Commercial Transactions
:
Dallas Morning News, April 7, 2006
GlobalNet Training
leased 9,388 square feet of office space in the Preston Park Financial Center
at 4965 Preston Road in Plano.
Commercial
Transactions
: Dallas Morning News, March 24,
2006
A&G Healthcare Services
Inc. leased 15,629 square feet of office space at the Lakes on Tennyson
at 5048 Tennyson Parkway in Plano.
Syms, an off-price
retailer, leased 39,796 square feet of space in Collin Creek Crossing Shopping
Center at 1001 North Central Expressway.
Legacy
project to grow: Dallas Morning News, March
23, 2006
Plano's popular Legacy
Town Center is growing again with the addition of an office building and
hotel. Trammell Crow Co. and Jackson-Shaw Co. are joining with developer
Karahan Cos. to add to the big retail complex in West Plano. The project
is located on the north side of Legacy Drive near the Dallas North Tollway.
The development is a significant expansion of the five-year-old Legacy Town
Center, which already includes shopping, apartments, townhouses, hotel and
office space. Trammell Crow will construct an eight-story office town
and Jackson-Shaw will build an eight-story hotel. The hotel will also
be connected to a nine-story condominium tower, a spa and retail shops.
Both of these developments will be part of the Shops at Legacy's
third phase. These projects are scheduled to break ground this summer.
Plano snags Austin tech company
: Dallas Business Journal, February 17-23, 2006 General
Bandwidth, a maker of gear for sending phone calls over the Internet,
is moving its headquarters from Austin to Plano. The company's
move is part of a broader relaunch of the business to include a new
name and a new set of products for the wireless space. The
company was drawn to Plano because of the telecom talent pool as well
as the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport's easy access to both
coasts.
General Bandwidth moving its headquarters to Plano: Dallas Morning News, February 18, 2006
General
Bandwidth Inc. is moving its headquarter from Austin to Plano, a move
that initially will involve about 30 employees. In addition to
top executives and finance employees now based in Austin, privately
held General Bandwidth will also move its Richardson-based research and
development staff to the new new 20,000 square-foot office at Coit Road
and Plano Parkway. General Bandwidth said the company is adding
products and increasing its workforce, and decided a North Teas
location better suited its needs. General Bandwidth, which sells
products that provide voice service over networks, or voice over
Internet protocol, had 2005 revenue of about $20 million. Its
customer base grew from 30 to 75 over the past year.
Jasper jumps over global AP recognition: Plano Star Courier, February 8, 2006
Plano's
Jasper High School has been identified as having the strongest Advance
Placement human geography program in the world. The school
received the announcement from the 2006 Advance Placement Report to the
Nation presented by the College Board. Results of last spring's
AP exam taken by ninth- and tenth- grade students showed that a greater
proportion of Jasper students succeeded in AP Human Geography then any
other school in the world.
Books list Plano as one of "50 Fabulous Places to Retire in America": Plano Star Courier, January 29, 2006
Plano
is considered a good place to retire because of mild winters and hot
summers provide year-round outdoor options, there is not state income
tax and the business climate is thriving, the authors of the
publication said. They praise the city's offering of continuing
education programs, public transportation, recreation and cultural
options. Additionally, the authors highlight how residents can
"go to a different restaurant every night of the year", that the city
offers an "enormous" spectrum of medical care and is one of the top 25
safest cities in the nation. Plano is one of two Texas cities
listed in the book.
Tax breaks help Plano lure two firms: Dallas Morning News, December 25, 2005
The
Plano City Council wrapped up 2005 by granting tax abatements to a pair
of technical firms. City officials say each will bring jobs and
revenue to the city and help foster a local climate of
innovations. Texatronics, which manufactures and tests circuit
boards will add about 150 jobs at a leased facility at 1601 Summit
Avenue. Underwriters Laboratories, a global engineering company
that test the safety of products, is moving to its new field office on
Plano Parkway. In addition to 29 jobs, Underwriters will bring a
stream of corporate clients to Plano.
