Todd Mason, senior director of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas Inc. and president of the Houston Association of Realtors, also is bullish on the park. "West Little York has long been recognized as one of the major streets for industrial business center parks and Beltway 8 is finally coming into its own," he says. The undertaking is the next logical step in the evolution of the industrial market, explains Mason. Construction in the past four or five years has mostly occurred in existing parks.

The seven-building project will consist of four office-tech buildings, totaling 91,000 sf each. All will have beltway frontage, proximity to major fiber optic providers, 18-foot clear heights and dock-high and grade-level trucking. Vantage also plans to build 52,775-sf and 80,000-sf office-warehouses in the park. They will be designed with front-park, rear-load and 24-foot clear heights. Also on the drawing boards is a 140,000-sf warehouse-distribution building, featuring abundant truck doors, 24-foot clear height and outside storage.

Guaranty Bank is the construction financier. Vantage Construction Management is the construction manager. E.E. Reed is serving as general contractor for the project that's been designed by Jacobs & Associates.