Dallas Business Journal articles from February 2000

Dallas Business Journal archives from February 2000

D/FW kick-starts development.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Commercial masterplan in the works for 3,300 acres at international airport D/FW INTERNATIONAL -- For the first time in its 25-year history, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport will map out a masterplan to commercially develop 3,300...

Empire builder.(Interview)
February 4, 2000... From Atlanta to Australia, Robert Dedman Jr. is helping Dallas' ClubCorp dominate the private golf-course industry FAR NORTH DALLAS -- Robert H. Dedman Jr. presides over the world's largest empire of golf courses, owning or operating more...

Downtown land under contract to NeXcomm.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- NeXcomm Capital Partners plans to buy the 250,000-square-foot Southwestern Life Insurance Co. building on Ross Avenue and convert it to a telecommunications center, according to a broker familiar with the deal. The...

New Plano alliance aims to boost D-FW tech.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... PLANO -- The Plano Economic Development Board has launched an effort aimed at bolstering technology in the Metroplex. Dubbed the Technology Crossroads Alliance, the nonprofit organization will attempt to build national recognition of the...

Funeral services made easy.(Personal Alternative)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... Fort Worth man plans five Personal Alternative franchises in D-FW FORT WORTH -- Victor F. Erwin envisions a simpler way of handling funeral services. A funeral director would sit down with family members around a kitchen table and...

Slip-sliding away.(Beatrice Foods)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... DENISON -- Beatrice Foods plans to close its margarine processing plant by the end of April. Beatrice will lay off the bulk of its Denison workers, about 120 people, by the end of March, according to paperwork the company filed with the...

Stepping down.(Baylor Health Care System)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- President and CEO Boone Powell Jr. is relinquishing his daily administrative duties at Baylor Health Care System to devote more time to fund raising, community relations and health care policy issues. Powell will retain...

Moving in.(North East Mall gaining another wave of tenants.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... HURST -- North East Mall in Hurst is gaining another wave of tenants. Some of the six new retailers will locate in the mall's new Dillard's wing and open as early as this summer, said Diane Myers, the mall's manager. J. Crew will take...

Two of a kind?(New Mavericks owner)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... PRESTON HOLLOW -- New Mavericks owner Mark Cuban knows the knock on Oak Cliff's Dennis Rodman all too well. But Cuban believes that "anti-Rodman sentiment" is mainly a creation of the press. He also contends any "special treatment"...

It's a circus out there.(Valley View Center)(Barnum's Kaleidoscape)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... NORTH DALLAS -- Valley View Center is kicking off 2000 with a circus tent in the parking lot, but it's not just an effort to draw attention to the mall from those stuck in traffic on LBJ Freeway. The mall, in the midst of a...

Elusive location.(H-E-B supermarket)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... KELLER -- H-E-B supermarket just said no to a site it was eyeing in Keller. The San Antonio-based grocery store passed up a site at Tarrant Parkway Commons, a planned 175,000-square-foot retail development on the northeast corner of U.S. 377...

Correction.(Statistical Data Included)(Correction Notice)
February 4, 2000... In the Jan. 21-27 Insider item headlined "More woes?", it was incorrectly reported that Dallas-based law firm Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox L.L.P. failed to meet its budget for the first time last year. In reality, the law firm exceeded its...

Industrial park leasing plans back on track.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... STEMMONS CORRIDOR -- More than a year after the project was announced, a 36-acre industrial park appears to be getting off the ground. Local real estate co-developers Fred Cans of Cornerstone Development Corp. and Scott Remphrey of Brytar...

Harris building to be demolished.
February 4, 2000... SOUTH FORT WORTH -- The walls will come down at The Doctor's Building at Harris Methodist Fort Worth to make way for what could be a new 115,000-square-foot ambulatory-services building. On Feb. 20, Controlled Demolition Inc. of Maryland...

JobShopSolutions hits the Internet running.(JobShopSolutions.com)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... NORTH DALLAS -- This much is certain: JobShopSolutions.com is looking to get big -- and fast. Incorporated in November, the company has already raised $20 million from private investors and is planning to snare another $280 million in a...

