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“Retail follows rooftops<\/a>, and today’s grocers are expanding.”<\/h2>\n

Bob Young<\/strong>
\nExecutive Managing Director
\nWeitzman
\n<\/a>\u2026on why Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in new retail construction, speaking at Weitzman’s 36th annual retail forecast at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, via CoStar.
\n<\/i>\"\"<\/p>\n

Dallas-Fort Worth now leads the country in retail construction, with a development pipeline more than double that of any other U.S. metro, according to a CoStar News report by Candace Carlisle. The region has 7.6 million square feet underway, compared to 3.6 million in second-place Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Grocery stores are fueling much of that activity as they work to keep pace with people moving to Texas, Young said at Weitzman’s Wednesday event, held at Southern Methodist University.<\/p>\n

New arrivals keep coming. U-Haul recently named Dallas-Fort Worth the No. 1 growth metro<\/a> in the nation for both 2024 and 2025, based on net one-way moves. Suburbs like Plano and Frisco rank among the top destinations.<\/p>\n

Grocers have ground to make up. Weitzman data cited by Carlisle shows just 13 new grocery projects opened regionwide from 2019 to 2023\u2014with zero in 2021\u2014even as the population hovered around 7.5 million.<\/p>\n

The pace has accelerated sharply since then: seven stores in 2024, 18 in 2025, and 34 more tracked for 2026 and 2027.<\/p>\n

“From our lens, Dallas-Fort Worth is definitely the most active grocery market in the entire country,” Young said.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a> on CoStar.<\/p>\n

For more of who said what about all things North Texas, <\/i>check out Every Last Word<\/i>.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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“Retail follows rooftops, and today’s grocers are expanding.” Bob Young Executive Managing Director Weitzman \u2026on why Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in new retail construction, speaking at Weitzman’s 36th annual retail forecast at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, via CoStar. 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Preston launched the Dallas Innovates' media platform to tell the story of innovation in Dallas-Fort Worth. It was official in 2016 when the Dallas skyline turned purple for innovation. Since then, Dallas Innovates has become a must-read among business leaders and forward thinkers in North Texas. \"Our partners call us 'the tip of the spear for innovation news in North Texas,'\" she says. \"Now it's our tagline.\" The media-with-a-mission brand covers what's new and next in North Texas business. \"Our lens is lift,\" Preston says. \"We want to inspire ideas and opportunity. We're a catalyst for connections, here and beyond.\" Covering the Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Economy \"Dallas-Fort Worth has all of the core assets that drive an innovation economy,\" Preston told D CEO about the launch. \"We felt Dallas Innovates could be the center of innovation in business in DFW, from startup to enterprise, and include all the great impact work happening here.\" One of our superpowers is our diverse economy: \"A lot of places want one thing to hang their hat on, but DFW has many centers of innovation,\" she noted. \"And the fact that small businesses can work with very large companies here as a Fortune 50 market is a huge advantage.\" Preston founded media company Dallas Next in 2021 and publishes Dallas Innovates in a collaboration with the Dallas Regional Chamber. DRC innovation and research chief Duane Dankesreiter and Dallas Innovates co-founder says it's \"the drumbeat\" for the innovation economy in the region. Dallas Next also publishes the DALLAS\u00ae publications in partnership with the DRC. Dallas Innovates' sister publications include the DALLAS\u00ae Regional Economic Development Guide, the DALLAS\u00ae Relocation + Newcomers Guide, and the\u00a0DALLAS\u00ae Commercial Real Estate, which is a partnership with the DRC and The Real Estate Council. \"It's hard to say no to Quincy Preston when she believes in something,\" wrote D CEO Editor Christine Perez in the magazine. \"She won't stop until she makes it happen.\" In a previous role at D Magazine Partners, Preston incubated Dallas Innovates and published the DRC's brand publications. There, she also led the launch of D Healthcare Daily at D CEO and the launch of D TV. Preston developed data solutions to provide insights and measurement for growth across D Magazine Partners brands. Preston has worn many hats in her media career, including stints as a writer, photographer, and award-winning designer. During her long tenure at the Dallas Business Journal, Preston managed budgets, project schedules, resources, and talent; she also developed several cost-saving and income-producing initiatives that were adopted across the ACBJ chain of more than 40 newspapers. Preston's first editorial job was working for a fashion magazine at the Dallas Apparel Mart with an office a few doors down from Lucy Billingsley, daughter of legendary real estate developer Trammell Crow. At the time, Billingsley was running the market center where she led three expansions and a ~7 million-square-foot development. It was good company to be in. Later, when Preston launched an agency that she ran through the early nineties, Billingsley helped her with tough-but-kind advice\u2014and some pivotal connections. Today, Preston helms Dallas Innovates and the DALLAS\u00ae publications group, published by Dallas Next for the Dallas Regional Chamber. The growing DALLAS\u00ae platform includes sister publication Dallas Innovates. Together they focus on Dallas-Fort Worth business, including real estate, relocation, economic development, and innovation. 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