Jean C. Farris, Hall's leasing director, tells GlobeSt.com that she initially wasn't too optimistic that the deal would be made because the company was already in class A office space and it was eyeing a building that was still several months from delivering. "With the difference in rates to do a move, I didn't think they'd do a deal. The building was still under construction when they saw it, but they liked the way it floor planned," she says of the latest win for Hall's 150,000-sf value-plus project at 3010 Gaylord Pkwy.

Farris says Transplace also has a right of first refusal on the other half of the second floor in the three-story building. She believes that and Hall Office Park's full amenity roster helped to score the coup--with talks going full circle in a one-month spin. "Transplace seems very thrilled about coming here. I know our amenities in the office park really do draw a lot of tenants in," she says, pointing out that the inbound tenant is starting out with about same amount of space it has in the 256,111-sf Granite Park One at 5800 Granite Pkwy. in nearby Plano.

Transplace's flat-rate lease bumps occupancy to 63% in a building that delivered in early January. The space is being marketed at $22 per sf plus electric.