Rankings - Texas

• Texas twice rated the #1 state for corporate relocations by Site Selection magazine - 2006 and 2007
• No state income tax in Texas
• Texas Enterprise Fund
• Texas Emerging Technology Fund
• Texas Life Science Center for Innovation and Commercialization
• Texas ranks second for biomedical and pharmaceutical startups and is home to more than 1,100 medical research, development and testing laboratories and 100 pharmaceutical companies.
• Overall tax burden that is 32 percent less than the national average.
• Largest exporter in the nation; 75 percent of America’s commerce with Mexico travels through the state.
• Texas’ central location provides timely access to national and international markets.

Rankings - Fort Worth

• Cost of living index: Fort Worth is 11.8% below the national average (Source: Feb. 2008 ACCRA)
• NE Tarrant County median home sales price is $162,900 (Oct 2007 - Source Texas A&M Real Estate Center)
• Fort Worth is ranked the 17th largest city in the United States.
• Fort Worth named Nation's Ninth Safest Large City (Source: Morgan Quinto Awards).
• Fort Worth twice named One of the Nation's Most Livable Communities (Source: Partners for Livable Communities).
• Fort Worth is a tourist destination, with 10 million visitors in 2006. (Source - Fort Worth CVB)

• Award for Excellence, Business Park Large Scale - Urban Land Institute (ULI)
• International TOBY Award, Industrial Office Park - Building Owners and Managers Association
• Developer of the Year - National Association of Industrial and Office Properties