplify the entrepreneurial spirit of Dallas-Fort Worth by connecting innovators with investors, celebrating the region’s pioneering roots, and driving impactful growth in the business community. The organization hosts an annual conference that attracts venture capital investors from around the country. The all-day event features visionary keynotes and panel tracks with industry experts and venture capital leaders, with ample time for networking. Connections are core to the event, where deals are made and founders have secured funding, investment, and mentorship.

North Texas Innovation Alliance

BioNorthTX

Texas Research Alliance

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Federal Investment in DFW Innovation

ARPA-H - In September 2023, Dallas’ Pegasus Park was selected as the national headquarters of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, known as ARPA-H, Customer Experience Hub. The goal of the Customer Experience Hub is to ensure that future healthcare advancements are patient-centric and deliver improved outcomes for all Americans.

EDA SEMICONDUCTOR TECH HUB DESIGNATION

In October 2023, the Economic Development Administration unveiled 31 U.S. Tech Hubs in the U.S., including the SMU-led Texoma Semiconductor Hub. It will work to strengthen, build on, and drive innovation in the existing semiconductor supply chain in 29 counties in North Texas and Oklahoma through regional collaboration and workforce development.

NSF INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT ENGINE

- In May 2023, a team led by the University of North Texas was selected for a Type-1 innovation development engine grant. The team received $1 million and will, over the next two years, work with collaborators from industry, local governments, public agencies, and workforce development organizations to develop a proposal for a regional innovation ecosystem focused on logistics and compete for an NSF Type-2 Engine, which could receive up to $160 million over ten years.

Events

1 Million Cups - Every Wednesday, 1MC communities around the country meet to give each other support, encouragement, and feedback over a cup of coffee. At 1MC, entrepreneurs present their businesses to inclusive, welcoming audiences. It’s not a pitch; it’s a chance to learn, collaborate, and grow. 1MC locations include Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Irving, and Northeast Tarrant County.

IQ Brew - The IQ Brew is held every 2nd Thursday of the month and is hosted at The IQHQ in Richardson. It is a networking and educational series featuring presentations from entrepreneurs, small businesses, and subject-matter experts.

Digital Fight Club - This annual event puts two experts on stage in front of five accomplished “referees” and a crowd of their peers and lets them defend their position on a topic in their field.

USPTO REGIONAL OFFICE

- DFW is home to one of four satellite offices of the United States Patent & Trademark Office. Located in Downtown Dallas, it works with small businesses and entrepreneurs to help them navigate the patent process, meet with examiners, and access USPTO’s comprehensive search databases. It serves as a patent examination office for technology developed in the region and throughout the South.

Code Launch - A startup accelerator event that pairs early-stage tech startups with professional software development teams to accelerate their trajectory toward MVP, seed funding, and beyond. Startup Grind - A series of events that brings together founders, industry experts, and aspiring entrepreneurs to share insights, experiences, and advice. Startup Grind meetings are held in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Frisco.

Dallas Startup Week - A free, five-day celebration of our community that builds momentum and opportunity around entrepreneurship. Multiple special events and summits occur throughout the week. Industry tracks are at the core of Dallas Startup Week’s programming. With 11 different tracks that include Marketing, AI, Automation, Quantum and Healthcare, there’s something for every entrepreneur or innovator, no matter what stage of the journey they’re in.

EarthX E-Capital Summit - EarthX’s annual E-Capital Summit is an invitationonly conference that convenes hundreds of investment firms, early to latestage innovators, established global companies, industry thought leaders, national policymakers, incubators and accelerators, and researchers. Participants tackle some of the world’s greatest investment and business opportunities in sustainability, resilience, conservation, clean technology, and climate technology.

Fort Worth Medical Innovation District

In the Near Southside district, Fort Worth’s growing medical industry is joining forces with its local entrepreneur community to explore new and exciting frontiers in the medical and biotech industries. The 1,200-acre district is designed to attract top talent with a variety of places to live, work, play, and collaborate on new health advancements. www.nearsouthsidefw.org/medical-district.html

The Richardson IQ

Built on the area’s rich history of innovation and entrepreneurship, the Richardson Innovation Quarter (IQ) has been precision-engineered to foster growth, attract, and retain talent, and encourage collaboration. Today, The Richardson IQ is home to video game giant id Software and a nano-tech lab operated by Zyvex. Honeywell manufactures sensors here, and Raytheon’s EO Innovations makes optical lenses. Digital Realty currently oversees nearly one million square feet of data centers. Ericsson, Verizon, Siemens, and Argo Data all have offices here. In 2022, the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and the City of Richardson opened the IQHQ, a new 27,500-squarefoot collaboration space. Along with coworking, office, and lab space, the building houses five UTD research centers under the umbrella of the Centers for Emergent Novel Technology (CENT-IQ). The new research hub contains the Center for Applied AI & Machine Learning, the Center for Imaging and Surgical Innovation, the Multi-Scale Integrated Interactive Intelligent Sensing Center, the Center for Smart and Connected Mobility, and the Center for Applied AI. richardsoniq.com

Snapshot of Centers of Excellence in DFW Business Services

Accenture, a leading global professional services company that helps organizations build their digital core and accelerate growth, employs more than 2,800 people in the region. The Cloud Innovation Center at its Irving office provides tailored solutions to Fortune 500 clients.

Deloitte is investing $300 million in an expansion of its Deloitte University in Westlake. The sprawling center, which opened in 2011, is “where learning meets leadership” for Deloitte employees and guests.

NTT Data Services, the Plano division of the Japan-based company opened its North American Innovation Center in 2022. The center focuses on customer-facing tech, including areas like 5G, smart city planning, and “digital humans”— virtual models of the human body for medical research.

Wipro has a cybersecurity center and hub for advanced analytics at its Texas Technology Center in Plano.

Persistent Systems, a digital engineering firm based in India, opened a new private equity “Value Creation Hub” in Plano.

Hitachi Vantara opened the Hitachi Application Reliability Center as its first physical cloud and engineering “center of excellence” in North America. It expects to employ 120 workers in Dallas by 2025.

West Monroe, with over 100 employees in Dallas, is a national business and

Advanced Manufacturing

Texas Instruments is building a new 500-acre, 4.7 millionsquare-foot semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Sherman.

Elbit Systems of America, headquartered in Fort Worth, produces high performance components for weapons systems in the F-35 fighter jet and V-22 tiltrotor aircraft.

Bombardier manufactures an advanced wing design for its Global 7500 luxury business jet. The Red Oak plant is expanding to employ 1,100 people.

MP Materials operates a 200,000-square-foot rare earth metal, alloy, and magnet

manufacturing facility in Fort Worth. The facility also serves as the business and engineering headquarters for its magnetics division.

LG opened its first U.S. EV charger factory in 2024. The 100,000-square-foot plant in Fort Worth will have an annual capacity of 12,000 units, while operating with “100% green power.”

Raytheon opened a 200,000-square-foot factory in McKinney. The new facility specializes in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems, including electro-optical

technology consulting firm helping clients across industries with M&A, Customer Experience, Operational Excellence, and Technology Services.

Cognizant, based in Irving, employs 1,100 technology professionals. Its new 69,000-square-foot Plano location will employ 500, primarily software developers.

Splunk Inc. the San Francisco based data analytics and machine learning company has a global innovation hub in Plano. Infosys has its Texas Technology and Innovation Hub in Richardson. The office is home to 500 employees focusing on digital transformations in the telecommunications, retail, and banking industries.

manufacturing and the production of high-energy laser systems.

Siemens, the German-based manufacturer, is investing $150 million in a new high-tech plant in Fort Worth. The facility will produce electrical equipment

for data centers, battery plants, and semiconductor facilities.

Delta Electronics, a Taiwanbased global electronics maker, is building a 400,000-squarefoot research, development, and manufacturing hub in Plano.

Accenture

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and Alec Jang, president of LG Electronics Business Solutions

Deloitte University

Biotech

Pegasus Park is a 23acre campus, just north of downtown Dallas. It is home to biotech startups and a 37,000-square-foot BioLabs wetlab space, as well as MassChallenge and HealthWildcatters startup accelerators. UT Southwestern also occupies 180,000 square feet for 900 employees. Bridge Labs, a 135,000-squarefoot purpose-built lab and R&D expansion, will open in 2024. The campus can add roughly one million square feet of future development.

Evolve Biologics is building a 200,000-square-foot, stateof-the-art manufacturing facility in Sachse. The new location will bring 300 jobs.

Retail

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions looks to “reimagine the store of the future” with a new 14,000-square-foot innovation and incubation hub in Frisco. Teams there will work on cloud development, computer

Cybersecurity

Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences), the research company for Alphabet devoted to the study of life science, opened a Cypress Waters office in 2022 bringing over 100 jobs.

Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator, in partnership with Goff Capital and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC), supports and funds earlystage startups building new technologies, treatments, and therapies in the physical health space.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport operates a 37,000-squarefoot cold chain storage

facility. It allows the refrigerated storage and rapid delivery to and from our region of temperature and time-sensitive pharmaceuticals.

McKesson, a Fortune 10 company and the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributor, is headquartered in Irving, where it’s leading a data analytics initiative to improve patient health outcomes.

Fintech and Insurtech

Bank of Montreal opened a tech hub in Irving, adding to its 250-person DFW workforce. It will focus on cybersecurity, engineering, development, and financial crimes and is its first tech hub outside of Toronto.

PNC Bank opened its North Texas Technology and Innovation Hub in Farmers Branch in 2022. This space employs 200 working on systems architecture, user experience, and cybersecurity.

Bank of America has over 14,000 workers in DFW, including 8,500 tech and operations workers. They also maintain a significant cybersecurity operation in DFW.

vision, and retail IoT. The hub will employ 150 people.

Walmart is expanding its drone delivery operations to cover up to 75% of the DFW population. Wing, a subsidiary of Alphabet, opened its second U.S. remote operations center in

McAfee, the global online protection provider, opened a new regional headquarters at The Star in Frisco in 2023.

Taiwan’s TXOne Networks, which focuses on operational technology networks and devices, has its Americas HQ in the Urban Towers complex in Las Colinas.

