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TOKYO, Japan — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrapped up a trip to East Asia with a pledge to strengthen cooperation with Japanese leaders, get advice on hurricane response and increase trade missions to other parts of the world.Abbott, who visited Taiwan, South Korea and Tokyo during his week-long tour, touted Texas as a business haven, particularly for the semiconductor industry, which is vital to artificial intelligence and space exploration.The president, accompanied by Secretary of State Jane Nelson and economic development leaders from around Texas, met with foreign officials, including Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol.Related:Governor…

Stewpot Art Program [Photo: Sheraton Dallas] The Sheraton Dallas Hotel will host an Art Night event in The Parlour, a gallery exhibition showcasing artwork by artists from The StuPot Art Program. Stewpot is a community ministry of the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas that provides a safe haven for homeless and at-risk people in Dallas, with resources to meet their basic survival needs and an opportunity to start a new life. The event will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on July 23rd at The Parlour, the hotel’s upscale lounge bar at 400 North Olive Street in downtown Dallas.…

Dallas city leaders are considering using tiny homes, converted shipping containers and campsites to address the city’s homelessness problem.There is also consideration of providing parking for residents who prefer to stay in RVs or their cars.Earlier this year, officials looked at cities like Austin that have dedicated resources to bridging the gap between the streets and permanent housing.They toured a tiny home built on a 6.8-acre former parking lot in a Los Angeles community and inspected a shipping container home south of downtown Atlanta.This is all in an effort to quickly move homeless residents out of public spaces like City…

Robert Gurna made many friends and was beloved by all in the Dallas commercial real estate industry throughout his 50-plus year career. But despite his many accomplishments in the industry, he shunned the spotlight, so his peers on the North Texas Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame Committee, in conjunction with the North Texas Commercial Real Estate Association, had to work quietly to surprise him with the Michael F. McCauley Lifetime Achievement Award at their 2024 Hall of Fame event. “I can’t believe we made it,” said Kathy Parmenter, co-managing partner at Younger Partners, where Mr. Gurna worked until he…

A company linked to San Francisco-based Substrates Corp. is developing an advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility that could invest billions of dollars and create 2,000 jobs in Texas.According to an application with the Texas Comptroller’s Office, an organization called America’s Foundry Bryan, LLC is applying for tax incentives under the recently enacted Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act for a 3 million-square-foot project on 288 acres of land owned by the Texas A&M University System in Bryan.The potential investment is described in the filing as a “first-of-its-kind cutting-edge, pure-play foundry manufacturing project that will bring cost-competitive semiconductor manufacturing back to the…

The Irving headquarters, located at 5221 N. O’Connor Blvd. in the Las Colinas neighborhood, is already open. IRVING, Texas — Read this article and more North Texas business news from our partners at Dallas Business Journal. A software development company is relocating its headquarters from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Irving. iRely LLC announced on July 9 that its relocation to the Dallas area will allow it to more easily travel internationally and grow its team by surrounding itself with talented people. The already-open Irving headquarters at 5221 N. O’Connor Blvd. in the Las Colinas neighborhood will also help the company…

A proposed high-speed rail line in North Texas could bypass downtown Dallas and head to Fort Worth after city leaders questioned how it would affect a planned new $3 billion convention center and a $5 billion redevelopment project nearby.The Regional Transportation Council, made up of elected and appointed officials who oversee transportation policy and planning in North Texas, is scheduled to discuss the potential new route at a meeting Thursday.It was sent to the 45-member Transport Council on June 28th. Dallas Morning News It shows the railroad tracks passing behind the redevelopment project and crossing Interstate 35E toward Arlington and…

CyrusOne’s Houston West III data center, one of four acquired by Dallas-based DataBank in January 2022. [Photo: CyrusOne] CyrusOne, a Dallas-based owner, developer and operator of global data centers specializing in providing cutting-edge digital infrastructure solutions, has closed a $7.9 billion warehouse credit facility. The transaction is in addition to a $1.8 billion revolving credit facility financing closed in May, raising approximately $9.7 billion in additional debt capital with broad support from lenders, the company said. Eric Schwartz “The success of this significant fundraising and our strong growth prospects expand our capabilities to deliver world-class digital infrastructure projects that meet…

One Southern city has become a baby boom town, with an influx of older Americans flocking to its vibrant, age-restricted communities.Georgetown, Texas, is officially the fastest growing city in the nation, thanks to an affluent 55-and-over community known as Sun City Texas. The Texas community, which is home to about 15,000 residents on about 5,000 acres, was established in 1994 when the land was purchased by Del Webb.A Wall Street Journal analysis of Census Bureau data on cities with populations of 50,000 or more found that Georgetown has been the city with the fastest population growth for three consecutive years.Georgetown…

Article by James Reinle, social issues reporter at DailyMail.com Updated: July 10, 2024 20:44, July 10, 2024 21:03 Until recently, Forney was described as a “sleepy commuter town” in North Texas.That’s all changed thanks to intense construction moving outward from the sprawling Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.Forney, located in Kaufman County east of Dallas, is expected to see its population grow a staggering 51 percent between 2020 and 2023, to 35,470, according to Census Bureau estimates.According to the Dallas Business Journal, the city is the fastest growing in America.Mike Harrison, a Texas real estate agent, said the city, which is just…