Dallas Business Journal articles from August 1998

Dallas Business Journal archives from August 1998

Renters Choice looks at Legacy. (headquarters' move to Legacy Park in Dallas, Texas)
August 21, 1998... Headquarters move would accommodate 150 employees moving from Wichita PLANO - Renters Choice Inc. of Dallas has plans in the works to relocate its corporate headquarters from North Dallas to Lincoln Place in Legacy Park. The move would...

Richardson pushing for more retail. (Richardson, Texas)
August 21, 1998... RICHARDSON - Beltway Development Co. is drawing plans to transform a rundown retail center in the heart of the Telecom Corridor into an upscale shopping development. City officials say the project is part of a growing push to revitalize...

Battle of Brazilian grills. (launching of Sealand Corp's Texas de Brazil Grill House at Belt Line and Addison roads in Texas)
August 21, 1998... Start-up company flatters Fogo do Chao with close imitation ADDISON - Dallas-based startup Sealand Corp. hopes to mimic the success of Brazilian restaurant Fogo de Chao by launching a similar concept right across the street. By October,...

Dallas dealer buys $15.2 million coin collection. (Heritage Rare Coin Galleries)
August 21, 1998... HIGHLAND PARK - Heritage Rare Coin Galleries has paid almost $15.2 million for a California collection in what is likely the largest private transaction in numismatic history. Heritage, which is generally acknowledged as the world's largest...

Hall Financial's faith in Stonebriar park pays off.
August 21, 1998... A number of tenants already sign up for office buildings in 162-acre mixed-use development in Frisco FRISCO - Hall Financial Group of Dallas has finished construction on and nearly leased up all of Stonebriar One, one of the northernmost...

Dallas firms plot project in Washington state. (Tower Group Inc and Carrera Capital Corp)
August 21, 1998... Tower Group, Carrera Capital plan $150 million West Coast complex for Swinomish Indians FAR NORTH DALLAS - Tower Group Inc. and Carrera Capital Corp., both of Dallas, are planning a $150 million development including a marina, a hotel/casino...

Princeton Medical to shed Metroplex clinics. (Princeton Medical Management Resources Inc.)
August 21, 1998... Dallas-based First TeamCare interested in buying at least five of the local facilities FAR NORTH DALLAS - Last spring, Princeton Medical Management Resources Inc. shouldered it way into the Metroplex, at one point opening two new primary...

InfoSpinner attracts attention with Web product. (InfoSpinner Inc's ForeSite software products)
August 21, 1998... Investors respond favorably to firm's 'ForeSite' software, which speeds exchange of commercial information RICHARDSON - Sometimes, the smallest thing can wind up having the biggest impact on a business person's life. Keith Lowery learned...

Scott Grout: tech exec working 'to make it happen.' (president and CEO of Chorum Technologies)
August 21, 1998... He jumped ship from an executive job at Lucent Technologies to run a start-up firm with no revenues - but great upside potential. RICHARDSON - Scott Grout may not have had it all, but he was getting close. In the fall of 1995, he was named...

Perot Systems settles on site. (Perot Systems Corp's plan to setup a $200-million corporate campus)
August 28, 1998... $200 million campus on Garland-Richardson line could have unique amenities GARLAND - Perot Systems Corp. is planning a $200 million corporate campus on about 70 acres straddling Garland and Richardson, according to information submitted to the...

Trammell Crow to build in new Allen office/tech park. (Trammell Crow Co)
August 28, 1998... ALLEN - Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. is planning two tech buildings with 225,000 square feet of space on the west side of U.S. 75 near Bethany Road. The buildings will be the first in Millennium II Corporate Center, a new, 55-acre project of...

Fast-growing computer company shuts its doors. (Vektron International Inc)
August 28, 1998... Vektron International blames problems on warranty provider and makers of its computer systems GRAND PRAIRIE - Vektron International Inc., a once high-flying computer maker that in 1996 celebrated its third straight appearance on the Inc. 500,...

McKinney airport luring TI flight department from Love. (Texas Instruments Inc; Love Field, Dallas Love Field)
August 28, 1998... McKINNEY - After making its home at Dallas Love Field for more than two decades, Texas Instruments inc. is in final negotiations to relocate its corporate aircraft and flight department to McKinney Municipal Airport. McKinney officials...

Marketing Specialists leaving Irving for Dallas.
August 28, 1998... Fast-growing expert in packaged foods to take nearly half of new Briargrove Place building FAR NORTH DALLAS - Irving-based Marketing Specialists is consolidating its corporate headquarters in a new office building along the Dallas North...

Southwest Airlines boosts its freight business.
August 28, 1998... Company emphasizes rush-delivery with sophisticated tracking systems, additional manpower, longer flights LOVE FIELD - Southwest Airlines, long known as the king of cheap airfares, is beginning to make a name for itself among shippers of...

SMU taps DDB Needham to promote Mustang athletics. (Southern Methodist University)
August 28, 1998... PARK CITIES - Southern Methodist University has signed a unique, three-year contract with New York-based DDB Needham that outsources all its marketing and promotional activities for football and basketball to DDB's Dallas office. Terms of the...

Nolo Press asks for info about law committee. (Nolo Press Inc; Texas Supreme Court's Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee)
August 28, 1998... Legal self-help publisher questions 'secrecy' surrounding investigation by Texas Supreme Court group AUSTIN - A California publisher has asked the Texas Supreme Court to order a Dallas committee probing whether the firm is practicing law...

$70 million deal in works near Stonebriar property. (JNC Enterprises Inc's contract to buy 370 acres of land in Frisco, Texas)
August 28, 1998... JNC Enterprises to snag 370 acres ripe for development FRISCO - JNC Enterprises Inc. has 370 acres under contract around the planned Stonebriar Mall at the Bridges for about $70 million, sources in the real estate industry say. John Lau,...