FORT WORTH, Texas – The Tarrant County College Corporate Training Center at AllianceTexas opened today in the Heritage Commons I office building in the Fort Worth section of Hillwood’s 17,000-acre development. The Tarrant County College Corporate Training Center at AllianceTexas will offer customized training programs that are tailored to a company’s particular needs. These programs are beneficial in training new employees as well as existing employees for advancement opportunities.

      Since 2006 more than 4,500 jobs have been created at AllianceTexas. These include approximately 3,600 office jobs. Companies that have added jobs in the development over the past two years include Fidelity Investments (1,500), ATC Logistics & Logistics (1,100), DynCorp International (900), Bell Helicopter (400), and Daimler Financial Services Americas (350). AllianceTexas now has 170 companies that employ 28,000 workers.

      “Tarrant County College specializes in providing the training required by 85 percent of the existing Alliance jobs through customized training programs, associate degrees, high school diploma/GED, or job-related specialized certification programs,” said TCC Associate Vice Chancellor of Continuing Education Services Kathleen Noble. “This new facility will allow the College to expand training to serve even more of the work force.”

      “Hillwood looks forward to working with Tarrant County College to help make this corporate training center an innovative asset for our customers in the development,” said Mike Berry, president of Hillwood Properties. “Hillwood foresees the Tarrant County College Corporate Training Center at AllianceTexas providing advanced training for our logistics workforce, which is already one of the most highly skilled in the country, as well as for retail, office, multifamily and hotel workers as we continue to attract more diverse job opportunities to the development”

      The 17,000-acre AllianceTexas development includes the Alliance Global Logistics Hub, the Monterra Village apartment home community, the corporate campuses and golf courses of Circle T Ranch, Alliance Town Center, and the Heritage and Saratoga residential communities. AllianceTexas now houses 6,700 single-family homes and 170 companies that occupy 28 million square feet. Sixty-six of the companies at AllianceTexas are ranked on the Fortune 500, Global 500 or Forbes List of Top Private Firms.  

      Hillwood, (www.hillwood.com) a Perot company, is ranked as one of the top commercial real estate developers in the country and the top residential developer in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company's developments currently house facilities for 89 companies listed on either the Fortune 500, Global 500 or Forbes List of Top Private firms. In addition to AllianceTexas, Hillwood is best known for its development of AllianceCalifornia in San Bernardino and the $420-million American Airlines Center and Victory district near downtown Dallas.

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