Common Desk, AT&T outages, Baylor Scott & White Health: Monday's D-FW business news

October 15,  2018 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Follow us on Twitter [@DMNBiz](. Artist's rendering of 29 Acres, a supportive living community for adults 18 and over with autism, which breaks ground Oct. 13, 2018. (29 Acres) The Big Story North Texas autism community breaks ground to meet 'gigantic' need A groundbreaking ceremony Saturday marked the biggest milestone to date for 29 Acres, a planned supportive living community for adults 18 and older who have autism. Located at 3000 Moseley Road in Cross Roads, west of Prosper, the Denton County development has been in the planning stages for about three years. Its first phase is expected to cost about $6 million. [The aim is to help adults with autism live independently and form a community, in contrast to many adults with autism who today live at home.]( "The need in North Texas is just gigantic," said Debra Caudy, president and co-founder of the nonprofit 29 Acres and the parent of a future resident. Advertisement The Latest AT&T working on Dallas area internet outages Diane Brandon, an AT&T spokeswoman, said [the company is aware there is a problem]( and technicians are working on a solution. Downtown Dallas tower redo attracts new investor [Drever is spending $430 million]( to convert the 1.5 million square-foot office high-rise into a combination of apartments, hotel rooms and retail space. Jet ambitions of Robert Bass are closer to reality [The twin-shaft, twin-fan design will slash travel times]( by hours after 50 years in which the average speed of private jets has increased only 10 percent. Common Desk headed to Dallas' West End [Common Desk]( will set up shop in more than 18,000 square feet in s century-old building. Walmart, Gerber to test baby meals in Texas Walmart has installed refrigerated cases in its baby food aisles for the new Gerber brand called [Freshful Start](. Elsewhere in Texas - Houston: [Nine Energy]( is buying Magnum Oil Tools for nearly $500M. (Houston Chronicle) - Statewide: Texas bar owners launched [a line of beer for dogs](. (Austin American-Statesman) - San Antonio: The next hurdle for downtown is [affordable housing](. (San Antonio Express-News) - Houston: A [Houston health group]( will lobby against immigrant policy change in DC. (Houston Chronicle) - Austin: Icahn is fighting [Dell's plan]( to return to public markets (Austin American-Statesman) DART offers lower premiums, lower deductibles and lower co-pays for employees who sign up for a health plan with Baylor's ACO, which has a narrower network of providers. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) featured columnist: Mitchell schnurman Baylor bends the cost curve on employee health care, so can DART do the same? For years, as medical expenses kept climbing, many have talked about bending the cost curve for health care. Baylor Scott & White Health, pursuing a giant merger with Memorial Hermann in Houston, has actually done it — on a limited basis with its own workers. Now it’s pushing that model hard, offering its accountable care organization to other employers and even teaming with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. As with other ACOs, Baylor says companies can lower prices and improve care by using a narrower network of providers and putting more emphasis on prevention and healthy habits. In industry parlance, it’s putting value-based care ahead of traditional fee-for-service formulas. [Dallas Area Rapid Transit signed on to the Baylor ACO for 2018, and early results are promising.]( Follow DFW stocks: [See how top North Texas stocks performed](, as well as the oil and gas markets and major stock exchanges. DFW Top 100 Places to Work 2017: The Dallas Morning News and Workplace Dynamics partner each year to feature the [Top 100 workplaces](, based on ratings by the people who work at them.  Do you have feedback on this newsletter? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to our Business Editor Paul O'Donnell at [podonnell@dallasnews.com](mailto:podonnell@dallasnews.com?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback). STAY CONNECTED WITH US  [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Reddit](  [OTHER NEWSLETTERS]( [SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS]( [Unsubscribe](  |  [Manage Preferences](  |  [Privacy Policy](  |  [Contact](  |  [Advertise]( You received this message because you signed up for this Dallas Morning News newsletter or it was forwarded to you. Copyright 2018 - [The Dallas Morning News]( | [1954 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75201](#)