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Dallas area lands two more huge Amazon shipping hubs
October 29, 2018 - Amazon hasn't revealed where its second headquarters will be. But the digital retailing giant has targeted the Dallas-Fort Worth area for one of its largest concentrations of distribution facilities in the nation. Amazon is expanding its warehousing operations with two huge fulfillment centers — one in West... read more 

Amazon eyeing another big shipping hub south of Dallas
June 17, 2018 - Your Amazon orders are fueling an industrial building boom in D-FW and U.S. Some of North Texas' biggest real estate deals have something in common.  This week, online retailer VMInnovations rented more than 400,000-square-feet of distribution space south of Dallas in Hutchins for a new shipping hub and... read more 

Making North Texas Work
June 16, 2018 - Dallas-based firm creates accessible workforce housing for the city’s booming suburbs   Over the past several years, no metro area has grown more rapidly than the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. While this has had a tremendous impact on the north Texas economy, it has also led to a shortage... read more 

City of Wilmer Poised for Major Growth
April 10, 2018 - The small town 15 miles south of Dallas is undergoing some big changes that will transform the small-town country lifestyle many of its residents have come to love.   "It was nice and quiet. Now it's just right there," said Foley, standing just a few feet away from the active... read more 

Housing Is A First Step To Bringing Services
March 25, 2018 - With Wilmer continuing to add hundreds of new jobs, there are additional housing needs for the area’s workforce, which will be found in Liberty Crossing, along with retail and healthcare amenities. WILMER, TX—With housing needs nipping at the heels of Wilmer’s city limits, a... read more 

Mixed-Use Development Underway in Wilmer
March 19, 2018 - EMLI at Liberty Crossing, the first phase of a 100-acre, master-planned development in Wilmer, will officially get underway on Tuesday, March 20.  EMLI is the residential component of Liberty Crossing that will include 240 residential units across 10 buildings as well as a business center, Internet cafe, swimming pool, pet park, farm-to-table... read more 

Liberty Crossing starts construction next week in growing Wilmer
March 19, 2018 - The southern Dallas County community of Wilmer has been one of the fastest growth warehouse and distribution centers in the state.   Developers have put up millions of square feet of new warehouses in the city along Interstate 45. Now builders are adding more residential and retail construction to support the... read more 

Developer finishes 1.1M SF speculative hub as part of $500M logistics park
February 17, 2018 - A Dallas-based real estate developer Port Logistics Realty has completed a massive 1.1 million-square-foot Class A distribution hub in southern Dallas County, which is the initial phase of the $500 million, 531-acre Southport Logistics Park.   Upon completion, the multiphase logistics park will total 9 million square feet of e-commerce and industrial space.... read more 

New warehouse project on the way on I-45 in southern Dallas County
February 5, 2018 - Real estate brokers are pitching another major industrial park project in southern Dallas County.Stream Realty Partners is marketing development sites for almost 1.9 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space in the DalPort Trade Center on Interstate 45 in Wilmer. The business park is just south of Union Pacific Railway'... read more 

Retail Analysis confirms Wilmer’s retail opportunity
October 31, 2017 - According to October 2017 Catalyst Retail Assessment, WIlmer's retail market is ready for development.      "Our area has been under-served for years," said Executive Director David Miracle, Wilmer Economic Development. "Add in the recent industrial growth along Interstate 45, and we are experiencing a severe shortage of retail... read more