Gideon Toal Inc. of Fort Worth is the architect, designing an addition mirroring its first and linking it to the existing 20,000-sf building. The buildings will be connected by a courtyard and enclosed walkway. Westwood Contractors Inc., also Fort Worth, is the general contractor.

"We built our current office building in 2001, and in just six years, we have outgrown it," Tom Buxton, founder, says in a press release. The project also calls for retooling the existing building after the executive team makes its shift to the new structure which, like the original, will be finished out in an open-office concept.

Buxton's existing headquarters is known locally for its high-tech infrastructure, particularly a server that has more capacity than the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Spain says the capacity will be expanded as part of the project to tap additional vital databases for its highly regarded research. Buxton, a leading retail research firm, has been steadily adding products for municipalities and corporations, with its latest roll-outs aimed at healthcare and consumer packaging. And, Spain says, there are more products in the pipeline.