International Business Park Project Reflects Evolving Use of Offices

An office building in an additional phase of Billingsley Company’s International Business Park recently broke ground, according to Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) and Billingsley. The new five-story 250,000-square-foot building will be located within the business park, northwest of President George Bush Turnpike (SH 190) and one block from the Dallas North Tollway in Plano.

“The way offices are being used is evolving and we constantly strive to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers,” said Lucy Burns, partner at Billingsley Company.

GFF Architects is the planning architect for the project. AP will manage construction on the tilt-wall core/shell office building, a three-level 180,000-square-foot parking garage with 584 spaces, and various site improvements including landscaping and site paving.

“While Dallas’ office market has been slow to recover, absorption and demand ticked upward for the third quarter. We believe this trend positions Billingsley’s award-winning business park – as well as this new office building – well in the coming years,” said Will Pender, president of AP Gulf States.

There will be a first-floor coffee lounge with café-style seating, indoor/outdoor art installations, first-floor patios overlooking a large park with meeting areas and Wi-Fi.

The office building site will be adjacent to another four-story 187,100-square-foot office building and 9,000-square-foot amenity center. International Business Park is a 300-acre master-planned campus with 11 buildings and 1.4 million square feet of developed office space in Dallas’ Platinum Corridor.

Trevor Franke and Gini Rounsaville with JLL are coordinating the building leasing for Billingsley.