JAMBA JUICE’S BIG MOVE; GROOVE JONES FOR REAL; AMERICAN’S IN-FLIGHT CUISINE
Every day, we journey around the web in search of interesting, profound, and important stories about innovation, creativity, and educational subjects. Here’s what we found today.
Jamba Inc., the parent company of the Jamba Juice stores, is moving its headquarters from Emeryville, California, to Frisco’s Hall Office Park. The move’s going to bring more than 100 corporate jobs with it. It’s just the latest company to relocate to North Texas from California, joining Toyota and Kubota tractors, among others. What helped bring the office called the “Jamba Whirl’d Center” to North Texas? The Dallas Business Journal says a major ingredient was an $800,000 grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund. You can read more here.
The Dallas Morning News gives us a real-world look at virtual reality leader Groove Jones, the Dallas company that makes its home in Deep Ellum. Groove Jones’ team creates short films and animations into a variety of settings, that while they may seem real, aren’t.
A Dallas-based chef is going to help Fort Worth-based American Airlines Group (Nasdaq: AAL) beef up its in-flight meal offerings. Julian Barsotti, who operates Nonna, Carbone’s, and the recently opened Sprezza in Dallas, will join three other chefs from around the nation to revamp American’s cuisine. You can read more here.
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Part of PGA Frisco's $500M+ "Silicon Valley of Golf," the championship-level courses will feature an East Course designed by Gil Hanse that's primed for marquee PGA tournaments. The West Course, designed by Beau Welling, is destined for smaller tournaments, PGA of America members, and everyday public duffers.
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The redevelopment will include a new 16-story office tower, a 19-story apartment building, a 154-room boutique hotel, and a food hall—all with views of a new community park. Phase 1 has already begun: an initial $500M mixed-used project located across Warren Parkway from The Dallas Cowboys' Star development.
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To find the answer, host Stephen Dubner flew to DFW to see why the region is so business-friendly, why the people are so friendly too, why cities to the north are growing like hotcakes, and why a Basquiat got on the wall of the Dallas Museum of Art. Oh, and he ate a Meat Potato at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse. (Thumbs up.)
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The new state-of-the-art, 75,000 square-foot facility is an addition to Careington's existing headquarters. It features an open design concept, lounge areas, indoor and outdoor dining, an event space, custom wall art, and cutting-edge technology to ensure employees can perform their jobs in a flexible workplace.
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The latest investment follows $5.4 million in post-seed funding Apty raised in December. Since then the team says it's seen fast momentum for its Digital Adoption Platform software for enterprises—so much so that they decided to accelerate the round.
