From Dayton Business Journal: Sports Image has completed a deal to open its 19th franchise, including its first in Texas. On Tuesday, the Miamisburg-based sports marketing firm announced it has signed Bradley and Marquita Kerley of Flower Mound, Texas. The couple will operate a territory in the Ft. Worth area. Sports Image focuses mainly on high school and youth sports programs, brokering sponsorship deals with local, regional and national companies. Read more@
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a global provider of data center solutions, has acquired the 819,000-square-foot Convergence Business Park in Lewisville. The purchase price was approximately $123.0 million.
The campus totals more than 168 acres and includes 10 buildings and 39 acres of land for future development. The campus currently is 99% leased on a long-term basis to eight tenants. Approximately 35% of the property is leased as data center space to three tenants, representing approximately 36% of total revenue for the property. The balance of the space is leased as office and office/lab space. Continue reading »
A rendering of the Lakeside DFW project
The American College of Health Care Executives recently announced James (Jim) Rosengren (Linked In) , MHA, FACHE, as one of three recipients of the ACHE Top 2011 Leader-to-Leader Program Award in the Hospitals, Health Systems and Other Health Care-Related Settings Category. Continue reading »
Calloway’s Nursery (2901 Long Prairie Road) is calling all Texas gardeners to join the garden center for its second educational Gardenfest event on Saturday, Feb. 25. Gardenfest is a full day of educational gardening presentations from local and national industry experts that is free to the gardening public. Continue reading »
Months after a devastating fire, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has re-opened in Flower Mound. The fire broke out on an early Tuesday morning last September. It destroyed the kitchen and the dining room had major smoke damage. Fire crews from Lewisville and Highland Village assisted Flower Mound Fire Department with the blaze. Continue reading »
From Star-Telegram.com: Mitchell Schnurman’s column looks at the how J.C. Penney’s 300 Sephora shops are becoming the template for change within the company, along with a switch from constant sales to everyday low prices. Alan Hayes (Facebook) has been working at Penney for 38 years, and a Sephora shop is in the center of the Flower Mound store he manages. He’s already heard from customers who’ve seen ads about the new campaign. Employees are thrilled to be free of constant markdowns, he said, and it’s exciting how much attitudes have changed. ”We’re a leader again,” Hayes said. “We’ve stepped up.” Read more@
From St. Louis Business Journal: Ivie & Associates Inc., a global marketing firm, announced the acquisition of Washington, Mo.-based Ziglin Signs, a full service sign company. Ziglin Signs will remain located in Missouri and report to Ivie’s headquarters in Flower Mound.
Flower Mound-based FUNimation Entertainment announced today at Ohayocon that it has acquired the broadcast, home entertainment, merchandising, mobile and streaming rights to the anime series, Haganai (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai). FUNimation plans to release the Haganai series on DVD and Blu-ray. Watch full episodes on www.funimation.com.
From Flower Mound High School: The following students participated in the Area 1, Region 2 Business Professional’s of America conference and competition this past Saturday in Grand Prairie. These students will be advancing to Texas State BPA conference and competition later this month in Dallas–then possibly on to Chicago! Congratulate these students if you see them or have them in class. Thanks! Continue reading »
