MESQUITE, TEXAS — Lowe’s Home Improvement has signed a 78,000-square-foot industrial lease at Landmark at the Meadows, a speculative project that is under construction in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The North Carolina-based retailer is taking more than half the space at Building II, which totals 139,319 square feet and features 32-foot clear heights. Kurt Griffin and Nathan Orbin of JLL negotiated the lease on behalf of the landlord, Florida-based Landmark Cos.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 51,961-square-foot industrial lease at Corporate Centre at the Crossing in North Richland Hills, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. Matt Carthey and Jake Neal with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Capital Commercial, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, third-party logistics firm Con-Way Freight, was not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Four new tenants have signed leases at Centro, a mixed-use development spanning two city blocks in Austin. Pure Barre, Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, Birds Barbershop and Full Ride Cycling will occupy a combined 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at the property. Jeremy Smitheal, Win Smith and Bennett Holcomb of Riverside Resources represented the landlord in the leasing negotiations on an internal basis.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — American Airlines and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport have entered into a use-and-lease agreement that includes $4.8 billion in pre-approved capital investments. The lease term is 10 years. Projects that have been approved under the agreement include the construction of the new Terminal F, the renovation of Terminal C and the expansions of gates at Terminals A and C. The construction of Terminal F, which will have a 15-gate concourse, is expected to cost about $1.6 billion. The expansion of the Central Terminal Area, which will include a major reimagining of Terminal C and gate expansions extending from Terminals A and C, as well as significant upgrades to roadways and terminal access, is valued at roughly $2.7 billion. The deal replaces a 2010 use-and-lease agreement with American Airlines, whose customers account for about 85 percent of the airport’s annual passenger traffic. The airline employs about 35,000 people across the airport and its 300-acre headquarters campus in Fort Worth.
ODESSA, TEXAS — Adolfson & Peterson (AP) Construction has been awarded the contract to renovate the Mesa Building, a 317,000-square-foot academic and administrative building located on The University of Texas Permian Basin’s campus in Odessa. As part of the project, up to 80,000 square feet of the building will be subject to demolition, salvage and reconfiguration of classrooms, offices and ancillary spaces. In addition, the project team will replace ceilings, light fixtures, flooring, paint and wall coverings throughout the building, as well as upgrade utility systems and add a new elevator. The building will remain open and operational during building the renovation. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall and last about a year.
HOUSTON — JLL has arranged the sale of Steeplechase Center, a 195,575-square-foot retail power center in northwest Houston. At the time of sale, Steeplechase Center was 82 percent leased to tenants such as Goodwill, Melrose, Citi Trends, Uptown Beauty, Dollar Tree, dd’s Discounts, 99 Cents Only, Big City Wings, Leslie’s Pool Supplies and Rent-A-Center. John Indelli and Ryan West of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as Jones 1960 Crossroads LLC, in the transaction. Nashville-based investment firm Highland Capital purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 37,373-square-foot industrial lease in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 2545 Golden Bear Drive was built in 2005 and totals 49,591 square feet. Johnny Anderson and Mark Graybill of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SL6 Logistics LP, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, packaging and fastener distributor SouthernCarlson, was not disclosed.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — Zeno Truck Parts has signed a 12,564-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion at 4007 Greenbriar Drive in Stafford, a southwestern suburb of Houston. According to commercialcafé.com, the multi-tenant building totals 34,705 square feet and was constructed on 2.1 acres in 1982. Dylan Stiteler of Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. William Carpenter of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, DRA Advisors.
By Barry Hand, principal, Gensler In a recent tour of a name-brand corporate campus, the host carefully explained to our team that his company’s policy regarding working from home (WFH) and returning to the office (RTO) remained loose as they completed a “year of learning.” This “learning” presumably involved listening to staff, observing who badges in when and where, experimenting with what works and what doesn’t and resolving the best way to get their arms around the most effective policies. This explanation has surely been given repeatedly in recent years. It appears most companies prefer to bring their people back to the office, but they also want to adopt policies that will work best for employees and customers, as well as the future of their organizations. While there are outliers that have instituted clear return-to-office directives, most firms are adopting change management strategies organized around attracting staff back to the office. They are doing this by leaning on experiences and amenities that demonstrate to employees the benefits of being present in the office. It seems the “experience” around which retail and food-and-beverage establishments are designed has now also reached into the corporate world. The Amenitized Workplace Increasing numbers of …
DALLAS — A partnership between German investment firm MEAG and CBRE Investment Management has acquired Laurel Preston Hollow, a 159-unit apartment complex in North Dallas. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, business center, dog park and multiple courtyards. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.