Arlington’s growing reputation for corporate relocations and expansions has been noted by two site selection publications.
Arlington’s E-Space North American headquarters and airport development project was recognized by Business Facilities as a 2025 Impact Award-winner in the Space Industry category.
And, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has overtaken Washington, D.C., as the No. 1 tech hub in a ranking by Site Selection Magazine in its second annual North American Tech Hubs Index.
Business Facilities, a media brand that specializes in the site selection marketplace, recently announced its 2025 Deal of the Year and Impact Award winners, corporate relocation and expansion investment projects that the publication said will have a significant positive impact on the economic development of a community.
Arlington’s E-Space North American headquarters and airport development project was recognized as a 2025 Impact Award-winner in the Space Industry category.
In April 2024, the Arlington City Council approved an agreement allowing the city and the Arlington Economic Development Corp. to enter a public-private partnership with E-Space, a satellite maker, to build a 750,000-square-foot manufacturing and office space at the Arlington Municipal Airport. The facility is expected to create 2,000 new high-wage jobs over the next decade, the city said.
Arlington Economic Development Corp. will fund, construct and own the facilities and then lease them to E-Space.
Business Facilities said the top projects recognized this year reflect a resurgence in manufacturing investments, underpinned by the continued expansion of technology advancements. The publication said the top four Deal of the Year awards are platinum, gold, silver and bronze and are reflective of the strengths in each of those factors.
The Business Facilities Impact awards focus on a specific area of impact that a relocation or expansion project has had, or is expected to have, on the communities in which they are located, the city said.
The entries are submitted by economic development organizations and site selection consultants and are evaluated by a panel of judges and Business Facilities editors. They focus on factors that include capital investment, job creation, innovation and impact on communities, the Business Facilities website said.
In the Site Selection rankings, Washington, D.C., now holds the No. 2 ranking, followed by Atlanta, Chicago and Bay Area regions rounding out the top five.
Arlington is home to innovative tech companies such as Sportec Solutions that develops next-generation solutions in soccer match data and officiating technology; electric vehicle charging manufacturer Wallbox; Salcomp, a Finnish electronics manufacturing company; and satellite manufacturer E-Space, among others.
Editor in chief Adam Bruns said the idea behind the tech hub ranking is “to draw a bead on where the hottest tech hubs are located, marry the most granular tech infrastructure data (internet exchanges, dark fiber, undersea cable connectivity, etc.) with tech talent metrics and with corporate facility project numbers from tech-aligned industry sectors such as software development, data centers and telecommunications.”
“Being recognized as the top North American tech hub underscores the strength of the entire Dallas-Fort Worth region as a center of innovation and next-generation technology,” said Robert Allen, Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership president and CEO. “Fort Worth’s momentum is being demonstrated by new major investments from new tech manufacturing leaders like Wistron and Siemens and shows how our regional talent, infrastructure and collaborative business climate are powering the future of tech.”
Site Selection noted that Texas also received the most votes for Best Business Climate in America in its January issue, based on a survey of 30 of the country’s leading national site consultants.
Lance Murray is a freelance contributor covering business for the Arlington Report.At the Arlington Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.
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