Editing Las Colinas, Irving, Texas

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'''Las Colinas''' is a [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use]] [[planned community]] development in [[Irving, Texas]]  governed by '''The Las Colinas Association''', a Texas nonprofit corporation. Due to its central location in the [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]] and proximity to [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] and [[Dallas Love Field]] airport, Las Colinas has been a focus of corporate and business relocation.

==History==
Initially named '''Hackberry Creek Ranch''', the land that gave rise to Las Colinas was first owned by businessman [[John W. Carpenter]]. His wife Flossie Gardner Carpenter renamed it ''El Ranchito de las Colinas''("the Little Ranch of the Hills");his son, [[Ranch|cattle ranching]] millionaire Ben H. Carpenter developed the former ranch in 1972. It was one of the first [[new town|planned communities]] in the United States and was once the largest mixed-use development in the South, with a land area of more than {{convert|12000|acre|km2|0}}. Urban planners were consulted to lay out the entire town, an undertaking that predated later projects in [[Plano, Texas|Plano]], [[Allen, Texas|Allen]], and other Dallas suburbs.{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}}

During the 1980s building boom, Las Colinas became a popular location for relocating companies and office developers, attracting many corporations, including the global headquarters of four [[Fortune 500]] companies and offices of more than 30 others, such as [[ExxonMobil]], GTE Telephone (now [[Verizon]]), [[Kimberly-Clark]] and [[Associates Corp]].

In 1985, the first sign of financial trouble appeared at Las Colinas after a real estate market crash. However, another {{convert|6500000|sqft|m2|-3}} of office space was built in the late 1990s boom. {{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

=== Recent ===
[[Image:Lascolinasbld.jpg|thumb|Las Colinas Blvd.]]
[[Image:Houses on Camino Lago.jpg|thumb|Houses on Camino Lago, Las Colinas]]

With {{convert|25000000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space, nearly equivalent to the Dallas CBD, {{Citation needed|date=February 2013}} Las Colinas is home to more than 2,000 companies, including the Fortune 500 global headquarters for [[Caterpillar Inc.]],<ref>"[https://www.caterpillar.com/en/news/corporate-press-releases/h/Caterpillar-to-Relocate-Global-Headquarters-to-Dallas-Fort-Worth-Area.html</ref> [[Commercial Metals]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Fluor Corporation|Fluor]], Celanese and [[Kimberly-Clark]]. Other companies with headquarters in Las Colinas include [[Mission Foods]], [[Trend Micro]]<ref>"[http://www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/about/ds_corp-facts-stnd-size.pdf Fact Sheet]." Trend Micro, Inc.. Retrieved on September 10, 2013.</ref> and [[La Quinta Inns and Suites]].<ref>"[http://www.lq.com/lq/about/mediakit/factsheet/index.jsp Fact Sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817174331/http://www.lq.com/lq/about/mediakit/factsheet/index.jsp |date=2012-08-17 }}." La Quinta Inns & Suites. Retrieved on March 24, 2010.</ref><ref name="LQMove">"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE8A60DCE51CD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM La Quinta moving to Dallas suburb Hotelier cites S.A.'s lack of nonstop flights]." ''[[San Antonio Express-News]]''. March 17, 1999. Business Page 1E. Retrieved on March 24, 2010.</ref> In 1999. La Quinta announced it would move its headquarters from [[San Antonio]],<ref name="LQMove"/> stating it wanted to be near [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]].<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF91EF529BA5AE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM La Quinta to move office to Las Colinas The hotel chain's officials say the company needs to be near a major airport]". ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''. March 18, 1999. 12 Business. Retrieved on March 24, 2010.</ref> It is also the home to [[The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show]] and ESPN Dallas. [[FOX News]] also tapes from the FOX News Texas Studios in Las Colinas.

