Bob Francis | Fort Worth Report

Retailer recently merged with other retailers as it seeks to regain profitability.

These changes come as the Stockyards redevelopment project appeared on track for further progress. In June 2024, Fort Worth City Council approved incentives for the second phase of the project valued at $630 million.

The new production studios at Brand Juice include a 44-foot-wide, 24-foot-deep, 14-foot-tall infinity wall, said to be the largest in Fort Worth. But to get inside, you have to know one key fact: the date Marty McFly returns to in the original “Back to the Future.”

Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages’ planned $168 million North Texas expansion just became, in the parlance of the soft drink’s longtime slogan, the real thing.

As part of its overall investment of $10 billion in the U.S. manufacturing sector, German global technology giant Siemens electronically cut the ribbon on its new $190 million electrical equipment manufacturing plant in Fort Worth on March 6.

Mary Diane Simons, one of three founding directors of Fort Worth’s Hip Pocket Theatre and an honored costume designer, has died following a lengthy illness. She was 80.

The $40 million transformation turns the livestock barns into a multipurpose modern facility that will accommodate receptions, banquets and trade shows as well as livestock shows and serve as an exercise arena for horse shows.

The factory is the first to take advantage of a new state incentive program, bringing 520 jobs to North Texas.

The company announced it will relocate its headquarters to Costa Mesa, a year after moving into its current Fort Worth location.

The Dallas-based firm acquired 4.6 acres of property adjacent to the former library site downtown for more development. Company officials have not given many hints as to what they plan to do with the property yet.

Jack Miller, whose family has owned the high-end jewelry retailer since 1983, announced the closure in a Nov. 7 letter. He did not specify when stores would officially stop welcoming customers but said there will be a final sale.

Albert S. Komatsu, founder of the architecture firm that bears his name and famed for his work on midcentury modern architecture around the city and civic projects such as the Japanese Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, has died at 97.