All that growth has brought the area to the attention of institutional investors, who are increasingly requesting to tour assets and sites in Tarrant County, Dyer said. Instead, she has to redirect them to the Fort Worth area, where warehouses from 600K SF to 1M SF are getting absorbed rapidly due to the region's growing data center market. "Fort Worth has … a little grit,” Republic Property Group Senior Vice President of Development Seth Carpenter said. The city’s changing landscape has also prompted many longtime residents of Fort Worth and its suburbs to evolve past former “don’t Dallas my Fort Worth” attitudes about development, The Beck Group Director of Business Strategy John Beck said. While he said he’s bullish on the future outlook for Tarrant County, Dyer tempered his enthusiasm by pointing out there’s still progress to be made.