RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has signed a 186,000-square-foot lease at The Tower at Lakeside, an office building located within the 807,354-square-foot Lakeside Campus in Richardson. The transaction marks the largest new lease signed in Richardson in seven years and one of the largest leases signed in metro Dallas year-to-date, according to Newmark, which negotiated the deal. Specifically, Nathan Durham of Newmark represented the landlord, Provident Realty Advisors, in the lease transaction. Troy McDonald of CBRE and Lawrence Gardner of OMS Strategic Advisors LLC represented AT&T. Provident acquired Lakeside Campus last fall, a deal in which Newmark was also involved. AT&T, which is headquartered in Dallas, will occupy seven floors of the 16-story, 412,000-square-foot building located at 2221 Lakeside Blvd. The new space will consolidate multiple regional locations for AT&T and is expected to triple the company’s current workforce in Richardson — from approximately 400 to nearly 1,400. The Tower at Lakeside features a full-service café, high-end fitness center and a modern tenant lounge and lobby. Lakeside Campus is situated along North Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75), near the University of Texas at Dallas and corporate campuses of State Farm, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Raytheon and Texas …
