High-Rise News

Dallas' newest office building in Harwood District will be 27 stories tall

Soon, we will rename the city of Dallas "Harwood."

Harwood District

The ever-expanding Harwood District juxtaposed between downtown and Uptown Dallas has another high-rise building in the works.

Called Harwood No. 14, it's the newest office tower from Harwood International, and will be located at Hunt Street and Harry Hines Boulevard.

At 27 stories tall, it'll also be the tallest, and it already has a tenant: Haynes and Boone, Dallas' largest law firm, has signed a lease and will relocate into the building in 2023. Haynes and Boone will be the seventh Am Law 100 firm in the Harwood District.

According to D, the firm has leased 125,000 square feet. The building will break ground in winter 2020.

"With the District currently at 98 percent leased, we are pleased to keep up with demand for office space in Harwood," says a statement from Harwood International.

Alexis Barbier-Mueller, Harwood International managing director told D that Harwood No. 14 was in response to the demand for office space. Harwood No. 10, completed in 2019, is nearly full at 90 percent leased. And there are plans for a 42-story tower at Caroline and Field streets.

Design
Similar to other Harwood buildings, Harwood No. 14 will feature landscaped plateaux, outdoor pocket gardens, and rooftop sky garden, as well as a two-story lobby and nine levels of parking.

The design and architecture teams behind Harwood No. 14 are Dallas-based HDF; Dallas-based Corgan; and Tokyo-based architect Kengo Kuma and Associates, who built the Rolex Building in 2018.

Amenities
The office tower will present "several avant-garde amenities for tenants" including a fitness center with locker rooms and showers, and a multi-purpose center for conferences and catered events.

There'll be 12,000 square feet for restaurants, joining the ever-growing portfolio of eateries from Harwood Hospitality Group, such established names as Mercat Bistro, Dolce Riviera, The Grove at Harwood, Happiest Hour, Magnolias: Sous Le Pont, Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens, Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar, and Te Deseo, along with new concepts still TK including La Rue Perdue, the street-level "village" that will be home to Harwood Arms Pub.

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Anna Land Buy

Cox Family sells 116 acres in Anna for mixed-use development

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Anna, Texas

A major land sale in Anna is paving the way for new mixed-use development. According to a release, Frisco-based Rockhill Capital & Investments struck a deal with the Cox Family to acquire 116 acres at County Road 371 and SH-5, approximately two miles east of US-75.

Younger Partners Executive Managing Director John St. Clair, Vice President Tyler Hemenway, and Associate Davis Willoughby represented the seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.

Rockhill will sell fully entitled tracts of land to homebuilders, multifamily, and commercial developers.

The single-family portion will be built in phases with development of 325 single-family lots, says Rockhill Chief Development Officer Brent Libby in a statement.

“Construction will likely begin early in Q2 2025,” Libby said. “We’ve already sold 82 of the 116 acres to homebuilder Taylor Morrison and they should break ground first.”

The remaining acres are already being snapped up including 9.5 acres on SH 5 that is under contract to a commercial developer, and interest from a user/developer on the remaining 24 acres, which is zoned for multifamily.

The Cox Family owned the land for decades and had received multiple offers on the property over the years, but were never ready to sell.

“Ultimately, the family wanted to capitalize on the land market before unforeseen market factors took place,” said St. Clair of Younger Partners. “This deal took place at the right time with the right buyer.”

The acquisition nvolved a lengthy zoning process to acquire the land. Rockhill created a Public Improvement District (PID) on the single-family portion of the land, which helped the deal move forward.

Rockhill already has land holdings in nearby high-growth cities of Howe, Van Alstyne, and Sherman, and it ain't stopping here.

“We’ll continue to source and acquire land in the area where we can add value through entitlements, and either develop the property or hold it for some time and exit to another developer or end user,” Libby says.

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