GROWING COMPANIES CHOOSE

TOP COMPANIES CISCO HAVE THOUSANDS OF UBER EMPLOYEES IN DALLAS AMAZON MICROSOFT TELECOM CORRIDOR HOSTS OVER 5700 COMPANIES INTUIT RAYTHEON TOP TEN DIGITAL LOCKHEED MARTIN INFRASTRUCTURE GLOBALLY AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC 23 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES IN DALLAS-FORTH WORTH

4TH LARGEST METRO AREA “ the favorable business climate WITH 7.5 MILLION PEOPLE and available tech talent in dallas has made it one of the top startup markets in the u.s.” 5TH MOST DIVERSE CITY —CBRE IN THE US 5th Largest Tech Labor Pool in North America :TALENT —CBRE

Dallas ranks second in educational attainment among the metros, with 36.5% holding a bachelor’s degree or higher. A well-educated workforce and rapid growth continue to attract businesses to the area.12

EDUCATION POPULATION TECH TALENT TECH ATTAINMENT CONCENTRATION LABOR POOL DEGREE 32% RATE 1 16.4% OF MILLENNIALS 6 14.3% GROWTH 1 77.5% GROWTH 1 (2019) (2014–2019) (2014–2018)

REGIONAL COLLEGES 10 26 AND UNIVERSITIES MILLENNIAL TECH TECH TALENT DEGREE GROWTH 1 COLLEGE DEGREES 1 TOTAL 1 COMPLETIONS 11 11.4% PER YEAR 179.5K 6.8K (2018) 35K AWARDED YEARLY (SINCE 2013)

DALLAS HAS SOLIDIFIED 15 MAJOR 6,503 TECH ITS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSITIES, DEGREES OBTAINED COUNTRY AS A TOP FIVE 400K+ STUDENTS IN 2017 AT LOCAL TECH LABOR MARKET1 ENROLLED1 UNIVERSITIES1

#9 Best Performing City :COST —Milken Institute

Dallas is ranked highly for key economic measures, but its cost of living and working is reasonable by coastal tech hub standards.

GROSS DOMESTIC STARTUP AVERAGE OFFICE RENT 3 PRODUCT 2018 7 INVESTMENT 20198 DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO $469B $753M $26.4 FT2 $66.6 FT2

COST OF LIVING AVERAGE TECH SALARY 1 AVERAGE INDUSTRIAL RENT4 INDEX C2ER 2020 2 DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS $99.3K 2 2 NATIONAL AVG. $5.0 FT $16.2 FT $125.4K SF 100.0 MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE 5 DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS AVERAGE SUPPORT SALARY 1 $226K $1.4M 108.3 $50.3K DALLAS MEDIAN VALUE FOR TOP TIER HOME5 SAN FRANCISCO DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO 197.6 $72.1K SF $501K $2.2M

DALLAS AREA HOUSING 13.9% RENT-TO-TECH WAGE PER CAPITA INCOME & CONSISTENTLY ONE OF RATIO, THE MOST RENT- MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD THE MOST AFFORDABLE FRIENDLY LARGE TECH INCOME HIGHER THAN METRO MARKETS IN THE US TALENT LABOR POOL MARKET NATIONAL FIGURES12 :QUALITY OF LIFE NFL NASCAR 19 COWBOYS WNBA CONCERT WINGS 110 VENUES TRAILS 29 NHL 459 LIBRARIES STARS MILES NBA MAVERICKS DALLAS ARTS MLB 58˚ 31 DISTRICT TEXAS AVG. HIGH MUSEUMS RANGERS DEC. 96˚ MLS

AVG. HIGH CULTURE FC DALLAS INDY JULY GREAT TRINITY RACING FOREST

397 23 & MORE PUBLIC PARKS RICHEST $1,250 19K AMERICANS AVERAGE 32 ACRES APT. RENT MINUTES

SPORTS AVERAGE High ratings in COMMUTE startups, environmental quality and leisure & culture

OUTDOORS —Teleport

:CONNECTION

HQ for both American Airlines and Southwest Airlines—DFW is one of the most globally connected airports in the world.

