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Never Been Hotter: 400,000 jobs create tremendous need for housing in N. Texas

July 1, 2016

WFAA Channel 8

Our story starts with a walk down memory lane. Actually, it's Sylvan Avenue.

In 2012, I was a brand new employee when I went to a convenience store on Sylvan to do my first story for News 8. It was about ticket sales for a huge Powerball prize.

Since then, it’s like developers here have hit the lottery.

New development has gone up all around that store. A new market, new places to live, and new places to eat. Everywhere you look, new stuff. And driving it all is the same thing that brought me here in 2012 — new jobs.

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New homes here have been popping up just as fast to accommodate all those workers.

“They are finding us”, said Elaine Ford of Hillwood Communities, as she gave us a tour of Hillwood’s Union Park development in Little Elm.

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