Commercial Transactions: Dallas Morning News, December 2, 2005
Guaranty
Insurance Services, founded in 1957, has grown over the past 40 years
to become one of the largest independent agencies in Texas. They have
leased 12,000 square feet of office space at Plano Corporate Center I
at 2301 W. Plano Parkway in Plano.
Rental firm set on Legacy: Dallas Morning News, December 1, 2005
Rent-A-Center
will build a 170,000-square-foot corporate campus in Plano's Legacy
business park. The company has occupied leased space in Legacy on
Tennyson Parkway since1998. Rent-A-Center looked at other sites
in Collin County before selecting a 15 acre site on Headquarters Drive
that will allow for expansion. The company currently has a little
over 400 employees. Construction will start December 12 and the
building will take about a year to complete.
Bigger digs for Rent-A-Center: Plano Star Courier, October 26, 2005
Rent-A-Center
Inc. is boosting its Plano presence by constructing a new campus in the
Legacy business park at the northeast corner of Headquarters Drive and
Parkwood Boulevard. Rent-A-Center, who employs approximately 400
in Plano, operates 2,880 stores nationwide and in Canada and Puerto
Rico.
Texas ties with Massachusetts in "high-tech" ranking: Dallas Business Journal, October 20, 2005
Texas
is home to some of the top-performing technology companies in the
United States, according to Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. Texas
tied with Massachusetts for having the second-highest number of tech
firms listed on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 with 41 high-tech firms
each. Of the 41 companies in Texas, 20 are in the Dallas-Fort
Worth area. Plano-based SyChip Inc., a semiconductor maker for
wireless Internet appliances ranked highest of the DFW companies at
number 10. Other Plano companies listed included Advanced
Neuromodulation Systems Inc. at number 327 and TECSys development Inc.
at number 376.
Plano honors top real-estate deals of the year: Plano Star Courier, October 19, 2005
The
Plano Economic Development Board honored 28 people in eight categories
for the first One Sweet Deal real estate awards. From light
industrial facilities in east Plano to new construction in Legacy
business park, honorees closed deals in all parts of town. They
are:
Best Office Deal Expansion : Capital One Services, Inc.
Kim Brooks
Steve Williamson
Jack Eimer
Transwestern Commercial Services
Kelley Kackley
John Gates
David Stack
The Staubach Company
Best Office Deal Retention: North Texas Tollway Authority
Scott Jessen
Scott Morse
Colliers
International
Best Office Deal - Existing Space: FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Services
Allison Fannin
Tracey Fults
Cushman & Wakefield
Jeff Ellerman
Larry Toon
Lance McIlhenny
Brad Blankenship
The Staubach Company
Best Office Deal - New Construction: Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union
Jeff Ellerman
Brad Selner
Brad Blankenship
The Staubach Company
Best Retail Deal: Floor and Décor Outlets of America
Terry Syler
David Levinson
The Retail Connection
Jean Russo
Cushman & Wakefield
Best Industrial/Flex Deal - Retention/Expansion: Tekelec
John Leinbaugh
IDI
Jeff Ellerman
John
Gates
The Staubach Company
Best Industrial/Flex Deal - Existing Space: Creation Technologies, Inc.
Wayne Swearingen
Jack Griffin
Barclay Commercial Group, Inc.
Best Industrial/Flex Deal - New Construction: McDowell Label & Screen Printing
Mike McCartan
Jeff White
Mark V Commercial Realty
Mark Klein
RE/MAX Premier
Real Estate Report: Dallas Morning News, October 16, 2005
HRM
Resources leased 8,000 square feet on the second floor of Heady
Investments' Parkway Centre IV office building, on the west side of the
Dallas North Tollway north of Park Boulevard. The six-story,
156,000-square-foot building is set to open in February.
