A new kind of transportation district for bulk operations made its debut in North Texas, bringing benefits for the city of Fort Worth.

The Alliance Logistics District’s creation was announced in November as a partnership between Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Hillwood, a real estate development company, and Fort Worth.

“[This is] a first-of-its-kind district that enables advanced logistics operations, including autonomous and heavy-haul freight movement,” said Nicholas Konen, vice president of strategic development at Hillwood.

The Alliance Logistics District is one of the latest developments in the master-planned community that Hillwood launched, known as AllianceTexas. It consists of three streets: Mobility Way, Distribution Drive and Intermodal Parkway.

The features: Konen said the logistics district provides a more predictable environment for the technology than traditional public roadways would.

“This controlled setting allows for safer integration of advanced vehicle technologies while maintaining oversight and adaptability as conditions change,” he said.

Breaking it down: Several public entities invested in AllianceTexas’ development. Of the $1.6 billion invested in 2025, 43.02% is from federal and state funds.

Cristina’s Fine Mexican Restaurant opened its first Keller location off Main Street at the end of April.

What's happening? The restaurant celebrated its grand opening with a live mariachi band and offers Tex-Mex cuisine such a tacos, fajitas, enchiladas, specialty margaritas and a brunch menu featuring items like breakfast tacos.

Cristina Vargas, the daughter of founder Arturo Vargas and the inspiration behind the restaurant’s name, said in a city of Keller social media post that her family is excited to bring the concept to Keller.

“[My father] fell in love with the location and the building—it felt perfect to him,” she said.

The renovated building previously housed Horizon 76 and marks Cristina’s first freestanding location.

• 1821 S. Main St., Keller

A new storage facility in Prosper and retail space in Celina are slated for construction, according to new state permits. Check out five of the most expensive permits recently filed in Dallas-Fort Worth.

National Powersport Auctions Headquarters
A nearly 170,000-square-foot office space and warehouse will start development in mid-June, according to documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. National Powersports Auctions, a company that auctions RVs, boats and other recreational vehicles to dealerships, will make the Denton location its new headquarters, according to a company news release.

• Location: 1300 N. Masch Branch Road, Denton
• Estimated cost: $16.9 million

• Location: Collin County East Outer Loop and Chaparral Road, Celina
• Estimated cost: $3.7 million

In the early hours of July 4, 2025, an intense rainstorm pummeled communities in the Texas Hill Country, submerging low-water crossings as segments of the Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in 90 minutes. Twenty-seven young campers and counselors died at Camp Mystic, a private Christian girls summer camp located along the river in Hunt.

Those deaths could have been prevented if camp leadership took action sooner or had a written evacuation plan in place, investigators told a panel of state lawmakers tasked with studying the flood response during an April 27 hearing.

Quote of note: “Questions about what should happen next are many, but for me, one thing is clear: This tragedy could have been prevented,” Sen. Pete Flores, R-Pleasanton, said.

Zooming in: Camp Mystic staff had more than two hours to evacuate 386 campers from their cabins, investigator Casey Garrett said.

In violation of state law, the camp did not have a written evacuation plan and counselors were not trained on what to do in an emergency, she said.