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[Photo by Delpixars via iStock] Dallas-based Unifeye Vision Partners has acquired Insight Vision Group, a leading integrated eye care platform with locations throughout California. The acquisition establishes Unifeye Vision Partners' presence on the West Coast, the company said. UVP is a Waud Capital portfolio company. The acquisition was announced by Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Company. The firm's healthcare investment banking team served as exclusive financial advisor to Insight Vision Group. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. With a network of 123 healthcare providers, 44 clinics, and 13 ambulatory surgery centers, Unifeye Vision Partners provides management and support services to…

Dallasites can now order a Smashburger at Side Hustle, a new burger joint that opened on October 16, 2023.Side Hustle's invisible headquarters is inside Thunderbird Pies, a Detroit-style pizza joint in East Dallas. Side Hustle is a ghostly kitchen like the former Thunderbird Pies. It's a restaurant-within-a-restaurant where owner Jay Jerrier and his team let you sample his burger menu with delivery or catering without a contract.Related:It worked.Ghost He Started as Kitchen Thunderbird Pie Opens in East His DallasCulinary director Josh Healy helped create Side Hustle's burger menu. The company will offer delivery and catering in select areas, including East…

Jack Hooper, Founder and CEO of Take Command [Photo: Take Command] Dallas-based Take Command has received a $25 million equity investment from New Jersey-based Edison Partners. The company said it will use the funding to expand sales and marketing, build a customer experience-focused technology platform, innovate new market services and expand innovative partnerships. Take Command is an end-to-end personal health benefits platform for small and medium-sized employers. It was established under the Affordable Care Act and launched in 2014. “As healthcare costs continue to rise, our full-stack approach to ICHRA delivery will continue to disrupt group health insurance,” Jack Hooper,…

The city of Dallas is facing a talent shortage crisis, with only 20% of job openings (3,400 vacancies) are not filled.”Current staff vacancy rates appear to be the new normal post-pandemic,” Dallas Human Resources Director Nina Arias said in a statement. “The long-term impact of the current vacancy crisis is unknown. However, it is clear that businesses and organizations like the City of Dallas will need to find creative ways to attract and retain qualified workers. That is clear,” Arias said in a statement.breaking newsWe bring you the latest news from North Texas and beyond.Meanwhile, data shows most other Texas…

EoS Fitness spin bike room. [Photo: EoS Fitness] Last year, EoS Fitness announced it would move its headquarters from Phoenix to Dallas as part of its expansion plans into Texas. The company opened its first “high value, low price” Texas gym in Euless in January. Today, the company announced a major milestone and aggressive plans for continued growth. A big milestone? Earlier this month, I became the 1 millionth EoS Fitness member. The company currently has more than 125 locations “open or in the process of opening” in Texas, Arizona, Florida, Nevada, Southern California, and Utah, with additional nationwide expansion…

The city of Dallas is facing a talent shortage crisis, with only 20% of job openings (3,400 vacancies) are not filled.”Current staff vacancy rates appear to be the new normal post-pandemic,” Dallas Human Resources Director Nina Arias said in a statement. “The long-term impact of the current vacancy crisis is unknown. However, it is clear that businesses and organizations like the City of Dallas will need to find creative ways to attract and retain qualified workers. That is clear,” Arias said in a statement.Meanwhile, data shows most other Texas cities have significantly lower vacancy rates than Dallas. dallas morning news,…

Foley & Lardner has expanded its national real estate team with the Husch Blackwell Group of four Texas attorneys, concentrating its practice in Texas and California. The team includes Dallas residents Tyler Johnson and Sadie Fitzpatrick. Kevin Garland of Houston and Alexandra Jasinski of Austin. On Monday, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Fitzpatrick and Mr. Garland joined Foley & Lardner as partners and Mr. Jasinski as attorney. Foley & Lardner, founded in Wisconsin, is expanding its real estate team in Texas because of the growing economy, said Daljit Dougal, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. He said Husch Blackwell's attorneys are…

Texas has the highest number of licensed hunters in the nation, and high-end outdoor gear brands are responding by opening stores in Dallas.Sitka, a leading outdoor gear and apparel brand based in Bozeman, Montana and owned by Gore-Tex, has chosen Dallas to open its second store. The 3,026-square-foot store is opening just south of Knox Street on McKinney Avenue.Another top outdoor brand, Kuiu (pronounced ku-yuh), based in Dixon, Calif., will also open its second U.S. store next month at Galleria Dallas North.The top brands will open as the state's staggered hunting season begins in September and October and continues through…

As announced by the Department of Defense on September 18, the University of Texas at Dallas will receive three grants from the Department of Defense to develop and commercialize new battery technologies and manufacturing processes, improve domestic availability of critical raw materials, and provide training. He will receive $30 million annually. Recruit quality workers for jobs in the expanding battery energy storage workforce. The award, which will create a prototype energy storage system campus, is the largest allocation from a federal agency ever received by the university. The project will leverage and stimulate his more than $200 million in private…

As the United States and the world make a monumental shift toward electrification, one critical component is ripe for innovation. It's the battery that will reshape our future. The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday announced a major investment to foster its innovation, donating her $30 million to the University of Texas at Dallas. The Department of Defense award is a three-year, $30 million project to establish an “Energy Storage Systems Campus” aimed at accelerating the transition and expansion of next-generation batteries while reducing dependence on scarce and critical materials. will provide funding. The UTD-led project includes the construction of…