Fort Worth Business The Insight: Recent local business news stories you need to know

This group of Star-Telegram stories highlights significant expansions and investments in business around Fort Worth area and surrounding communities. Teton Ridge expands in the Stockyards, Bell Textron develops a new helicopter factory, and high-end stores target the Westbend area for their new openings.

Bell selected a site with an existing building at 15100 N. Beach Road, off of Interstate 35W in far north Fort Worth, for its new manufacturing facility. Components for the FLRAA will be made there.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BELL’S NEW $632 MILLION HELICOPTER FACTORY IN FORT WORTH

The new facility is expected to create hundreds of high-paying jobs, possibly for decades to come. | Published July 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

Cowboys ride after escorting longhorns in the Fort Worth Stockyards on March 27, 2014, with the historic Armour building in the background. By Ron Jenkins

TETON RIDGE, A WESTERN ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA FIRM, EXPANDS IN FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS

The company is putting finishing touches on offices and broadcast studios in a historic Stockyards building. | Published July 3, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

Pottery Barn and West Elm are expected to open locations in Fort Worth’s Westbend development in May.

POTTERY BARN, WEST ELM ARE OPENING NEW FORT WORTH STORES IN THIS TRENDY AREA

Two high-end home furnishing stores are moving into one of Fort Worth’s trendiest shopping areas. | Published July 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

H-E-B IS BUILDING A NEW GROCERY STORE IN FORT WORTH. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

It will be the second H-E-B within the Fort Worth city limits. | Published July 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

A technician monitors advanced equipment at MP Materials’ Independence facility at 13840 Independence Parkway in Fort Worth. By Robert Guerra

MP MATERIALS LANDS $500 MILLION APPLE DEAL TO MAKE MAGNETS IN FORT WORTH

Big news for Fort Worth: This factory that makes rare earth magnets landed a $500M deal with iPhone maker Apple. | Published July 15, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

GM ANNOUNCES ARLINGTON ASSEMBLY PLANT WILL NO LONGER MAKE CADILLAC ESCALADE

GM, one of the biggest employers in the Metroplex, is making changes to where some of most popular vehicles are manufactured. | Published July 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Kate Marijolovic

HEY MANSFIELD, YOU’RE GETTING A COSTCO. HERE ARE THE DETAILS.

Costco Wholesale Warehouse is building another store with a gas station on our side of the Metroplex. | Published July 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Matt Leclercq

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.