Dallas Business Journal

Yes, Klyde Warren Park May Get an Ice Rink [Updated]

The news technically broke two weeks ago when, buried in a Frontburner post about the Stars' home opener, team officials mentioned that they might put an ice rink at Klyde Warren Park. But it wasn't until yesterday that the Dallas Business Journal asked the obvious followup: Are you guys serious? ... More >>

Katy Trail Ice House and Park Towers Prove Gardens and Towers Don't Get Along

Maybe it's a little bit of a stretch, but it's hard for me not to make some comparisons. The Park Towers Condominium has been up in The Katy Trail Ice House's grill since the bar opened, complaining about noise. They've requested truncated hours and soundproofing inside the popular Uptown beer garde ... More >>

Hostess Used Workers' Pension Contributions to Fund Day-to-Day Twinkie-Making

Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, the unions-killed-the-Twinkie trope is still very much alive. Never mind that Hostess completely failed to adapt to changing tastes or update its brand, that it went through seven CEOs in a decade, that it had already obtained deep concessions from wor ... More >>

Texas Girl Scouts Want to Fry Some Cookies at This Year's State Fair. We're Thinking Samoas.

It was only a matter of time. First corn-batter dipped hot dogs and funnel cakes went into the frier. They tasted good, so vendors at the State Fair of Texas thought they should fry other things. Next thing you know, brownies, cookie dough, marshmallows, biscuits and gravy, salsa and chicken-stuffed ... More >>

New Asian Supermarket H Mart Planned for Plano

Via the Dallas Business Journal, the Asian supermarket chain H Mart has signed a lease for a 70,000 square foot facility in the Parker Town Centre in Plano. This will be their second local store - the other is on Old Denton Road in Carrollton. H Mart is garnered a solid following for their vast p ... More >>

Powerful Sports Marketing Agency Concerned Employee Left With Confidential Trade Secrets

​There's no shortage of stories extolling the genius of John Tatum, the 45-year-old who in 1994 co-founded Genesco Sports Enterprises, the Woodall Rodgers-based consulting group that marries the right product with the right athlete, sport or major league. Sports Business Journal noted in '08 that ... More >>

Toxic Avenger: In the War Between the Feds and Texas, EPA Chief Al Armendariz has Science on His Side. Is That Enough?

In-N-Out to Open at Caruth and Central

Coming soon...​If this many hands touched an item at In-N-Out Burger, the health department would probably pay the restaurant a visit. But since y'all are starved for In-N-Out news, we share with you this latest tidbit, reported first by the Dallas Business Journal, and picked up by the folks ... More >>

A Ginormous Movie Studio in Frisco? Maybe.

​The Dallas Business Journal this morning brings news of a $1-billion, 1-million-square-foot movie and teevee production facility being planned in Frisco, near the Dallas North Tollway and Warren Parkway. And that's not all: According to Premier Studios' elaborate website, filled with conceptual r ... More >>

As Projects Begin to Take Root in Arts District, Conjecture About Craig Hall's Stalled Tower

Is this long-planned Arts District tower the project for which Craig Hall's looking to raise $100 mil?​It's been 17 months since the city settled its legal dispute with developer Craig Hall over lease payments related to the Arts District parking garage on Ross Avenue -- and then agreed to dole ou ... More >>

On Eve of Judge's Decision Concerning Rangers' Sale, a Debate Over the Consequences

Sam MertenChuck Greenberg, Tom Hicks and Nolan Ryan on the day the Rangers announced a prepackaged Chapter 11 plan​Tomorrow in a Fort Worth courtroom, should all go according to plan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Lynn will rule on whether Hicks Sports Group can move ahead with its sale of the fir ... More >>

Leppert Not Too Worried About Budget Crunch

Photos courtesy Lower Oak Lawn​Mayor Tom had busy morning: At 7:30 a.m. he dropped by the Annual North Dallas Chamber Membership Breakfast at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center, where he addressed the looming $131.1-million budget shortfall and said, hey, could be worse: "With all the challenges we ... More >>

With NASA's Future Uncertain, Dallas Rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace Compete In The Race To Privatize The Final Frontier

What Did The Mayor Mean When He Called Out the School District This Morning?