Other companies and organizations with headquarters or major offices in Las Colinas include [[Abbott Laboratories]], [[Accenture]], [[American Automobile Association|AAA-Texas]], [[AT&T Inc.|AT&T]], [[BlackBerry]], The [[Big 12 Conference]] and [[Conference USA]] Headquarters, [[TheBlaze]], [[Boy Scouts of America]], [[Citigroup]], Cortland Partners, First Choice Power, [[Flowserve]], [[General Motors Financial]], [[Tenaska]], [[Infor]], [[Microsoft]], [[NEC|NEC America]], [[Nexstar Media Group]], [[Nokia]], [[Nokia Siemens Networks]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Paycom]], [[PLH Group]], PNM Resources, Inc., [[Stewart Information Services Corporation|Stellar]], TRT Holdings, Inc., [[Verizon]], Vizient, Inc., [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]], and [[Zale Corporation]]. In 2008 [[TXU Energy]] moved offices into the former [[TM Advertising]] headquarters in Las Colinas.<ref name=Hetchcockp2>Hethcock, Bill. "Large ad agency cites area's vibrancy in decision to return." ''[[Dallas Business Journal]]''. December 9, 2007. p. [http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/12/10/story2.html?page=2 2]. Retrieved October 17, 2010.</ref>

Las Colinas also features three private country clubs, including the Las Colinas Country Club owned by [[ClubCorp]], Hackberry Creek Country Club and four championship golf courses surrounded by gated communities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clubcorp.com/clubs/las-colinas-country-club|title=Las Colinas Country Club &#124; Golf & Country Club &#124; Irving, TX|website=Clubcorp.com|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>  The [[The Las Colinas Resort Dallas|TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas Resort]]  has hosted the [[HP Byron Nelson Championship]] of [[PGA Tour]] since it opened in 1986. It features tree-lined fairways, large greens and a number of creeks and ponds. However, as the Four Seasons works to develop a high rise in Uptown, it will cease operations at the course, and the TPC will come under new hotel and course management by the end of 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Four Seasons to Step Away From Las Colinas Resort |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2022/01/four-seasons-to-step-away-from-las-colinas-resort/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=D Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

It also contains high-rise office towers, retail centers, upscale residences, apartment complexes, and leisure facilities. Notable attractions include the [[Mustangs at Las Colinas]] sculpture and fountain and Las Colinas Flower Clock. The Mustangs of Las Colinas are featured in the courtyard of the Towers at Williams Square, where another ClubCorp Property, La Cima Club, is located. The complex also features a [[San Antonio River Walk|River Walk]]-styled canal offering gondola cruises, as well as the above-ground [[Las Colinas APT System]]. Las Colinas has over {{convert|22300000|sqft|m2|-3}} of office space, {{convert|1300000|sqft|m2|-3}} of retail, and 3,400 single-family homes. A {{convert|40|acre|m2|adj=on}} tract in Las Colinas is also home to the [[Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas]].

Local schools include [[Irving Independent School District]], [[Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District]], and [[The Highlands School]], a private Catholic PreK through 12 school.  North Hills Preparatory, an Uplift Education charter school is in Las Colinas.  North Hills Preparatory is an [[International Baccalaureate]] school and has been ranked as a top 20 school in America by Newsweek.<ref name="irvingblog.dallasnews.com">{{Cite web |url=http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2011/06/newsweek-names-north-hills-pre.html/ |title=Newsweek names North Hills Preparatory 10th best high school in nation &#124; &#124; Dallas Morning News |access-date=2013-09-01 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045255/http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2011/06/newsweek-names-north-hills-pre.html/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Glenn Beck]]'s independent news and entertainment television network, [[TheBlaze]], has its largest studio complex based in Las Colinas.  Additionally, a character in the movie ''Office Space'' references Los Colinas.

The live music venue, originally known as the Irving Music Factory, was renamed the [[Toyota Music Factory]] and opened in September 2017. Additionally, the Live Nation concert venue, The Pavilion, was renamed The Pavilion at [[Toyota Music Factory]], and the VIP Lounge was renamed the Toyota Lounge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6397783/live-nation-irving-texas-venue-the-pavilion|title=Live Nation Unveils New North Texas Venue The Pavilion|work=billboard.com|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2016/09/22/irvings-175-million-music-factory-project-grabs|title=Irving's $175 million Music Factory project is up for grabs - Real Estate - Dallas News|date=22 September 2016|work=dallasnews.com|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dirt-Turns-at-Irving-Music-Factory-in-Las-Colinas_370201531.html|title=The Music Factory Development Underway in Las Colinas|work=nbcdfw.com|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Toyota Buys Naming Rights to Irving Music Factory|date=September 12, 2017|publisher=Irving Weekly|url=http://www.irvingweekly.com/s/2433/Toyota-Buys-Naming-Rights-to-Irving-Music-Factory.php|access-date=November 16, 2017}}</ref> The grounds of the Toyota Music Factory feature in total approximately 16 restaurants and bars.

