⚖️Judge in FW orders Covid records unsealed; The Madison filming in downtown FW; BYJew NIL sponsorship includes first Kosher products.

Farmers Branch-based Centurion American Development Group, which already is developing The Resort at Eagle Mountain Lake and The Estates at Eagle Mountain, has announced 4,000 more home lots at Alpha Ranch, an 1,825-acre residential development on Highway 114. Resident move-in would be mid-2026. The first phase will be located along newly constructed portions of Sendera Ranch Boulevard between Highway 114 and the future Eagle Parkway.

Fort Worth council members will vote on economic development packages for Bell Textron and Ariat tomorrow. The two projects could bring several hundred jobs to the city. The Fort Worth Report has the details.

A community center to open next month in Northwest Community Park is expected to bear the name of Fort Worth’s longest-serving mayor: Betsy Price Community Center. The 25,000-square-foot facility, located at 8375 Blue Mound Road, includes a gymnasium, fitness equipment and meeting rooms. 

Mark Pittman, a federal judge in Fort Worth, has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to publicly disclose more information underpinning its authorization of COVID-19 vaccines, after the FDA failed to persuade the court to end the public records lawsuit. He ordered the agency to produce its "emergency use authorization" file to a group of scientists who wanted to see licensing information that the FDA relied on to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine. 

American Airlines completed a long-awaited credit card deal with Citigroup, dropping Barclays. AA said it expects payments it receives from its co-branded credit card and other partners to grow 10% a year. In the 12 months through Sept. 30, American brought in $5.6 billion from these deals.

The Texas AAUP-AFT, a labor union to "promote economic security and quality education" in universities, says the University of North Texas administration has made sweeping changes to more than 200 course titles and descriptions in its College of Education, removing references to race, class, gender and equity. The union called it "an extreme overreach that threatens academic freedom."

Paramount Pictures and 101 Studios will be filming The Madison in downtown Fort Worth today. 5th Street will be closed between Main and Houston Streets from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Businesses will remain open.

TikTok, a social media app used by more than 170 million Americans, moved one step closer to disappearing from the U.S. market. A panel of three federal judges unanimously upheld a law that requires the app’s Chinese owner to either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese owner by mid-January or face a nationwide ban in the U.S.

Incoming Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster says he would green light spot coin trades, maybe 'in short order' under Trump.

Snippets:

• TCU hires firm to search for new athletic director. 

• Smaller simulators allow more simultaneous training at secure facilities for Lockheed Martin. 

• Baby Iann was born at 22 weeks' gestation with little hope of a healthy start to life at Cook Children's, but he defied the odds, is two years old and ready to celebrate the holidays.

• BYU’s Jake Retzlaff, the first Jewish quarterback in program history, has signed an NIL sponsorship with the kosher food company Manischewitz.

• Moana 2 and Wicked reached milestones this weekend at the box office while India's Pushpa 2 set records at home and globally. 

• These are the 10 best books of the year, according to The New York Times Book Review.

Monday mansion: Here’s a look at a few top-of-market listings across Tarrant County:

• Southlake: 1469 Sunshine Lane, $27,500,000, 8 bedrooms, 8.5+ bathrooms, 31,324 sq ft, every amenity including a state-of-the-art soundproof music room.

• Fort Worth: 4132 Edgehill Road, $11,995,000, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 7,254 sq ft, 6+ acres, overlooking Ridglea Golf Course.

• Westlake: 1121 Post Oak Place, $11,250,000, 6 bedrooms, 7.5+ bathrooms, 11,775 sq ft, European style estate in Vaquero.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, won't run for a third term, which leaves state Rep. David Cook of Mansfield as a top contender.

Dallas Express sources say Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French is planning to challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in 2026.

Believe it or not: According to WIRED, more than half of the longer (over 100+ words) English-language posts on LinkedIn the past six years are AI-generated.

Did you know? Hillwood's top executives Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry were fraternity brothers at Vanderbilt University. Perot was Sigma Alpha Epsilon president while Berry was the social chairman. 

Nothing to do with business: Barney Smith’s toilet seat-themed museum in San Antonio is just one of the 50 weirdest roadside attractions that can be seen here.

In case you missed it, here are the most popular links from 817 Biz last week:

• To avoid a case of alphabet soup, here’s what H-E-B Grocery decided when it announced a store in HEB.

• The Arlington Carmelite nuns, who have sued and battled with Fort Worth Catholic Bishop Michael Olson more than a year, are "extinct," according to the Vatican.

• A South Texas cheerleader went viral after her dad posted a video of her shadowboxing moves while on the sidelines at AT&T Stadium.

• The country’s only privately-owned subway line used to run through downtown Fort Worth. Here's why.

• At 17, he bought a sandwich shop for $125,000. He re-named it Jersey Mike’s and just sold it for $8 billion. 

Announcements:

• Freese and Nichols: Names Clark Sykes Group Manager - Program Management.

• Leadership Fort Worth: Hires Twyla Masterson as LeaderKids Program Manager.

• Eater Dallas: Awards Fort Worth’s 61 Osteria Best New Restaurant of 2024.

• Compass: Adds Alexander Chandler as associate broker.

• State Independent Living Council: Gov. Greg Abbott appoints David Lunt of Haslet. Lunt is a senior manager at Fidelity Investments.  

• Catalyze Partners: Former Elbit Systems of America CEO Ranaan Horowitz joins Board of Advisors.

• Sobel Network Shipping: Names Richie Casarez D-FW Branch Manager.

• Urban Air Adventure Park: Names Tim Sharp Brand President.

• Nanoscope Therapeutics: Hires Ray Kaczmarek as Chief Technology Officer-Manufacturing. He is the former CEO of Genezen.

• Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada: Hires Sara Ramirez as President and CEO. She worked nine years with Catholic Charities in Fort Worth.

• Mouser Electronics: Promotes Kristin Schuetter to Senior Vice President of Products.

• Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: Natasha Hill with the Tarrant Regional Water District announces she has joined the Board of Directors.

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