Plano snagging 1,500 new jobs: Dallas Business Journal, October 14-20, 2005
Countrywide
Financial Corp., the mortgage lender, is buying a 420,000-square-foot
office facility at 1000 Coit in Plano and planning to fill it with
1,500 new employees. The complex includes 180,000 square feet of
office space, a 162,000-square-foot data center and 52,000 square feet
of lab space, as well as a warehouse and full-service cafeteria.
Countrywide buys more office space: Dallas Morning News, October 8, 2005
Countrywide
Financial Corporation is adding to its office space Plano. A
partnership of Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital LLC and Buchanan
Street Partners released that it has sold the 420,025-square-foot
office and technical building located at 1000 Coit to Countrywide, the
California-based mortgage company.
Plano budget raises fees, adds city jobs, doesn't boost tax rate: Dallas Morning News, September 13, 2005
The
Plano City Council approved a budget of more than $360 million for
2005-06, a plan that does not call for a tax rate increase. It is
the 15th consecutive year Plano has not raised its tax rate.
Turnpike into D/FW set to open today: Plano Star Courier, September 9, 2005
The
drive to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport gets easier
today. Segment IV of the President George Bush opens between
Interstate 35E in Carrollton and Interstate 635 in Irving, providing
relief to thousands of drivers to D/FW. The 5.4-mile, $338
million project, will open almost five months earlier than its
originally scheduled January completion date. With the new
segment, the turnpike will span the distance from State Highway 78 in
Garland to SH 161 in Irving, which ends at SH 183 at the D/FW's south
entrance. The tollway is a six-lane, north-south controlled road
that spans seven cities in three counties.
Survey says: D/FW ranks among top sport cities: Dallas Business Journal, August 4, 2005
The
Dallas/Fort Worth area has landed a spot among the top sports cities in
North America, according to a ranking of 388 cities by The Sporting
News. Dallas/Fort Worth ranked eighth. Once a city meets a
minimum criteria, The Sporting News takes a 12-month snapshot of its
sports atmosphere, putting emphasis on such factors as regular-season
records, playoff berths, bowl appearances, tournament bids,
championships, overall fan fervor and fan knowledge.
UTD tops in wired degrees: Dallas Morning News, August 1, 2005
UTD
ranked first in the country in the number of computer-science degrees
awarded, according to a survey from the American Society for
Engineering Education. Additionally, UTD gave more
computer-science degrees to women than any other university in the
country. UTD's Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer
Science awarded 575 computer-science degrees in the 2003-04 school year
and ranks second in the country in the number of female professors in
computer science.
Lincoln starts 8-story tower ar Legacy site: Dallas Morning News, July 26, 2005
Lincoln
Property Co. has begun work on the first of two office buildings it is
planning in West Plano's Legacy business park. The eight-story
building is under construction at the southeast corner of Tennyson
Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway. The 208,000-square-foot
Lincoln Legacy One will be ready for tenants next summer. Across
the street from Lincoln's project, CarrAmerica Realty Corp. and J.P.
Morgan Asset Management are building a six-story office building.
About a block away on Tennyson, developer Myers & Crow is building
the first of two buildings in its Parkwood Plano in Legacy office
complex, which will open in December.
North Texas Tollway Authority buys Plano office complex: Dallas Business Journal, July 18, 2005
The
North Texas Tollway Authority has purchased the two-building Gleneagles
Office Complex in Plano. The NTTA already occupies about 50,000
square feet in the 163,000-square-foot building complex, which consists
of two buildings that are about 82,000 square feet each. NTTA
spent more than a year evaluating its options for expansion. The
NTTA is authorized by the state to build and repair turnpikes in North
Texas through the issuance of turnpike revenue bonds; to collect tolls
and maintain and pay debt service on those projects.
Ericsson to hire about 370 for new center: Dallas Business Journal, July 1, 2005
Ericsson
announced plans to open a new research center at its North American
headquarters in Plano. The center will bring about 370 new jobs
to Plano that will be filled over the next 18 months. Ericsson
will partner with Cingular Wireless to create new features for wireless
handsets at the facility and focus on hardware and software for
traditional telecommunication services. Ericsson employs
approximately 1,500 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and 50,000 worldwide.
