HOUSTON – Common Desk, a Texas-based coworking operator serving businesses and individuals, will open a new location in City Place, the large mixed-use development in North Houston formerly known as Springwoods Village.
The new Common Desk workspace will occupy 26,750 square feet on the second floor of the multi-use building at 1401 Lake Plaza Drive within City Place.
Patrinely Group is the managing member of the joint venture with USAA Real Estate and CDC Houston that is developing City Place.
“This is the second location we’ve helped Common Desk secure in the Houston market,” said Dennis Tarro, Executive Managing Director and Principal of Patrinely Group. “We are excited to continue to see City Place grow as best-in-class tenants like Common Desk join us.”
Strategically positioned at the intersection of the Grand Parkway, Hardy Toll Road and Interstate 45, the 2,000-acre City Place supports a daytime workforce approaching 20,000 people and continues to add office, residential and amenity offerings.
Major companies and institutions at City Place include the global headquarters of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a 3 million-square-foot Exxon Mobil campus, and offices for HP Inc., Southwestern Energy, St. Luke’s Health and the American Bureau of Shipping.
Dallas-based Common Desk recently leased 58,000 square feet in The Ion, an innovation hub created by redeveloping a former Sears building in Midtown at 4201 Main Street.
Coworking facilities have expanded steadily and many have proven resilient through the Covid period. Coworking providers such as Common Desk offer companies flexible workspace solutions that avoid long-term lease commitments and accommodate short-term growth and changing occupancy needs.
In the Common Desk lease at City Place, the landlord was represented by Chrissy Wilson and Matt Pruitt of JLL and by Phillip Moore of Patrinely Group, working under the direction of Dennis Tarro.
A major residential expansion for City Place was recently announced in a joint venture with DMB Development of Scottsdale, Arizona, which will add thousands of new homes in a walkable, mixed-use setting.
City Place currently features three Marriott hotels, more than 30,000 square feet of indoor meeting and event space, approximately 4.75 million square feet of office space, and a 150-acre nature preserve, supporting a diverse live-work-play environment.
July 13, 2021 — Realty News Report. Copyright 2021.
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