TrendMicro, an IT security company, operates its US HQ in Irving employing engineers and software developers tackling hardware and software vulnerabilities in IoT environments, including smart manufacturing, smart cities, and smart energy.

Citigroup hosts one of two global Security Operations Centers in Irving where the company employs its largest concentration of technology positions.

Trellix , a $1.7 billion cybersecurity firm created by the merger of McAfee and FireEye, opened an 85,000-square-foot office in Legacy West.

Coppell in 2022.

Sam’s Club Innovation Center in Downtown Dallas has over 200 engineers, designers, and product managers working on everything from mobile apps to machine learning to computer vision.

Wells Fargo is constructing a nearly 900,000-square-foot regional campus in Irving. The facility will house more than 3,000 workers when it opens in 2025.

Capital One Financial Services opened The Garage in Plano, a 36,000-square-foot space occupied by product managers, software engineers, and designers.

Vanguard opened a new office in Plano that includes IT professionals supporting its broader advice services.

Charles Schwab relocated its HQ to a new 70-acre campus in Westlake in 2021 that will be home to hundreds of tech workers, including software and network engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and solutions and application architects.

▲Blue Cross Blue Shield C1 Innovation Lab anchors the West End of Downtown Dallas where it houses a cybersecurity center and design think studio.

Pegasus Park

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Microsoft Technology Center

Seattle Companies in DFW

Amazon continues to invest in its Dallas Tech Hub, adding over 600 jobs to support various business functions. Key roles being added include cloud infrastructure architects, software engineers, product managers, and user experience designers.

Microsoft operates a campus and Technology Center in Las Colinas, one of its largest hubs in the U.S. A recent $31 million facility investment was designed to help accelerate the adoption of cloud technology in regulated industries, such as the U.S. federal government, health care, and financial services.

Slalom, a global consulting firm with a team of more than 350 consultants in Dallas, works with many area Fortune 100 companies helping drive innovation and complex transformation projects.

Emerging Technology

Artificial Intelligence

With a strong community of 5,000+ AI enthusiasts, Dallas AI is the largest nonprofit AI forum in DFW. The diverse community includes senior corporate leaders to fresh graduates and professionals. The group hosts educational talks and workshops, partnering with top companies and academia at the forefront of AI research, including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Verizon, and more.

Sample of Silicon Valley Companies

Operating in DFW

Cisco

Equinix

Facebook Fundbox

Google HP

Intuit

Kodiak Robotics

McAfee

Oracle

Palo Alto Networks

Pivotal Salesforce

Splunk Symantec

Synopsys

TripActions Uber

VMWare

Blockchain and DLT

Texas Blockchain Council is a nonprofit industry association working to make the State of Texas the jurisdiction of choice for bitcoin, blockchain, and digital asset innovation. Richardson’s Hedera Hashgraph is a leader in enterprise-ready Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Its technology can handle more than 100,000 transactions per second. www.dallas-AI.org

Web3 / AR and VR

Building on a deep history of video game development and software engineering, these DFW companies are creating breakthrough experiences for some of the world’s largest companies.

900lbs

Balanced Media

Bottle Rocket

GrooveJones

M2 Studio

Meta Quest

Playful Studios

ReelFX

Spacee

Fintech and Insurtech

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Goldman Sachs will employ almost 5,000 people in a new three-building, 800,000-square-foot campus in Uptown Dallas. The company has been consolidating regional offices, bringing most of its employees to its existing Downtown Dallas office where the technology and operations divisions are located. DFW is its second-largest workforce center behind New York. The new campus will open in 2027.

Fidelity has a 332-acre campus in Westlake with more than 6,000 employees. The inhouse R&D lab explores applications for emerging technologies to develop products, such as Fidelity Digital Assets, that execute cryptocurrency and other digital asset trades.

Comerica opened a new business and innovation hub at The Star in Frisco in 2023. The hub will employ around 300 people and offer “cross-functional collaboration” opportunities.

Intuit operates a 500+ employee facility in Plano which is the headquarters for its Strategic Partner Group. At that location, data scientists, analysts, and UX/UI designers harness data by leveraging AI/machine learning to improve processes for their customers.

JPMorgan Chase has more than 3,000 technologists in the region. Its new 540,000-square-foot, multi-building campus in Plano is home to technology teams from all lines of business.

State Farm’s Live-Work-Play Cityline regiona hub in Richardson employees thousands of workers, many of whom are in enterprise technology and other IT positions.

USAA operates a campus in Plano where the majority of the 1,000+ workers are in IT and digital roles. Activities at the campus range from predictive analytics applied to potential life events, to drone use for disaster assessment.

Rendering of new Goldman Sachs campus

Wages and Salaries

Utilities—Electricity

Utilities—Water, Sewer, Gas, and Telecommunications

Taxes and Union Activity

Real Estate—Office

Real Estate—Industrial

Real Estate—Retail

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Cost of Doing Business

When it comes to doing business in a major metropolitan area, it doesn't get much more affordable than Dallas-Fort Worth. Dallas and Fort Worth index well below other major U.S. business centers when it comes to state and local taxes. In terms of the largest corporate expenses—labor and rent—Dallas and Fort Worth also rank well below other major U.S. markets, making the region an attractive place to expand or relocate.

Wages and Salaries

Median wages and salaries in the Dallas-Fort Worth region generally track below other major metro markets, thanks to Texas’ pro-business labor environment and low taxes. An abundance of housing that is more affordable compared to major metropolitan areas means employees can still enjoy a higher standard of living at a lower cost than in other markets.

Typical Workers’ Compensation Costs

What People in Dallas-Fort Worth Earn

Basis of Rates per $100 Payroll

*To determine rates, a companyspecific multiplier is applied to the loss cost for a specific occupation classsification. Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate

New employers who do not acquire an existing business start at a tax rate of 2.7%, or the NAICS industry average rate, whichever is higher. The employer will keep the entry level tax rate until the employer’s account is chargeable with claims for unemployment benefits for four complete quarters. After these conditions have been met, the effective tax rate is calculated as the sum of five components multiplied by taxable wages. For 2023, the average tax rate is 1.16%.

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Construction

Education,

Building and Grounds

Cleaning and Maintenance

136,253 |

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair 184,799 |

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media

70,416 | Total Workers

Health

Sales and Related

Transportation

Healthcare Support

147,277 | Total Workers

Protective

Farming, Fishing, and Forestry

5,025 |

Key Occupations in DFW Target Industries

Electricity

The Dallas–Fort Worth region ranks close to the national median in terms of overall electric rates. The state of Texas operates on a power grid separate from that of the rest of the country, meaning DFW ranks high in electrical systems reliability.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 26 million Texas customers. Furthermore, because Texas has a deregulated electricity market, consumers can shop around and choose their service providers, giving them flexibility in pricing and service.

Dallas Area Monthly Electricity Costs

Texas Electric Generation by Source (2022Q4-2023Q3)

Water, Sewer, Gas, & Telecommunications

Dallas-Fort Worth is expected to continue growing at a rapid rate. In order to keep up with projected demand for utilities, the region’s leaders have made it a priority to secure reliable sources of water and gas. The area’s numerous lakes and the abundance of natural gas reserves, located in the geologic formation known as the Barnett Shale, ensure that DFW will have access to these resources in the decades to come.

AT&T and Texas Instruments, among others, call DFW home. As a result, the region is a strong telecommunications hub. Multiple carriers’ fiber networks connect North Texas cities to one another, as well as to the rest of the U.S. and the world. Redundancies in connectivity, combined with relative freedom from natural disasters, means minimal risk of downtime for any business operating in the vicinity. And with the proliferation of 5G technologies by all of the major service providers, businesses in DFW have an unlimited ability to be connected internally, to other businesses, and to their customers.

Rates and Infrastructure Within DFW

Water

Natural Gas Rates*

The Barnett

*Rates are for Dallas only—different rates apply to other cities and unincorporated areas. Excludes additional charges such as gas cost recovery, weather normalization, taxes and fees. Industrial commodity charge is based on level of MMBtu’s used. Rate is current as of October 1, 2023, and is subject to change.

The Barnett Shale is one of the largest natural gas fields in North America. Exploration, drilling, and production in the Barnett Shale have transformed the economy with thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in investment, and contributed to opportunities and prosperity for the entire region.

Major U.S. Internet Peering Points

Portland

Bay Area

Minneapolis

Kansas City

Connectivity is a core strength of Dallas–Fort Worth. It is one of the primary peering points of all U.S. internet traffic, enabling companies located here to have fast and reliable access to the world’s telecommunications infrastructure. Dallas-

Northern Virginia Boston

Atlanta

Taxes and Union Activity

Increasing business costs combined with ever-constrictive regulatory environments contribute to the rise of a business’s risks and costs. Tax burdens and labor requirements imposed on businesses create barriers to market entry and real estate development.

Texas is a low-tax, business-friendly, rightto-work state. Companies from all over the United States and around the world come to do business in Texas because of low costs, central location, and an industry environment favorable to growth and development.

Because Texas is a right-to-work state— meaning employees are not required to join unions—it places high in favorable business climate rankings. The DFW area has extremely low union activity compared with other regions.

Sales Tax Rate

State: 6 1/4% (0.0625)

City: 1/4%-2% (0.0025 - 0.02), depending on local option rate

County: 1/2%-1 1/2% (.005 - 0.015), depending on local option rate

Transit: 1/4%-1% (.0025 - 0.01), depending on local option rate

Special Purpose Districts: 1/8% - 2% (.00125 - 0.02), depending on local option rate

DFW Communities Sales Tax Sample

Texas Franchise Tax

Each taxable entity formed in Texas or doing business in Texas, such as corporations, LLCs, banks, and partnerships, must file franchise tax reports. This tax applies only to entities earning above a certain threshold. For example, in 2024, entities earning up to $2.47M will pay no franchise taxes. The tax does not apply to sole proprietorships, general partnerships with individual owners, or certain trusts, among others.

