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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Spear Street Capital, Cushman & Wakefield and Peloton Commercial Real Estate will redevelop Galatyn Commons, a Class A office campus in Richardson. Located at 1011 Galatyn Parkway, the campus includes 600,000 square feet available for lease. Chris Taylor of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Peloton’s Russ Johnson, handle property leasing on behalf of the owner, Spear Street Capital. The multi-million dollar investment to redevelop Galatyn Commons is underway and will provide current and future tenants a full array of amenities. Renovations include the expansion of the parking garages to a ratio of 5 spaces per 1,000 square feet, as well as a complete renovation of the full-service cafeteria and outdoor amenity complex. Other new indoor amenities will include a coffee shop, conference center and new lobbies supported by 24-hour security. New outdoor enhancements include the addition of a food truck pavilion, an amphitheater, outdoor kitchen, fire pits and bocce courts. The campus will also feature a regular shuttle, as well as bike checkout stations providing access to CityLine, a 186-acre mixed-use development in Richardson. The Galatyn Commons campus is also adjacent to the Renaissance Hotel and Conference Facility and the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts. The full …

PLANO, TEXAS — Regent Properties plans to redevelop Legacy Central, a mixed-use campus located at Legacy Drive and Central Expressway in Plano. Regent acquired the property on Dec. 17, 2015. The $100 million campus renovation will accommodate office tenants ranging from 25,000 to 1 million square feet in four existing buildings on 84 acres. The buildings will be retrofitted while undeveloped land will be readied for complementary uses, such as restaurants, a hotel and retail, as well as additional mid-rise office buildings in the future. The site is entitled for up to 3.7 million square feet, allowing office tenants an expansion opportunity via additional office buildings on a build-to-suit basis. A ground breaking is planned for the second quarter of 2016. The property was acquired from Texas Instruments (TI), which had owned the site since the 1980s and built the four office buildings and fitness center for its own use. TI will lease back two of the buildings through 2016, finalizing a phase-out from the campus. The renovations will include indoor and outdoor conference rooms, a 150-seat auditorium, 30,000-square-foot fitness center, yoga rooms, lap swimming pool, sand volleyball court, tennis court, rock climbing wall, indoor basketball court, one-mile jogging/biking trail, …