As one of the country’s top-performing economic regions, there are many reasons to live and do business in Dallas, especially considering:
- Dallas is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the US.
- 20 companies from Dallas–Fort Worth made the 2016 Fortune 500 list.
- The cost of doing business in Dallas is 5% lower than the national average.
- Dallas boasts the largest urban arts district in the country, spread over 20 square blocks and 68 acres.
- Dallas is the fourth-largest employment center in the nation (behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago).
Dallas Rundown
The fifth largest metropolitan economy in the US (2014 real GDP was over $504 billion). The fourth-largest employment center in the nation (behind New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago) with more than 3.5 million jobs. Home to the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the nation (behind New York City and Houston).
#1
Texas has been the top state in the country for business for 12 years in a row.
(source: Chief Executive Magazine)
2nd highest
overall population gain in the US from 2014-2015.
(source: census.gov)
1 square mile
in the city has the greatest concentration of award-winning architecture.
(source: citylab.com)
20 companies
from Dallas-Fort Worth made the 2016 Fortune 500 list.
(source: Dallas Business Journal)
Nearly 26 million
visitors came to Dallas in 2015.
(source: Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau)
7th largest
municipal park system in the US.
(source: dallas-ecodev.org)
7,000-acre urban forest
Great Trinity River Forest is the largest urban hardwood forest in America.
(source: trinityriver.audubon.org)
201+ companies
moved to, or grew their business in, North Texas in 2015.
(source: Dallas Business Journal)
Dallas Cowboys
is the most valuable sports franchise in the world.
(source: Forbes)
20 square blocks
and 68 acres make up the largest urban arts district in the US.
(source: visitdallas.com)
$24.02 / square foot
average office space rental rate in late 2016
(up 23% from 5 years ago)
(source: CoStar Realty Information)
22 million square feet
of industrial product under construction in 2016, more than any other US market.
(source: CoStar Realty Information)
Martin L. Hudler
Martin brings over 40 years of real estate expertise working throughout the US and Canada, specializing in dealing with real estate assets in bankruptcy court, difficult real estate developments, and investments such as build-to-suits for industrial and commercial or retail projects with an emphasis on multi-family development and existing multi-family projects.