Texas Franchise Tax Rates

n 0.75% (0.0075) of margin for most taxable entities

n 0.375% (0.00375) for qualifying wholesalers and retailers

n 0.331% (0.00331) for those entities with $20 million or less in Total Revenue (annualized per 12-month period on which the report is based)

More information is available by contacting the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts at 1-800-252-1381 or visiting https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/franchise/

2023 Dallas-Fort Worth Property Tax Rates

COUNTIES RATE

Collin $0.149343

Dallas $0.215718

Denton $0.189485

Ellis $0.272532

Hunt $0.336000

Johnson $0.385000

Kaufman $0.411458

Parker $0.287098

Rockwall $0.276000

Tarrant $0.194500

Wise $0.265000

CITIES

Addison $0.609822

Allen $0.420500

Anna $0.510717

Arlington $0.589800

Azle $0.568874

Balch Springs $0.794629

Bedford $0.495726

Benbrook $0.565000

Burleson $0.632500

Carrollton $0.553750

Cedar Hill $0.646525

Celina $0.612154

Cleburne $0.581318

Cockrell Hill $0.772596

Colleyville $0.260991

Commerce $0.798909

Coppell $0.491818

Corinth $0.520000

Crowley $0.594890

Dallas $0.735700

Decatur $0.581168

Denton $0.565682

DeSoto $0.685092

Duncanville $0.646034

Ennis $0.664000

Euless $0.457500

Everman $1.036080

Fairview $0.311683

Farmers Branch $0.569000

Fate $0.264210

Flower Mound $0.387300

Forest Hill $0.724094

Forney $0.366533

Fort Worth $0.672500

Frisco $0.432205

Garland $0.689746

Glenn Heights $0.564729

Grand Prairie $0.660000

Grapevine $0.250560

Greenville $0.559000

Haltom City $0.567283

Heath $0.277493

Hickory Creek $0.236686

Highland Park $0.220530

Highland Village $0.501394

Hurst $0.581150

Hutchins $0.630082

Irving $0.589100

Joshua $0.651229

Kaufman $0.760000

Keene $0.834134

Keller $0.312000

Kennedale $0.706190

Krum $0.616312

Lake Dallas $0.528023

Lake Worth $0.380557

Lancaster $0.639004

Lewisville $0.419079

Little Elm $0.589900

Lucas $0.256758

Mansfield $0.659293

McKinney $0.427513

Melissa $0.454728

Mesquite $0.690000

Midlothian $0.650000

Murphy $0.408046

North Richland Hills $0.489389

Parker $0.322680

Plano $0.417600

Princeton $0.440226

Prosper $0.510000

Red Oak $0.696886

Richardson $0.560950

Richland Hills $0.522689

River Oaks $0.660210

Roanoke $0.308039

Rockwall $0.270245

Rowlett $0.710400

Royse City $0.584000

Sachse $0.650416

Saginaw $0.498769

Sanger $0.689747

Sansom Park $0.667886

Seagoville $0.728004

Southlake $0.319000

Sunnyvale $0.453000

Terrell $0.764200

The Colony $0.642500

Trophy Club $0.415469

University Park $0.236226

Watauga $0.570200

Waxahachie $0.610000

Weatherford $0.399000

White Settlement $0.667233

Willow Park $0.397597

Wylie $0.538882

SCHOOLS

Aledo ISD $1.207500

Allen ISD $1.141200

Alvarado ISD $1.169200

Alvord ISD $0.882200

Anna ISD $1.257500

Argyle ISD $1.214515

Arlington ISD $1.115600

Aubrey ISD $1.257500

Avalon ISD $0.817100

Azle ISD $1.025000

Birdville ISD $1.203100

Bland ISD $0.869400

Bland ISD $0.869400

Blue Ridge ISD $1.257500

Boles ISD $1.016000

Boyd ISD $0.859200

Bridgeport ISD $1.061170

Brock ISD $1.257500

Burleson ISD $1.257500

Caddo Mills ISD $1.257500

Campbell ISD $0.669200

Carroll ISD $1.002500

Carrollton-Farmers

Branch ISD $0.983600

Castleberry ISD $1.199200

Cedar Hill ISD $1.132600

Celeste ISD $0.927500

Celina ISD $1.238100

Chico ISD $0.789746

Cleburne ISD $1.211900

Commerce ISD $1.257500

Community ISD $1.257500

Cooper ISD $0.917500

Coppell ISD $1.053500

Crandall ISD $1.354600

Crowley ISD $1.257500

Cumby ISD $1.237500

Dallas ISD $1.013835

Decatur ISD $0.902900

Denton ISD $1.159200

DeSoto ISD $1.072800

Duncanville ISD $1.082800

Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD $1.247200

Ennis ISD $1.217500

Era ISD $0.908000

Everman ISD $1.094146

Fannindel ISD $0.837500

Farmersville ISD $1.181700

Ferris ISD $1.143100

Forney ISD $1.289200

Fort Worth ISD $1.062400

Frisco ISD $1.027500

Frost ISD $1.001500

Garland ISD $1.053200

Garner ISD $0.727500

Godley ISD $1.289200

Granbury ISD $0.934200

Grand Prairie ISD$1.095050

Grandview ISD $0.998900

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD $0.924700

Greenville ISD $0.969200

Highland Park ISD $0.892700

Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD $0.921100

Irving ISD $1.028100

Italy ISD $1.076000

Jacksboro ISD $1.129200

Joshua ISD $1.087200

Kaufman ISD $1.084800

Keene ISD $1.048900

Keller ISD $1.087500

Kemp ISD $0.976733

Kennedale ISD $1.137500

Krum ISD $1.232100

Lake Dallas ISD $1.257500

Lake Worth ISD $1.257500

Lancaster ISD $1.226700

Leonard ISD $1.227500

Lewisville ISD $1.130100

Lipan ISD $1.081400

Little Elm ISD $1.227500

Lone Oak ISD $1.159200

Lovejoy ISD $1.257500

Mabank ISD $0.949200

Mansfield ISD $1.149200

Maypearl ISD $0.978900

McKinney ISD $1.127500

Melissa ISD $1.257500

Mesquite ISD $1.099200

Midlothian ISD $1.109200

Milford ISD $0.804400

Millsap ISD $1.072100

Mineral Wells ISD$1.042300

Northwest ISD $1.090200

Palmer ISD $1.052500

Paradise ISD $0.711200

Peaster ISD $1.169200

Perrin-Whitt CISD$0.799200

Pilot Point ISD $1.026260

Plano ISD $1.077850

Ponder ISD $1.242300

Poolville ISD $0.857500

Princeton ISD $1.257500

Prosper ISD $1.257500

Quinlan ISD $0.927500

Red Oak ISD $1.105600

Richardson ISD $1.143100

Rio Vista ISD $1.183300

Rockwall ISD $1.019200

Royse City ISD $1.257500

Sanger ISD $1.147400

Scurry-Rosser ISD $1.036300

Slidell ISD $1.022500

Springtown ISD $0.957800

Sunnyvale ISD $1.189200

Terrell ISD $1.068200

Trenton ISD $1.257500

Van Alstyne ISD $1.225100

Venus ISD $1.180700

Waxahachie ISD $1.170400

Weatherford ISD $1.036500

White Settlement ISD $1.209200

Whitewright ISD$0.986300

Wills Point ISD $0.736200

Wolfe City ISD $0.941900

Wylie ISD $1.212500

OTHER

Collin County Junior College District (CCD) $0.081220

Dallas College District (CCD) $0.110028

Dallas County Parkland Hospital (HD) $0.219500

Dallas County School Equalization (SET) $0.010000

Tarrant County College (CCD) $0.112170

Tarrant County Hospital (HD) $0.194500

Tarrant County Water District (WD) $0.026700

Real Estate— Office

Dallas-Fort Worth continued to top MSCI, Inc.’s list of top commercial real estate investment markets in 2023 with nearly $19 billion in traded properties, even as U.S. transactions shrank by 51% over the prior year. Transactions included the $576 million purchase of the CityLIne office tower campus in Richardson, the 7th biggest deal of the year nationally.

Looking forward, DFW was CBRE’s top pick for most preferred real estate invesment markets for the third consecutive year, as well as the top market for total property returns in their 2024 U.S. Investor Intentions Survey. And the annual ULI/PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate report scored DFW as a top five metro area to buy, build, and finance property in 2024.

Office space in the DFW area is concentrated in key areas. These include:

n The Dallas and Fort Worth Central Business Districts;

n Developments along Interstate 35E, North Central Expressway, and Dallas North Tollway corridors, between downtown Dallas and its northern suburbs; and

n Master-planned developments, including Irving’s Las Colinas, Fort Worth’s AlianceTexas, Plano’s Legacy West, and Richardson’s CityLine, among many others.

In terms of continued demand, Cushman & Wakefield found that DFW is the top U.S. market for office construction with more than 6.0 million square feet under construction in the fourth quarter of 2023, much of which has already been accounted for by large financial institutions including Goldman Sachs in Uptown, Wells Fargo in Las Colinas, TIAA at The Star in Frisco, and Bank of America in Uptown.

DFW Commercial Office Space: Attractive Rents With an Abundance of Choices

The Dallas-Fort Worth region offers a multitude of options for companies looking to operate here. From multitenant buildings in the urban core and CBDs to office parks throughout the region, many companies have discovered DFW to be a strategic and cost-effective location.

Largest Office Parks

Market View

Real Estate— Industrial

Dallas-Fort Worth was second in the nation in industrial commercial real estate development in 2023 adding 34 million square feet to the pipeline during a major market slowdown that shrank new supply by 40% nationally over the previous year. Sales volume decreased by half over the same period, though DFW saw the third most sales behind Los Angeles and the Inland Empire according to the Commercial Edge National Industrial Report.

Industrial space is distributed throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth region with concentrations that include:

n Fort Worth’s AllianceTexas;

n Areas surrounding Dallas Fort Worth International Airport;

n The Inland Port in southern Dallas County, along Interstate 20 and U.S. Highway 67;

n Suburbs including Arlington, Garland, Grand Prairie, and Coppell; and

n Developments along the Interstate 35E corridor between Dallas and Lewisville.

Prior to the current slowdown, the DFW industrial market had strengthened over the past several years, spurring significant new developments throughout the region. The majority of construction continues to occur in southern Dallas County and the North Fort Worth market, but new industrial centers in Denton, Midlothian, and around DFW Airport continue to see development.

Observers credit the strength of the regional economy, as well as low taxes and labor costs, for sustaining DFW as a desirable market for real estate investment.

