Gold & Silver: Teacher & Student; S-T retracts; Fox affiliates expand; Time to dine out for a cause.

Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, facilitated the sale of Marlowe Grapevine, a 324-unit multi-family complex in Grapevine. Drew Kile, IPA executive managing director, and IPA’s Joey Tumminello, Michael Ware, Taylor Hill and Shelby Clark represented the sellers, Greystar and Carlyle, and procured the buyer, Equity Residential.

Sugarland-based Mako Industries has acquired Spears Refrigeration, a commercial HVAC and refrigeration company in Arlington. Max Spears is President of the nearly 20-year-old company. Mako companies offer services in HVAC, refrigeration, plumbing, electrical and industrial.

Argyle's Vincent Hancock, a co-founder of Northlake Shooting Sports, won his 4th Olympic gold medal in skeet shooting. Hancock won gold in 2008, 2012 and 2020, and says it is on to Los Angeles for No. 5. Hancock trains Conner Prince of Tarleton State University, the silver medalist. "Conner is one of best shooters I’ve ever been around,” Hancock said. “...he’s got potential to be one of the best.” Tarleton says it is the first medal in its history, according to archives. 

The death of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram print edition has taken a huge step forward. Last Friday President and Editor Steve Coffman announced that the paper will drop from six days of printed editions to three --- delivered Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by USPS. According to the USPS website, it does not deliver newspapers on Sunday. So, expect Friday news on Saturday in the Sunday paper. The Fort Worth Star was founded Feb. 1, 1906. It merged and became the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1909. Also, the Star-Telegram’s owner, McClatchy, announced plans to merge with accelerate360, a major magazine publisher and distribution business. McClatchy and accelerate360 are owned by Chatham Asset Management.

KDFW and KDFI, Dallas-Fort Worth’s Fox-owned and -operated stations, will construct a purpose-built television studio and content creation center in Irving-Las Colinas. Move-in is expected in 2026.

1994 was a pivotal year for the global supply chain as NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, took effect. It was also when Amazon was founded and the World Wide Web became easily accessible to the average person. In Haslet, the Alliance Intermodal Facility opened as a major development project on what had been 13,000 acres of farmland. Read about its impact during the ensuing 30 years.

A Southlake-based company, Gore Range Capital, and a South Korean company, Sirnaomics, have formed a third company, Sagesse Bio. Sirnaomics' RNAi-based technology for focal fat reduction, and Gore's expertise in the skin health industry and financial resources, is expected to accelerate clinical and product development in a fast-growing aesthetic medicine market.

Today is the first day of DFW Restaurant Week (Aug 5 - Sept 1). And no, that’s not a typographical error — the main week is Aug 5-11, but many restaurants extend for up to three more weeks. More than 100 restaurants are participating and donate 20% of each meal to charity. Here’s the list of 39 participating restaurants from the Tarrant County area that donate to Lena Pope Home.

The curtain that dropped yesterday on Matilda the Musical also was the curtain call for the theater company KWC Performing Arts, formerly Kids Who Care. After 35 years, Deborah Jung, founder and executive director, is stage left. She said the condition of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center at 1300 Gendy St. hastened the end of the company.

New Mexico purchased billboards, and ads with several Texas newspapers including the Star-Telegram, trying to recruit Texas medical professionals to nearby New Mexico because of Texas' abortion bans. The ask was with a letter from New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham.

The industry lighting up your phone with spam calls and texts is about to implode. The FCC released new guidelines on what marketing companies are allowed to do with the data they collect, placing liability on not only lead buyers but the generators themselves.

The Justice Department sued TikTok ...again ... accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law, running afoul of a settlement it had reached with another federal agency, and setting up a showdown to determine if – or how – TikTok will continue to operate in the U.S. 

Snippets:

• Home sales and purchases as we know them are changing Aug. 17. Here’s what you need to know.

• After 33 years, Game Informer announced it has been shut down by its parent company, GameStop. GI carried the latest news, reviews and insights from the ever-evolving world of gaming.

• Carrie Underwood will be the next singer at the judges' table on “American Idol,” filling Katy Perry's seat. Underwood won the competition in 2005.  

Announcements: 

• National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: To add J.J. Hampton, Beth Cross, Kaila Mussell and The Pack Horse Library Project located in Kentucky on Nov. 12.

• Incora: Introduces global supplier development led by U.K.-based Chiara Laiena, VP of supply chain development and transformation.