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Downtown Dallas lands another office move
Another business is trading its offices in North Dallas for new digs downtown.

Law firm Harper Bates & Champion has moved into the Comerica Bank Tower on Main Street.

Harper Bates & Champion since its founding in 2015 had been in the Premier Place tower on North Central Expressway near SMU.

The legal firm leased 8,900 square feet in Comerica Bank Tower.

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Another California company is moving its headquarters to the Dallas area. And this time, it’s one at the intersection of the technology and automotive industries.

DealerSocket is relocating its home base to Irving from San Clemente, California, in Orange County, according to CEO Sejal Pietrzak. The software company, which helps auto dealerships manage customer relationships and transactions, has roughly 1,000 employees overall.

The Dallas area provides some key advantages, including a talented work force, a business-friendly environment and a central location for reaching customers, she said. The moves comes after DealerSocket made three acquisitions in the North Texas area in 2015.

“It’s a great place to live and to work,” Pietrzak said. “It’s a great place to have our headquarters.”

A Memphis-based public company may have its sights set on a headquarters relocation to Dallas, the business's job postings indicate.

Fred’s Inc., a general merchandise and pharmacy chain, currently has job postings on its website and on its LinkedIn for a variety of positions, including director of human resources, corporate; digital marketing manager; vice president of loss prevention; and executive administrative assistant.

The location listed for all of those jobs: Dallas.

If the company moves to Dallas, it would join a wave of corporate relocations to North Texas. At last count from the Dallas Regional Chamber, North Texas has attracted more than 120 headquarters in the last eight years.

Direct-selling company Thirty-One Gifts will move its national distribution center from Central Ohio to Flower Mound, bringing several hundred jobs and becoming the North Texas suburb's second-largest employer.

Tnexster wrote:How many employees would that be? Any indication?

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/health-care/2017/04/05/new-irving-campus-healthcare-giant-mckesson-looks-add-almost-1000-employees

With new Irving campus, health care giant McKesson looks to add almost 1,000 employees
...McKesson’s new campus has capacity for about 2,400 people.

tamtagon wrote:It would be nice if McKesson did the same as Toyota. I'd love to get HP Enterprise in a downtown Perot Skyscraper.

Tuesday afternoon, Frisco officials approved the city's share of an incentives package that would total more than $160 million — more than twice the $64 million Toyota received when it agreed to bring its headquarters here along with 4,000 jobs.

In Frisco, the association will anchor a 600-acre, mixed-use development that includes championship golf courses, a resort hotel, conference center space and the association's headquarters.

Its new home will house at least 100 workers and cost the PGA at least $30 million to build. The association eventually hopes to increase the local workforce to 250.

texasstar wrote:I don't play golf, but this PGA thing appears to be a really big deal.

texasstar wrote:I don't play golf, but this PGA thing appears to be a really big deal.

Kelley USA wrote:Confirmed... McKesson, #6 on the Fortune 500 list moving HQ to Irving. Another strong win for Irving, DFW and Texas!

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/bus ... ers-irving

I don't play golf, but this PGA thing appears to be a really big deal.

The_Overdog wrote:https://golfprop.com/uncategorized/new-golf-industry-numbers-what-do-they-mean-for-the-games-future/

This is a pretty good link describing golf's future.

A global medical technologies company is relocating its corporate headquarters from California to North Texas.

The latest in a steady stream of moves from California to Texas, DJO plans to move its operations from San Diego to Lewisville within the first few months of 2019, according to a release.

The corporate office will be located at 2900 Lake Vista Drive.

eburress wrote:Not to be too greedy, but I so wish this was happening in DFW.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/tech/app ... index.html

eburress wrote:Not to be too greedy, but I so wish this was happening in DFW.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/13/tech/app ... index.html

lakewoodhobo wrote:This is huge for Austin, although being that their campus is out in the suburbs I'm sure there are plenty of people having a panic attack thinking about the increase in traffic. Apple isn't building a transformative urban project like Amazon.

The law firm is expanding to more than 43,000 square feet in Chase Tower, a 55-story skyscraper in downtown. The expansion includes adding another floor of space, which will encompass offices and client rooms.

Longtime California-based footwear and accessories company Evolutions Brands has purchased a building and will relocate its headquarters and other functions to Lake Dallas.

The company, whose best-known brand is Bed Stü, is the latest in a stream of businesses of all sizes moving headquarters and other operations from the Golden State to North Texas.

Tnexster wrote:Exclusive: California footwear company relocating headquarters to North Texas

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... s_headline

Longtime California-based footwear and accessories company Evolutions Brands has purchased a building and will relocate its headquarters and other functions to Lake Dallas.

The company, whose best-known brand is Bed Stü, is the latest in a stream of businesses of all sizes moving headquarters and other operations from the Golden State to North Texas.

Tivo_Kenevil wrote:Lake Dallas? Wow, Companies really don't give a crap what burb they move to as long as it's in NTX.