DFW Industrial Space: A Logistics, Distribution, and Manufacturing Hub

Dallas-Fort Worth’s

Largest Industrial Parks

Real Estate— Retail

The Dallas-Fort Worth retail real estate market began 2024 with the highest occupancy rate on record at 95.2%. According to the Weitzman Group, this market has persisted and learned from a real estate crash, the decline of malls, retail chain failures, e-commerce, and the pandemic. Weitzman’s annual forecast concludes that retail space stands to be a strong perfomer in 2024 after adding 1 million square feet in 2023. Grocery stores will lead the way in active new construction with at least 14 to open or get underway.

Live, Work, and Play

The development of higher density, mixed-use centers offers unique opportunities to both businesses and residents in the Dallas- Fort Worth region.

Examples include:

Addison Circle—Addison

Bishop Arts—Dallas

CityLine—Richardson

Cypress Waters—Dallas

Eastside—Richardson

Frisco Station—Frisco

Frisco Town Square—Frisco

Granite Park—Plano

Highland Park Village—Highland Park

Legacy Town Center—Plano

McKinney Urban Village—McKinney

Magnolia Street—Fort Worth

Midtowne—Midlothian

Mockingbird Station—Dallas

Montgomery Place —Fort Worth

Museum Place—Fort Worth

Park Lane Place—Dallas

Parker Square—Flower Mound

Rockwall Commons—Rockwall

Southlake Town Square—Southlake

Southside on Lamar—Dallas

Sundance Square—Fort Worth

Victory Park—Dallas

Watters Creek—Allen

West Village Dallas

In addition, historic downtowns are being redeveloped into attractive regional destinations, including downtowns in Plano, McKinney, Denton, Carrollton, and Grapevine.

DFW Retail Centers: Opportunities at Every Intersection

Market View

Corporate Business Climate

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is home to a diverse array of corporate headquarters— and for good reason. The region possesses tremendous assets and resources.

Recovery from the pandemic-induced economic disruption was uneven throughout the U.S. However, the DallasFort Worth region not only weathered the downturn better than most other metro areas, but recovered more quickly to resume growth.

Difficult business climates in California, Illinois, and other heavily populated states stand in stark contrast to the operating environment in Texas and throughout DFW. Texas has won Site Selection Magazine’s Governor’s Cup 11 consecutive times, while Area Development Magazine continues placing the Lone Star State on top for driving economic growth and attracting new businesses.

State and Local Incentives

North Texas is a great place to live, work, and do business, which is due, in part, to incentive programs that support job growth, attract innovation, and promote equitable economic development.

For example, to help maintain the low cost of doing business, the city of Dallas has polices that include tax abatement; community and economic development loans and grants; a pre-development assistance fund; an infrastructure investment fund for things like internet connectivity, streetscape enhancements, and sidewalk improvements (including ADA accessibility improvements and lighting infrastructure); New Market Tax Credits; and more.

The city of Fort Worth offers a number of incentives which it uses to attract development and create neighborhood stabilization. These are available for property owners and/or nonprofit organizations that want to restore or repair existing housing structures. Additionally, Fort Worth has identified 31 commercial districts in the queue for revitalization.

What follows are other examples of why developers often bring their catalytic projects to North Texas.

Local incentives

Governments across Dallas-Fort Worth were given authority to offer incentives to businesses or developers in Chapter 380/381 agreements.

Type A and B Economic Development Corporations: A mechanism that allows cities to reward new and expanded business enterprises with cash incentives for project costs. Type A EDCs typically fund manufacturing and industrial development; type B EDCs can be used for everything under type A plus quality of life improvements like affordable housing, sports and athletic facilities, and public parks.

Tax Increment Financing District: A tool to spur investment by assessing the cost of infrastructure improvements to future tax revenues.

Tax abatements: Agreements to exempt tax on an increase in property value for up to 10 years for new businesses or the expansion or modernization of existing businesses. (This does not apply to school districts.)

State incentives

Freeport exemption: Property tax exemption for qualifying inventory that a business temporarily (175 days or less) stores in Texas—for the purpose of assembly, storage, manufacturing, processing, or fabricating— that will be sold out of state.

Goods-in-Transit exemption: Applies to goods acquired, imported, and shipped to another location in or out of state within 175 days.

The Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act: JETI was part of House Bill 5 in the 88th legislative session. It provides tax breaks on school property taxes to attract major capital investment in categories like manufacturing, energy, and research. All eligible categories are determined by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Texas Enterprise Fund: Grant program that the state can dip into when competing with other states on the same projects. Desirable projects must create jobs that meet wage requirements, spur capital investment, project a significant rate of return on public dollars being spent, and be supported by local taxing jurisdictions.

Texas Enterprise Zone program: Allows local communities to nominate businesses in or near state-approved areas for financial incentives commensurate with company investment dollars and the number of jobs created.

Manufacturing exemption: Waiving the 6.25 percent state sales and use tax on personal property used in the fabricating and manufacturing, or processing of tangible property for sale.

n Natural gas and electricity can also be exempted when it is used by manufacturing companies in the production of tangible personal property;

n Tangible property necessary to operate a data center may also be exempt—facility dimension and usage, job and salary requirements, and investment conditions are considered.

Research and Development tax credit:

Offers a choice between a franchise tax credit or state sales tax exemption for materials, software, and equipment used for qualified research and development, as defined under federal tax law.

Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI): Grant money from the state that eligible Texas academic institutions can use to recruit researchers in STEM and medicine.

Skills Development Fund (SDF):

A grant program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission that provides customized job training from community or technical colleges to businesses seeking to upgrade employee technical skills, or recruit talent.

Texas Product Development and Small Business Incubator fund (PDSBI):

A revolving loan program designed to aid in the development, production, and commercialization of new or improved products, and to foster small business growth. Loan proceeds can be used for capital or operating expenditures with preference offered to certain industries, including semiconductors, nanotechnology, biotechnology, biomedicine, renewable energy, agriculture, and aerospace.

Federal Incentives

Foreign Trade Zones: Secured locations in or near a U.S. Customs Service port of entry where both foreign and domestic merchandise is considered international commerce and duty-free.

Opportunity zones: Tax provisions designed to spur economic development and job creation in undercapitalized communities, available for any corporation or individual with capital gains. Three tax benefits are available to those who qualify:

n Temporary deferral of taxes on previously earned capital gains;

n Basis step-up of previously earned capital gains invested;

n Permanent exclusion of taxable income on new gains.

Investors can take advantage of one or more of these benefits.

Relocation and Expansion Support

Economic incentives have helped support office, industrial, and mixed-use projects throughout North Texas.

1. Charles Schwab

Size: 500,000 SF

Product type: Office

Location: Westlake

Details: New $100 million campus construction.

Jobs: 1,200 new by 2026, potential for 5,000

Incentives: $6 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant; 10-year, diminishing property tax abatement plan and Chapter 380 sales tax reimbursement from Town of Westlake; and 10-year, 50% abatement on county ad valorem taxes.

5. MP Materials

Size: 200,000 SF

Product type: Industrial

Location: Fort Worth

Details: Rare earth metal, alloy, and magnet manufacturing facility.

Jobs: 150

Incentives: 7-year base ad valorem tax abatement of 45% of new value on real and personal property improvements.

9. Waterlogic

Size: 111,000 SF

Product type: Office

Location: Grapevine

Details: New North American HQ and Center of Excellence with a $1.6 million capital investment.

Jobs: 164

Incentives: $524,400 Texas Enterprise Fund grant.

2. Toyota

Size: 1 million to 1.5 million SF

Product type: Office

Location: Plano

Details: HQ relocation from California.

Jobs: 4,000

Incentives: $40 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant; $6.75 million grant from the city of Plano; 10-year, 50% property tax abatement, and 50% property tax rebate for 10 years following abatement.

6. McKesson

Size: 500,000 SF

Product Type: Office

Location: Irving

Details: Expansion included the purchase of an existing office building in Irving for shared services operations.

Jobs: 975

Incentives: $9.75 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant, and an additional $2 million in incentives from the city of Irving.

3. PGA of America

Size: 100,000 SF

Product type: Office

Location: Frisco

Details: HQ relocation from Florida, anchoring a $500 million mixed-use development that includes multiple golf courses.

Jobs: 100

Incentives: $1.5 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant; $62.5 million in state tax rebates; and local grant and tax rebate contributions.

7. TIAA

Size: 500,000 SF

Product type: Office

Location: Frisco

Details: $58 million corporate center.

Jobs: 2,000

Incentives: $18 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant and a $19,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus.

4. Texas Instruments

Size: 4.7 million SF

Product type: Industrial

Location: Sherman

Details: $30 billion semiconductor fabrication plant.

Jobs: 3,000

Incentives: 30-year, 90% property tax abatement and rebate from city and county; 25% water rate reduction for Phase I from city; 10-year property tax abatements from ISD and community college; and $1 million EDC grant.

8. MD7

Size: TBD

Product type: Office

Location: Allen

Details: $6.8 million U.S. HQ relocation of a mobile infrastructure company.

Jobs: 218

Incentives: $773,000 Texas Enterprise Fund grant, including a $10,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus.

11. Infosys Innovation Hub

Size: Adding to current 44K SF

Product type: Office

Location: Richardson

Details: Expanding Richardson operations with a Technology Innovation Hub.

Jobs: 500

Incentives: $3.1 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant; additional support from the city of Richardson.

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13. Facebook

Size: Up to 2.5 million SF

Product type: Data Center

Location: Fort Worth

Details: $1 billion Facebook data center campus in Alliance will eventually include five buildings and will be powered by 100% renewable energy.

Jobs: 100+

Incentives: City grants on real and business personal property taxes over 20 years; 10-year abatement of up to 60% of property value for Tarrant County taxes and 40% for Tarrant County Hospital District taxes. The site will also use the state sales tax incentive on data centers.

14. Sunrider International

Size: 1 million SF

Product type: Industrial

Location: Midlothian

Details: New manufacturing facility and warehouse.

Jobs: 210

Incentives: 10-year, 55% property tax abatement from city and county; Midlothian Economic Development agreement for land purchase forgivable loan.

10. Wells Fargo

Size: 800,000 SF

Product Type: Office

Location: Irving

Details: $400 million office campus in Las Colinas.

