DALLAS \u2014 AT&T, a Fortune 50 telecommunications company, plans to move its global headquarters out of downtown Dallas and move roughly 20 miles north to the suburb of Plano, a decision that has sparked concern among residents and business leaders about the future of the city\u2019s urban core.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
AT&T plans to move its headquarters from downtown Dallas to Plano by 2028
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The company cites cost-effective consolidation and shorter employee commutes as reasons for the move
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Local stakeholders are expressing concerns about the future of downtown Dallas<\/p>\n
The move will mark the end of AT&T\u2019s nearly two-decade presence in downtown Dallas, where the company has been a major anchor employer and economic driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n
AT&T says the move will allow the company to cost-effectively consolidate operations while expanding horizontally on a 54-acre campus in Plano by 2028. The company has also said the relocation will help shorten employee commute times.<\/p>\n
The announcement has drawn mixed reactions from downtown stakeholders, including Christopher Kratovil, an attorney with Dykema who works a few blocks from the AT&T Discovery District.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are invested in downtown Dallas being successful. We hate to see AT&T go,\u201d Kratovil said.<\/p>\n
Kratovil described the move as reflective of broader changes facing downtown Dallas, noting that the area\u2019s strongest period may already be behind it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe high point of downtown was probably 2017, 2018, 2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Those years preceded a series of uncertainties for the city\u2019s core, including the future of flagship retailer Neiman Marcus<\/a>, discussions about demolishing and relocating City Hall<\/a> and ongoing efforts by the city to retain major professional sports teams<\/a> such as the Dallas Stars and Dallas Mavericks. The Stars have publicly explored the possibility of relocating to Plano.<\/p>\n \u201cThink we\u2019re at an inflection point in downtown Dallas, and downtown Dallas needs a few wins,\u201d Kratovil said.<\/p>\n Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said in a statement that the city attempted to keep AT&T but will instead focus on other major investments, including a new Goldman Sachs campus and the emerging financial district dubbed \u201cY\u2019all Street.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe future of our city – and our urban core – is bright,\u201d Johnson said in the statement.<\/p>\n The relocation has also entered the political conversation. During a recent reelection campaign stop in Fort Worth, Gov. Greg Abbott blamed crime and homelessness as contributing factors to companies leaving downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux disputed that claim, saying police remain proactive in the central business district. Comeaux cited two-minute response times and 196 arrests in 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have statistics to back that up, but on some level that doesn\u2019t matter. What matters is the perception,\u201d Kratovil said.<\/p>\n Despite the uncertainty, Kratovil and others say they remain hopeful the move will not define the future of downtown Dallas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS \u2014 AT&T, a Fortune 50 telecommunications company, plans to move its global headquarters out of downtown Dallas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4998,910,1570,102,8082,19797,223,160,162,161,27,1569,17547,835],"class_list":["post-124725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-app-local-business","tag-business","tag-ctv","tag-dallas","tag-dfw-what-you-need-to-know","tag-michael-lozano","tag-news","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-what-you-need-to-know","tag-topic-latest-local-business-stories","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}