Editing Westlake, Texas (section)

==Developments==
When the company [[PrimeCo]] first began, it had its headquarters in Westlake.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF900230983490&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Telecommunications firm picks Westlake for headquarters PCS PrimeCo will bring 100 executives, engineers and support staff members to the Solana office complex within six months.]" ''[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]''. May 11, 1995. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.</ref> In 1999 the parties splitting PrimeCo agreed that the former headquarters would become the headquarters of the PrimeCo operations taken over by [[Vodafone AirTouch]].<ref>Files, Jennifer. "[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3DBB285748293&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Vodafone, Bell Atlantic detail split of PrimeCo]." ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. August 4, 1999. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.</ref>

The Town of Westlake has quickly established itself as a Financial Service Industry Cluster within the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]. The Town is home to multiple financial-based institutions, with more to come.

=== The Plaza at Solana ===
The Plaza at Solana, built in the 1980s and designed by famous architect [[Ricardo Legorreta]], was the first of its kind for the DFW Metroplex. At its inception, the Solana Business Park housed the [[IBM Corporation]] with more than 1,000,000 square feet of office space. Today, The Plaza at Solana contains a variety of over 30 businesses and a few restaurants that brings in a daytime population of over 3,000 employees. The properties are also home to the Solana Marriott Hotel. Currently, the Westlake Town Hall and municipal court is located in the Solana Terrace portion of the business park. Solana is also home to the headquarters of technology services provider [[Sabre Corporation]].

In January 2017, a fast-growing agency and franchise announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from Irving, TX to the Solana business park in Westlake. The company signed a lease for 62,000 square foot in office space at Solana, which recently completed a $70 million renovation. Goosehead said it planned to move about 150 employees to Westlake from its headquarters in Irving.<ref name="Kaskovich, Star-Telegram 1/11/2017">{{cite web|last1=Kaskovich|first1=Steve|title=Goosehead Insurance bringing 150 employees to new HQ in Westlake|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article125951754.html|website=Star-Telegram.com|publisher=The McClatchy Company|access-date=December 14, 2017|date=January 11, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, Chicago based real estate property manager, Glenstar Properties, bought the Solana Terrace and its related buildings. By reinvesting and amenitizing the Solana Terrace space for the multi-tenant complex, Glenstar managed to improve occupancy rates from 45% to 75% in three years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 25, 2021 |title=Solana campus redo scores big with financial firms looking to grow in Dallas-Fort Worth |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/11/24/solana-campus-redo-scores-big-with-financial-firms-looking-to-grow-in-dallas-fort-worth/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref> In November 2021, Boston based Albany Road/TXRE properties bought the Solana Plaza office and retail buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Solana business park goes to Boston buyer |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2021/11/15/solana-business-park-goes-to-boston-buyer/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref>

=== Corporate Campuses ===
The Town of Westlake is home to several corporate campuses such [[Fidelity Investments]] and [[Deloitte]] University. Fidelity Investments is a 1,129,853 square foot facility consisting of two buildings nestled behind a dense landscape of trees. Deloitte University is a 727,000 square foot $300 million learning center for Deloitte L.L.P.'s global workforce. The 1,160,000 square foot [[Charles Schwab Corporation]] campus houses over 5,000 employees. 

=== Entrada ===
Entrada is a mixed-use project in the Town that runs along Highway 114 East meant to emulate a village in [[Catalonia]]. The buildings have no setbacks and can be somewhat taller echoing the European-inspired design. Once completed, Entrada will contain large amounts of retail, restaurants, offices, entertainment, and at least one hotel in the project. Entrada also will have 322 residential units, including 170 single family villas, 50 townhomes and 100 condominiums.

The first phase of the $500 million walkable village is at the corner of F.M. 1938 and Texas 114. A one of a kind [[CVS Pharmacy]] was the first business to open its doors in October 2016. Shortly thereafter a [[Primrose Schools|Primrose School]] opened in August 2016. Since then Entrada has gained multiple retail tenants. The heart of the development, however, will be the Plaza Mayor which will contain a large one acre or more plaza surrounded by condominiums and at least one hotel along with ground floor retail components.

=== Front 44 ===
Project Blizzard is a 44-acre planned mixed-use development on the 114/170 merge and next to Lake Turner to be developed by Hillwood Properties, a [[Ross Perot Jr.]] company, and the [[Howard Hughes Corporation]]. The southern portion of the project will be used as Charles Schwab's Corporate Campus. The Schwab project includes a $315 million, 1,160,000 square-foot regional campus in Westlake that ultimately will bring 5,000 jobs to the [[North Texas]] within 10 years. Developers also plan a hotel, retail stores, and residences. The Schwab campus will be on the Westlake-Roanoke border, just north of JT Ottinger Road and west of Turner Lake. Governor [[Greg Abbott]] says the project will get a $6 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund, creating the most new jobs of any enterprise fund grant made during his administration.