Megan FeldmanMayor Tom Leppert, DISD trustee Edwin Flores and superintendent Michael Hinojosa at SMU in July​This morning, during a speech at a Big Brothers Big Sisters benefit breakfast, Mayor Tom Leppert announced a few possible corporate relocations to Dallas -- among them, he said, a Fortune 2 ... More >>

Love 'em or Leave 'em, Part 2: Mayor Has Another List of Vacant Downtown Buildings

View Larger MapThis time, there was no spectacle on a downtown sidewalk, no star-studded press conference in the rain, only a sunrise e-mail from Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, Chris Heinbaugh. Fourteen months after Mayor Tom Leppert began his crackdown on vacant downtown Dallas buildings, he h ... More >>

Both Sides of the City of Dallas's "Billion-Dollar Lawsuit" State Their Case

​No doubt you'll hear plenty more about the city's billion-dollar lawsuit between now and the spring or summer of 2010, when the Supreme Court of Texas rules on whether the city is immune from rescue workers' claims stemming from a 1979 referendum concerning pay raises and two subsequent lawsuits ... More >>

Seeing Stars: Creditors Finally Wonder Why Tom Hicks Isn't Selling Off His Hockey Team

​Five months ago, Tom Hicks's Hicks Sports Group defaulted on a $525 million loan; at the same time, he acknowledged that, yes, he was looking for someone who might be interested in buying some of the Texas Rangers offa him for the right price. Then, at the end of May, Hicks said he was, in fact, ... More >>

Another Dallas Money Man is Charged in New York State Pension Fund Scandal

In February, the Dallas Business Journal ran a Q&A headlined "Two Minutes with Saul Meyer," referring to the founder of and partner at  Harwood Street-based Aldus Equity. In the piece, Meyer said that what set Aldus apart from other private equity firms is its "degree of governance and tran ... More >>

For Now, At Least, General Motors to Keep on Truckin' in Arlington

WikiMapia The bossmen for the Big Three are having one hell of a time getting Congress to bail 'em out, and General Motors' stock is down 5.5 percent today to $2.72 -- or about 80 cents more than A.H. Belo, which has taken an inexplicable nosedive since the opening bell. But some good news, at la ... More >>

Going Dow, Dow, Down: Localizing the Stock Market Plunge

Oh, God, Make It Stop; And Other More Important Notes From Street Level

Just Say "N9NE": Victory Park's About to Get More Affordable, Diners.

A Sunflower Sprouts on Henderson

Finally, A Cup of Starbucks Coffee Is Worth the Price

Jerry, Your New Stadium's Just Super

Workin' for a Livin'

More Than a Year Later, Alphonso Jackson's Still Being Investigated

Ad Agency, Minus a Few

So, Fellas, What Happened to that $15 Million Development You Promised?

Clearing the Air: Clear Channel's Dallas Boss Dials Up KZPS, KDGE Issues

The Lie is Now in Sessions

Dallas, You're an "Opportunity City"

OK, So...Ski Fort Worth, Then!

Spearmint Rhino Charging Into Dallas

Greg Brady Owes SEC $8.3 Million, But Still Gets To Keep Room in Attic

There's That Eatzi's Lawsuit We Were Looking For

What's in David Dean's Closet? Oh. A Closet.

Finding All That's Wrong About Wright Compromise

The Color of Incentives

A Kinky Wednesday

Action Jackson

You Will Never Work in This Biz Again

Whatever It Is, She's Against It

Letters

Ganging Up, Parrott Uncaged

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Mission improbable; Whistling Dixie

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I thought it would be fun to run a magazine

Ray Washburne's Texas Business is a case study in how not to run a business

Observer wins two Katies

Observer writer Rozen wins Dallas Bar prize

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