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In the News
NBC5 DFW - Fort Worth Public Market undergoes extensive restoration
CoStar - “Growing Real Estate Firm Makes its Latest Bet on Hometown”
The Real Deal - “Wilks Development Buys West Fort Worth’s One Ridgmar Centre”
Dallas Business Journal - “Wilks Buys One Ridgmar Centre”
Dallas Morning News - “Firefly Park: Frisco’s Multibillion Gem”
NBC5 DFW - “Frisco’s Firefly Park Takes Shape in Frisco”
Community Impact - “Firefly Park Begins to Take Shape”
D CEO - “Plans For Frisco’s Firefly Park Once Landed in the Trash”
Fort Worth Inc. - In Reshaping Landmark, Kyle Wilks and Wilks Development Linking Past, Present…”
Culture Map DFW - “Fort Worth fave Cork & Pig Tavern to open location in Parker County”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - “What’s being built on Henderson at I-30? We looked inside.
Texas Architect - “The Emergence of Retail Placemaking Development”
Fort Worth Report - “Fort Worth firm to handle retail leasing for Fort Worth Public Market”
The Real Deal - “Wilks, Frisco EDC Eye Massive Mixed-Use Project in Frisco
360 West - “MELT Ice Cream Shops Opening in Willow Park”
Candy’s Dirt - Willow Park Adds More Houses to Booming Area”
Paper City Magazine - “Willow Park Gets New Restaurants, Green Space…”
CBS 11 DFW - “Redevelopment of Fort Worth Public Market Underway”
RE Business - “Mixed-Use Developers in North Texas Prioritize Infrastructure
WFAA - “A Rare Look Inside the Fort Worth Public Market”
Fort Worth Magazine - “Historic Public Market Building Has a New Purpose”
Weatherford Democrat - “Development Coming to Willow Park”
NBC5 DFW - “FW Public Market Restoration Brings History Back to Life”
Star-Telegram - “FW Public Market’s New Restaurant and Cocktail Bar Will Open This Fall”
Fort Worth Magazine - “FW Public Market to Reopen with Food Hall Vibe and Local Flavor”
Fort Worth Magazine - “The 2026 FW Foodie Forecast”
Candy’s Dirt - “The Harden in FW Readies for Move-In Day with a Different Class of ‘Seniors’”
FWR - “Fine Dining to Debut at Revitalized 1930s FW Public Market in Spring”
The Real Deal - “Wilks Development, Jerry Jones inch Forward in Flourishing Frisco”
The Dallas Morning News - “$340M Performing Arts Center Takes Center Stafe in Frisco Election”
Dallas Business Journal - “Firefly Park Development ‘on schedule’ Despite New Tariffs”
Bisnow - “Retail Rents Skyrocket In DFW’S Northern Suburbs. Retailers Are Happy to Pay Up”
Awards
Fort Worth Inc. - The 400 Most Influential People (2024)
Tarrant County Historical Commission - Special Recognition Award, Fort Worth Public Market (2024)
Fort Worth Inc. - 500 Most Influential, Kyle Wilks (2024, 2025)
Dallas Business Journal Top Commercial Real Estate Developers - #11 (2025)
Dallas Business Journal Fort Worth Newsmakers - Kyle Wilks (2025)
Media Contact
If you are a member of the media and have questions or would like to speak with a Wilks Development spokesperson, please contact our media representative directly.
Nicole Ellis
Director of Marketing & Communications
Email: nicole.ellis@wilksdevelopment.com
Office: 817-720-0821