Commercial Real Estate

DFW CRE Flexes in Industrial and Retail While Office Buckles

By Charles Grand / February 3, 2026 /

With 2025 behind us, we’re getting an idea of how Q4 panned out on the commercial real estate front in D-FW. To nobody’s surprise, the office sector lagged behind retail and industrial once again, but tenants are still paying up for high-quality Class A space as rents keep rising, according to Partners Real Estate, which…

Downtown Lease May Serve as Stopgap Ahead of Possible Morgan Stanley Expansion in DFW

By Charles Grand / January 25, 2026 /

Financial services giant Morgan Stanley is weighing a major permanent expansion in the D-FW that could see it setting up shop in Uptown, but for now, it is going to lease some temporary digs downtown. The company is in final negotiations to sign a four-year lease for 120,000 square feet of space in Fountain Place,…

Mavericks Narrow Arena Shortlist to Two Dallas Locations

By Charles Grand / January 23, 2026 /

Those who have been worried about the Mavericks potentially relocating outside Dallas city limits can breathe a little easier, at least for now. It seems the NBA franchise has narrowed its list of possible sites for a new arena to the former Valley View Center in North Dallas and an unidentified second option downtown. Dallas…

Another Major Retailer Winds Down at Plano’s The Shops at Willow Bend

By Charles Grand / January 19, 2026 /

North Texas shopaholics will have another legacy retail institution to mourn before too long as the Dillard’s at The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano lives out its final days this month, marking one of the mall’s last chapters ahead of its inevitable redevelopment. The Shops at Willow Bend has been around for 25 years.…

Officials Back Oak Cliff United Methodist Redevelopment Project With $10M TIF Funding

By Charles Grand / January 15, 2026 /

The former Oak Cliff United Methodist Church is officially getting a new lease on life following a vote by the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, which approved a $10 million TIF agreement to redevelop the historic property. Comprising around 45,000 square feet across three buildings on a 1.72-acre site, Oak Cliff United Methodist was the…