Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the state of Texas and a wealthy and rapid growing suburb of Dallas. In 2000, the city population was 33,714, while according to 2008 estimates, the city's population has surpassed 100,000. Frisco continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Like many of the cities located in the booming northern suburbs of Dallas, Frisco serves as a bedroom community for many professionals that work in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. A 2007 Forbes study named Frisco as the seventh-fastest growing

suburb in the United States. Like many Dallas suburbs, Frisco is accumulating a tremendous number of retail properties, including Stonebriar Centre, and IKEA. Retail establishments and restaurant chains line Preston Road, one of the major traffic arteries in the city. Frisco also built Frisco Square, a mixed-use development that has about 250 rental residential units, 7 restaurants, about 40,000 square feet of commercial office space and a few personal service locations.