Jobs: 4,000

Incentives: $5 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant; $31 million in TIF district funds and other economic incentives from the city of Irving.

15. The Kroger Co.

Size: 360,000 SF

Product type: Industrial

Location: Dallas

Details: Kroger built its fifth Ocado automated fulfillment center on a 56-acre plot of land in the southern Dallas Inland Port area.

Jobs: 400

Incentives: $5.7 million in property, business tax abatements and bond funds for the project from the city of Dallas.

12. Goldman Sachs

Size: 800,000 SF

Product type: Office

Location: Downtown Dallas

Details: $480 million office campus construction.

Jobs: 5,000

Incentives: $4.4 million in grants and $13.6 million in property tax abatements from the city of Dallas.

16. Niagara Bottling

Size: 1.2 million SF

Product type: Industrial

Location: Lancaster

Details: New beverage manufacturing operation.

Jobs: 70

Incentives: 50% real and business personal property tax rebate for 8- and 10-years, respectively; $1 million in partial sales tax rebates.

Texas Enterprise Fund

Recipients in the North Texas Region

Region Totals

(since TEF inception)

NOTE: Some awards and job totals may be divided between more than one region.

Top 50 TEF grant awards by amount offered *Project has reached completion of TEF contract

Opportunity Zones

The Opportunity Zones tax provision is designed to spur economic development and job creation in economically distressed communities. Three tax benefits are available to investors who reinvest capital gains into Qualified Opportunity Funds. These funds can finance commercial and industrial real estate, housing, infrastructure, and existing or startup businesses in designated census tracts called “Opportunity Zones.”

Tax Benefits:

Temporary Capital Gains Deferral:

Realized capital gains that are reinvested in an Opportunity Fund within 180 days can be deferred from taxable income until December 31, 2026, or the date the Opportunity Fund is disposed of, whichever comes earlier.

Regional Opportunity Zones

Tarrant and Dallas Counties

Step-Up Basis:

Gains reinvested in Opportunity Funds will receive a 10 percent step-up in basis after five years and, if invested before Dec. 31, 2019, an additional step-up of five percent at seven years. A maximum of 15 percent of the original gains may be excluded from taxes.

Permanent Exclusion of Taxable Income on New Gains:

For investments held for a minimum of 10 years (up to 30 years), investors pay no taxes on any capital gains produced through their investment in Opportunity Funds. Source:

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Housing Costs and Choices

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Cost of Living

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is one of the most affordable large metropolitan areas in the country. The low cost of living is a competitive advantage for companies as they seek to keep labor costs low and recruit the best workers.

Employees in DFW enjoy a higher standard of living with lower housing costs as well as lower costs for groceries, transportation, and health care. The region’s relatively low housing prices— about 50 percent lower than the average of other major metropolitan areas by population—provide a strong edge for companies that operate here to recruit talent.

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San Diego (142.5)

Phoenix (102.2)

Denver (110.6)

If you lived in one of these cities and moved to Dallas, here’s how your cost of living would change.

For example, housing costs in Dallas are 55% lower than in Boston

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Minneapolis (93.6)

Kansas City (93.8)

Chicago (113.7)

Boston (147.1)

New York (Manhattan) (226.5)

Philadephia (101.7)

Washington, D.C. (147.4)

Charlotte (96.7) (94.1)

Dallas (102.3)

Austin (99.1)

San Antonio (91.3)

Houston (94.3)

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Atlanta (98.6)

Miami (117.3)

Dallas–Fort Worth Market

Tapestry

Defining the “character” of the region sometimes involves segmentation. Segmentation systems suggest that people with similar tastes, backgrounds, and lifestyles gravitate toward and connect with one another. The market tapestry map presents areas within DFW where people with various similar characteristics and backgrounds tend to cluster.

The market tapestry is a fascinating snapshot of lifestyle choices. Based on demography and geography, the main purpose of this type of data is targeted marketing efforts, but the high-level picture of types of neighborhoods and the people who live in them based on the activities and expenses of those people is a compelling story all on its own. Some segments develop as a result of age, some show up as a result of income, and still others result from ethnic influence.

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U.S. neighborhoods. These segments are then grouped into the 14 Tapestry Segmentation LifeMode Summary Groups, which are characterized by lifestyle and lifestage and share an experience such as being born in the same time period or a trait such as affluence.

ESRI’s Tapestry Segmentation shown on the map combines the “who” of lifestyle demography with the “where” of local neighborhood geography to create a model of various lifestyle classifications or segments of actual neighborhoods with addresses—distinct behavioral market segments. To create this map, U.S. census tracts are divided into 67 distinctive segments based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics to provide an accurate, detailed description of

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Housing Choices

When it comes to convenience and charm, the Dallas-Fort Worth area offers plenty of housing opportunities. Whether you are a temporary business traveler or a family of five, the region offers diverse housing options for individuals and families of all sizes.

If you lean toward urban chic, relocate to a trendy urban loft, complete with skyline views and downtown ambience. One major trend in DFW housing takes place above shops, restaurants, and movie theaters, thanks to numerous condominium and loft communities scattered throughout the area. Established neighborhoods with abundant choices of single-family homes abound. Or for a more relaxed small-town feel, neighboring communities provide homegrown pride mixed with big-city conveniences and friendly neighbors. Whatever your style, Dallas-Fort Worth has the home for you.

Housing photos provided by CENTURY 21 Judge Fite Company.

Housing Costs

The local housing market’s strength even during global economic fluctuations is due to a combination of a lower cost of living (compared with other major metropolitan areas) and a diverse economic base that has kept unemployment figures below national levels. The bottom line for families is that a dollar buys more square footage per home in DFW.

The ease of travel between smaller cities and major job centers allows employees to choose from a variety of communities and neighborhoods to accommodate their lifestyles and price points.

Home Prices Around the Region

Median home prices by ZIP code as of the fourth quarter of 2023 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as determined by North Texas Real Estate Information Systems.

$100,00-$318,000 $318,001-$430,000

$430,001-$577,500 $577,501-$899,000 > $899,000

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Live-Work-Play in Dallas-Fort Worth

Modern developments in every corner of the Dallas-Fort Worth region make the transition of a move to DFW easier than ever. These wellthought-out living centers make it possible to have an insta-community, where you literally walk from the place you live to shopping, dining, entertainment, green space, public transport, and sometimes even your workplace. Imagine how much time that frees up and how flexible your schedule becomes—not to mention the social opportunities it affords. In Dallas-Fort Worth, you’re lucky enough to have many options for this new style of living. We highlight just a few notable locations. Many more are in the process of being built.

Mockingbird Station

Dallas

Centered around a park & ride DART Station. Houses an Angelika Theatre, restaurants, shopping, loftstyle offices, and dwellings.

Main Street District

Dallas

Downtown Dallas’ urban revival at its best. Preserved buildings let hotels pair with residences. Active nightlife and dining.

Frisco Square

Incorporates Frisco’s City Hall and public library along with shopping, apartment buildings, and office space.

West Village

Dallas

Pioneering walkable district in the heart of Uptown. Accessed by DART and the M-Line Trolley. Magnolia Theatre joins scene-packed dining and unique retail.

Cedars/Southside

Dallas

Beginning with the conversion of a former Sears distribution center into lofts, the area has grown into a haven for artists, hip bars, and urban dwelling. Alamo Drafthouse, Gilley’s, and Lorenzo Hotel are anchors.

Legacy & Legacy West

The Shops at Legacy is the vibrant heart of the Legacy Business Park. Legacy West is the newest addition to the area with 250+ acres of retail, dining, residential, hotel, and offices.

Victory Park

Dallas

Anchored by the American Airlines Center with a crowd-gathering screenfilled plaza. High-rise living is upscale and serviceoriented.

West 7th

Fort Worth

The former headquarters of Acme Brick is now a pedestrian-friendly urban entertainment district not far from downtown, near TCU.

Addison Circle

Addison

You’ll remember it for the giant blue steel sculpture in the center of a roundabout. You’ll visit for events like Kaboom Town and Oktoberfest.

Bishop Arts

Dallas

Built in the 1920s around Dallas’ busiest trolley stop. Recent redevelopment maintains the vintage artsy character with 160 shops and restaurants.

Sundance Square

Fort Worth

Park free on the 35 blocks of brick-paved streets in Downtown Fort Worth. Features restored turn-ofthe-century buildings and an expansive plaza.

Watters Creek

Allen

The first LEED-certified retail complex in Texas offers open-air shopping, dining, office space, and apartments along with weekend concerts and events.

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Alliance Town Center

Fort Worth

National large retailers complement grocery stores, a Cinemark movie theater, casual restaurants, and residential complexes.

Downtown Plano Plano

Named as one of America’s best downtowns, it includes a vibrant community of urban living, arts, unique shops, and restaurants.

Southlake Town Square

Southlake

The city re-created a modern old-time town square with City Hall and a post office in the center of sidewalk shopping and eating.

Downtown Roanoke Roanoke

The town’s established Oak Street and plaza has been redesigned, but maintains the historic downtown feel.

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Parker Square Flower Mound

Newly built but antique-looking storefronts surround a park with a gazebo. Also home to the campus of North Central Texas College.

Cypress Waters Dallas

This thousand-acre planned community sits around a 36-acre lake near Coppell. Includes one of the nation’s first “net-zero” elementary schools.

Eastside

Richardson

Next to a DART line for a downtown commute and the Telecom Corridor. Services and a variety of dining options onsite could render you car-free.

Downtown McKinney McKinney

The revamped original historic town square sits in the middle of quaint shops, local restaurants, and entertainment venues.

Apartment Costs

Apartment dwelling in the DFW area will match your preferences. All types and sizes are found throughout our region. Communities range from traditional apartment complexes to luxury high-rise buildings to large-scale communities with every bell and whistle imaginable. Some newer apartment communities offer fun amenities. These include dog runs, workout facilities, tanning services, and community activities ranging from movies on the lawn to wine tastings to Monday Night Football parties. In recent years, mixed-use communities— which feature multiple apartment buildings, as well as restaurants, shops, movie theaters, and underground parking—are popping up throughout the region, appealing to a segment of people who desire an urban, walkable neighborhood experience without the responsibilities of homeownership.

