http://www.fwbusinesspress.com Breaking News brought to you by Fort Worth Business Press Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:14 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/images/fwbp_logo.jpg http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/index.php http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7541 BH Properties LLC of Los Angeles said May 16 it has acquired nine office and retail buildings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area valued at approximately $22 million. Purchased from seller Puget of Texas, the portfolio... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7541 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7539 Citing “extreme conditions in the country’s financial and retail markets,” Hicks Holdings LLC said May 14 it will delay construction of the highly-touted 1.2 million-square-foot, $600 million Glorypark development in... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7539 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7540 Denver-based ProLogis, a world-wide distribution facility developer, has announced plans for a 130-acre, master-planned industrial park in Fort Worth. The site, which will be named ProLogis Park Fort Worth, is located at... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7540 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7538 Whitley Penn LLP has taken full ownership of the Compass Bank and Whitley Penn Building at the corner of Summit Avenue and W. 7th Street. Whitley Penn bought out Compass Bank’s share of the building, which opened in... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7538 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7537 The Botanical Research Institute of Texas has announced its plans for a new, environmentally-friendly facility. The new facility will be located on the corner of University Drive and Harley Avenue, adjacent to the Fort... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7537 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7536 Fort Worth City Manager Dale Fisseler has tapped Susan Alanis to become director of the Planning and Development Department, taking over the role vacated by longtime director Fernando Costa. Costa previously had been... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7536 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7535 Grapevine Mills is planning a major new addition set to open in 2010. Real estate developer Simon Property Group Inc. said it plans a 35,000-square-foot upscale addition to Grapevine Mills. Set to open in the fall of... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7535 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7534 New York-based L-3 Communications, which has a major operations center in Arlington, has received an approximately $30 million contract from the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization to upgrade existing... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7534 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7533 A unit of Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. has bought 198 acres of land in the Dallas Logistics Hub in Lancaster and Dallas. The purchase agreement includes an option for BNSF to buy an additional 164... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7533 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7532 Fort Worth native Michael Skipper’s collaborative production of In the Heights, a musical that moved from Off Broadway onto Broadway proper this spring, leads the nominations for the show capital’s top theatrical honors, the... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7532 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7531 Hewlett-Packard Co. said today is has signed a deal to acquire Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.9 billion. The agreement will create a strong information technology business that will compete against IBM and its... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7531 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7530 Barnett Shale operator EnCana Corp. announced May 11 it will split into “two highly focused energy companies” to make better use of its facilities and increase share value for shareholders. The Calgary, Alberta,... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7530 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7498 Fort Worth voters approved the city’s $150 million bond package May 10 despite opposition from some critics who thought the plan should have allowed for removing the Trinity River bridges from the package. A relatively... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7498 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400