New Texas A&M Campus, Convention Center Expansion Expected To Lead To Downtown Boom

Arlington TX

15 December, 2021

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By Kristen Barton, Fort Worth Report December 14, 2021 Anthracite Realty Partners President Laura Bird has worked in downtown Fort Worth since 1991. She has witnessed it grow and develop across those three decades; almost four years ago, she and her husband's company added to the iconic skyline by building the Frost Tower. The building, opened in May 2018, was the first high-rise added to downtown by a Fort Worth-based firm in over 40 years. Before building the Frost Tower, the realty business was a tenant at the Fort Worth Club. When it was time for Anthracite Realty to move out, she said, they looked all over town. They wanted to stay downtown because of the central location to the city and their clients. "We went into the suburbs, we went north, west, southwest, and just decided that downtown was the happening place," Bird said. "And there was such security in downtown, and I really feel like Fort Worth was ahead of this whole downtown revitalization curve. And that's what we were so excited about, was to be part of that." To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.