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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…

Fiscal Folly: Why Another Sports Arena Won’t Fix Downtown Dallas

By CandysDirt / February 2, 2026 /

Dallas, It’s Time to Stop Chasing Arenas and Start Building a City By Norman Alston FAIA, Principal Norman Alston Architects Downtown Dallas shines at night — the dazzling skyline, the pulsing street life, the promise of a city constantly reinventing itself. For decades, local leaders have sought ways to make that promise real, to bring…

Is Saving Dallas City Hall at Odds With Saving Downtown?

By Charles Grand / January 26, 2026 /

A battle for the hearts, minds, and identity of Dallas is underway as officials prepare to make one of the most consequential decisions of their careers: keep the seat of municipal government at 1500 Marilla St. or relocate City Hall operations somewhere else downtown. Over the last few months, the debate over the fate of…

Downtown Lease May Serve as Stopgap Ahead of Possible Morgan Stanley Expansion in DFW

By Charles Grand / January 25, 2026 /

Financial services giant Morgan Stanley is weighing a major permanent expansion in the D-FW that could see it setting up shop in Uptown, but for now, it is going to lease some temporary digs downtown. The company is in final negotiations to sign a four-year lease for 120,000 square feet of space in Fountain Place,…

Trading Skyscrapers for Suburbia: AT&T Will Leave Downtown Dallas for Plano

By Charles Grand / January 6, 2026 /

Well, it’s happening. AT&T is going to build a new campus outside of downtown Dallas, opting to relocate its global headquarters to Plano instead of maintaining operations in the city center. In a statement, a spokesperson for AT&T said that a 54-acre site at 5400 Legacy Dr. would provide the necessary space to consolidate its…