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Primera Cos. finishes Legacy Business Park project
Primera Cos. Inc. has completed its office project at 5151 Headquarters Drive in Legacy Business Park in Plano. The firm plans to begin marketing the property. One of the office developments in Legacy Business Park has been completed. Dallas-based Primera Cos. Inc., along with developer Myers & Crow Co. Ltd, has finished its two-story, 51,333-square-foot office building called Headquarters Place ...
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Neiman Saks merger not likely to happen soon analyst says Video
May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Betty Liu reports on today's "Top Headlines." She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." Neiman Marcus' private equity owners have held on to the retailer for eight years. Don't expect a merger between Neiman Marcus Group and Saks Fifth Avenue to happen anytime soon, even though news reports are swirling that such a ...
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HKS will spend Memorial Day weekend moving
HKS Inc. plans to move its headquarters into Patriot Tower this Memorial Day weekend. Dallas-based architecture and design firm HKS Inc. plans to make a big move over the Memorial Day weekend, relocating its headquarters to One Dallas Center, formerly known as Patriot Tower, in downtown Dallas. HKS plans to move into 142,000-square feet, or the first seven floors of the 30-story, ...
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Exclusive Gus Hinojosa joins HKS boosts interior group
Gus Hinojosa of Hinojosa Architecture & Interiors has joined Dallas-based HKS Inc. His firm is scheduled to dissolve by year's end after finishing client projects. Longtime interior designer Gus Hinojosa has taken his expertise to Dallas-based HKS Inc., which will boost the firm's commercial interiors group. Hinojosa's design firm Hinojosa Architecture & Interiors is expected to ...
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Boy Scout delegates now voting on resolution that would allow openly gay youth in scouting
Delegates to the Boy Scouts of America national meeting in Grapevine have begun voting on a proposed resolution that would remove the ban on openly gay boys participation in scouting. The proposal would maintain BSA’s prohibition against openly gay adults acting as volunteer scoutmasters or as paid staffers of the organization. An estimated 1,400 delegates from across the nation have ...
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Storm moving through southern Oklahoma weakening as it crosses Red River towards Dallas
Thunderstorms in southern Oklahoma will continue to weaken as they cross the Red River. The storms will bring cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall to a few of the Red River counties of North Texas between 9:30 and 10 a.m. (National Weather Service) A storm moving through southern Oklahoma near the devastated Moore area is weakening as it crosses the Red River this morning, ...
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Angela Hunt to help break ground on Katy Trail’s Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge next month
An invite some never thought would come arrived in the virtual inbox Wednesday. ';Councilmember Angela Hunt cordially invites you to a very special groundbreaking event,'; it reads. ';The Mockingbird Pedestrian Bridge at the Katy Trail.'; For those not keeping track, this bridge linking the Katy Trail to the White Rock DART Station was supposed to be finished by December ...
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GameStops mobile digital sales rise earnings drop
GameStop reported an increase in digital and mobile sales but a decrease in earnings during its first quarter. GameStop Corp. reported a jump mobile and digital sales during its first quarter, but the companys earnings and sales of new software and hardware are still on the decline. The Grapevine-based gaming company reported a 290 percent increase in mobile sales of $46.8 million during its ...
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Dallas area foreclosure rates dip lower than U.S. rate
The Dallas area foreclosure continues to decline, dropping more than three-tenths of a percentage point in March, according to CoreLogic's latest report released Thursday. The Dallas area foreclosure rate continued to decline in March, dropping more than three-tenths of a percentage point year-over-year, staying well below the U.S. rate. In March, the Dallas area foreclosure rate reached ...
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Inside Report Mavs with plenty of decisions to make as draft draws closer
DALLAS -- It's been well documented. The last player selected with the No. 13 pick in the NBA Draft to eventually become an All-Star: Kobe Bryant. But, for every Marcus Haislip, Sean May and Julian Wright since Bryant was taken in the 1996 draft there's also been the likes of Corey Maggette, Richard Jefferson and Thabo Sefolosha, all veterans that have found a way to make positive ...
