AT&T announced it will move its global headquarters from Downtown Dallas to Plano within the next three years to create a larger, more collaborative corporate campus, despite its long-standing presence in Dallas since 2008. The move reflects the company's desire for a horizontal campus with significant space, and the transition is expected to be completed by late 2028. Dallas officials acknowledge the move but emphasize the city's ongoing economic strengths.
Disney cancels plans to build a $1bn corporate campus in Florida that would have housed 2,000 employees amid its ongoing legal battle with Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis. The company was expected to spend as much as $864m on the project, for a campus that would have served as a base for Walt Disney Imagineering and the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division. Disney’s decision to move the California-based Imagineering staffers across the country drew complaints from employees, many of whom said they did not want to move to Florida.
The Walt Disney Company has cancelled plans to build a new corporate campus in Florida worth nearly $1bn, citing "considerable changes" and "changing business conditions". The move comes amid an escalating feud between Disney and Florida's Republican-led government headed by Ron DeSantis. The Lake Nona campus would have been a new home for employees at the firm's secretive theme park research and development arm, known as Imagineers. Many of the jobs that were supposed to relocate to Florida were higher paid, white collar and tech-focused positions.
Disney has cancelled its plans to build a $1 billion corporate campus in central Florida that would have housed 2,000 employees, citing "changing business conditions." The move comes amid an ongoing legal battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who stripped Disney of its self-governing power over Walt Disney World in Orlando earlier this year. The cancellation of the project has drawn criticism from employees and politicians, with some expressing disappointment over the loss of jobs and investment in the state.
