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With a thriving, diverse business environment, Fort Worth has become a major center for industry, technology, distribution and transportation. In fact, the Dallas-Fort Worth area was named the "South's Number One Market of the Past 15 Years" by Southern Business & Development Magazine in 2007. The region was honored with this distinction because of its corporate recruiting success in the 12-county area.
Recent developments in Fort Worth include:
- ATC Logistics & Electronics plans to hire up to 800 new employees in the coming months for its Alliance-area shipping and repair centers. The company occupy's three buildings in Alliance totaling nearly 1 million square-feet in north Fort Worth.
- Daimler Financial Services recently announced their plans to move 750 people to their new Alliance location by the end of summer. The new facility will be a three-story, 160,000 square foot office building.
- The Buxton Company broke ground on a planned 25,000 square foot addition to its north Fort Worth headquarters. The building is expected to be complete this summer and will accommodate more than 100 people whom Buxton plans to hire in upcoming months.
- Cantey Hanger law firm is the name plate tenant for a new, four-story office building located at 600 W. 6th Street in Downtown Fort Worth. Cantey Hanger Plaza, an 86,300 square foot office building, was completed this summer.
- The Carnegie Building, a 16-story Class A office tower is expected to be completed this December in Downtown Fort Worth. This building will feature 300,000 square-feet of office space with the first floor reserved for retail space.
- Carter Distribution Center, Fort Worth's newest master-planned industrial park, broke ground on Phase I of the 800 acre development in January. Once completed this rail-served industrial park will have over 15-million square-feet of development.
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Monthly Demographic Report (August 2008)