Leasing Activity

WESTLAKE, TEXAS — Goosehead Insurance, an independent personal lines insurance agency, has expanded and extended its corporate headquarters lease at The Terraces at Solana office campus in Westlake. The firm added 42,308 square feet to its existing lease at 1500 Solana Blvd., bringing its overall footprint to 150,454 square feet. This is the second lease expansion for Goosehead in the past two years. Goosehead will occupy the entirety of Building 4 along with the full fifth floor in Building 1 at The Terraces at Solana. The 1.1 million-square-foot office campus comprises eight Class A buildings and multiple parking garages. Founded in 2003, Goosehead (Nasdaq: GSHD) completed its initial public offering in early 2018 and has expanded to more than 1,000 operating and contracted franchise locations across the country. The firm recently expanded its office footprint in markets such as Charlotte, N.C.; Houston; and Henderson, Nev. The company reported in its first quarter 2020 results that its corporate sales headcount increased 31 percent year-over-year. Josh White, Chelby Sanders and Ryan Buchanan of CBRE’s Dallas office represented Goosehead Insurance in the Westlake lease negotiations. Jeff Eckert and Blake Shipley of JLL represented the landlord, Glenstar.

LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty has added three new office tenants to join the tenant roster at Offices at The Realm, a 251,000-square-foot office building in Lewisville. The new leases total 79,000 square feet and bring the property to 80 percent occupancy. Global Medical Response, a medical transport company that sent more than 1,500 employees to New York and New Jersey to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic, is leasing two full floors at Offices at the Realm. The company’s offices will consolidate existing regional offices in the metroplex and also feature a 24/7 disaster relief call center. Worthey Wiles, Jake Young and Dalton Stogner of Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) represented Bright Realty in the 60,000-square-foot lease transaction. Kevin Mechelke, John Ruskin, Greg Biggs and Jeremy McGown of JLL represented Global Medical Response. The other two leases include tax software firm CSC Corptax leasing 15,000 square feet and Texas VA Mortgage leasing 4,000 square feet. LPC represented Bright Realty in both lease deals. Cushman & Wakefield represented CSC Corptax and Swearingen Realty Group represented Texas VA Mortgage. Other tenants at Offices at The Realm include the recently opened Venture X coworking space and El Patio, a Tex-Mex restaurant that will open …