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DFW's Job Growth Rate is Highest in 12 Largest Metros

IRVING, TX—Las Colinas is home to a large skilled labor pool and has airport proximity which is attracting expansion-driven companies, including Exxon Mobil, Oracle, Microsoft, GM, Fluor, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Kimberly-Clark.

By Lisa Brown | lisabrown | Updated on March 20, 2017

Royal Ridge office complex One of the office complexes with prominent corporate tenants is Royal Ridge.

IRVING, TX—The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the nation’s fourth largest metro area, with a current job growth rate of 3.6%, which is the highest among the country’s 12 biggest metro areas. Within the metro, Las Colinas is home to 120,000 workers.

The area’s growing skilled labor pool and DFW proximity are attracting expansion-driven companies to the submarket. Large employers include Exxon Mobil, Oracle, Microsoft, General Motors, Fluor, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Kimberly-Clark.

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