{"id":359173,"date":"2026-07-02T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359173\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:17:15","slug":"dallas-mayor-dismisses-claims-businesses-are-losing-confidence-in-downtown-as-a-bunch-of-bull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359173\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas mayor dismisses claims businesses are losing confidence in downtown as ‘a bunch of bull’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson pushed back against claims that businesses have lost confidence in the city’s downtown<\/a>, calling the narrative “a bunch of bull” as officials considered incentives tied to a proposed $1.3 billion office tower development in his email newsletter published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Local ABC affiliate WFAA 8 reported that Johnson said Dallas has led in post-pandemic economic recovery<\/a>, highlighting that it has attracted major business investments, including a new Goldman Sachs campus expected to employ approximately 5,000 people<\/a> and Frontier Communications’ relocation of its headquarters from Connecticut to Dallas, and Morgan Stanley considering an expansion.<\/p>\n

“Morgan Stanley choosing Dallas<\/a> as a new regional hub would be a huge win for the fast-growing Y’all Street sector of the city,” Johnson wrote in his email newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The article also pointed out that Nasdaq, the Texas Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange are “coming to town<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Johnson acknowledged that Neiman Marcus did close its downtown store<\/a>, but it still plans to invest in its NorthPark Center location, about 13 minutes from downtown Dallas, and that Fifth Third<\/a> and the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> will still be in the city, but not in Downtown.<\/p>\n

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“FIFA chose Downtown Dallas \u2014 over many other interested cities \u2014 as the home of its international broadcast center for the World Cup<\/a> and selected the region to host more matches than any other,” Johnson said in the newsletter.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas, Texas, skyline and a view of the city’s downtown.<\/p>\n

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“Does that sound like a loss of confidence, or does it sound like winning?” he asked. “The truth is that Dallas is safer, stronger, and more vibrant than it was before this Administration inherited a city that had uncompetitive tax rates, increasing crime, and police ranks that had been decimated.”<\/p>\n

He pointed out, however, that there is still more to be done.<\/p>\n

“The work is not finished,” Johnson wrote. “The City Council will soon consider asking voters to approve a public safety bond package<\/a> to give Dallas a police academy worthy of its police department and to shore up the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System to finally resolve a lingering mess that past leaders left behind. This year\u2019s budget also figures to be a challenging one, and it will be important to work closely with the city manager to make appropriate cuts and to ensure that public safety remains the top priority.”<\/p>\n

In April, Gov. Greg Abbott praised<\/a> Texas for being named the Best State for Business for the 22nd year in a row by Chief Executive magazine.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to Johnson for further comment, and was referred back to his newsletter.<\/p>\n

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