TCC got first-floor space in Hillwood's headquarters building, the 57,000-sf Heritage Commons I at 13600 Heritage Pkwy. The office had been used by Texas Christian University for MBA courses, allowing TCC to step into ready-to-go space with classrooms, administrative space and a lecture hall. "This fit very nicely with what they're doing," says Joseph Maly, vice president of Hillwood Properties.

Maly tells GlobeSt.com that lease talks began in earnest in March 2007 after long-time on-off discussions about the idea as AllianceTexas' job count increased through the years and TCC's Stop Six training center at 5901 Fitzhugh St. proved its mettle for the region's manufacturing industry. Through the specialized program, companies can hire TCC to train employees for specific jobs. TCC's new center will service the entire region and not just AllianceTexas companies.

Maly says the AllianceTexas center will be geared toward supervisory, administrative, computer and light-assembly training unlike the 60,000-sf center in the Stop Six neighborhood, which was set up about eight years ago to service manufacturers, predominately the airplane industry. FoxConn Technology Group, a 66,000-sf cell phone manufacturer at AllianceTexas, already is utilizing the TCC program. "In most cases the companies find them [TCC], but they can go out an explore themselves," Maly adds.