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Financial giant Goldman Sachs is making a big investment in the Dallas area. The New York-based firm is hiring people for a new banking operation in Richardson’s Telecom Corridor, with plans to bring 500 to 600 workers to the Galatyn Commons office campus.

The City of Richardson was one of several US Ignite member cities nationwide participating in a recent “smart gigabit cities” application development challenge, to encourage development of Smart City applications addressing community issues such as public safety, transportation and healthcare. Through the collaborative efforts of the Richardson Economic Development Partnership (REDP) and The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), two proposed apps from local developers have now been selected as winners of the challenge.

On the heels of being honored earlier
this year, for a third time, with fDi Magazine’s “Top 10 in Small Cities for fDi Strategy”
honor, the City of Richardson has now been named an fDi Strategy Award winner for its
outstanding soft landing services in support of international companies.

In November, Site Selection Magazine released its 2017 Executive Survey
Business Climate Rankings, listing Texas at the top of its rankings. The
ranking methodology for the survey is based on a survey of corporate site
selectors who are asked to rank states based on their experience of locating
facilities in them. 

RICHARDSON, Texas – Oct. 5, 2017 – Legrand Building Control Systems (BCS), a leading manufacturer of energy efficient active and natural lighting controls and a division of Legrand, North & Central America, the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, has leased an approximately 42,000 square-foot facility at 2240 Campbell Creek Blvd. (Campbell Creek Pavilion) in Richardson.

The University of Texas at Dallas and the city of Richardson are appealing to Amazon’s geeky side in their proposal for the Seattle-based technology and retail giant’s search for a second headquarters city.

Richardson was ranked the 7th best city in the country for first-time home buyers in 2016 by WalletHub.

Methodist Richardson Medical Center has expedited plans and started construction on its $85 million expansion project. It will build its third cardiac catheterization lab at the center as well as a new parking garage.

Methodist Richardson Medical Center has expedited plans and started construction on its $85 million expansion project. It will build its third cardiac catheterization lab at the center as well as a new parking garage.