Commercial Real Estate

Comerica Lays Off 3 Percent of Bank’s Workforce, Closes 26 Branches in Cost-Cutting Scheme

By Joanna England / January 22, 2024 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

With its name emblazoned on one of the tallest buildings in downtown Dallas, you’d never guess that Comerica Bank would be a company to initiate a huge cost-cutting scheme that meant massive layoffs and closed branches, but that’s exactly what happened Jan. 22. The workforce reduction, which equates to 250 jobs, is a significant cut…

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Historic Fort Worth Office Building is a Good Luck Charm For Businesses

By Joy Donovan / December 18, 2023 /

Business owners: pay attention. There’s a historic Fort Worth office building for lease that has been a good luck charm for its former tenants. The 1953 Yates-Ottmann Building, located at 1020 Summit Ave., has worked like a good luck charm for the previous businesses housed there. All have left because their thriving businesses’ expansion necessitated…

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With Infrastructure Completed, Collin Creek Prepares to Welcome Its First Residents in 2024

By Candy's Dirt / December 13, 2023 /

While Collin Creek opened as a mall in 1981, public-private partnerships have helped redevelopment plans from Centurion American. Centurion, in partnership with the City of Plano, has completed the infrastructure necessary so that lots can be turned over to builders. The first single-family homes should be on the market in 2024. The builders, which will…

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The Lone Camp General Store is a Great Opportunity For Live, Work, Play, And Community

By Seth Fowler / November 14, 2023 /

Today’s Tarrant County Tuesday takes us West to an enchanted stretch of S. FM 4 called Lone Camp in Palo Pinto County. This might be the most challenging article I’ve written in the eight years with CandysDirt.com. (Yeah, Candy, where’s my anniversary gift?) This is a story of a property that doesn’t fit cleanly in…

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Ralph Lauren’s Coffee Concept Could Replace Highland Park Village Starbucks

By Candy Evans / October 27, 2023 /

I had been hearing this for a while, and now it’s confirmed: The Starbucks in Highland Park Village is closing in February of 2024. However, CandysDirt.com has just learned that Ralph’s Coffee — an upscale coffee concept from Ralph Lauren, will occupy the space. The Highland Park Village Starbucks location, which is next door to…

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