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The Texas Restaurant Association has presented a lifetime achievement award to Hope Garcia-Lancarte, owner and operator of Joe T. Garcia's Mexican Restaurant in Fort Worth. Garcia-Lancarte is one of the [...]

* Reyes Discount Furniture has leased 12,000 square feet at Walnut Village Shopping Center in Garland. John Kimberly of Quine & Associates Inc. of Richardson handled lease [...]

Applebee's International has broken ground on a new restaurant at 6301 Lake Worth Blvd. in Lake Worth. The 4,738-square-foot restaurant is scheduled to open Aug. [...]

* Benavides Restaurant is planned for a site on Interstate 35 in Lancaster. Bill Mote of Mote & Associates Inc. represented the seller of the 63,270-square-foot site, with Jimmy Pogue [...]

Fitco Fitness Center Outfitters is expanding into new quarters. The company is adding showroom space with a move to 2101 Midway Road in Carrollton. Fitco offers an array of services [...]

HNTB Architecture, a Kansas City, Mo.-based firm with offices in Dallas, has been tapped to provide architectural services for the proposed $100 million Irving Convention Center. HNTB, which has designed [...]

Upscale bath furnishings store Waterworks has relocated to 8416 Preston Road from its previous spot on Cole Avenue. The store, part of a chain of 30 locations run by the [...]

Phil Romano and Harry Coley part ways in frozen custard fight KNOX-HENDERSON -- The partnership between restaurant-concept guru Phil Romano and frozen-custard impresario Harry Coley has soured. The duo had [...]

* Piano-based Bennigans has inked a development deal that will add five restaurants in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon during the next five years. National Foods of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and [...]

* The Children's Place has opened in Inwood Village Shopping Center in Dallas. The company operates more than 400 locations [...]

* CBS-JV Inc. has purchased a 20,238-square-foot site on North Main Street in the Fort Worth Stockyards for a new concept Pizza Inn restaurant. The seller was retailer Sean Ryon [...]

Just how bad was April for downtown Dallas hotels? Pretty grim, according to just-released figures compiled by PKF Consulting. Occupancy for the central Dallas business district fell to 46.7% for [...]

Dallas-based People Report, a human resources research and consulting company, has named its 'Top 10' list for companies sporting the best 'people practices' for 2000. In the category that recognizes [...]

About 2,000 new jobs will be created with the Aug. 3 opening of The Shops at Willow Bend. To speed the hiring process for its tenants, the mall will sponsor [...]

Escada, the Munich-based fashion house, plans to open a Plano store in November. The 4,000-square-foot store will be in The Shops at Willow Bend, which opens in August. The store [...]

THE COLONY -- Tower Group Inc. is bringing more retail to The Colony. The Dallas-based real estate investment company has purchased a 17-acre site to house The Colony Plaza. The [...]

The owners of this Richardson antiques business don't want to be the best-kept secret in town RICHARDSON -- Some people don't know Richardson has an old downtown. Others don't know [...]

ADDISON -- One of the nice things about the commercial cleaning business is it's not something people cut back on during times of economic uncertainty. 'People still want television, electricity [...]

Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. (NYSE:SE) is taking a new approach on the real estate front. The convenience store giant is now looking to place stores in high-profile sites, hoping high-traffic areas [...]

The management team for the Metroplex's newest hotel has been announced. The new Renaissance Dallas-Richardson Hotel staff includes Tom Dwyer, general manager; Jackie Devine, director of sales and marketing; Peter [...]

Auto electronics store Car Toys Inc. has selected two more sites in the Metroplex. The company has leased 6,700 square feet at West Arbrook Road in Arlington and purchased land [...]

Dallas restaurant, catering and special events company Wynnwood has promoted Jesse Moreno-Valle to executive chef at Seventeen Seventeen [...]

Art and framing retailer Aaron Brothers has added an eighth Metroplex location, this one in Arlington. The store is at Arbrook Boulevard and Park Mall [...]

Successful Meetings magazine has honored the Adam's Mark Hotel with its 2001 Pinnacle Award. The award recognizes hotels and others for providing outstanding service for meeting planners and conference attendees. [...]