First gated community planned for Wise County.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... WISE COUNTY -- Two Decatur-based businessmen plan to develop Wise County's first gated residential community on 265 acres adjoining the LBJ National Grasslands. Hollis Jones, owner of 3-J Enterprises, and J.K. Miller, a Decaturbased...

Congress considers limits to OSHA's authority.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Washington, D.C. -- It's a manager's worst nightmare: Your subordinates make a controversial decision without checking with you first, your boss quickly overrides that decision, internal e-mails contradict what you say about the decision...

Displaced Compaq distributors eye Dallas.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Tech Data Corp., Ingram Micro Inc. and Merisel Inc. all consider moving from Houston to Dallas GREATER DALLAS AREA -- At least two and possibly three companies may be moving computer-configuration operations to Dallas because of a...

Galderma to relocate operations to Alliance.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Joint venture between Nestle and L'Oreal moving U.S. headquarters from southwest Fort Worth FORT WORTH -- Galderma Laboratories Inc. is making changes that are more than skin-deep. The French skin-care company is moving its U.S....

Startup tans unto $62.5 billion training market.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... HighTechCampus.com can cut costs, protect companies from liability STEMMONS CORRIDOR -- Cutting costs by learning and following the law: That's the goal of HighTechCampus.com, a new Internet company launched by a Dallas insurance...

French retailer leases Haltom City location.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Site is the first U.S. distribution center for home furnishings, accessories business HALTOM CITY -- Blanc D'Ivoire, a high-end home accessories and home furnishings business based in Paris, France, will open its first U.S. wholesale...

In-Town Custom Builders targets East Dallas.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Partners plan three townhome developments EAST DALLAS -- In-Town Custom Builders Inc. is about to break ground on the first of three inner-city townhome developments it plans to start this year. To date, much of Dallas' infill...

Manuel to add Arlington to list of car dealerships.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... ARLINGTON -- Tommy Manuel, who operates car dealerships in three Metroplex cities, plans to add Arlington to his list. Manuel said he expects to open Tommy Manuel Chrysler, Plymouth, Jeep Inc. at 1500 Tech Centre Parkway. The 10-acre site...

New law firm to focus on medical malpractice.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Cowles & Thompson attorneys fly coop to practice on their own DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- Mark Stinnett, Stan Thiebaud and Russ Thornton soon will leave Cowles & Thompson P.C., the only law firm where they've ever practiced, to open the doors of...

Companies, UNT create logistics research center.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... EXE Technologies, GTE Supply among major donors to new facility DENTON -- Four major U.S. corporations have donated $50,000 each over the next three years to fund creation of a logistics research center at the University of North Texas in...

New agents handling Dallas Handbag leasing.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Interest in the building from potential tenants is brisk, owner says NORTH DALLAS -- TY Equity Group has moved the leasing of the former Dallas Handbag building in-house. Chris Sido of Swearingen Realty Group L.L.C. previously leased the...

Rehabilitation on group to expand.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... GRAND PRAIRIE -- Sante Rehabilitation Group of Euless plans to expand its coverage area, beginning with a new location scheduled to open in mid-February in Grand Prairie. The location at 2507 Medical Row near Great Southwest Parkway is one...

Health insurance tax credit a 'good first step'.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., has enjoyed plenty of medical achievements: As a surgeon, he performed 250 heart and lung transplants; he also established the transplant program at Vanderbilt University. But five years ago he...

Que Onda! publication makes its way to Dallas.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dallas is the next expansion market for a Houston-based Hispanic news and entertainment publication. Local editions of Que Onda! are distributed free in the Houston and San Antonio markets. The newspaper tabloid has a press run of 100,000...

Landing that job.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dallas-based jobs.com Inc., a fast-growing Internet destination for career advancement, has launched a campaign featuring business author Tom Peters. The campaign is built around jobs.com's new tagline, "When you love what you do, you're...

Whispering Spring Productions and Four Star Productions.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Whispering Spring Productions and Four Star Productions have collaborated on a new television show, "The Dance of Yoga Kids." The program is expected to begin airing later this month from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Saturdays on the PAX network,...

People and places.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... * Malinda Greene has joined Regian & Wilson/Grey Advertising as designer/production artist. She was previously a free-lance designer, developing advertising, packaging, point-of-sale materials, trade show signage and logos for retail clients...

