Urban planners were consulted to lay out the entire town, an undertaking that predated later projects in Plano, Allen, and other Dallas suburbs.

Other companies with headquarters in Las Colinas include Mission Foods, Trend Micro[2] and La Quinta Inns and Suites.

La Quinta announced it would move its headquarters from San Antonio,[4] stating it wanted to be near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Other companies and organizations with headquarters or major offices in Las Colinas include Abbott Laboratories, Accenture, AAA-Texas, AT&T, BlackBerry, The Big 12 Conference and Conference USA Headquarters, TheBlaze, Boy Scouts of America, Citigroup, Cortland Partners, First Choice Power, Flowserve, General Motors Financial, Infor, Microsoft, NEC America, Nexstar Media Group, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Oracle, Paycom, PLH Group, PNM Resources, Inc., Stellar, TRT Holdings, Inc., Verizon, Vizient, Inc., Westwood One, and Zale Corporation.

[7] The TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas Resort has hosted the HP Byron Nelson Championship of PGA Tour since it opened in 1986.

The Mustangs of Las Colinas are featured in the courtyard of the Towers at Williams Square, where another ClubCorp Property, La Cima Club, is located.

The complex also features a River Walk-styled canal offering gondola cruises, as well as the above-ground Las Colinas APT System.

[9] Glenn Beck's independent news and entertainment television network, TheBlaze, has its largest studio complex based in Las Colinas.

[14] Concurrently, the company announced it would be closing its headquarters in Las Colinas, and moving to its recently-opened campus in the Houston suburb of Spring.

[23] The Las Colinas Association is governed by non-compensated, volunteer board members, with equal representation for residential and commercial properties, and one Declarant representative.

[citation needed] C-FBISD has always served a portion of Irving, and historically children were bussed to schools in Carrollton and Farmers Branch.

The final segment of the Orange line was scheduled to open on December 15, 2014, but the date was changed to August 18, 2014, providing Dallas direct rail service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport via Las Colinas.