NONSTOP DESTINATIONS9 See full list at nsflight.com

ALBUQUERQUE 1 hr 20 min EL PASO 1 hr 15 min ASHEVILLE 1 hr 50 min FT. LAUDERDALE 2 hrs 30 min ATLANTA 1 hr 40 min FRESNO 2 hrs 55 min AUSTIN 30 min GRAND RAPIDS 2 hrs BALTIMORE 2 hrs 35 min HOUSTON 45 min BOISE 2 hrs 45 min INDIANAPOLIS 1 hr 40 min NEWARK 2 hrs 55 min SAN JOSE 3 hrs 5 min BOSTON 3 hrs 15 min KANSAS CITY 1 hr 10 min OMAHA 1 hr 25 min SANTA FE 1 hr 20 min BOZEMAN 2 hrs 40 min KNOXVILLE 1 hr 40 min ORLANDO 2 hrs 10 min SEATTLE 3 hrs 40 min BUFFALO 2 hrs 30 min LAS VEGAS 2 hrs 20 min PENSACOLA 1 hr 25 min ST. LOUIS 1 hr 20 min CHARLESTON 2 hrs 5 min LOS ANGELES 2 hrs 40 min PHILADELPHIA 2 hrs 45 min TAMPA 2 hrs CHARLOTTE 2 hrs LOUISVILLE 1 hr 40 min PHOENIX 2 hrs TUCSON 1 hr 45 min CHICAGO 1 hr 50 min MEMPHIS 1 hr 5 min PITTSBURGH 2 hrs 15 min TULSA 45 min CINCINNATI 1 hr 50 min MIAMI 2 hrs 25 min PORTLAND 3 hrs 30 min WASHINGTON 2 hrs 30 min CLEVELAND 2 hrs 10 min MILWAUKEE 2 hrs RALEIGH/DURHAM 2 hrs 15 min COL. SPRINGS 1 hr 25 min MINNEAPOLIS 2 hrs SACRAMENTO 3 hrs 5 min COLUMBUS 2 hrs MOBILE 1 hr 15 min SALT LAKE CITY 2 hrs 15 min DENVER 1 hr 40 min NASHVILLE 1 hr 25 min SAN ANTONIO 40 min + OVER 120 DOMESTIC DES MOINES 1 hr 30 min NEW ORLEANS 1 hr 5 min SAN DIEGO 2 hrs 30 min AND 50 INTERNATIONAL DETROIT 2 hrs 10 min NEW YORK 3 hrs SAN FRANCISCO 3 hrs 10 min FLIGHTS NOT SHOWN

DFW IS NOW DFW AIRPORT IS THE DALLAS IS HQ TO THE THIRD-MOST 4TH BUSIEST IN THE US, BOTH AMERICAN CONNECTED AIRPORT AND LARGER THAN THE AIRLINES AND IN THE UNITED STATES8 ISLAND OF MANHATTAN SOUTHWEST AIRLINES :GROWING COMPANIES CHOOSE DALLAS

Dallas’s economy is built on a diverse mix of industries and strategic focus. Recent investment in the region includes:

450K ft2 HQ TO DALLAS HQ TO DALLAS 4K JOBS HQ TO DALLAS 1.5K TECH JOBS 450K ft2 space Moved HQ from CA, Moved HQ from SF + 540K & 4000 jobs Moved HQ from 1500 tech jobs and 3000 jobs $157M and 1,000 jobs 3,000 jobs at Dallas location California at Dallas location

500 JOBS 1K JOBS 400 JOBS 650 JOBS 150 JOBS $5B + 500 JOBS 500 jobs 1000 Jobs 400 jobs 650 jobs 150 jobs $5B investment and at Dallas location at Dallas location at Dallas location at Dallas location at Dallas location 500 engineering jobs

DALLAS WAS #1 METRO TEXAS NAMED TOP INC 500 FASTEST GROWING FOR JOB GROWTH IN STATE FOR BUSINESS PRIVATE COMPANIES LISTS 2018 AND 2019 15 YEARS IN A ROW 17 DALLAS COMPANIES

:STRATEGIC SECTORS12

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BUSINESS AND DEFENSE AND TRANSPORTATION HIGH TECH IT & TELECOM FINANCIAL SERVICES SECURITY AND LOGISTICS

• The first microchip • Dallas is home to major • Business and financial • The Defense and Security • Expected to see was invented in Dallas technology companies, services is the largest sector has gained stand- continued expansion at Texas Instruments including Texas Instruments industry cluster in Dallas, ing in Dallas, employing 5 following an earlier na- • Today high tech and AT&T employing around 14% of percent of the workforce tional consolidation that manufacturing has a very • The information technology the workforce in 2017 • Dallas’ neighbor, the Fort increased the sectors’ large base in Dallas. and telecommunications • Some of Dallas’ largest Worth–Arlington metro- local concentration • The DFW tech industry cluster employed about employers are banking politan division, also has • Fort Worth–Arlington encompasses four general 8 percent of the metro’s companies, such as JPMor- dominant defense and serves as a logistics and categories: manufacturing, workforce in 2017, growing gan Chase & Co. and Bank energy clusters distribution hub with information services, pro- 16 percent from 2010-2017 of America activity spilling into fessional technical services, Dallas, where transporta- and bio-life sciences. tion and logistics was the fastest-growing cluster.

1 2020 Scoring Tech Talent, cbre.us; 2 C2ER, coli.org; 3 Cushman and Wakefield Dallas Office MarketBeat Report Q2 2020;4 Cushman and Wakefield Dallas Industrial MarketBeat Report Q2 2020;5 Zillow.com; SOURCES 6 Statisticalatlas.com; 7 Statista.com; 8 The Business Journals, bizjournals.com; 9 nsflights.com;10 College Simply, collegesimply.com; 11 Destination DFW, destinationdfw.com; 12 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, dallasfed.org;

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