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Solar-powered airplane lands at DFW Airport after record-breaking flight
. Now he’s traveling across the U.S. — from San Francisco to Phoenix to Dallas to St. Louis to Washington D.C. to New York City at an average of 26 miles per hour — using his plane to sell the concept of a ';Clean Generation'; that can and will survive solely on renewable energy. The trip from Phoenix to Dallas, which took some 18 hours, set the distance for a ...
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Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles to address South Dallas church protest planned
True Lee Missionary Baptist Church to Miles this Sunday. He said that Miles will attend a community meeting at 10 a.m., before the church worships at 11 a.m. Miles will have up to 20 minutes to say what he wants before a Q&A session is held, Parish said. Price has said that Miles is not the right person to lead the school district and should go back to Colorado Springs, where he last ...
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Mavs shopping pick eyeing Howard MAY 23
Mavericks ], with their first lottery draft pick in a dozen years firmly in hand, have their eyes on a bigger prize. Multiple sources have told ESPN.com's Chad Ford ...
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West fertilizer plant blast shows flaw in U.S. law report says
An unknown woman is consoled by a Sheriff's Deputy at a command post in West, Texas, after an explosion that killed 14 people. Despite having been notified in 2012 by West Fertilizer Co. that it was storing potentially deadly chemicals at its plant, local fire officials and emergency responders never acted on the information to train for potential problems. A blast at the plant in central ...
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Verizon Wireless Jennifer Lopez team up on Latino-themed stores
Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Wireless are teaming up on the Viva Movil retail concept. Verizon Wireless and singer/actress Jennifer Lopez are teaming up on a new cellphone retail store aimed at capturing the growing Latino market. CNET said the stores will be called Viva Movil. The first stores will be in Los Angeles, Miami and New York City, where the first store will open on June 15, CNET said. ...
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Stage set for voters to decide Texas water plan in November election
Action Wednesday in the Legislature puts the issue of the state's water plan to voters in November. It will likely be up to Texas voters to decide whether the state should dip into its Rainy Day Fund to pay for water infrastructure. Action by lawmakers Wednesday sets the stage for a November vote on the $2 billion State Water Implementation for Texas (SWIFT) plan to pay for new water ...
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Solar-powered aircraft makes historic landing at DFW Airport
Pilot Andre Borschberg talks about his record-breaking flight with media on the runway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport immediately after finishing his 860 mile journey from Phoenix. Glowing red and green lights pierced the night sky as I stood on the runway at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Then, a row of LED lights came on, revealing the 200-foot wingspan that's ...
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Edmonton Oilers to face Dallas Stars in Oklahoma City in Sept. 27 NHL pre-season game
Dallas Stars' Eric Nystrom, 24, is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk, 40, as Ryan Whitney, 6, defends during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Feb. 6, ...
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Sprint CEO says latest Clearwire offer is best and final
Dan Hesse is the CEO of the Sprint Nextel Corp. Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO said in a letter filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the offer Sprint made Tuesday to acquire Clearwire Corp. is Kansas-based telecom's "best and final offer." The letter was written by Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse to explain the company's bid to employees, the Kansas City Business ...
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Dallas city core development hindered by roadways
The Dallas freeway loop is a series of highways that wrap round the center of Downtown Dallas, built at a time when the inter-connectivity of neighborhoods was not yet appreciated, but with changing attitudes, a series of projects are underway to enhance the appeal of downtown.
Downtown Dallas, it’s the heart of the city, which is the commercial hub of Dallas County and the third largest city in Texas and the ninth largest in the entire United States. Yet, this area’s full potential has been hindered by a zoning decision in the 1980s that saw major freeways routed through the city and created a complex ring of highways (the Dallas freeway loop) around the core downtown area. Read more
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