DENTON, TX-Dirt's just started flying on an 80,000-sf call and data center for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Denton. The project, which will consolidate two Denton offices, delivers in April 2002, culminating years of waiting for the government to proceed with the development.

McLean, VA-based Harwood and Associates is acting as developer and has recently closed on a 11 1/2-acre tract near the intersection of Loop 288 and Spencer Road for the build-to-suit project. Harwood in turn has leased the building to the General Services Administration, the federal government's overseer for leased sites and building projects.

The tract had been part of 47 commercially zoned acres held by the Dawson family of Denton, John St. Clair, senior vice president of Henry S. Miller Commercial, tells GlobeSt.com. St. Clair and Paul Harmon Sr., another Henry S. Miller Commercial senior vice president, have represented the seller. Matthew Coit, senior associate for the Staubach Co. in Dallas, has acted on behalf of the buyer, Denton Plaza Partners LLC.