Las Colinas is a developed area in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. Irving (pronounced 'er-ving' is a city located in the US state of Texas within Dallas County. Due to its central location between Dallas and Fort Worth and its proximity to DFW Airport, Las Colinas has been a viable place in the Metroplex for corporate and business relocation. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. The Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U As a planned community, it is synonymous with corporation offices, luxury hotels, landmark office towers on shining lakes, private country clubs, gated executive enclaves and urban lofts. A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business
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History
Las Colinas was founded in 1972 by cattle ranching millionaire Ben H. A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle Carpenter. His vision of a secure, aesthetically-pleasing business and living center was realized after much private and public expenditure. Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called He envisioned that Irving's sprawling Las Colinas community would be full of futuristic skyscrapers that rivaled downtown Dallas. Irving (pronounced 'er-ving' is a city located in the US state of Texas within Dallas County. A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city It was one of the first master-planned developments in the United States and once the largest mixed-use development in the Southwest with a land area of more than 12,000 acres (49 km²). The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of
Called El Ranchito de Las Colinas—the Little Ranch of the Hills—the river-bottom farmland was a weekend getaway for the Carpenter family, which owned one of the state's largest insurance companies. With construction of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport almost at their doorstep, the Carpenters decided the family farm was better suited for business than for bovines. Some of the country's top urban planners were consulted to lay out an entire town – an unprecedented undertaking that predated later projects in Plano, Allen and other suburbs. Plano (ˈpleɪnoʊ is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U Allen is a City in Collin County, Texas, United States, and a northern suburb of Dallas. The Carpenters carved the prairie into office parks and hotel sites and built miles of roads, artificial lakes and country clubs. During the early years, commuters on State Highway 114 saw a surreal landscape of excavation and paving. State Highway 114 or SH 114 is a State highway that runs from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex westward across the state to the state border with During the 1980s building boom, Las Colinas became the favored location of relocating companies and office developers, attracted some of the world's most respected corporations — including the global headquarters of four Fortune 500 companies and offices of more than 30 others, such as Exxon Mobil Corporation, GTE Telephone (now Verizon), Kimberly Clark and Associates Corp. Please do not add the complete list of fortune 500 companies The list is copyrighted by Fortune which makes money by selling the content The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an American oil and gas Corporation and a direct descendant of John D "Verizon" redirects here this article is about the corporation see also Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online DSL and Verizon FiOS. Kimberly-Clark Corporation () is an American Corporation that produces mostly Paper -based consumer products In 1985, the first sign of financial trouble appeared at Las Colinas due to a real estate market crash. Carpenter was evicted from Las Colinas after a lengthy legal battle.
Las Colinas made somewhat of a comeback. Another 6,500,000 square feet (604,000 m²) of office space were built in the most recent late 1990s boom. The square foot is an Imperial unit / US customary unit (non- SI non- metric) of Area, used mainly in the United States M^2 redirects here For other uses see M². CM2 redirects here The residential real estate prices also rose steadily.
