Feb. 26—The Choctaw Nation said construction on a $70 million expansion to its McAlester clinic is on track to finish by the end of 2024. Plans call for the facility to be remodeled and doubled in size, with the new building to cover more than 51,000 square feet. When construction of the new building is complete, the existing building at the health clinic will be renovated and then connected ...
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The Fort Worth Community Arts Center stands at the corner of Lancaster Avenue and Gendy Street in the city’s Cultural District. It’s an area known for attractions like the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the Will Rogers Memorial Center. It is also no stranger to new investments, such as Dickies Arena and the recently ...
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A civil court judge granted an injunction Tuesday to temporarily halt the construction of an industrial warehouse near a residential area in Southern Dallas. This comes after a prominent Southern Dallas megachurch, Friendship-West Baptist Church sought the order after a quasi-judicial board’s decision to greenlight Stonelake Capital Partners’ project that would put a 200,000 square foot ...
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Feb. 19—This is the first article in a multi-part series. Check out another installment here and stay tuned for more. Abstract light fixtures illuminate a modern lobby flanked by an indoor pool surrounded by cabanas, a fitness center, and a stylish hangout room with gourmet catering kitchen. But the 20-story tower at 1801 Smith used to be filled with corporate employees in suits, not everyday ...
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Feb. 16—Tellurian said Friday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission extended a construction deadline tied to the Houston liquefied natural gas company's Driftwood project in Louisiana, smoothing the path forward as the company continues to hunt for equity partners for the project. FERC extended Driftwood's construction deadline by three years, giving it until April 2029 to complete ...
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With all the construction cranes on the skyline, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Dallas area saw more construction job growth last year than any other U.S. metro area. The Dallas area added 12,300 building sector jobs in 2023 – an 8% year-over-year gain. Another 2,500 construction jobs were added on the Fort Worth side of the metro area, according to a new report from the Associated ...
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Hospital buildings, much like the patients they house and doctors they develop, have lifespans. After 50 or 60 years, once cutting-edge designs fade into the shadow of newer technologies. Children’s Medical Center Dallas, which opened in 1967, can’t grow up or out, having expanded to the edge of its plot on the corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Medical District Drive. The space above the ...
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A Dallas-based data center company is planning a huge addition to its Plano tech buildings. Aligned Data Centers has operations in more than a markets in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The company’s flagship data center campus is near Plano Parkway north of Bush Turnpike where the company already has two large buildings. Now Aligned Data Centers has filed plans with the city to construct ...
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Feb. 5—Houston's office market has long been bifurcated into the have's and have nots. Newer buildings account for the lion's share of office leasing, while high vacancy rates plague older buildings. The trend is so pronounced that the industry has a name for the phenomenon: flight to quality. And that flight has only sped up in this era of hybrid work. Houston landlords poured millions of ...
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Feb. 5—WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden came into office three years ago calling for a historic expansion of the nation's power grid to allow the movement of electricity from wind farms in Texas to cities in the east and the broader electrification of the U.S. economy. But the administration so far has struggled to make much progress in building out the network of power lines that allows ...
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