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Las Colinas is a developed area in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. Due to its central location between Dallas and Fort Worth and its proximity to DFW Airport, Las Colinas has been a viable place in the Metroplex for corporate and business relocation. As a planned community, it is synonymous with corporation offices, luxury hotels, landmark office towers on shining lakes, private country clubs, gated executive enclaves and urban lofts.
Today, Las Colinas is a prestigious location for business and personal addresses. It remains a planned community home to many corporations despite an increasing problem of debt. However, the area continues to thrive, with golf and country clubs nearby.
With 22,300,000 sq ft (2,070,000 mē) office space, Las Colinas is currently home to more than 2,000 companies include Fortune 500 global headquarters for Commercial Metals, ExxonMobil, Fluor Corp. and Kimberly-Clark. Other Las Colinas companies include AAA-Texas, AT&T, Citigroup, General Motors, Microsoft, NEC America, Nokia, Oracle, Verizon, Zales, Westwood One and Flowserve.
Aerial shot of Las Colinas's Urban Center.Las Colinas also features three private country clubs and four championship golf courses surrounded by gated prestigious communities. The Four Seasons resort and country club at MacArthur Blvd is the only AAA Five-Diamond resort in Texas. The TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas Resort has hosted the EDS Byron Nelson Championship of PGA tour since it opened in 1986. It features tree-lined fairways, large and undulating greens and is further complicated by a number of creeks and ponds, making it difficult to overpower.
Las Colinas Blvd.It also contains high-rise office towers, retail centers, upscale residences and apartment complexes, and leisure facilities. Notable attractions include the larger-than-life Mustangs at Las Colinas sculpture and fountain with nine mustangs appear to be splashing through a stream of water; Las Colinas Flower Clock with flowers that are planted eight times a year for picture-perfect color. The complex also features a River Walk-styled canal with electric gondolas, as well as the above-ground Las Colinas APT System. Las Colinas has over 22,300,000 square feet (2,072,000 mē) of office space, 1,300,000 square feet (121,000 mē) of retail and 3,400 single-family homes. Plans are currently in the works to connect the downtown community and the Las Colinas APT System with the DART light rail expansion.
The Las Colinas area is served by Irving Independent School District and Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.
Las Colinas was briefly referenced as the setting for the movie Office Space by the character Lawrence. The film's writer and director Mike Judge for a time lived and worked in the Dallas area.
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