The $660 million Southern Gateway Project to widen the I-35 and U.S. 67 and build a deck park between Marsalis and Ewing avenues, puts at risk historic properties in the neighborhood.
The Google data center could in the long run bring billions of dollars to the city, new jobs and a new image as Midlothian moves further from its industrial roots.
Construction began on the Hilltop Plaza building at the end of last year, and builders are expected to finish up the $60-million facility by the second half of 2019.
Companies are actively recruiting through middle schools, high schools and technical schools as students seek ways to avoid debt often attached to four-year degree.
It's this income group whose demand builders are the slowest to satisfy, and it's in those tranches where prices have gone up the most dramatically over time.
Millennials are buying homes. They made up 34 percent of American home buyers in 2017, more than any other age group, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Founded in 2016, Fetch is also moving its headquarters to Austin.
Tech giant Google, through its parent company, Alphabet, has purchased land for a data center in the Ellis County town of Midlothian.
The city ranked 32 out of 50 major American metros for the rate of home improvement loans — typically a form of home equity loan — as a percentage of total housing units.
