Landlord News

Cool ex-Braniff Airlines Dallas building is now home to big coworking firm

Who wouldn't love to office in this building?

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A workspace company has opened a location in one of the coolest spaces in Dallas: the former Braniff Airlines building. Venture X Dallas - Braniff Centre is a 25,000-square-foot coworking space at 7701 Lemmon Ave. from Venture X, a coworking concept founded in Florida in 2012 with 10 locations in the Dallas area.

Adjacent to the Dallas Love Field Airport, the Braniff Centre sits on 200,000 square feet of private hangar space designed to replicate the Braniff jet, which was previously used by the Dallas Cowboys football team.

Braniff Airways' former operation base has been transformed into a mixed-use property with a hangar, retailers, restaurants, auto-dealer showroom, entertainment and hospitality, and modern office spaces.

Venture X Dallas - Braniff Centre is a franchise from husband-and-wife Todd and Ann Nelson who were scouting around for a "third career" venture to which they both could contribute equally.

It features 60 office spaces, ranging from one-person private offices up to 10-person offices with dedicated desks and shared desks. Community memberships are available for members looking for space to socialize and network. They also sell day offices, IE if you need a workspace just for one day, like a hotel room.

Rates run from $40 to $600 per month.

Special offerings include:

Penthouse, overlooking Dallas Love Field and Lemmon Avenue
The Crossings, an open collaboration area
The Loft, with dedicated space for up to 50 people
a mini lounge
an open collaboration workspace for eight

The facility also boasts a sun-drenched lounge with a mid-century modern vibe for larger gatherings, and a full-time porter to sanitize high-touch areas, shared workspace surfaces, and conference rooms continually throughout the day.

Realtor tenant
They've already signed on a buzzy new real estate agency: @properties Dallas, who will make their Dallas headquarters at the space.

Established in 2000, @properties is based in Chicago but recently launched a nationwide franchise; Dallas is the third franchise for the company, following Detroit and La Crosse, Wisconsin.

The Dallas team is led by CEO and Principal Jerry W. Mooty, Jr., a Dallas businessman and nephew of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Piper Young, a luxury realtor, will serve as director of strategic partnerships, principal, and realtor.

Open house
If you want to see the space, Venture X Dallas - Braniff Centre is hosting a grand opening on Thursday, September 16, from 4-7 p.m. to tour the workspace and network with other professionals.

The event will include a ribbon-cutting and feature Joe Robert Thornton, leadership expert, author, and Chief Operating Officer of HMS Host. Guests can tour the facility, meet the artist for the award-winning concept, and even take a spin in the host chair of the state-of-the-art podcast booth on site.

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GP News

Grand Prairie expands to the south with new master-planned community

Rendering courtesy of Provident

Goodland Grand Prairie

The City of Grand Prairie is growing fast and expanding to make way for a new master-planned development south of US Highway 287 and along Tollway 360, in Ellis and Johnson counties.

The community development, called Goodland, is the result of Grand Prairie’s recent 1,500-acre annexation extending its southern border toward Mansfield. Overall, with the added land, Goodland will be a 5,000-acre site featuring 15,000 residences including townhomes, custom homes, and gated communities for 50,000 residents.

According to a release, it will be a “city within a city” and a 45-minute drive from Dallas-Fort Worth. Beyond housing, there will be shops, restaurants, schools, public and private event venues, regional sports fields and complexes, dance halls, churches, trail systems, city parks, ponds, and preserved green spaces.

“This is a significant step in our city’s development,” says Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen in a statement. “Unlike many of our neighboring cities, we have the unique advantage of new development opportunities to our south that will drive the growth and prosperity of our city. We recognized the opportunity and took decisive action.”

Leading the development is Provident, a Dallas-based real estate firm that has created other master-planned communities across Dallas-Fort Worth, such as Preston Hollow Village and Hillstead in Collin County. Provident has plans to work nature into the space design with more than 1,600 acres of creek corridors and floodplain land.

Plans are ongoing for a centralized mixed-use walkable Town Center, complete with civic buildings and other commercial development. Further south on the property near Highway 67, light industrial uses and other private employment campuses are already underway, projects that will contribute vital tax dollars for city growth and future expansions.

“This level of placemaking is quite rare, and certainly not easy to execute, especially in a brand-new community," says Provident Managing Director Rylan Yowell in a statement. "We are committed to a long-term vision with a desire to be good stewards of the land."

A new four-lane road called Goodland Parkway will link Goodland to Grand Prairie at Tollway 360 and US Highway 287. It's set to open by December 2025.

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