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Schools— Public Education

School districts in the Dallas–Fort Worth region are locally administered and independent of one another and the cities and towns they serve. For example, the Richardson Independent School District (RISD) includes students in Richardson, as well as parts of Dallas and Garland.

The Dallas Independent School District— or Dallas ISD—is the region’s largest school district with approximately 141,000 students. Students attending Dallas ISD schools reside in Addison, Balch Springs, Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Garland, Highland Park, Hutchins, Mesquite, Seagoville, University Park, and Wilmer.

Dallas ISD hosts 29 magnet schools and academies, including several that have been nationally recognized. Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is in the heart of the Dallas Arts District and includes several internationally known artists among its alumni. The arts magnet, along with the School for the Talented and Gifted and the School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center in Dallas, are consistently recognized as being among the best high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.

Other area schools recognized by U.S. News include Westlake Academy (Westlake), Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute (Grand Prairie), Highland Park High School (Highland Park), Uplift Academy (Arlington, Dallas, Irving), and Young Women’s Leadership Academy (Fort Worth).

In 2023, five area schools were recognized as Blue Ribbon Schools, increasing the total number of awards to 60 since 2014. The Blue Ribbon designation is a national honor awarded to those schools that have achieved academic excellence or made significant progress in closing the achievement gap.

The Fort Worth ISD dominates Tarrant County, serving approximately 73,000 students. The district serves most of the city of Fort Worth, as well as those of Benbrook, Westover Hills, and Westworth Village. Students from parts of Forest Hill, Haltom City, and Kennedale also attend FWISD schools. The district is home to the Leadership Academy Network, a system of six leadership academies made possible by a partnership with the Texas Wesleyan School of Education and authorized by Texas Senate bill 1882—the Texas Partnership Opportunity—to improve academic performance.

Source: Texas Education Agency

Choosing a District

Choices abound for schooling in the Dallas-Fort Worth area: public, public charter, private or parochial, and homeschooling. Should you want to send your kids to public school, rest assured that the Dallas-Fort Worth area has many fine choices.

In Texas, public school districts operate independently and are governed by locally elected school boards that implement state guidelines through a selection of instructional programs, curriculum, and local expectations that often exceed state minimums.

Local districts are governed by an independently elected school board of trustees, which hires a superintendent as CEO; sets a district philosophy (vision and mission) and local policies; selects a curriculum within the state guidelines; and sets the local ISD tax rate, budget, and district boundaries.

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n Vision, mission, goals

n Size of school and class size

n Grade level alignment (K-4, K-5, K-6, etc.)

n Curriculum variations

n Parent engagement

Student achievement and performance (including staff and teacher performance)

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Charter Schools

In 1995, the 74th Texas Legislature passed legislation giving the state the authority to create open-enrollment charter schools. These schools are subject to fewer state laws than other public schools and support the idea of ensuring fiscal and academic accountability without undue regulation of instructional methods or pedagogical innovation. Like school districts, charter schools are monitored and accredited under the statewide testing and accountability system.

Schools— Private Education

Parents send their children to private schools for a variety of reasons. Some select private schools for religious or philosophical reasons. Others value smaller class sizes and individualized attention for their children. Then there are parents who are focused on the highest possible learning standards, advanced placement courses, and rigorous college preparation that leads to enhanced academic opportunities.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area offers a variety of private institutions—some religious, some secular, and some with special niches. Well-known institutions include St. Mark’s School of Texas (Dallas), Hockaday School (Dallas), Greenhill School (Addison), Episcopal School of Dallas, Yavneh Academy of Dallas, Fort Worth Country Day School, and Trinity Valley School (Fort Worth).

Private High Schools

Researching Schools

The Dallas-Fort Worth region offers a wide range of private school options. Some of the terms you will encounter as you look at private school options include:

n Learning differences schools—

These schools provide for students with learning differences across the spectrum and can range from pre-K through 12th grade.

n Boarding schools—Several of the single-gender private schools offer full-time boarding as well as day student options.

n Language/culture specific—

Some schools offer immersion in specific languages, like French, Chinese, and Japanese. Many of these schools offer Saturday and summer options for families who

want students to attend a traditional school and supplement with cultural and language immersion.

n Montessori method—This is a child-centered educational approach based on scientific observations of children from birth to adulthood. Schools incorporating this self-direction and discovery method are located across the region, but they generally do not extend beyond elementary. A number of public districts also have a Montessori choice option within the district.

n Classical—These schools are usually characterized by small class sizes and a classics-based education, normally with fewer team athletic options.

n College preparatory—Prep schools focus on academic rigor in preparation for demanding collegiate programs.

n Religious/parochial—Some schools are associated with specific religious denominations or churches and incorporate religious teaching as part of the curriculum.

Arts, Culture, & Entertainment

The Dallas-Fort Worth region has several major arts districts. The Dallas Arts District, anchored by the Dallas Museum of Art, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, and AT&T Performing Arts Center, is nearly 70 acres—the largest contiguous urban arts district in the country. Here you can catch a performance of Texas Ballet Theater, a Broadway touring production, classical or local musicians, a night of live storytelling, TED talks, movies and music under the stars, festivals, art exhibits, and so much more. The Fort Worth Cultural District claims five internationally recognized museums, including the Kimbell Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and The Modern.

Beyond the fantastic cultural centers, the region is home to hundreds of smaller museums and public galleries, scores of professional and community theaters, and dozens of local symphony and chamber orchestras, dance troupes, and opera associations. Dallas-Fort Worth is Texas’ most arts-intensive metro area on a per capita basis—a great deal of money per person goes to cultural arts. No matter what artistic pursuits you enjoy, you can find them here. You could spend every weekend in our arts districts and never run out of new things to do.

Music and Theater of Dallas-Fort Worth

Ballet Folklorico

Bass Performance Hall

Casa Mañana

Charles W. Eisemann Center

Circle Theatre

Dallas Black Dance Theatre

Dallas Children’s Theater

Dallas Summer Musicals

The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre

Grapevine Opry

Irving Arts Center

Kalita Humphreys Theater

Latino Cultural Center

Majestic Theater

The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House

Moody Performance Hall

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

The Patty Granville Arts Center

Texas Ballet Theater

Museums of Dallas-Fort Worth

African American Museum

Amon Carter Museum

Cavanaugh Flight Museum

The Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park

Dallas Contemporary

Dallas Heritage Village

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

Dallas Museum of Art Fair Park

Fort Worth Museum of Science & History

Frontiers of Flight Museum

International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame

Kimbell Art Museum

The Meadows Museum

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Museum of the American Railroads

Nasher Sculpture Center

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

National Scouting Museum

National Soccer Hall of Fame

Perot Museum of Nature & Science

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

The Trammell & Margaret

Crow Collection of Asian Art

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Contemporary

Dallas Black Dance Theatre

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Dallas Museum of Art

Nasher Sculpture Center

Crow Collection of Asian Art

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science

The AT&T Performing Arts Center:

The Margot and Bill

Winspear Opera House

The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre

Moody Performance Hall

Annette Strauss Artist Square

Fort Worth

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Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Kimbell Art Museum & Renzo Piano Pavilion

Darnell Street Auditorium

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Casa Mañana

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Fort Worth Community Arts Center

W.E. Scott Theatre

Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House

Nasher Sculpture Center

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Photo: Nasher Sculpture Center

Photo: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners

Photo: Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Parks and Recreation

Whether you have a big family, you’re a retiree, or a single adult, there are plenty of choices when you want to relax and have fun. Boating, water sports, hiking, biking, cricket, professional sports … the list is extensive. Below, find some of the most popular places to pass the time, where you can be part of the action, or just part of the audience.

Regional Parks and Nature Centers

Cedar Ridge Preserve

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden with the Rory Myers Children’s Adventure Garden

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center

Fort Worth Botanic and Japanese Gardens

Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

HEARD Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary

River Legacy Park and Science Center

Trinity Forest Adventure Park

Trinity River Audubon Center

Zoos and Aquariums

Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park

Dallas World Aquarium

Dallas Zoo

Fort Worth Zoo

Professional Sports

Allen Americans (ECHL—Hockey)

Arlington Renegades (UFL—Football)

Complexity Gaming (Esports organization)

Dallas Cowboys (NFL—Football)

Dallas Jackals (MLR—Rugby)

Dallas Mavericks (NBA—Basketball)

Dallas Sidekicks (MASL—Indoor Soccer)

Dallas Stars (NHL—Hockey)

Dallas Wings (WNBA—Women’s Basketball)

FC Dallas (MLS—Soccer)

Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo

Frisco Fighters (IFL—Indoor Football)

Frisco RoughRiders (MiLB—Baseball)

Lone Star Brahmas (NAHL—Hockey)

Mesquite Rodeo

OpTic Gaming (Esports organization)

PGA Tour—AT&T Byron Nelson Championship

PGA Tour—Charles Schwab Challenge

Stockyards Championship Rodeo

Texas Elite (WNFC—Women’s Football)

Texas Legends (NBAG—Basketball)

Texas Motor Speedway (Auto Racing)

Texas Motorplex (Auto Racing)

Texas Rangers (MLB—Baseball)

Texas Super Kings (MLC—Cricket)

Cedar Hill State Park

Cedar Hill

n 75,000-acre Joe Pool lake for fishing, boating, and kayaking

n 1,200 acres of hiking and biking trails

n All-terrain wheelchair reservations available

n More than 350 campsites, all near restrooms with hot showers

n Penn Farm Agricultural History Center with guided or self-guided tours

River Legacy Park

Arlington

n 1,300 acres of forested greenbelt

n 8 miles of paved trails and 10 miles of mountain bike trails

n Up to 8 miles of paddling from the canoe launch

n Custom playground and playscapes

n River Legacy Nature Center, a 12,000-square-foot, ADA-compliant facility

Arbor Hills Nature Preserve Plano

n 200 acres of rolling hills

n Off-road biking trails

n Picnic pavilions available to reserve

n Playground

n Dog friendly

Meadowmere Park

Grapevine

n 288 acres of water, beaches, and green space on Lake Grapevine

n Home to WhoaZone, the largest aqua park obstacle course in Texas

n Fire pits, grills, and tent areas

n Swimming, paddleboarding, kayaking, and a playground

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Trinity Park

Fort Worth

n Located along the banks of the Trinity River dating back to 1892

n 252 acres with trails, fishing area, duck pond, playground, and miniature railroad

n Location of annual events such as Mayfest and the National Veterans Day Run

White Rock Lake Park

Dallas

n 17.1 miles of hike and bike trails

n Shoreline picnic areas

n Dog friendly

n Kayak and paddleboard rentals

n Rowing and sailing opportunities

n Audubon Society bird watching

n Home to the Dallas Arboretum

Klyde Warren Park Dallas

n 5.2 acres of greenspace over a freeway next to the Arts District

n Performance pavilion, walking trails, dog park, children’s playground, and games area

n Free events like movies and music

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With more than

180 miles of trails, Dallas has plenty of options when you want some urban nature.

