Charles Grand

Frisco EDC Spotlights Commercial Growth in FY 2025

By Charles Grand / February 9, 2026 /

With another fiscal year in the books, the Frisco Economic Development Corporation is taking a victory lap and touting the economic growth the city clocked. Fourteen corporate relocations and expansions were logged in FY 2025, nine of which were achieved without financial incentives from Frisco EDC. Residents can credit the projects for generating or retaining…

City Hall Roundup: Some Data Drops for Your Super Sunday

By Charles Grand / February 8, 2026 /

The Super Bowl is just hours away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t spare a few minutes to get into the numbers behind some of the most contentious Dallas City Hall initiatives since ForwardDallas 2.0. There’s some good news, too, in the latter half of this week’s roundup. Alley vs. Curbside Pickup Stats Staff got…

City Staff Signal Targeted Shift From Alley Trash Pickup

By Charles Grand / February 5, 2026 /

City Manager Kimberly Tolbert and Sanitation Director Clifton Gillespie are poised to catch even more grief following the latest Dallas City Council briefing on alley trash pickup, as it seems a transition to curbside pickup will befall some residents at some point next fiscal year. More specifically, the city is going to move forward with…

Mayor Eric Johnson to Business Leaders: Dallas Isn’t Suburbia — and That’s the Point

By Charles Grand / February 4, 2026 /

If Dallas is going to stay competitive, it has to lean into its identity as a pro-business urban center to leverage corporate flight from less-hospitable environments and stave off D-FW’s suburban upstarts, according to Mayor Eric Johnson. Speaking at a Metroplex Civic & Business Association luncheon on Tuesday, Johnson highlighted some of the concrete indicators…

DFW CRE Flexes in Industrial and Retail While Office Buckles

By Charles Grand / February 3, 2026 /

With 2025 behind us, we’re getting an idea of how Q4 panned out on the commercial real estate front in D-FW. To nobody’s surprise, the office sector lagged behind retail and industrial once again, but tenants are still paying up for high-quality Class A space as rents keep rising, according to Partners Real Estate, which…