DALLAS—Harwood International transformed the Uptown neighborhood into the District of Harwood featuring class-A office, luxury residential and retail space within a campus with gardens and art-filled lobbies. An existing tenant, Northern Trust Corporation, continues to see the value of the space, and recently signed a lease renewal and expansion.
“After considering other office space, we decided to expand our footprint at Saint Ann Court in Harwood District,” Mark Flagg, Dallas region president for Northern Trust, tells GlobeSt.com. “We value our location in Uptown, and our clients and employees appreciate the myriad of amenities the area has to offer.”
The firm has been a tenant at Saint Ann Court for five years and expanded from 8,000 to 13,000 square feet at Harwood 6–Saint Ann Court, according to Harwood International. The new office will bring Northern Trust's wealth management and banking professionals together under one roof.
Hannah Waidmann and Kelly Whaley of Harwood International negotiated the lease with Harlan Davis, Neal Puckett and Phil Puckett of CBRE.
“Uptown is the economic engine, driving progress throughout Dallas' core,” said Whaley. “88% of Uptown households hold a college degree and the median age is only 31. The city's global firms will continue to choose Uptown because it's become synonymous with quality growth.”
The list of Harwood tenants in Saint Ann Court also includes Amegy Bank, Boston Consulting Group, McDermott Will & Emery, McGuire, Craddock Strother, Unisys and Viant Technology.
Designed by Los Angeles-based Shimoda Design Group, Saint Ann Court opened in 2009 and is the sixth out of 18 phases planned by Harwood International. The first level of the two-story red brick building next to Saint Ann Court is Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar and the second level houses the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum: The Samurai Collection.
Other features for tenants and visitors include the Rockefeller Sky Gardens over the 11-story parking garage, Mercat Bistro, valet parking and a private fitness center overlooking the Saint Ann Court garden.
The latest addition to the District is Harwood number 10, the class-A office tower featuring 220,548 rentable square feet of office space and La Rue Perdue, a European-style alleyway consisting of more than 14,000 rentable square feet of retail and restaurant space. The 18-city block district will continue to grow to include more than $3 billion in office, retail and residential development.
“At an occupancy rate of 98%, the demand has been very high and we are looking forward to the upcoming openings of our latest office towers, Harwood number 10 and the new Rolex Building,” Jessica Young, director of marketing, Harwood International, tells GlobeSt.com. “Harwood District offers more than just an office–it provides a community with restaurants, gardens, art and cafés for our tenants to conduct meetings, network and mingle.”
Harwood District has a Walk Score of 92. Tenants are in walking distance to the city's most notable attractions including the American Airlines Center, Dallas Arts District, Dolce Riviera, The Grove at Harwood, Happiest Hour, Katy Trail, Magnolias: Sous Le Pont, Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens, Mercat Bistro and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
