Cushman Realty brokers, who have been hired by Boeing to analyze the three cities where it is considering a relocation from its long-term home in Seattle, aren't even returning phone calls. The same is true in Dallas, where Cushman's Houston office, headed by Tim Relyea, is equally silent.
But Denver brokers and building owners tell GlobeSt.com that a Cushman team recently had rented a big van and took a whirlwind tour of buildings in just about every quadrant of the area. Denver brokers and economic development experts say they have no clue if Boeing prefers a suburban or downtown location.
In Dallas, Boeing has made recent on-site tours of property in Solana in northeast Tarrant County, Las Colinas in Irving, Hillwood's Alliance corridor and downtown Dallas. At least eight sites reportedly had been toured. Another Boeing visit is set for April 24-25. The team will be back in Denver May 1-2 for an official tour, marking the last of the three cities to be visited. Boeing hopes to make a decision by the end of May and relocate by August, so employees' children can be in school for the start of the new school year in September, Boeing spokesman John Dern says.
People familiar with the Denver tour say Boeing wants to be able to put a large sign on the building it occupies and place a helicopter-landing pad beside it. They had looked the headquarters of ICG Communications, along Interstate 25, in the southeast corridor. ICG, once a high-flying company, now is in bankruptcy. Boeing also checked out three CBD buildings: 1801 California St., where Qwest Communications has about 180,000 sf it wants to sublease; MCI Tower at 17th and California streets, which has a big chunk of subleased space from Arco; and the Wells Fargo Center at 1700 Lincoln St., better known as the "cash register" building because of its unique architecture.
The Cushman team also had looked at three or four buildings along the US 36 corridor between Denver and Boulder and a near 700,000-sf facility owned by Qwest along the southwest corridor, as well as buildings in the Gateway area near the Denver International Airport. The tour also included the former Lowry Air Force Base, where Janus Capital, the large mutual fund family based in Denver, recently had pulled the plug on a 1.2-million sf office campus. Officials drove by the former Stapleton International Airport, but reportedly didn't stop there for a tour.
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