In January 2022, ExxonMobil stated that it was consolidating and restructuring certain elements of its business, the most prominent being the consolidation of its chemical and refinery sectors. ExxonMobil additionally formalized the creation of a new low-carbon sector, which will handle the company's biofuel and carbon capture ventures.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-31|title=Exxon announces cost-cutting restructure, plans to move headquarters|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/exxon-cost-cutting-restructure-moves-headquarters.html|access-date=2022-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> Concurrently, the company announced it would be closing its headquarters in Las Colinas, and moving to its recently-opened campus in the [[Houston]] suburb of [[Spring, Texas|Spring]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Matthews|first=Christopher M.|date=2022-01-31|title=Exxon to Move Headquarters to Houston|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/exxon-to-move-headquarters-to-houston-11643648706|access-date=2022-02-01|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The company released its 2021 Q4 Earnings early the next day on February 1, recording a 3-month profit of $8.9 Billion USD, jumping over 80%. ExxonMobil that day additionally announced that both its total debt was now around pre-pandemic levels, and it would begin buying back some of its shares.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stevens|first=Pippa|date=2022-02-01|title=Exxon Mobil's fourth-quarter profit tops estimates as oil and gas prices soar; shares rise|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/01/exxon-xom-earnings-q4-2021.html|access-date=2022-02-01|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==

===Climate===
Las Colinas, as part of Irving and the greater DFW metroplex, is considered to be part of the [[humid subtropical]] (cfa) classification according to the Köppen system of climate classification.<ref>{{Cite web |last=WeatherSTEM |title=Climate of Texas |url=https://learn.weatherstem.com/modules/learn/lessons/182/8.html |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=WeatherSTEM |language=en}}</ref> This means that the summers are very warm and humid with mild winters and variable rainfall year round.

===Neighborhoods===
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* Avalon Square
* [[Bridges at Las Colinas]]
* Parkside 
* Cottonwood Valley<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cottonwoodvalley.com/|title=Cottonwood Valley|website=Cottonwoodvalley.com|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[Crest at Las Colinas Station]]
* [[Country Club Place]]
* [[Enclave at Windsor Ridge]]
* [[Estates of Escena]]
* [[Fairway Vista]]
* [[Fox Glen]]
* [[Grand Treviso]]
* Hackberry Creek<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hackberrycreek.com/|title=HackberryCreek|website=Hackberrycreek.com|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[Hunter's Ridge]]
* La Villita
* [[The Lakes of Las Colinas]]
* Mandalay Place<ref>[http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/irving/mplace/ Mandalay Place] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122151713/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/irving/mplace/ |date=2005-11-22 }}</ref>
* Positano<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://positanohomes.com/real-estate/|title=Real Estate|website=Positanohomes.com|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[Quail Run]]
* [[Riverside Village]]
* The Terraces of Las Colinas
* University Hills<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.universityhills.net/|title=University Hills - Luxury homes, parks, trails, trees, in Las Colinas|website=Universityhills.net|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
* [[Villas of Escena]]
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===Other developments===
The Las Colinas Entertainment District includes the [[Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas]] and the [[Toyota Music Factory]]

==Arts and culture==
* [[Toyota Music Factory]] 
* [[Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas]]

==Parks==
* Las Colinas Flower Clock
* [[Lake Carolyn]]
* Mandalay Canal
* [[Mustangs of Las Colinas]]

