The Week in Review: RadioShack, American, Toyota steal the headlines

The past week in Dallas-Fort Worth business news was highlighted by big news on American Airlines’ headquarters search, Toyota hiring of a contractor for its new headquarters in Plano, a hotel sale, speedy delivery plans from Amazon and the RadioShack bankruptcy saga.

Let’s revisit the week that was:

Commercial Real Estate

American Airlines vice president Tim Skipworth told the DBJ exclusively that the carrier was putting its real estate search for a new headquarters on hold and, instead,…

Memphis architects honored during AIA Design Awards

Archimania took home three of the seven awards during the 2015 AIA Memphis Design Awards, conducted by the Memphis chapter of the American Institute of Architects March 28.

The event honors the best designs of local architects, as selected by a jury of architects and civic leaders from Louisville. The judges included M. Ross Primmer, who served as jury chair and Roberto DeLeon, who are principals of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop; David Biagi, of the University of Kentucky College of Design;…

What a drag: Low oil prices continue to slow Texas job growth

Bottom-of-the-barrel oil prices continued to drag down Texas’ job growth in February as the state added 7,100 jobs — the smallest monthly job gain since October 2011.

February was the second straight month of slower growth, according to data released March 27 by the Texas Workforce Commission.

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent, down from 4.4 percent in January 2015. At the city level, unemployment rates are not adjusted for seasonal factors. The Houston…

Bardo Brewpub to open beer garden and park next to Nationals Park

The team behind cult beer favorite Bardo Brewpub is cooking up a much larger project for this summer: a 2-acre beer garden and park on the Anacostia River next to Nationals Park.

Bardo announced the project on its Facebook page Saturday morning with a video “made” by the brewpub’s mascot, Bardawg, promoting an indiegogo campaign to help fund the project. Owners Bill and Andrew Stewart are trying to raise $200,000 for the beer garden.

They are planning an “extremely tentative” July 1 opening.

Bardo,…

New survey shows what energy pros are thinking as oil prices tumble

A whopping 89 percent of oil and gas professionals say they don’t expect commodity prices to bounce back in 2015, according to a survey conducted by Capital One.

The survey gives a glimpse into what energy pros were thinking at the North American Petroleum Expo in Houston in February. The bank surveyed 107 people.

Pressure on oil and natural gas prices was cited as the biggest concern for 73 percent of respondents. That’s 50 points higher than a year ago, when crude oil was well over $100 a…