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Amazon earned $5.6B in 2017, but paid no federal taxes By Megan Henney, Published February 27, 2018, Markets, FOXBusiness Jeff Bezos’ sprawling e-commerce giant Amazon reportedly raked in more than $5.6 billion in U.S. profits in 2017, but despite that, the company essentially paid $0 in federal in...

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The Dallas area remains absolutely RED HOT! Any worries or concerns about a pull back or slowdown are completely unfounded as the data for the first two months of 2018 indicate yet another record year of construction volume in both the commercial and residential sectors is unfolding before our eyes ...

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Very interesting post from this week's weekly newsletter from Allie Beth Allman Real Estate (week ending 03-30-18): DFW: With major corporate relocation in northern suburbs, support companies are settling in the urban core, especially the large millennial workforces. Uptown and Downtown are leasing ...

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https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Census-1.jpg https://candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Top-10-Metros-1.jpg ^^^^^^^ A couple of graphics that tell the incredible story of the enormous growth occurring in the Dallas region. The dominance in population growth for the Dallas r...

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While not directly related to Dallas attracting Amazon's HQ2, it is eye-opening to read this concerning San Francisco! San Francisco's housing affordability crisis is reaching a critical juncture when it is beginning to affect San Francisco's ability to attract and retain the best tech talent from o...

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More Hyperscale Demand On The Way For Dallas Data Center Market March 22, 2018, by Jeremiah Jensen, Bisnow Dallas More hyperscale users are on their way to the Dallas-Fort Worth data center market in 2018 and 2019 (10 MW to 30 MW of extra demand estimated), according to CBRE's Data Center Solutions...

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1521665901-schoolapts2.jpg?w=724&h=500&auto=format&q=60&fit=clip Take a sneak peek at the apartment high-rise planned next to the historic Dallas High School by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 03-22-18 Developer Matthews Southwest has given a first loo...

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Two Things Driving Downtown Dallas To The Top And One Thing Pulling It Down by Jeremiah Jensen, Dallas Bisnow, February 23, 2018 Downtown Dallas is coming into its own through residential development, infill remodels and city initiatives. Experts say they have seen Downtown morph over the last deca...

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Colliers: Dallas and Houston Were National Leaders in Medical Deals in 2017 from RealtyNewsReport.com, 03-19-18 ... In 2017, Atlanta was No. 1 in medical-related real estate deals with $1.1 billion in sales. Los Angeles, with $973 million in sales, ranked second. Dallas, with $893 million in sales ...

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There are obviously two camps among us on this subject: those who think Dallas doesn't measure up and those who think the glass is more full rather than empty. It is a major criteria for Amazon in their selection and it will just be interesting to see how the cards play out on this one. Of great int...

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I receive a weekly newsletter from Allie Beth Allman Real Estate that nearly always has very interesting and topical statistics for the area. The following three are from last weeks March 9th newsletter: DFW: DFW is the state’s biggest hotel market, reports Source Strategies, raking in slightly over...

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https://www.dmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-4_photo_courtesy-of-Gensler.jpg CRE Opinion: Streets Alive in Downtown Dallas As Downtown Dallas Inc. nears its 60th anniversary, DDI remains committed to speaking for "today and tomorrow, rather than yesterday." By Kourtny Garret...

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https://eus-www.sway-cdn.com/s/L6WeXwbxQKgsvP9m/images/7d9X9eK_zaF0Sl?quality=1485&allowAnimation=true Photo courtesy of TexasStar ... thank you for such a beautiful shot of this building! Downtown Dallas' newest office building attracts Boston health care firm rumored to be eyeing move by Sabr...

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Amazon slam? Among HQ2 finalists, Dallas-Fort Worth ranks next to last in college-educated millennials Mitchell Schnurman, Business columnist, Dallas Morning News, 02-16-18 By some measures, higher education is Dallas’ great weakness in the Amazon sweepstakes. The region still doesn’t have a true T...

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https://imageserver-bisnow1.netdna-ssl.com/U7RU9c1mrfHqDdLg6WOOYLgzrPM=/0x0/publisher/5a85b3656ed1e_Downtown_Dallas_real.jpeg Can Amazon Take Dallas To The Big Leagues? Jeremiah Jensen, Bisnow Dallas, February 15, 2018 According to some predictions, Dallas is the most likely candidate for Amazon's ...

