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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEconomic Development News-City Publications-5/30/2014Daytime Population Growing in Quality and Quantity Economic Development News From The City of Colleyville, Texas SUMMER 2014 Links Economic Development Contacts Economic Development Overview Opening a Business Incentives Incentives 2 Certificate of Occupancy Home Based Businesses Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Property Search Follow us Corporate Office Special Edition Colleyville is experiencing growth in new office buildings. The city has successfully attracted several important corporate relocations in the past two years. As a result, the daytime population in the city continues to grow. Four new office buildings have been built or started in The Village at Colleyville in the past 18 months (see page 3), and seven new office buildings are either under construction or nearing start. Colleyville Office Market Update The momentum in new office buildings is not isolated to The Village. New office buildings are under construction in a number of locations. Colleyville has for some time been home to finance, real estate and insurance companies. Its mix of corporate tenants has expanded to include medical specialty and medical office, plus Colleyville has a number of aviation-aerospace companies in the new Aviation Place building. Many of the business owners building in Colleyville or establishing headquarters in the city are residents of Colleyville or neighboring cities. Daytime Population: The daytime population of Colleyville is 20,572, of which 9,667 are working in Colleyville and 10,905 individuals are not in the labor force. In addition, another 7,255 drive into the city to work each day. Source: Colleyville workforce analysis study by Catalyst, October, 2012. 99 Main St. in The Village Sheri Young Frazer, Standard Insurance CEO Economic Development Department 100 Main Street Colleyville, TX 76034 817.503.1060 direct 817.503.1159 fax Marty Wieder - Director Email Corporate Relocations And New Office Building News Greenbrier Companies Select Colleyville for New Regional Hub Colleyville delivers what Greenbrier wants; close proximity to rail transportation centers, D/FW Airport and quality housing. Greenbrier, one of the premier rail and marine equipment manufacturing and leasing companies in North America, selected Colleyville for its new regional hub. Greenbrier occupies 5,993 square-feet at 99 Main St. in The Village where employees are focusing on product development, engineering and retrofit design work for rail tank cars. Click to read May 19, 2014 story in The Wall Street Journal HERE. Standard Insurance Standard Insurance purchased the two-story Meadows Creek Plaza building at 8190 Precinct Line Road and relocated their corporate headquarters to Colleyville. Standard's corporate operation, with 50 employees, occupies all 19,626 square-feet of the building. "After looking at a number of possibilities, it became apparent that the Colleyville location had a lot to offer our employees as well as current and future customers. As an added bonus, my family and I have lived in the area for many years and we appreciate all the amenities that Colleyville has to offer for families and businesses," Sheri Young Frazer, Standard Insurance CEO. Brokers: Mark Wood with Howe/Wood & Company and LeAnn Brown and Russ Webb with Silver Oak Commercial Realty. National Dealer Alliance Group National Dealer Alliance Group is constructing a new office building in The Village at Colleyville and relocating here from Dallas County. The new 7,857-square-foot single- story building is on the east side of The Village at 23 Mission Lane at Pleasant Run. Brokers: Derek DeGuire with Pacific Commercial is the general contractor; Louis Pascuzzi with Jackson Cooksey represented Dealer Alliance. The Dealer Alliance project is the fourth new office building to be constructed in The Village in the past 18 months. The four projects are: National Dealer Alliance Group new corporate headquarters 23 Mission Lane Aviation Place, 97 Village Lane (three-story 13,263-square-foot building that is 100% leased with a roster of aviation service businesses, all of which relocated to Colleyville) Tailored Adjustment, 51 Village Lane (5,000-square-foot headquarters) Westgate Properties, 92 Piazza Lane (4,176-square-foot office building anchored by VIP Mortgage and Chuck Weaver Mortgage) CPA Building Office Near The Village Dan Lee Smallwood, CPA, is building a new 4,100-square-foot, two-story office building two blocks north of The Village at the corner of Pleasant Run and Central Drive. The 38-year-old firm serves more than 450 clients throughout D/FW. The firm will relocate its 11 employees to Colleyville in the new office. Longwood Plaza Brokers: Dan Lee Smallwood, CPA Handled his own; Jack Roseberry represented the property owner. Three New Office Condo Buildings at Longwood Plaza Longwood Plaza Office Park is nearing build-out with the construction of three "office condo" buildings at the successful office and retail development on the north end of Colleyville at 7157 Colleyville Blvd. The three buildings, each totaling approximately 2,400 square-feet, are spec offices that could be split into two offices in each building, or the buildings could accommodate a single user. High Tech Company Grows, Expands in Colleyville Deployed Technologies (DTech) has purchased an office building at 5017 Colleyville Blvd. and is transforming the 4,450-square-foot space into a high tech headquarters. DTech is a global leader in information technology services specializing in luxury hospitality. Broker: John Lucas Century 21, Mike Bowman Click on above newsletter to read the complete Office Building Special Edition