Additionally, the LOOP Dallas is an ongoing effort to connect existing and planned trails to create a contiguous 50-mile stretch around the city’s core.

When you look at the whole DFW region, the number of trails is closer to 775 miles and extends through neighborhoods and areas that are less populated.

A few recommended regional trails include Cedar Ridge Preserve in South Dallas; Dogwood Canyon in Cedar Hill, which offers hilly terrain; and Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano.

Popular Trails

A mere 20 minutes east of Downtown Dallas, Rowlett is one of the fastest growing communities in North Texas.

We are On the Water, On the Move, and open for business!

Located on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard, Sapphire Bay is a $1 billion mixed development project that will become a unique waterfront destination where business, leisure, and entertainment harmonize to create a magical experience.

SAPPHIRE BAY NORTH SHORE

North Shore offers employers and innovators an opportunity to create world-class professional facilities within a complete community environment. As a premier regional destination, North Shore is strategically located on the President George Bush Turnpike offering close proximity to Downtown Dallas, the Plano/Frisco/Richardson Corridor and DFW Airport.

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Significant Projects

Future Projects

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Significant Projects

The Dallas-Fort Worth region is well known for taking on massive construction projects. They range from public infrastructure projects, such as the expansion of Interstate 35 and extending and connecting regional transit systems, to the creation of entirely new business parks and mixed-use developments, to land reclamation for parks and recreational development. No matter where you travel in North Texas, largescale construction projects are underway to improve the quality of life for area residents.

The Shops at RedBird

The $200 million, 95-acre RedBird Mall redevelopment project continues to deliver community success with a 50,000-square-foot Tom Thumb supermarket that addresses the area’s food desert status. The Dallas Entrepreneur Center has tripled the size of its RedBird facility to support innovators in southern Dallas County. And Simmons Bank opened a full-service banking center that will address the needs of an underbanked community.

1 Downtown Dallas

2023 was a busy year for Downtown Dallas. Goldman Sachs broke ground on a $500 million, sustainable campus that will house 5,000 employees and will anchor the NorthEnd mixed-use development near Victory Park. The 14-story, 800,000-square-foot office tower is the first phase of a project that will include retail, residential, and hotel rooms overlooking a 1.5-acre park. Another financial giant, Bank of America, saw the ground-breaking of its new home for 1,000 employees, the 30-story Parkside Uptown. Overlooking Klyde Warren Park, the new building will be the tallest in Uptown. The East Quarter, an urban neighborhood revival effort that connects the CBD with Deep Ellum, welcomed the opening of the 3.5-acre Harwood Park , capping off a $90 million transformation of parking lots into downtown green space. And new residential towers are underway surrounding downtown including the 31-story Fairmount Tower in Uptown, the 31-story 2811 Maple project near Oak Lawn, and a 19-story building in the historic Deep Ellum neighborhood.

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Arlington Entertainment District

The $2.25 billion mixed-use Arlington Entertainment District is home field for the Dallas Cowboys, the most valuable sports franchise in the world, and the 2023 World Series Champion Texas Rangers. The Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium has been selected for the most 2026 World Cup matches among all venues, and the Rangers’ Globe Life Field will host the 2024 MLB All-Star Game. Texas Live!, a mixed-use development anchoring the district, just opened a $550 million Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center. Future developments include the highly anticipated National Medal of Honor Museum and a third $410 million Loews Hotel

2 Texoma

North Texas and southern Oklahoma, or Texoma, is generating new investment. Texas Instruments is constructing a $30 billion, 300-mm semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Sherman, and Globitech is following suit with a new $5 billion wafer facility. These developments helped support a multi-university effort to gain a semiconductor hub designation by the U.S. EDA, that could lead to significant grant funding. A similar logistics innovation-focused partnership resulted in an NSF innovation award opening up future funding channels. And the $6 billion Preston Harbor mixed-use development in Denison will bring 7,500 homes to Lake Texoma. A $100 million Margaritaville Resort will anchor the project.

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Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo broke ground on a new campus on the north shore of Lake Carolyn in Irving’s Las Colinas development. The $455 million capital investment will result in two 10-story buildings with 850,000 square feet of space. The 22-acre campus will house most of Wells Fargo’s 3,000 local employees with room for an additional 650 new positions. The 22-acre campus is expected to open by the end of 2025 and will anchor a planned Northshore District, which will host a 17-acre mixed-use project with retail, public open space, and office space. The Wells Fargo campus is the largest office development in Las Colinas since 1985.

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Grandscape, named one of the most innovative entertainment venues in the world, is a $1.5 billion, 433-acre mixed-use development in The Colony. Unique entertainment options on the horizon include Cosm, an 87-foot-diameter LED dome providing immersive experiences for live events, and Tiger Woods’ PopStroke, a mini-golf experience designed to replicate a traditional golf course. Workspace provider Roam offers private offices and luxury meeting spaces at its Grandscape facility.

Legacy West is a $3 billion, 255-acre mixed-use destination in Plano that includes 415,000 square feet of retail, more than 1,200 residential units, and a 303-room Renaissance Hotel. The three-story Legacy Hall is home to dozens of restaurants, a beer garden, and an event space. And global tax services and software provider Ryan is constructing a 23-story, 400,000-square-foot headquarters office tower.

North Platinum Corridor in Frisco, located along the Dallas North Tollway, is home to the 162-acre HALL Park. A $7 billion transformation is underway with an Autograph Collection Hotel, a Toshiba innovation hub, a 5.7-acre Kaleidoscope Park , and a performing arts complex. Just up the road, the Dallas Cowboys’ $1.5 billion, 91-acre mixed-use Star development added an 11-story, 314,000-square-foot high-rise to house new tenants Comerica Bank, McAfee, and Boingo Wireless. A $110 million, 15-story office tower is underway that TIAA will occupy when it opens in 2024.

Texas A&M Fort Worth

The Texas A&M University System broke ground on a $150 million Law & Education center, the first of a threebuilding, Tier 1 research campus in downtown Fort Worth that will anchor a technology and innovation district . The completed project will include a Gateway Building conference center, and a Research and Innovation center where researchers will work alongside privatesector partners interested in building a talent pipeline including Lockheed Martin, Alcon Laboratories, and Elbit America. Tarleton State University will join the $350 million campus project with a new Biotechnology Institute focusing on bioinformatics and computational modeling.

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Castle Hills

Castle Hills is a 2,900-acre masterplanned, mixed-use community in Lewisville. Two main communities anchor the development. Crown Center is a 140acre mixed-use project that will ultimately include 2,000 apartments, 3 million square feet of office space, 140,000 square feet of dining and shopping, and 500 hotel rooms. The Realm is a $1.5 million mixed-use project that will include 5,000 apartments and 1.5 million square feet of retail offices and restaurants. The $50 million Crown Centre II office project broke ground in 2023.

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EpicCentral

EpicCentral is a 172-acre mixeduse park site development located in Grand Prairie that anchors the EpicCentral entertainment district corridor. The development is home to the Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark ; Playgrand Adventures, an all-inclusive playground; Bolder Adventure Park , a 66,000-square-foot indoor climbing facility; and a 90,000-square-foot Chicken N Pickle restaurant and pickleball venue. A new 10,000-square-foot convention center and two connecting hotels opened in 2023. Elsewhere in the EpicCentral corridor, BigShots Golf is opening a 12-acre, two-story tee-line with 80 interactive tee boxes; Andretti Indoor Karting and Games is constructing a 96,000-square-foot racing facility; and Bass Pro Shops is building a 100,000-square-foot Outdoor World destination store.

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North U.S. 75 Corridor

Centurion American’s Collin Creek Mall redevelopment is a $1 billion mixed-use project that will transform the site of Plano’s first major shopping center built in 1981. This phased project broke ground in 2021 with a focus on infrastructure, including a 2,000-space underground parking lot . Vertical construction began in 2023 with townhomes, duplexes, and single-family homes arriving in 2024. The ultimate build-out includes 1 million square feet of office and 300,000 square feet of retail space.

The Farm, a 135-acre mixed-use development in Allen, is nearing completion of its first residential units next to The Hub, a 3-acre, open-air entertainment and restaurant venue A two-story, 70,000-square-foot High 5 Entertainment facility has broken ground, and a 100,000-square-foot office building should begin construction in 2024.

McKinney’s historic Cotton Mill area redevelopment will transform the industrial east side of the city into a mixed-used development. The 113-year-old mill will be the centerpiece of new residential, office, and retail space on a 28-acre site bringing an estimated $933 million in economic impact .

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Pegasus Park

Pegasus Park is Dallas’ state-of-the-art life science cluster located less than 5 miles from downtown Dallas and adjacent to the Medical District. The new federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, selected Pegasus Park for one of three regional hubs in its $2.5 billion health innovation network initiative The 23-acre campus is anchored by the 18-story Pegasus Tower that houses a diverse array of tenants. BioLabs operates the BioTech+ Hub at Pegasus where a 40,000-square-foot flexible lab, training, and office space houses advanced biotech ventures including Colossal and ReCode Therapeutics. The Hub will expand in 2024 with Bridge Labs, a $110 million, 135,000-square-foot lab and office building that will feature the first institutionalquality, non-incubator space in the region. MassChallenge and other accelerator programs also operate at the Hub.

