🎥Data center, Dutton Ranch coming soon; FDA approves Colleyville pediatric care; In-flight with AA and Walmart.

The U.S. Postal Service will unveil two stamps tomorrow honoring boxing legend Muhammad Ali, known as “The Greatest”. Ali, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion, once said, “I should be a postage stamp, because that's the only way I'll ever get licked.”

CyrusOne and Eolian announced a collaborative infrastructure deployment for a new data center campus, DFW7, currently under construction in Fort Worth. The collaboration co-locates large-scale data center capacity at an existing grid-scale battery energy storage site seven miles north of downtown. It is expected to provide digital infrastructure capacity and achieve accelerated time to market.

Colleyville-based Bone Solutions, a company specializing in magnesium-based technologies, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted pediatric clearance for its Mg OSTEOCRETE and Mg OSTEOINJECT products. The clearance allows use of the technologies in pediatric patients aged six years and older. 

Five years ahead of schedule, the U.S. Army will field the Bell MV-75 tiltrotor aircraft this year, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George announced. The Bell MV-75, previously designated the Bell V-280 Valor, promises greater maneuverability than traditional helicopters.

Lockheed Martin welcomed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Fort Worth F-35 Lightning II production facility Monday. The visit was part of the Secretary's Arsenal of Freedom industry tour. Read how Lockheed viewed the visit. 

Paramount+ is bringing back fan favorites Beth and Rip for its new spinoff. Yellowstone sequel The Dutton Ranch is filming near Fort Worth. Collider has information about the Fort Worth casting calls.

The Supreme Court appeared likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia, which challenged the state bans, but the Supreme Court gave no indication after more than three hours of arguments that it would follow suit. 

Arlington is testing a form-based zoning code for its downtown area, hopeful for creation of more walkable neighborhoods by regulating how buildings, streets and public spaces work together. For the project, downtown has been divided into five subdistricts: traditional neighborhood, urban neighborhood, corridor mixed-use, downtown core and a downtown gateway special district.

Four Corners Development Group out of New York bought its third built-to-rent homes community in six months from Arlington-based D.R. Horton. The latest -- The Oaks at Grand West Apartments in Houston -- cost $36 million for the 147 units, about $245,000 per unit.

American Airlines’ trade-off of no AAdvantage miles on economy flights for free Wi-Fi has its doubters during the early stages of the transition. 

What started in D-FW is expanding big time. Alphabet’s Wing and Walmart announced plans to bring drone delivery to 150 additional stores. The expansion plan calls for 270 drone delivery locations by 2027, serving roughly 40 million people. Houston launches tomorrow, followed by Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis and Cincinnati throughout 2026 and 2027.

Westlake-based EIS Holding, LLC, a provider of mission-critical environmental and infrastructure services, said its operating companies will unify under a single market-facing brand: EIS - Environmental Infrastructure Solutions.

Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County will introduce its Welcome Center tomorrow at 1:30 and will open it for services Tuesday. Located at 1350 East Lancaster Avenue, the Welcome Center serves as a centralized hub connecting individuals and families experiencing homelessness with resources, connections, and a step-by-step guided path to services and stable housing-focused solutions.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is 18th in Travel and Tour World's ranking of the "50 Best Airports in the World for 2026." D-FW was recognized as a "smart airport leader."

Plans have been submitted for a hotel and more in the former Oil & Gas building on W. 7th Street in downtown Fort Worth, according to the Fort Worth Report's Bob Francis.

Transtar has acquired M&W Business Park, a six-building, 64,600-square-foot, multi-tenant, small-bay industrial property at 10349-10379 Alta Vista Road in north Fort Worth. LanCarte Commercial Real Estate represented Transtar in the acquisition, which is nearly 100% leased and was completed through a competitive sales process. 

President Trump's plan to limit credit card rates to 10 percent for a year triggered a sell-off in shares of Sabre and a few major U.S. airlines tied to credit card promotions, including American and Delta. Sabre fell 8% on the day, American 4% and Delta 2.4%.

The Texas Supreme Court reiterated its stance that judges who won’t perform certain weddings for religious reasons will not run afoul of state rules on judicial conduct.

Community Impact will expand its Texas footprint in 2026, launching three markets: Denton, Bryan-College Station and Allen. The expansion will bring hyperlocal news to 150,000 additional residences across Texas.

Scott Adams, whose comic strip “Dilbert” was one of the most widely syndicated in the country until some comments caused many papers to drop it, died at 68.

Snippets:

• Arlington announces a frequent players deal for golfers on four of its courses.

• It's not too early to get on the ticket list for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and Paralympics. 

• A German publication takes a look at how Bell Textron is re-wiring the future of flight.

Believe it or not: A rare 10-cent comic book that introduced the world to Superman has sold for $15 million. The private deal eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set last November when a copy of “Superman No. 1” was sold at auction for $9.12 million. 

Significant stat: 54% = Increase in number of appeals to the Office of the Attorney General from 2015 to 2023 by local governments in Texas contesting the release of public information.

Daily digit: $4-trillion = Market capitalization reached by Alphabet, parent company of Google, only the fourth company to reach the threshold. The other three are Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft, all driven largely by the AI boom.

Announcements:

• Education Is Freedom: Hires Natalie Young Williams as Chief Impact Officer.

• JTaylor: Promoted Matt Riesen to Partner in its consulting group.

• James L. West Center for Dementia Care: Hires David Ferrell, Vice President of Development; Mack Baldridge, Healthcare Administrator; and Vicki Hagler, Healthcare Liaison.

• Royer Commercial Interiors: Promotes Honor Byrd Rose to President. Kelly Royer, the majority shareholder, is transitioning to CEO and Chairwoman of the Board. Rachel Zorn has been promoted to Vice President of Services. Ben Kraft has joined as the Director of Sales.

• Fort Worth Country Day: Hires Barry Chamberlin as Athletic Director, effective July 1.

• The Real Time App: Megan Hicks becomes full-time Vice President of Operations. 

• TCU: Hires Lindsay Klatzkin as Technical Purchaser and Financial Coordinator. Adds Brittany Brown as an Adjunct Professor in Fashion Merchandising.

• Keller Economic Development Board: Selects Anna Erwin as the city’s Assistant Director of economic development.

• Ramtech Building Systems: Names Kelly Williams Vice President of Business Development.

• KLJ Design & Construction: Adds Teresa Pearson in accounting.

• Legacy25 Capital: Hires Greg Irwin as Commercial Capital Advisor and Sr. Vice President.

• Prime Metal Buildings & Components: Names Jack Todd President.

• Martha Leigh Collins: Says she is leaving the Fort Worth Economic Development Department after six years. 

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