Tue May 02, 2017
Officials Break Ground on $250M Texas Live!
The Texas Rangers and its development partner, The Cordish Companies, gathered on March 29 to celebrate the groundbreaking of Texas Live!. The Rangers and Cordish were joined by Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams, Arlington City Council, and community and business leaders from Tarrant County and the city of Arlington to celebrate this exciting milestone that will cement Arlington as the premier sports, entertainment and hospitality destination in the country for decades to come....
Tue May 02, 2017
Ritchie Bros. Hosts Successful Two-Day Sale in Houston
More than 4,400 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros.' multi-million-dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Houston, on April 19 to 20, 2017. With bidders from 61 countries, approximately 54 percent of the equipment in the auction was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as France, Australia and Japan....
Mon May 01, 2017
Construction Begins on $400M New Mexico, Texas Power Line
Xcel Energy has started construction on a 345-kilovolt transmission line between Texas and New Mexico to extend its electrical distribution system. Formal groundbreaking ceremonies were scheduled near Hobbs, N.M., on the $400 million project to eventually connect to a substation north of Abernathy, Texas....
Candace Carlisle - Bizjournals - Fri April 28, 2017
Construction Begins on $450M Arena in Fort Worth
Construction was underway in early April on a new $450 million arena — called the Fort Worth Multipurpose Arena — next to the Will Rogers Memorial Center in the city's Cultural District....
Giles Lambertson - Fri April 28, 2017
Opinion: Eminent Domain Makes Eminent Sense for Border Fence
President Trump's desire to build a fence along sections of America's southern border will be helped along, if necessary, by expropriation of property. If it comes to that, the president will be on firm constitutional ground....
Richard Webner - Wed April 26, 2017
Softwood Tariff Driving up Housing Price
The Trump administration announced April 26 that it plans to slap a roughly 20 percent tariff on softwood lumber imported from Canada, a move that would likely drive San Antonio's fast-growing home prices even higher....
Fri April 14, 2017
Texas Senate Considers Mandatory Rest Breaks for Construction Workers
A Texas Senate panel considered legislation Tuesday that would require construction companies to give workers mandatory rest breaks — an effort to prevent illnesses and deaths from the sweltering Texas heat....
Thu April 13, 2017
San Antonio Business Owner Receives PIRTEK's National Franchise of the Year Award
PIRTEK Broadway in San Antonio, TX, was named PIRTEK USA's National Franchise of the Year for 2016. Owners Dean and Lisa Akin received the award in March during PIRTEK's annual conference in Orlando....
Mon April 10, 2017
Marathon Selects Fluor for Texas Refinery Contracts
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) to execute the engineering and procurement scope for a major reconfiguration at Marathon's Galveston Bay and Texas City, Texas refineries....
Kelsey Bradshaw - MySanAntonio - Thu April 06, 2017
Texas DOT Spends $809.2 Million For Bridge Replacement
Crews broke ground last week on the $809.2 million Harbor Bridge replacement project, a structure that, by 2020, will will be the new link from downtown Corpus Christi to North Beach and attractions like the U.S.S....