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https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a74/dae5/f197/cc7f/6e00/076d/slideshow/uymqjvurpznhccwtdeyk.jpg?1517607646 https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5a74/d680/f197/cc7f/6e00/0762/slideshow/WO-ROG-20121027-DDiers-Olive_to_Pearl-LRG.jpg?1517606521 Klyde Warren Park wins 2018 American Institute o...

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This relocation by CBRE Hotels from Houston to Dallas is a prime example of what is occurring on a much broader and larger context. The age old "struggle", if you will, between Houston and Dallas for supremacy has been decided ... Dallas already has and is pulling away from Houston in ever...

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Lord knows last time I checked Donald doesn’t like Bezos and Bezos doesn’t like Donald. One is a successful business man and the other is “controversial” and please people don’t take this too far. Bezos won’t want to make the president look good with bringing good jobs to DC. And you don’t need to ...

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I am counting the blessing that at least the train stops at edge of our downtown and will be able to connect with DART at the center of our city. Houston was not so lucky. ^^^^^^^ Exactly! Downtown Dallas Cedar's District is just a mere stone's throw from the Dallas CBD while Downtown Houston has b...

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I'm afraid it's going to East Coast city. Jeff Bezos lives in DC. 3 DC metro areas on the shortlist. That's the preferred landing spot now IMO. ^^^^^^^ I read a very recent article by a NYC Bisnow writer claiming that the decision was D.C. all along and the whole exercise was a sham. It may be true...

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DFW Building Activity Topped $22.2 Billion in 2017 By Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 01-25-18 Recap: * DFW set a new all-time construction volume record at $22.2 billion in 2017 * DFW ranked as number 2 in the nation in 2017 after NYC's $41.1 billion * DFW 2017 dollar volume is 6% more than 2016...

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Only the top five "big boys" - Dallas, NYC, Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC - plus one wildcard city - Toronto - have a realistic chance of hosting Amazon's new headquarters just given the unprecedented tech hiring requirements for HQ2. Even with tech hiring phased in over several year...

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Only the top five "big boys" - Dallas, NYC, Chicago, Boston, and Washington DC - plus one wildcard city - Toronto - have a realistic chance of hosting Amazon's new headquarters just given the unprecedented tech hiring requirements for HQ2. Even with tech hiring phased in over several years...

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Tivo_Kenevil wrote:What's up with the civil engineering photo attached above ^ lol

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Have no idea ... other than it was with the article ... it doesn't make sense so I removed it. Ha ha!

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Please let it be HQ2! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4557/24631173938_837181424e_o.jpg Downtown Dallas, June 2017, on Flickr PMRG: Dallas-Fort Worth still has one big relocation on the horizon By Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, Jan 9, 2018, 2:59pm After some big companies relocating to No...

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Building Alert: New Multifamily Property Planned In Bishop Arts January 10, 2018, Jeremiah Jensen, Bisnow Dallas Crimson Building LLC filed permits for a multifamily development at 200 North Bishop Ave. in the Bishop Arts District. The property is planned for 388K SF and is valued at $40.7M. The ow...

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I love these small relocations, they are easy to squeeze into existing office space and they usually grow once they they get here. ^^^^^^^ Exactly! Small has a way of getting much bigger over time. Just looking at LST's plans for this year their new Dallas corporate office will go from 10 people up...

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The red hot growth in Dallas begets yet more growth and expansion, from some of the largest to smaller companies: Indiana marketing firm shifting operations to Dallas by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 01-03-18 An Indiana-based marketing firm is moving its operations to Dallas. LST Marketing is re...

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Hello Amazon! Key takeaways from article: * Dallas area top job producer in nation YOY Oct. 2017 with 94,000+ new jobs added * More than 32,000 tech office workers added to Dallas area since 2011 * Tech firms now account for 20% of Dallas area office market with a total tech population of almost 140...

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Downtown Houston HSR station now eliminated with the electrified route now idenfitied as the chosen and preferred route for the HSR. Downtown Dallas' Cedars District to a location in NW Houston will be the two main stations in each city. Newly Released High-Speed Rail Impact Study Highlights Potenti...

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By completing CH2M merger, $15B Jacobs will bring hundreds of jobs to Dallas by Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, 12-18-17 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) has closed on a long-awaited $2.85 billion deal to acquire rival Denver-based CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. — its biggest deal in ...

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Yeah, it doesn't seem the MT people are nearly as worried about their sales as are people on this forum. You cannot be serious. Are you really unaware of the serious financial situation the "MT people" got themselves into; the firing of the top guy, the bankruptcy threat it posed to the e...