Developers say venue fills an unmet need GRAND PRAIRIE -- Developers of NextStage at Grand Prairie see opportunity in the middle. In the middle of the Metroplex, with its growing [...]

NORTH DALLAS -- At least one, and possibly two, new restaurants from Phoenix-based P.F Chang's China Bistro Inc. will open in the Metroplex by year's end. The Dallas area is [...]

STEMMONS CORRIDOR -- Time-share resort operator Silverleaf Resorts Inc. has made another round of job cuts. Facing a liquidity problem, the Dallas-based company trimmed its work force by more than [...]

* Wyndham International has announced a July 2002 opening date for its Golden Door Spa at the Wyndham Anatole hotel in Dallas. Construction on the $4 million, 35,000-square-foot spa will [...]

* Irving-based Omni Hotels has named Colleen Kempf to the new position of national director of travel industry sales. Kempf, who has been with Omni since 1992, will oversee the [...]

* Hyatt Hotels Corp. has awarded its Donald N. Pritzker Award for 2000 to Nan Stone, director of sales for Hyatt Regency Dallas. She was selected from a pool of [...]

* Las Colinas Village is adding restaurants. The shopping center at MacArthur Boulevard and State Highway 114 will soon house Blue Fire, which features, New American cuisine, and Totoya, a [...]

Executives with Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar plan to keep an eye on development of the company's newest Metroplex restaurant in Frisco. They'll hook up a Web cam at the [...]

* Captain D's Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., has recognized local franchisee Starnes Inc. for having the highest sales increase of all franchises last year. Franchisee Vearl Starnes and his wife, [...]

The Dallas Grand Hotel has gone dark. The aging hotel on Commerce Street was shuttered several months ago, according to downtown sources. Representatives of the hotel's owners, Hamsher International Ltd. [...]

NorthPark Center has signed a new tenant. Seattle-based Faconnable S.A.S., a men's and women's specialty apparel retailer, plans to open its first Texas location at the North Dallas mall in [...]

* Alan R. D'Zurilla has joined The Adolphus as director of sales and marketing. He was previously director of marketing for the 765-room Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in [...]

Historic town square is a popular location for city's unique restaurants McKINNEY -- A hundred years ago, it was a saloon with rooms to rent on the second floor. Frank [...]

* 'M' Streets Restaurant & Bar has opened at 2900 Greenville Ave. in Dallas. Restaurant chef is Kevin [...]

* Carrabba's Italian Grill has opened at 3400 N. Central Expwy. in Plano. Managing partner for the restaurant, open for dinner, is Tim [...]

* Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center has named Keith Furnas as director of front-office operations. He previously was director of safety and security at the [...]

Hospitality and real estate company Oakwood Corporate Housing plans a push in the Dallas market, aiming to increase its local units to 500 from 350 by year's end. The company, [...]

* RSVP Soiree in Preston Center has added a bridal registry offering glasswear, linens and other items. The store, which offers luxury party rentals, is owned by Kimberly [...]

Carroll Gaspard, owner of Southern Hospitality Cater & Valet Parking Service, has joined with Renaissance Development Corp. to sponsor the Youth Development Consortium, which graduated its first employment-training class in [...]

* Big Bowl, the new Asian restaurant concept, has opened its first Metroplex location in Frisco. Parent company Brinker International of Dallas chose Frisco for its mix of busy professionals [...]

DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- A bill that would have provided a new funding mechanism for some hotel projects including one that supporters want to see built adjacent to the Dallas Convention [...]

CARROLLTON -- At times, it has appeared to Carrollton officials that restaurants by passed their city, clustering instead in cities along its borders. But an incentives plan approved by the [...]

CARROLLTON -- Fitness equipment retailer Busy Body Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Included in the filing May 2 were several company divisions: Busy Body Acquisition Inc., Busy [...]

Brew pub will slightly adjust its concept at new location ALLEN -- Two Rows Restaurant and Brewery is taking its concept to Allen, but with a twist. The company, known [...]

Developer plots project with upscale eateries, retail stores as preservation battle proceeds DOWNTOWN DALLAS -- After sitting dormant for years, a controversial, historically significant tract of land in downtown Dallas [...]

The Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center has opened what it calls the Digital Solutions Room. The high-tech conference room is used for presentations or employee training. It makes use [...]