Crow Holdings to unload area industrial portfolio.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Ben Phillips of Trammell Crow Holdings Industrial Trust has two business cards: director of acquisitions and director of dispositions. When it comes to the Brookhollow industrial area in Dallas, Phillips is likely to flash the latter card....

Career paths.(Bill Lamberth)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Bill Lamberth is making quite a career move. Lamberth resigned his position as minister of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in McKinney and has accepted a job as head of Trammell Crow Co.'s tenant representation group. Lamberth is a well-known...

American growth.(American Airlines Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... American Airlines Inc. has leased 67,000 square feet at CentrePort Office Center at CentrePort Business Park. Chris Cawley of Wilcox Realty Group represented the landlord. Greg Biggs and Bob Edge of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas Inc. along with...

Richardson plans.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... DalMac-Centre Investments Inc. has 10 acres in Richardson under contract from Transwestern Commercial Services, DalMac spokeswoman Lisa Bedford confirmed. She declined to give details on what DalMac has planned for site, saying more information...

JPI hires broker.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dan Paterson of Swearingen Realty Group, which represented Fidelity Investments in its Westlake build-to-suit, has been hired by luxury apartment developer JPI to assess the company's real estate, according to a source familiar with the...

Eckerd expands.(Eckerd Drug Co.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Eckerd Drug Co. has renewed its lease and taken an additional 50,000 square feet, for a total of 280,000 square feet, at Northgate Distribution Center II in Garland. Andrew McCaig of Primera Cos. Inc. and Gordon Foster of Foster & Co....

Group strives to reduce health care hassles.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health has issued a progress report on its ongoing effort to find solutions to eliminating health care hassles. The action team, representing 140 corporations that purchase and administer health care,...

Noteworthy.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... * Dr. Brian Baldwin has been appointed president of the medical staff of St. Paul Medical Center. He will serve a one-year term. Baldwin, the cardiology section chief at St. Paul, directs the hospital's Cardiac Rehabilitation Service...

Navigator Systems works to manage fast growth.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Technical consultancy Navigator Systems Inc. is growing like mad. Last year, the company moved its headquarters from Dallas into expanded digs in the Colonnade Phase III building in Addison. Navigator leased 13,200 square feet...

Inc spots.(Inc2Inc)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Inc2Inc, which is developing an online exchange for food makers to hook up with their suppliers and trading partners, recently raised $4 million from an affiliate of The Staubach Co. and members of the Dallas Angels. Some $2.5 million of...

Paying through the nose.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... It may come as no surprise that salaries for information-technology types rose last year. But you might be surprised just how much. A survey by Matrix Salary Resource, an Atlanta staffing company, says pay rates during the fourth quarter of...

Go Figure Technology Inc.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Go Figure Technology Inc. recently moved into an expanded, 20,000-square-foot headquarters in North Dallas. The company is developing an online system that acts as a go-between for companies and their vendors.

Bitboys Inc.(creates U.S. unit Bitboys Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... A Finnish maker of three-dimensional graphics processors, Bitboys Oy, has established a U.S. beachhead in Dallas. The American corporation, Bitboys Inc., will handle global sales and marketing.

Cysive Inc.(opens Dallas office)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Cysive Inc., a Reston, Va., supplier of information-technology services, has opened a Dallas office.

MSI Holdings Inc.(builds Dallas data center)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... MSI Holdings Inc. is building a Dallas data center that will accommodate around 8,000 servers and employ up to 20 people. The Austin concern supplies Internet access.

GoPDA.com.(changes name to Handango)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... A Hurst company that resells software and related accessories for handheld computers, GoPDA.com, has changed its name to Handango.

DART adjusts hiring tactics in tight job market.(Dallas Area Rapid Transit)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... For the first time in its history, Dallas Area Rapid Transit was set to host a job fair Feb. 1 to fill openings ranging from bus operators and dispatch operators to legal secretaries, project managers and planners. The mass-transit agency,...

Complex completed.(National Autobody Parts Warehouse Inc. facility)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... National Autobody Parts Warehouse Inc. has completed its new aftermarket parts distribution complex in Grand Prairie. The $2 million state-of-the-art facility has 50,000 square feet for inventory. National provides new aftermarket parts and...

