DALLAS — Harwood International has unveiled plans for a new 360,000-square-foot office project that will be located in the company’s 19-block Harwood District in between Uptown and downtown Dallas. The 27-story building will feature a 17,000-square-foot rooftop terrace and sky garden, as well as a fitness center with locker rooms and multi-purpose flex space for conferences, catering or other curated events. The design and architecture firms behind Harwood No. 14 are Dallas-based HDF (architect of record), Dallas-based Corgan (associate architect) and Tokyo-based architect Kengo Kuma & Associates (design architect). Construction is scheduled to begin this winter.
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PLANO, TEXAS — Cawley Partners has broken ground on The Parkwood, a 120,000-square-foot office project that will be located at 3930 N. Dallas Tollway in Plano. Designed by global architecture firm Gensler, the Class A building will serve as the headquarters for First United Mortgage, which will occupy more than 50 percent of the leasable space and open a First United Bank branch on the main floor. Other building features include spacious floor plates, a fitness center and a 4:1000 parking ratio. Ridgemont Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is expected to be complete in November 2021. Cawley Partners also recently announced plans to develop a 150,000-square-foot office project near Dallas Love Field Airport.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Locally based owner-operator Conti Organization has acquired Rustic of McKinney, a 260-unit apartment community located at 2700 N. Brook Drive on the northern outskirts of Dallas. Built in 1997, the garden-style property is situated on 13 acres and offers amenities such as a newly renovated clubhouse, pool, outdoor kitchen and dog park. Taylor Hill, Michael Ware, Jay Gunn, Tom Burns and Will Jarnagin of Berkadia brokered the deal, the seller of which was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Locally based developer Todd Interests has pegged Friday, Nov. 14 for the grand opening of its 219-room Thompson Dallas hotel, the first property in the city to carry the brand. The project is a redevelopment of a historic building located at 205 N. Akard St in the city’s Downtown Historic District. The design team included Dallas-based Merriman/Anderson Architects (building), Cindy Zelazny of Interiors Limited and Todd Interests co-owner Caroline Todd (interior) and SWA Group (landscaping). Amenities include a full-service spa, fitness and wellness center, pool, ballroom and multiple dining venues. Thompson Hotels is a boutique lifestyle hospitality brand that was founded in 2001.
HOUSTON — Patrinely Group, in a joint venture with USAA Real Estate and CDC Houston, has topped out the new 440,000-square-foot office building for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in North Houston. The building, construction of which began earlier this year, is located within the 2,000-acre Springwoods Village development and is expected to be complete in spring 2022. Amenities include a fitness center, café, kitchen, pharmacy, laboratory and office space, and a large central courtyard with a multi-use basketball pavilion, fitness/yoga lawn, water features, outdoor tables and open green space.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — A partnership between locally based firm Realty Capital Management and South Florida-based PointOne Holdings has broken ground on Phase II of Main Street Lofts, a project in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield that will add 266 apartments to the local supply. Phase II will deliver amenities such as a pool, fitness center, multiple lounges, resident clubhouse and access to walking and biking trails. JHP Architecture is designing the project, and NRP Construction is the general contractor. First United Bank provided construction financing. Completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.
PLANO, TEXAS — Locally based developer Billingsley Co. has completed a 187,100-square-foot project that is the first office building within International Business Park in Plano. The project also included the construction of a 9,000-square-foot amenity center on the campus that houses a fitness center, conference center and grab-and-go food service. Adolfson & Peterson served as the general contractor for the four-story office building, which is situated on 9.2 acres and includes a coffee bar with TVs and complimentary Wi-Fi. GFF Architects designed the building, and JLL is handling leasing.
KATY, TEXAS — LJA Engineering Inc. has signed a 38,357-square-foot office lease extension at 1904 W. Grand Parkway N. in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The employee-owned civil engineering firm is taking an additional 4,893 square feet to accommodate its growth. Anthony Squillante and Dustin Devine of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Parker Burkett and Eric Anderson of Transwestern represented the landlord, a joint venture between Insite Realty Partners LP and The Urban Companies.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated an 8,600-square-foot industrial lease at 4500 N. Sam Houston Parkway W. in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 2008 and spans, 44,500 square feet. Jorge Martinez and Clare Flesher of NAI Partners represented the tenant, Healthline Medical Equipment, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Southern California-based investment firm Greens Global has acquired a 1,152-unit, CubeSmart-branded self-storage facility located at 8023 W. Parmer Lane in Austin. The five-story property was built in 2019 and spans 110,505 square feet. C.W. Sheehan and Alastair Barnes of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the off-market transaction through Happy State Bank. The loan was structured with a five-year term and a fixed interest rate. CSW Development sold the asset for an undisclosed price.