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Expert advice, professional service
here first-class business goes, sponsive,” he points out, adding that “the
W first-class professional services
follow. Companies, like indi-
viduals, move, change direction and grow,
development in Southlake benefits in
having flexible lenders who are willing to
create structures that fit the transactions.”
often relying on professional help at critical First National Bank Town Square spe-
transition points. In this regard, the 114 cializes in financing for land acquisition,
West Corridor has the best of the best, as commercial and residential development,
its communities continue to draw highly interim and permanent construction and
educated, highly skilled, highly trained residential mortgages.
professionals—bankers, financial planners, While banks lend money, Complex
tax advisors and corporate trainers, among Property Advisors Corporation helps cli-
others—who lend their expertise to a grow- ents as diverse as Solana, Southlake Town
ing number of companies in the area. Square, Alliance and Gaylord Texan Re-
The first step in corporate expansion sort and Convention Center save money.
or relocation may be securing a loan, and “We represent most of the major play-
it’s hard to beat a locally owned bank for ers in the area,” says Complex Property
personal service and a speedy transac- executive vice president Mark Bedford.
tion. First National Bank Town Square “Property tax is a central issue, and we
in Southlake concentrates on commercial also do appraisal work and cost segrega-
and residential financing, doing about tion analysis. Our job is to make sure that
$40 million in projects every year. our clients get a fair and equitable assess-
“The dynamics of Southlake make ment for property tax purposes.”
it the epicenter for the corridor,” says Bedford notes that his company has ties and health care centers. ing firms by offering a highly diversified
Randy McCauley, First National’s senior saved area corporate clients millions of dol- When companies need to change their product. “We’re unique in that we don’t
development officer for Tarrant County. lars over the past decade, working quietly culture, change their image, upgrade skills just specialize in one thing,” says CEO
McCauley says the beauty of a local bank and efficiently with area tax assessors. “We or streamline and improve systems, they Jason DeLaPorte. “What we focus on is
lies in its community involvement and its come in, shoot straight and get it done, call in pros like DeLaPorte & Associates anything that has to do with performance
flexibility. and we don’t play games,” Bedford says. and Telsource. of things or people.”
“We don’t have to fit any particular Complex Property Advisors focuses on DeLaPorte, a business consulting and Most of DeLaPorte & Associate’s cli-
transaction into any particular structure, large complex real estate projects, corpo- training company based in Southlake, ents are medium to large corporations,
and this makes us competitive and re- rate campuses, large manufacturing facili- goes head to head with larger consult- spread out over 40 states and twelve
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Highway 114.
On-ramp to
the World.
TelSource’s Product Development team, located in their Southlake
office, recently launched PremGate™ Remote Access Manager, which
proactively monitors remote network systems
countries. communication design,” he points out.
DeLaPorte offers human resource “It’s the third major area after the Silicon
training by partnering with two train- Valley and New Jersey.”
ing giants, Wilson Learning and Allagi One of the hallmarks of an enduring
Learning. It also excels in developing community is its success not just in at-
“corporate universities.” “An organiza- tracting residents but also in offering the
tion comes to us and maybe they have resources that allow them to stay through
a lot of curriculum but don’t know how the career-building years into the golden
to put it together,” DeLaPorte says. “Or years. Fidelity Investments carefully and
they don’t have all the pieces, so we create deliberately chose its regional headquar-
or rope in all the resources they need.” ters in Westlake to help meet the needs of
When companies want to change a growing and affluent population in the
their culture, it’s a long, detailed imple- 114 West Corridor.
mentation process that takes from five to “A lot of our customers come to us
seven years. “That’s been our sweet spot with retirement concerns,” says Jim For-
for twenty-five years,” DeLaPorte says. syth, Fidelity’s investor center manager.
For nuts and bolts changes in equip-
ment or systems, Telsource is a start to
“Fidelity offers a full array of investment
services, and we are the leader in retire-
Highway 114 goes global
finish company. The New Jersey-based ment accounts.”
enterprise technology company, whose Forsyth says Fidelity works with its with Trans-Trade.
clients include restaurant giant Brinker clients on investment strategy and retire-
International, offers different types of ser-
vice. Telsource’s facility in Southlake is a
ment income planning. “Retail clients
can have all the technology they need to
We’ll bring your business to
design and engineering site that develops
integrated access devices sold to Verizon
manage their own accounts themselves,”
he says. “We have the number one web-
the world.
and AT&T. site for stock research, and we’re acces-
“We also have a professional services or
systems integration capability,” says Greg
sible by phone 24/7.”
Additionally, Fidelity offers discretion- Or we’ll bring the world
Sweeney, Telsource vice president of sales ary money management, insurance and
and marketing. “We help our customers annuities, CDs and its own and other to you.
design, install and maintain phone sys- companies’ mutual funds. The invest-
tems and data networking systems.” ment giant has also revolutionized bond
According to Sweeney, one of Tel- pricing to lower the costs of transaction.
source’s major assets is its decentralized If clients aren’t ready to retire, accord-
field engineering force. “Our biggest ing to Forsyth, “there’s plenty we can do
strength is that we install and maintain to help on the accumulation side. And
things with our own people,” Sweeney some of our retirement plans even offer
says. “A trained Telsource technician will payroll and benefits outsourcing for the
show up in four hours with spare parts to business owner.” transtrade.com
fix a system. We have quite a few techni- Companies change and grow, look-
cians in this area, because it’s such a big ing for advice and expertise as they de-
market.” velop, expand, relocate and upgrade skills
Telsource acquired its product de- and systems. Dynamic businesses can Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas
sign facility in Southlake about six years find all the top-tier professional services Agents Worldwide
ago, Sweeney says, because it made eco- they need to succeed at every stage of
nomic sense to move into the area. “The growth—right here at home in the 114
Southlake area has become a hotbed for West Corridor.
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