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A full-service Simmons Bank has opened in the space formerly occupied by a payday lender at Camp Wisdom, across from the $200 million Redbird redevelopment project.Tim and Terrence Maiden, brothers and bankers and real estate developers from Dallas, are partially responsible for ramping up banking services around Redbird. Frost Bank will open a branch on the Red Bird property in 2021, and PNC is close to signing a lease.Tim Maiden, director of market development for Simmons Bank, which has $27.6 billion in assets and operates in six states, said, “This region has historically been underbanked, but the customer potential is…

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Update: This story was revised on December 8, 2023 to add the event.Christmas cheer is in the air with tree lightings, parades, festivals, drone shows, and more in North Texas cities and towns. Here's a guide to some of his popular December events, including the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Check our website for schedule changes and other updates, visit: Go see DFW To find more events.Related:Popular places to see Christmas lights and holiday displays in Dallas/Fort WorthCowboys Christmas Extravaganza in FriscoCowboys Christmas Extravaganza free The Dallas Cowboys celebrate Christmas with a 20-minute holiday show on The Star. Various…

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A Dallas police officer who was shot in the leg during a shootout with a murder suspect Thursday morning is expected to be OK. The officer was working with the U.S. Marshals Task Force on an execution at an apartment in the 9900 block of Adreta Boulevard around 6 a.m., according to the police department. “As they approached the residence, they knocked, made an announcement, and began breaking through the door, where they were immediately met with gunfire from the suspect,” Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said. That's when the officers came under fire and were shot in the lower…

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In the heart of Dallas, Texas stands the Dallas Floodway Project, a testament to excellence in flood risk management, public safety, partnership, and engineering. The Flood Risk Management Project recently reached a milestone with the crest raising and side slope flattening works of West Levee 277k substantially completed.As with any complex, multi-year civil construction project, partnerships play a vital role in project success. For the Dallas Spillway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a non-federal sponsor partnering with the City of Dallas as well as other federal, state, and local agencies. Levees are man-made structures, usually earthen embankments and…

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Sushi restaurant group Adept Hospitality will also open its latest cocktail lounge concept, Ginger's, at the same time. Dallas — Read this article and other North Texas business news from our Dallas Business Journal partners Sushi Bar, an Austin-based upscale restaurant specializing in Japanese “omakase” cuisine, plans to open its newest location in Dallas in December. The new location will be the company's second in Texas and fourth overall. Sushi restaurant group Adept Hospitality will also open its latest cocktail lounge concept, Ginger's, attached to the sushi bar at the same time. Featuring a bootlegger design, Sushi Bar Dallas features…

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hill perraultVice-presidenthillwood…During his speech at Circle T Ranch, he offers a call to action for the city's investors, founders, and leaders to drive meaningful progress through venture and innovation. henry ross perot iiiHill, as he is called, shared his perspective with 200 innovators and investors at a private Venture Dallas event held at Perot's Circle T Ranch in late October.As the grandson of a pioneering Texas entrepreneur. H. Ross Perot Sr. and son henry ross perot jr.he is drawing on his family's legacy while charting his own direction as Hillwood's vice chairman and investor focused on accelerating growth. in a…

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What is the best internet provider in Dallas?AT&T Fiber is our pick for the best overall internet service provider in Dallas. AT&T Fiber boasts symmetrical download and upload speeds, unlimited data and high customer satisfaction scores. It’s not available to all households within the DFW area, however, so Spectrum Internet and T-Mobile Home Internet are solid picks as well — depending on what’s available in your area. Although it may be slow compared with its Lone Star State companions, Dallas still offers plenty of high-speed internet hookups. You can connect with fast fiber options from AT&T and Frontier, or you can…

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From left to right: Ambassador Mark Langdale; Ken Neisman, Honorary Consul of Dallas. Ambassador Jeanne Phillips. Annina Aalto, Secretary for U.S. Economic and Trade Policy at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Helsinki. Ambassador Jarmo Sareva, Consul General of Finland in New York. Ambassador Robert Jordan. Christian Heikkinen, Minister's Counselor for Sustainable Growth and Commerce.Suzanne Smith, Social Impact Architect, International Affairs Strategic Advisor, City of Dallas [Photo: City of Dallas] Finnair recently launched nonstop flights between DFW Airport and Helsinki, Finland.Partly to commemorate that milestone and foster closer ties A delegation from the Nordic country took the route to…

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Texas-based company ranks 20th in this year's rankings forbes Ranking of America's largest private companies.San Antonio-based grocer HEB continues to gain a loyal following, rising to No. 5 nationally and continuing its reign as Texas' largest privately held company. Revenue increased to $43.6 billion from $38.9 billion in the same period last year.HEB began opening stores under the same name in Dallas-Fort Worth a year ago and currently operates four locations in Frisco, Plano, McKinney and Allen. The company is building or planning numerous facilities throughout the metropolitan area.Dallas-Fort Worth companies took 11 of the 20 spots in Texas, and…

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The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has been the hallmark of endless growth for decades, and market experts say that growth has propelled the company into the upper echelons of the national hotel market.Colin Sherman, CoStar's Texas and Tennessee hospitality market analysis director, said on the Hotel News Now podcast that the entire Dallas-Fort Worth market and submarkets within it are “booming.””It's the beast we all think it is,” he said. “We’re seeing a lot of development.”Several prominent hotel companies call the Metroplex home, including leading hotel management companies Abridge Hospitality, Ashford Group, and Omni Hotels & Resorts.CoStar News reporter Candace Carlisle…

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