Road test.(Dart Transit Co. tests TrackWare)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Nationwide truckload carrier Dart Transit Co. has agreed to test the new trailer-tracking system developed by Dallas-based HighwayMaster Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: HWYM) Called TrackWare the system combines global positioning satellites...

Many index stocks prove to be profitable.(Dallas Business Journal stock recommendations)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... "Inside the DBJ Index," our weekly stocks column, celebrated its first birthday in January. Now seems an appropriate time to review its performance. We launched the column because we thought it was time for our readers to receive stock...

Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co.(arranges PointOne Telecommunications stock placement)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dallas investment bank Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co. arranged the placement of $55 million in convertible preferred stock for PointOne Telecommunications Inc., an Austin company that is working on technology to combine voice, video and data by...

Texas Capital Bank.(opens San Antonio, Austin locations)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Texas Capital Bank is establishing footholds in San Antonio and Austin by opening full-service locations. Both cities are key to Texas Capital's plans to become a dominant independent bank in Texas. The moves give Texas Capital a presence in...

The Brants Co.(merges with John L. Wortham & Sons L.L.P.,)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Fort Worth insurance firm The Brants Co. is becoming partners with a Houston firm, John L. Wortham & Sons L.L.P., the largest independent retail insurance broker in the state. Brants, which was founded in 1926, will keep its name. The deal...

EXCO Resources Inc.(buys back stocks)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dallas oil company EXCO Resources Inc. began to repurchase odd lots of its stocks in a program that ends March 15. EXCO is offering $8.50 per share to any investor who owned less than 100 shares as of Dec. 31. EXCO stock is trading for about...

Banking survey.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... A survey by MORI Financial Services of 3,500 respondents across five countries -- the United States, Sweden, Germany, France and Great Britain -- covered attitudes about the future of banking. Among the findings: Respondents agreed that...

Lease or buy?
February 4, 2000... How to decide if equipment leasing works for your company GREATER METROPLEX -- Your company needs a piece of equipment -- a truck, an airplane, a fax machine, whatever. Should you buy it, rent it or lease it? "The answer is yes, yes...

Talking with the leader behind BankDirect.(Rose Hultgren)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Rose Hultgren tackles challenges of entering fledgling Internet bank market DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- Rose Hultgren does exist, as does the company she is president of, BankDirect. "We get a lot of people calling us up just to make sure that...

Executive pay: How the decisions are made.(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- Corporate America's top dogs are often considered top hogs when it comes to executive compensation. And with the job market nearing its boiling point, chief executives are commanding top dollar as well as mega stock options...

Advice for entrepreneurs to avoid cash-flow issues.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... FAR NORTH DALLAS -- Plan. It's a four-letter swear word to some business owners, but financial planners says it's the No. 1 tactic that will save hours of work and perhaps even the company's future by keeping cash-flow problems at bay. ...

LARGEST METROPLEX CREDIT UNIONS.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... LARGEST METROPLEX CREDIT UNIONS Jerry Gunter RANKED BY 1999 DEPOSITS Rank/ last ...

LARGEST METROPLEX VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANIES.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... LARGEST METROPLEX VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANIES Jerry Gunter RANKED BY CAPITAL UNDER MANAGEMENT Rank/ last ...

Perseverance pays off.(Service King)(Company Profile)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... First location was a classroom for Service King's founder RICHARDSON -- Eddie Lennox's roomy office is that of a successful executive, complete with modern art on the walls, sun streaming through picture windows and a welcoming meeting...

'Six Sigma'.
February 4, 2000... While at Motorola in the 1980s, Mikel Harry and Harry Schroeder helped pioneer Six Sigma, a process that "guides companies into making fewer mistakes in everything they do from filling out a purchase order to manufacturing airplane engines."...

'Glorious Accidents: How Everyday Americans Create Thriving Companies'.
February 4, 2000... Seeking out and interviewing some of America's top entrepreneurs, Glauser found 10 common principles that contributed to their entrepreneurial success. The book includes the stories of these business role models and provides an assessment tool...

'Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work and in Your Life'.
February 4, 2000... The author realizes the need for finding the language and tools to deal with change. Taking the fear and anxiety out of managing the future, this book shows readers a simple way to successfully deal with the changing times, providing them with...