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Southern Gateway Park

Phase One of the $172 million, fiveacre deck park over I-35E is slated to open in 2025 as the centerpiece of a $670 million, TxDOT-led highway reconstruction project . The supporting infrastructure has been completed, and $35 million in public and private commitments will fund park amenities that kicked-off at a “groundmaking” event in 2023. The park will offer a stage pavilion and a 15,000-square-foot lawn for performance events. A promenade will thread through the park passing by a restaurant/retail complex and educational elements like “history stairs,” an amphitheater, and an escarpment wall for neighborhood art and stories. The park will be augmented by the Dallas Zoo’s planned 7-acre park that will ultimately help stitch together Oak Cliff neighborhoods cleft by the opening of the freeway in 1960.

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Future Projects

For the Dallas-Fort Worth region, there’s no time like the present to ensure that the bustling metro area remains an innovative, forwardthinking place for generations to come. Future developments spanning several years in planning and construction are helping to keep Dallas-Fort Worth at the forefront of industry and livability. The future of the metro area is rife with innovative developments, impactful architectural feats, and attention to design to strengthen the region’s appeal.

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Fort Worth Convention Center

The City of Fort Worth kickstarted construction on the $95 million Phase 1 of a 20-year planned expansion of its Convention Center. The initial phase includes demolishing an outdated annex to make way for new exhibition space, increasing the number of loading docks, building modern food and beverage facilities, and aligning Commerce Street for a potential adjoining convention hotel in the future. Federal ARPA funds and hotel occupancy tax will pay for the work, expected to be complete in 2026.

Reunion Redevelopment

Hunt Realty announced a $5 billion plan to redevelop the former site of the now-demolished Reunion Arena, one of downtown Dallas’ largest undeveloped properties. The 20 acres of property could see 3,000 apartments, a hotel with 1,000 rooms, 150,000 square feet of retail, and 2 million square feet of office space surrounding a 4-acre park The first phase of the project would focus on providing amenities to support the $3 billion Dallas Convention Center reconfiguration, such as the hotel, retail, and dining opportunities.

DFW Airport Terminal F

Fort Worth-based American Airlines signed a new 10-year lease agreement with DFW Airport that includes $4.8 billion in pre-approved capital investments. The long-anticipated $1.63 billion Terminal F, DFW’s sixth terminal, will break ground in 2024 and will include a 15-gate concourse and state-of-the-art facilities and amenities. An estimated $2.72 billion will fund the expansion of the airport’s Central Terminal Area, with “a major reimagining of Terminal C, ‘pier’ expansions off Terminal A and Terminal C, and significant upgrades to roadways and terminal access.”

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DART Silver Line

DART’s Silver Line is a $1.89 billion commuter rail that will connect Plano to DFW International Airport with stops at 8 stations in between. The route follows that of the old Cotton Belt Railroad freight line and will stretch 26 miles Opportunities for new transit-oriented development include Cypress Waters in Irving, the Addison Transit Center, CityLine in Richardson, and the $1 billion mixed-use development at Carrollton’s Trinity Mills Station, the largest DART interchange outside of downtown Dallas. The Silver Line is scheduled to begin operating as soon as late 2025.

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The University of North Texas at Dallas is constructing a $100 million, 4-story STEM facility that will feature amenities including biology and chemistry teaching and research labs to help provide a pathway to high-demand, high-wage healthcare careers for primarily first-generation and minority students. Nearby, Hoque Global is developing the 270-acre University Hills project with an ultimate build-out that will include 1,500 multifamily units, 50 acres of green space, and 1.5 million square feet of commercial space that may include offices, flex space, and life science facilities.

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Dallas International District

The Dallas International District is a 450-acre area of North Dallas seeking to become the choice of international business and talent. The District centers around the $5 billion Dallas Midtown project that will create a “city-within-a-city” with hotels, office towers, thousands of residential units, and a 20-acre Midtown Central Park. The European American Chamber of Commerce and the FrenchAmerican Chamber already have offices in the District, and the Department of Labor launched a first-of-its-kind American Job Center in 2023.

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Newpark—A Smart District & SoGood at The Cedars

Hoque Global has plans for two projects in downtown Dallas neighborhoods.

Newpark—A Smart District is a $3.5 billion multi-phase tech and educational hub on a 20-acre site south of Dallas City Hall. Highlights of the plan call for a unique 1 million-square-foot education campus and a centerpiece 38-story mixed-use tower, One Newpark. SoGood at The Cedars will transform 15 acres of former industrial land in an Opportunity Zone into a mixed-used neighborhood. The masterplanned community will cater to local startups, entrepreneurs, and creative firms.

Children’s Health/ UTSW Pediatric Center

Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center have unveiled plans for a new $5 billion pediatric health campus in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District. The new campus will span more than 33 acres, featuring two 12-story buildings and an eight-story tower. It will also serve as a hub for research, training, and technology development. A 2 million-square-foot hospital will include 552 beds, two helicopter pads, a Level I pediatric trauma center, and a new fetal care center to provide the region’s most advanced and accessible services for complex maternal and fetal health care.

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Texas Research Quarter

NexPoint, a Dallas-based investment firm, is converting the 1.6 million-square-foot former EDS campus in Plano into a $4 billion, 200-acre life science complex

The Plano City Council approved the Texas Research Quarter, or TRQ, redevelopment plan that will center on the existing 91-acre main campus. The TRQ will incorporate an additional 109 acres and will include 375,000 square feet of pharmaceutical manufacturing space; lab, office, and therapeutic production space; a 300room hotel; and nearly 800 apartments surrounding a 9-acre park in the Legacy Business district.

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Field Street District

The Field Street District is a six-acre, $1 billion mixed-use development in downtown Dallas within walking distance of the Dallas World Aquarium and West End to the east, the Perot Museum and Victory Park to the north, Klyde Warren Park and the Arts District to the west, and the Main Street District to the south. The first phase will include an office tower and 300 apartments, but the plan ultimately calls for two residential high-rises, 1.2 million square feet of office space, a hotel, and up to 40,000 square feet of amenity and retail space. The proposed Ross + Field Tower will be a key product in the district with a 150-room boutique hotel and 100 residential units.

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Dallas Convention Center

The Dallas City Council approved plans for a $3 billion realigned convention center, which voters ratified in a $1.2 billion bond proposition in 2022. The current facility will be torn down and replaced with a 2.5 million-squarefoot convention center. The project will connect downtown to surrounding neighborhoods to the south with a deck park spanning I-30. The facility will include 800,000 square feet of exhibit space, 260,000 square feet of meeting rooms, and a 170,000-square-foot ballroom. The new facility’s orientation will open up approximately 30 acres of underutilized land for private-sector development to support the convention center as a destination location. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024.

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Universal Kids Resort

Universal Parks & Resorts is building a new theme park and hotel concept in Frisco unlike any other in its portfolio. The Universal Kids Resort is a 97-acre theme park located in the $10 billion Fields development and will cater to families with young children. Smaller than typical Universal parks, the purpose of the design is to be more intimate and engaging for a younger audience. It will offer “immersive themed lands,” family-friendly attractions, interactive and playful shows, unique merchandise, “fun” food and beverage venues, and character meet-and-greets. The resort will also include a 300-room themed hotel.

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The Mix

Located in the North Platinum Corridor of Frisco, The Mix is a $2 billion, 112-acre project that will include 2 million square feet of office space, 375,000 square feet of retail, two hotels, townhomes, 3,000 other living units, and 16 acres of green space. The Frisco City Council has approved plans for the first phase of the development including 26 acres, approximately 100,000 square feet of retail space, a 120,000-square-foot medical office building, 650 apartments, and a portion of a 9-acre central park. The park will include an event lawn and performance pavilion, playgrounds, promenades, and a pond. A 2,200-space underground parking garage will fill in a massive excavated hole left by previous builders, and will serve the new community.

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Haggard Farm West

One of the last remaining urban farm tracts owned since the mid-1800s by a Plano pioneer family will become a 142acre mixed-use development with office, retail, hotel, and residential construction. Haggard Farm West is a phased project with a $20 million, 189,000-squarefoot office building and the first units in a 569,000-square-foot multifamily development scheduled for a 2024 delivery. 34 acres will be dedicated to the city as a neighborhood park. The project will also include The Almanac, a farm-to-market themed dining center with outdoor event space, a 98-room hotel, a retail village, a senior housing community, and townhomes.

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Panther Island

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers secured $400 million necessary to complete the Central City Flood Control Project that will create Panther Island. Two bypass channels and supporting infrastructure are scheduled for a 2029 completion date with dams and pump stations being completed three years later. The $1.1 billion project is expected to open up 440 acres of developable real estate. Early plans called for a highdensity, mixed-use urban waterfront including 10,000 housing units, 3 million square feet of commercial, retail, and educational space, and connectivity to downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. Developers have prospectively purchased land, including a 12-acre investment where a $120 million mixed-use development may spur additional interest.

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Sloan Corners

A nearly 500-acre mixed-use project in Allen and Fairview by developer Billingsley Company will create a development that eventually will total more than $3 billion in value and fill one of Dallas-Fort Worth’s largest undeveloped intersections. The first phase of the development, Sloan Corners, could bring as much as $2 billion in value alone. Plans for Sloan Corners include more than 10 million square feet of office, 6,000 apartments, over 200,000 square feet of retail space, and greenbelts, parks and walking trails. A reinvestment zone and tax increment finance district will help pay for

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Hensley Field

A decommissioned naval air station on Mountain Creek Lake in southwest Dallas received Dallas City Council approval for a 20-year, $390 million master plan for redevelopment . Hensley Field has the potential to become a walkable, 738acre mixed-use community with 6,800 residential units, a 40-acre Innovation Village on a unique runway peninsula, waterfront trails, and a new marina. Other amenities include 185 acres of public open space connecting communities with parks, greenways, natural preserves, and 7.5 miles of trails, and historic preservation of the site’s military and premilitary history.

Harold Simmons Park

The Trinity Park Conservancy unveiled plans for the $325 million Harold Simmons Park—a 250-acre park along a stretch of the Trinity River close to downtown. Named after the late billionaire businessman whose wife, Annette Simmons, donated $50 million for the park, it will be located between the Margaret McDermott Bridge and Ronald Kirk Bridge just west of downtown Dallas. The park will include amenities that range from a river overlook to an event lawn that can host 3,000 people, and from a two-acre bike and skate park to a community-designed “water factory” that serves as both splash pad and irrigation source. Anticipated annual attendance is 4 to 6 million visitors

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