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Younger Partners’ Moody Younger & Steve Triolet Featured in Dallas Morning News Article
Businesses are paying a bigger tab for the newest D-FW office digs
By Steve Brown
North Texas businesses are paying a lot more for the newest office digs.
With the recent building boom, costs for the newest, first-class buildings are at an all-time high.
And the gap between what companies are paying for the top-of-the-market space is growing compared to older, so-called Class B buildings, a new study by real estate company Younger Partners found.
“The spread is definitely getting wider,” Younger Partners’ Steve Triolet said. “Office rental rates are at an all-time peak – well above where we were in the ’90s and the 2000s.
Historically the difference in average asking office rents between Class A and Class B buildings in D-FW runs just over $5 per square foot. Currently, the difference is more than $8 per square foot, Triolet said.
That shouldn’t come as a surprise with most of the newer buildings quoting rents in the $30s and $40s per square foot. Average asking rents for all types of buildings are more than $25 per square foot.
Tenants who don’t want to pay the extra rate for the shiniest new offices are finding more options.
“We are seeing an increase in Class B space availability because you have had a lot of new construction and that has pulled tenants to new buildings,” Triolet said.
While the rate of office rent growth is slowing in North Texas, Younger Partners’ founder Moody Younger said he’s not seeing a lot of giveaways yet to attract tenants.
“If there are some concessions creeping back in, it’s building specific,” Younger said. “But I do think that concessions are something to be aware of.
“Where we are seeing concession increases is in the tenant improvement packages which are continuing to escalate.”
Rather than give free rent, some new building owners are sweetening the deal with fancier interiors for their new tenants.
Dallas News: Forecast: Dallas-Fort Worth will be a top office leasing market in 2014
By Steve Brown
A new 2014 forecast predicts that the Dallas-Fort Worth area will be one of the top leasing markets in the country this year.
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services says that the D-FW area will see close to 8 million square feet of net office leasing this year. Only Houston and New York are expected to see higher office space demand in 2014.
Only about 3.5 million in net office leasing was recorded in the D-FW area in 2013.
“Markets in Texas, with their exceptional forecast employment growth, will dominate the office demand index,” researchers with the commercial real estate firm say. “Expanding service industries such as Associa, Kohl’s and State Farm have boosted the Dallas-Fort Worth regional performance.”
Marcus & Millichap predicts that overall office vacancy rates in North Texas will fall to 17 percent this year, even though about 4 million square feet of new office space will hit the market.
DallasNews: Billingsley Co lands major tenant for its Cypress Waters project
Restaurant chain Cheddar’s Casual Cafe is moving its headquarters to developer Billingsley Co’s new Cypress Waters office park.
The company will relocate to a new 31,450 square foot office project that will start in late May at on Ranch Trail and Interstate 635.
Dallas Morning News: Dallas has second highest U.S. office leasing in 2013
The Dallas-area was one of the top office leasing markets in the country in 2013, fueled by Texas’ booming economy.
Dallas was second only to New York in terms of net office leasing in 2013, according to a new report from commercial real estate firm Cassidy Turley.
New York was the largest leasing market with 7.1 million square feet, followed by Dallas with 4.2 million square feet and Houston with 3.9 million.
Dallas News: Fashion retailer J. Hilburn leases a north Dallas HQ
Men’s fashion retailer J. Hilburn has rented space in a North Dallas office tower for its home office. The company leased 26,000 square feet in the Park Central 3 building on LBJ Freeway.
Brant Landry of E. Smith Realty Partners negotiated the lease with Nora Hogan, Robert Deptula and Natalie Snyder of Transwestern and Kathy Permenter and Sean Dalton with Younger Partners. J. Hilburn is currently located at 2601 W. Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
“Park Central 3 is allowing J. Hilburn to take the next step in our company growth plan,” said co-founder Veeral Rathod. “Our new corporate headquarters provides a cohesive work environment and an efficient layout.” Complete article.
DallasNews BizBeatBlog – Dallas real estate firm expands industrial operations
Dallas commercial real estate company Younger Partners is expanding its industrial property operations with the addition of a new exec.
Carter T. Crow has joined the firm as a managing partner charged with growing the company’s warehouse business. Full Article
Dallas Morning News: Two Arts Plaza: Moody Younger and Kathy Permenter hired to market Two Arts Plaza
“It’s going to be a fun project to work on,” Younger said. “The business signage opportunities and the visibility on Woodall Rodgers and in the Arts District are second to none.” See the full article.