PLANO, TEXAS — Granite Properties has broken ground on Granite Park IV, a 300,000-square-foot speculative office tower, and the 299-room Hilton Granite Park hotel in Plano. The two structures are part of a 90-acre mixed-use development located at State Highway 121 and the Dallas North Tollway. BOKA Powell is the design architect, architect of record and the interior designer on both projects. Woodbine Development Corp. is the development consultant for the hotel, Austin Commercial is the general contractor for the hotel and Balfour Beatty Construction is the general contractor for the office building. Granite Park IV is a 12-story office tower that is aiming to achieve LEED Silver certification. The property will feature a fitness center, conference space, a five-level parking garage and landscaped walkways with water features. The 262,500-square-foot hotel will feature 35,000 square feet of conference space, a restaurant, retail space, fitness center and an outdoor pool and lounge.
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