==Government==
The constituent properties of Las Colinas are governed by ''The Las Colinas Association'', a State of Texas non-profit corporation first incorporated on 21 August 1973 by charter 329790.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2e9ses36dbdi1bmei91lulv1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Articles_of_Incorporation.pdf |title=Articles of Incorporation|website=2e9ses36dbdi1bmei91lulv1-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com |access-date=22 Sep 2021}}</ref> The Las Colinas Association is governed by non-compensated, volunteer board members, with equal representation for residential and commercial properties, and one Declarant representative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lascolinas.org/governance/ |title=Discover Las Colinas, Governance section |access-date=22 Sep 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Some portions of Las Colinas are within the [[Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District]].<ref>"[http://www.lascolinas.com/map.htm Aerial Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010942/http://www.lascolinas.com/map.htm |date=2012-04-26 }}". ([http://www.lascolinas.com/images/irv-map.gif Picture] {{dead link|date=September 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}) Las Colinas. Retrieved on November 30, 2011.</ref> Some residents are zoned to Las Colinas Elementary School.<ref>"[https://www.scribd.com/doc/62510523/Attendance-Zone-Map-Las-Colinas Las Colinas Elementary Attendance Area]". [[Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District]] at [[Scribd]]. Retrieved on November 30, 2011.</ref> Another portion is zoned to La Villita Elementary School.<ref>"[https://www.scribd.com/doc/62510637/Attendance-Zone-Map-La-Villita La Villita Elementary Attendance Area]". [[Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District]] at [[Scribd]]. Retrieved on November 30, 2011.</ref>

Some portions are within the [[Irving Independent School District]].{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}}

[[The Highlands School]] is a private Catholic Pre-K through 12 college prep school in Las Colinas.{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}}

C-FBISD has always served a portion of Irving, and historically children were bussed to schools in [[Carrollton, Texas|Carrollton]] and [[Farmers Branch, Texas|Farmers Branch]]. Las Colinas, which opened in 1986, was C-FBISD's first school in Irving. The Kinwest Corporation donated the tract of land that houses the school. La Villita was C-FBISD's sixth school in Irving and its 27th elementary school.<ref name="CFBISDHist">"[http://www.cfbisd.edu/pages/aboutCampusHistory.cfm Campus Histories] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903225636/http://www.cfbisd.edu/pages/aboutCampusHistory.cfm |date=2011-09-03 }}". Carrollton-Farmers Independent School District. Retrieved on November 29, 2011.</ref>

North Hills Preparatory, an Uplift Education charter school is in Las Colinas.<ref>"[https://www.uplifteducation.org/domain/2924 About Uplift North Hills Preparatory]." Uplift North Hills Preparatory. Retrieved on May 28, 2019.</ref> Uplift North Hills Preparatory is a K–12 continuum [[International Baccalaureate]] school and has been ranked as a top 20 school in America by ''Newsweek''.<ref name="irvingblog.dallasnews.com"/>

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
[[File:Las Colinas APT.jpg|thumb|[[Las Colinas APT System]]]]

Irving is within the 13 service areas of the Dallas region's transit agency, [[Dallas Area Rapid Transit]] (DART). Irving is served by numerous bus routes and the [[North Irving Transit Center]] serves Las Colinas with express bus service to [[downtown Dallas]]. In July 2012, DART initiated {{DART O}} service to the [[Las Colinas Urban Center Station]] and [[Irving Convention Center Station]]. On December 3, 2012, [[North Lake College Station]] and [[Belt Line Station]] opened. The final segment of the Orange line was scheduled to open on December 15, 2014, but the date was changed to August 18, 2014, providing Dallas direct rail service to [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] via Las Colinas.{{Citation needed |date=September 2021}}

Like the rest of [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth]] however, the majority of traffic comes via the automobile. [[Interstate 635 (Texas)|Interstate 635]] forms the northern border of Las Colinas while [[Texas State Highway 114]] cuts through its heart. A portion of the [[President George Bush Turnpike]] ([[Texas State Highway 161]]) cuts through the western side while the southern portion of Las Colinas can be accessed from [[Texas State Highway 183]] via feeder roads such as MacArthur Boulevard, Belt Line Road and O’Connor Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Las Colinas · Irving, TX |url=https://www.google.com/maps?q=Las+Colinas,+Irving,+TX&ftid=0x864c28241a0e3c4b:0x35b2caa1ea3abf0a&hl=en-US&gl=us&entry=gps&lucs=s2se,a2&shorturl=1 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Las Colinas · Irving, TX |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.irvingtexas.com Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* [http://www.ci.irving.tx.us City of Irving, Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981212023751/http://www.ci.irving.tx.us/ |date=1998-12-12 }}
* [https://www.lascolinas.org/ The Las Colinas Association website]

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