Area cos. make Fortune's list of fast-growing small businesses: Dallas Business Journal, June, 22, 2005
Seven
Texas companies made Fortune magazine's list of 100 fastest growing
small public companies. Plano-based Advanced Neuromodulation, a
maker of implantable devices to manage chronic pain, held the No. 36
spot.
Children's Medical Center Legacy to open in 2008: Plano Star Courier, June 15, 2005
An
October groundbreaking is set for Plano latest addition to a thriving
health-care community. Children's will occupy 68.7 acres at the
southwest corner of Preston and Hedgcoxe roads. When opened in
early 2008, the $102 million resource will offer 72 beds, an
urgent-emergency care center, four operating rooms, a laboratory and
radiologic services. The Plano and Dallas facilities will
comprise the only academic health-care centers in North Texas solely
dedicated to serving children from birth to age 18. Collin
County's youth population is expected to exceed 600,000 by 2008.
Office building will be added to W. Plano's Legacy Complex: Dallas Morning News, June 15, 2005
West
Plano's popular Legacy Town Center complex is getting more office
space. CarrAmerica Realty Corp. and J.P. Morgan Asset Management
are developing a 156,000-square-foot building near the Dallas North
Tollway. The six-story building, Three Legacy Town Center, will
be located at Tennyson Parkway and Bishop Road and will be ready by May
2006.
Capital One shifting California jobs to Plano: Dallas Business Journal, June 8, 2005
Consumer
leading Capital One Financial Corp. has announced that they will move
part of their auto financing operations and about 200 jobs from San
Diego to Plano, Texas. Capital One will close its Internet auto
finance operation in San Diego and eliminate about 290 jobs there by
2006.
Baylor Plans to build heart hospital in Plano: Dallas Morning News, May 24, 2005
Baylor
Health Care System plans to break ground June 7 on a 68-bed hospital in
Plano that will specialize in cardiovascular care. The Texas
Heart Hospital of the Southeast is a partnership between Baylor and 86
North Texas cardiovascular doctors. The $106 million facility
will be built southeast of Plano Parkway and Allied Drive, near the
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. The full service,
180,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in January 2007 and
will employ between 450 and 500 clinicians and support staff.
Real Estate Report: Dallas Morning News, May 22, 2005
Mortgage
Information Services, Inc. leased 20,298 square feet of office space at
the Lincoln R&D complex at 6501 Windcrest Drive in Plano.
Cramer taps Plano for America HQ: Dallas Business Journal, February 25- March 3, 2005
Cramer
Systems, a London-based maker of telecommunications software, has moved
its Americas' headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Plano. Cramer
moved into a 6,400-square-foot space on the North Dallas Parkway and
consolidated many functions of its Americas' operations there. It
has an option for 1,200 square feet of additional space, giving the
company room as the 30-person local staff grows to a projected 50 by
the end of this year. The Plano location houses executives of
Cramer's Americas' operation, including sales, engineering, human
resources, marketing, accounting, customer care, alliances, training,
and information technology. The Plano office will be the central
point of the Americas' operations, which spans five other offices
located in Toronto, New Jersey, Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Cramer Systems employ 250 worldwide.
Real Estate Report: Dallas Morning News, February 6, 2005
Plano
Antique Partners leased 50,000 square feet at Parkway Crossing at 800
North Central Expressway in Plano.
Developer plans offices off tollway: Dallas Morning News, January 5, 2005
The
latest market surveys indicated that the Dallas office market has
turned the corner. Construction will start next month on a
speculative office complex in Plano. Myers & Crow Co. will
build its Parkwood Place in Legacy office complex on Tennyson Parkway
just east of the tollway. The 13.5 acres, two-building
development is across the street from the popular Legacy Town Center,
which has retail, residential and commercial space. The first
building, targeted at small and midsize tenants, will have 100,000
square feet of space in three stories. The building is scheduled
to open in October.