Dallas keeps scaling up its ambitions – and lately, the skyline can barely keep pace. At the airport with the third-highest passenger count in the world, American Airlines and DFW just greenlit a $4‑billion Terminal F that will double gate capacity by 2030, with Terminal C’s current refresh aimed at 2026 FIFA World Cup crowds. The city’s global Top 10 Airports ranking will keep ascending. Downtown, Goldman Sachs’ 800,000-square-foot riverview campus is rising, while Wells Fargo’s Las Colinas campus – self-described as timeless, organic and sustainable – is designed to bring 3,000 employees back to the office.
The hospitality sector is booming: Harwood District flaunts a Swiss‑Texan swagger with Kengo Kuma’s 22-story Michelin Key Hôtel Swexan; the JW Marriott opened in the country’s largest contiguous Arts District in 2023; and a flurry of flagships are in the works. Investors tracking fundamentals see that DFW added 59,000 jobs since March 2024 – second only to New York – and finance jobs now outpace Wall Street on what locals call “Y’all Street” (watch the #20 ranking for Economic Output and #23 for Large Companies rise). The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center replacement will improve the city’s #60 ranking in the space, and a $1.6‑billion plan to trench the I‑345 promises fresh, developable acreage and long‑overdue neighborhood reconnection.