Randy Garrett.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 4, 2000... Garrett, 47, is director of the Dallas office of Kennedy-Wilson Brokerage Services, a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based international commercial real estate firm. * Family: My wife, Marialice, and I have been married for 20 years. Our children...

The Digital Daily.
February 4, 2000... The Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service present this tax publication, complete with the official countdown to April 15. Visitors to the site can read about Commissioner Rossotti, give the IRS some personal feedback and...

LawGuru.(Web site answers legal questions)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Find free answers to some of your legal questions at LawGuru.com. The site provides two ways to look for your answers: Search the database of over 7,000 questions and answers in over 25 legal categories; or submit a question to lawguru.com so...

Get free telephone directory assistance online.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... A few bucks for a directory-assistance call now and then doesn't exactly break the bank. But if you use the service often, it starts to add up. Depending on how annoying you find this expense, you might be interested in some of the free...

All under one roof.(dental practice building under construction)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Work began Feb. 1 on Lone Star Crossing, located at the southeast corner of Spring Creek Parkway and Coit Road in Plano. The building will house a group of eight already-established independent dental practices under one roof. Lone Star Oral...

Legend ready to fly.(Legend Airlines Inc. gets court approval for flights)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Would-be start-up Legend Airlines Inc. finally got the nod Feb. 1 from a federal appeals court, allowing, it to fly scheduled, long-haul commercial flights out of Dallas' close-in airport, Love Field. The ruling by the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals...

New network owner.(Memorial Sistrs of Charity Health Network purchased by Humana Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Las Colinas-based Christus Health has sold its Memorial Sisters of Charity Health Network to Humana Inc. The sale price was not disclosed, but the Houston-based health plan is expected to add more than 131,000 members in 33 counties to Humana's...

Harris sale approved.(Harris Methodist Texas Health Plan Inc. bought by PacifiCare Health Systems)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... The Texas Department of Insurance has approved PacifiCare Health Systems' $117.5 million purchase of Harris Methodist Texas Health Plan Inc. and its insurance affiliate, Harris Methodist Health Insurance Co. PacifiCare, the parent company of...

Systems at peace again.(pending contract between Texas Health System and Aetna US HealthCare)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Texas Health System and Aetna U.S. HealthCare have ended their contract squabbles and Aetna managed-care members will continue using THS hospitals. The argument centered on a agreement signed in 1997 by Aetna, the hospitals and doctors. The...

i2 names chief.(Pallab Chatterjee named CEO of i2 Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dr. Pallab Chatterjee, former senior vice president and chief information officer of Texas Instruments Inc., has been named CEO by i2 Technologies Inc. Chatterjee held several key executive positions at TI and also implemented a large-scale...

Micro-ASI acquires Best.(Best Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Dallas-based Micro-ASI has acquired Wylie-based Best Technologies Inc., a full-service, ISO-9002 registered contract electronic manufacturer. Micro-ASI is a high-tech company specializing in advanced silicon innovations in semiconductor...

Dallas Symphony online.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... From the halls of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, and with a little help from its friends, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has launched DallasSymphony.com, a $10 million three year, multipartner Web project. The site will feature...

Testing D-FW customers.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... To provide customers with access to financial-services products 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week, 7-Eleven Inc. and American Express have formed an alliance to introduce interactive ATM kiosks in 7-Eleven stores. Units will initially be...

Reed goes giggo.com.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Brian Reed, managing director of Financial Services Inc.'s Affinity Services Division, will assume operational leadership as managing director of giggo.com, a Dallas-based online automotive financing and e-commerce division of DaimlerChrysler...

First State plans mergers.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Denton-based First State Bank of Texas has announced the planned mergers of six South Texas banks: Austin County State Bank with locations in Bellville and Sealy; Citizens National Bank in Victoria; First National Bank of Rosenberg with...

CompuCom to move.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... CompuCom Systems will move its Alliance location from 96,000 square feet at 15005 Peterson Court in the Alliance Commerce Center just north of Fort Worth Alliance Airport into 80,000 square feet of space at 400 Intermodal Parkway in Westport...

Hospital launches FastER.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2000... Denton Community Hospital has opened the FastER, a new program designed to reduce the waiting period and length of stay within the hospital's emergency department. The program diverts noncritical patients from the area that serves critical or...