The grills are heating up, inboxes are getting ignored, and somewhere inside Dallas City Hall, there’s probably a memo floating around that’s going to stir up all kinds of feelings come Tuesday.
Until then, enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! But if you’ve got a second, catch up on some of the headlines making waves in the Big D.
Fifth Third Bank Joins AT&T in Leaving Downtown
Downtown Dallas clocked another high-profile corporate departure this past week, with Fifth Third Bank announcing its plans to leave Comerica Tower and set up regional operations in Preston Center.
The Ohio-based bank confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to vacate the 60-story Comerica Bank Tower within 90 days and eventually move regional operations to a new building at 8300 Douglas Ave. A move-in date is expected in 2028.
The move follows Fifth Third’s nearly $11 billion acquisition of Comerica earlier this year, a merger that created the nation’s ninth-largest bank by assets. The bank said it will occupy approximately 63,000 square feet in the new Preston Center office development — significantly less than the 200,000 it had at Comerica Bank Tower…