Las Colinas today
Today, Las Colinas is a prestigious location for business and personal addresses. It remains a planned community home to many corporations despite an increasing problem of debt. Debt is that which is owed usually referencing Assets owed but the term can cover other obligations However, the area continues to thrive, with golf and country clubs nearby. A country club is a private Club which offers a variety of recreational Sports facilities usually located in city outskirts or rural areas
With 22,300,000 sq ft (2,070,000 m²) office space, Las Colinas is currently home to more than 2,000 companies include Fortune 500 global headquarters for Commercial Metals, ExxonMobil, Fluor Corp. and Kimberly-Clark. Commercial Metals Company, based in Irving Texas, is a United States based Steel and metal manufacturer founded in 1915 The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an American oil and gas Corporation and a direct descendant of John D Fluor Corporation is a publicly owned engineering procurement construction, and maintenance services organization Kimberly-Clark Corporation () is an American Corporation that produces mostly Paper -based consumer products Other Las Colinas companies include Abbott Laboratories, AAA-Texas, AT&T, Citigroup, General Motors, Microsoft, NEC America, Nokia, Oracle, Verizon, Zales, Westwood One and Flowserve. Abbott Laboratories ( is a diversified pharmaceuticals Health care company The AAA (usually read triple-A) formerly known as the American Automobile Association, is an American not-for-profit Automobile Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan. Nokia Corporation (pronunciation /'nɔkiɑ/),,) is a Finnish multinational Communications Corporation, headquartered Oracle Corporation ( specializes in developing and marketing Enterprise software products — particularly Database management systems In 2007 Oracle ranked "Verizon" redirects here this article is about the corporation see also Verizon Wireless, Verizon Online DSL and Verizon FiOS. Zale Corporation ( is the second largest specialty Retailer of fine Jewelry in North America, operating 2203 retail locations (which includes both Westwood One ( is an American Radio network. It is based in New York City, and it was previously managed by CBS Radio, the Radio The Flowserve Corporation ( is a global supplier of pumps valves seals automation and services to the power oil gas chemical and other industries
Las Colinas also features three private country clubs and four championship golf courses surrounded by gated prestigious communities. The Four Seasons resort and country club at MacArthur Blvd is the only AAA Five-Diamond resort in Texas. Four Seasons Hotels Inc is a five-star Canadian -based international luxury Hotel chain The TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas Resort has hosted the EDS Byron Nelson Championship of PGA tour since it opened in 1986. See also Dallas Open (tennis The EDS Byron Nelson Championship is a Golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional Golf tours in the United States. It features tree-lined fairways, large and undulating greens and is further complicated by a number of creeks and ponds, making it difficult to overpower.
It also contains high-rise office towers, retail centers, upscale residences and apartment complexes, and leisure facilities. Notable attractions include the larger-than-life Mustangs at Las Colinas sculpture and fountain with nine mustangs appear to be splashing through a stream of water; Las Colinas Flower Clock with flowers that are planted eight times a year for picture-perfect color. Mustangs at Las Colinas is a Bronze sculpture by Robert Glen, that decorates Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving Texas The complex also features a River Walk-styled canal with electric gondolas, as well as the above-ground Las Colinas APT System. The San Antonio River Walk (also known as Paseo del Río) is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath downtown San Antonio The Las Colinas Area Personal Transit System is a People mover system that serves the Las Colinas area of Irving Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Las Colinas has over 22,300,000 square feet (2,072,000 m²) of office space, 1,300,000 square feet (121,000 m²) of retail and 3,400 single-family homes. Plans are currently in the works to connect the downtown community and the Las Colinas APT System with the DART light rail expansion. The Las Colinas Area Personal Transit System is a People mover system that serves the Las Colinas area of Irving Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority (or DART) is a transit agency based in Dallas, Texas ( USA) that operates Buses Light
The Las Colinas area is served by Irving Independent School District and Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District. Irving Independent School District is a School district based in Irving, Texas ( USA) Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District ( CFBISD) is a school district based in Carrollton, Texas ( USA)
Las Colinas was briefly referenced as the setting for the movie Office Space by the character Lawrence. Office Space is an American Comedy film, released in 1999, that was written and directed by Mike Judge. The film's writer and director Mike Judge for a time lived and worked in the Dallas area. Michael Craig Judge (born October 17 1962) is an American Animator, Actor, Voice actor, Writer, director
Attractions
Studios at Las Colinas
Las Colinas Flower Clock
Lake Carolyn
Mandalay Canal
Las Colinas in Popular Culture
In the 1999 film Office Space the main character's neighbor, Lawrence, complains of having to, "Wake my ass up at 6 am" for a job in Las Colinas that involves, "putting up the drywall at the new McDonald's. Mustangs at Las Colinas is a Bronze sculpture by Robert Glen, that decorates Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving Texas Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Office Space is an American Comedy film, released in 1999, that was written and directed by Mike Judge. For the musical group "Drywall" see Drywall (musical project Drywall is a common manufactured Building material "
Neighborhoods
- Cottonwood Valley
- Mandalay Place
- Hackberry Creek
- University Hills
- Fox Glen
- The Enclave at Windsor Ridge
- Windsor Ridge Village
- University Park Estates
- Fairway Vista
- Country Club Place
- Quail Run Condominiums
- La Villita
External links
- Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau
- City of Irving, Texas
- Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
- Handbook of Texas Online.
- Map of Las Colinas
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