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1512485858-citylightsoverview.jpg?auto=format%2Cenhance&crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&q=40&or=0&w=1024&h=543 https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1512515205-citylightsnew.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800 Dallas downtown to get a new 10-story h...

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http://media.culturemap.com/crop/d9/c7/633x475/Drever_120425.jpg This marble is fit for the Greek gods. Photo courtesy of the Drever Downtown Dallas high-rise fine-tunes rehab with ancient Greek marble By Teresa Gubbins, Dallas CultureMap, Nov. 28, 2017 | 12:14 pm A major restoration project in dow...

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Not sure if this is part of the Midtown development or not but it is next to the Dallas Galleria in the immediate area. https://imageserver-bisnow1.netdna-ssl.com/cFmBFKPErvROBB1xe7noFb9_WQY=/0x0/publisher/5a1ed1a43a863_4184022100_4c3b66ae24_b.jpeg PegasusAblon has a $51M mixed-use property planned ...

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Sources: Smoothie King preps headquarters relocation to Dallas (Cypress Waters) Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, 11-27-17 Dallas-Fort Worth could lure another international headquarters to the region, with multiple real estate sources saying Metairie, Louisiana-based Smoothie King Franchi...

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Downtown Dallas, June 2017, on Flickr

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The very recent comments below are quite encouraging. Coming from Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of The Perot Companies as well as Hillwood, who is already a trusted Amazon business partner having built 14,000,000+ sf of commercial space for them over just the last few years ... it all but assures Perot h...

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Toll Lanes Planned for LBJ Between US 75 and I-30 Ten-year project would expand I-635, cost nearly $2 billion By Ben Russell, NBCDFW.com, 11-06-17 A plan to expand a nearly 11-mile stretch of Interstate 635 between the interchanges with US 75 Central Expressway and Interstate 30 would include the i...

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This is a cool article about how cities are employing architects and engineers to create signature bridges, such as what we are doing here in Dallas, that not only make statements about the city itself but to exploit bridges as great monuments of design, to foster pride in the residents and promote ...

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London-based property firm trades Addison location for Downtown Dallas office Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, Nov. 2, 2017 An international real estate firm is relocating its local office from the 'burbs to downtown. Savills Studley is shifting its operations from Addison to the Chase Tower on Ro...

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This was published yesterday but is a locked article ... does anyone subscribe who can summarize what it says? Anything new being added that we don't already know? Behind Dallas entrepreneur Mike Hoque's vision for a smarter Dallas Dallas Business Journal, Candace Carlisle, Nov. 2, 2017 Dallas entre...

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Vistra was # 499 on the current list of Fortune 500 companies released earlier this year; with this takeover it will double Vistra's size from around $5B to $10B, catapulting it up the Fortune 500 list for 2018. Dallas-area based Vistra acquiring Houston based Dynegy to form $10B Texas power giant; ...

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Dallas Snags Corporate Relocation From Frisco
by Jeremiah Jensen, Bisnow Dallas, October 31, 2017

Article: https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/office/downtown-dallas-snags-corporate-relcoation-from-frisco-80937

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Awful lot of groan-inducing pablum in that list. I’ll just highlight the one I groaned the loudest at: “home to the largest light rail” As this recent article makes evident, the DART is useless for most people, especially the ones that need it the most. https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/10...

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I am choosing to believe Amazon is looking for a North American and Western Hemisphere HQ with a retail kicker, that gives Dallas a significant advantage. Especially with the existing and educated bilingual workforce. ^^^^^^^ Word! Dallas and the Dallas area is either number one or in the top two o...

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Chicago-based Blackstone Group affiliate to relocate its headquarters to Las Colinas By Candace Carlisle, Dallas Business Journal, 10-23-17 ... "Texas is in the heart of our current partnered footprint and an epicenter for energy innovation," GridLiance President and CEO Calvin Crowder sa...

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^^^ Ha! No kidding... I think if you throw in 2016 & 2017, you'll see an even bigger spike for DFW relative to the rest of the field. It has been a BIG couple of years for tech in the eastern metroplex. ^^^^^^^ How about 40,310 tech jobs being added to the Dallas area over the last five years ?...

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https://dallasnews.imgix.net/1508443597-660-Exterior-2.jpg?auto=format&q=50&or=0&w=800 Old warehouse will become new venue for West Dallas by Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News, 10-19-17 Developers who built a popular West Dallas mixed-use complex are eyeing another project. Oaxaca Intere...

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