[Updated Oct 2020] A guide to executive suites and office space to rent in Dallas as well as general information that may be useful if you are thinking of renting offices in the city.
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Dallas, Texas
Now one of the largest and most economically significant cities in the United States, Dallas’ history extends only as far as the early 1840s when the site was deemed to be ideal for the establishment of a new and prominent city. Initially, Dallas was part of the independent Republic of Texas, which had been formed in 1836 having broken away first from Spanish and then from Mexican rule, but after just a few years was incorporated into the fledgeling United States of America.
As a number of great Western-style movies have memorably demonstrated, the 19th century was a turbulent and contentious time for Texas, with wars raging on and off for decades at a time but, being situated along a major trade route meant there were always some sound economic reasons for wanting control of the territory.
Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington
Located in north-eastern Texas, the 12-county metropolitan area of Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington is home to almost 6.5 million people, which makes it the most populous urbanized region in the American South and fourth in the whole country, behind the areas around Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Now rated as an important city within the context of the global economy, Dallas has established a strong presence in a huge range of industry sectors, not least energy, banking and telecoms.
Architecture and office space for rent in Dallas
If you know anything about Dallas it is likely to be that the city boasts one of the most spectacular urban skylines to be found anywhere in the world. While many great cities are at their most striking when being lit-up at night, Dallas has become famous for its gleaming skyscrapers that reflect the Texan sun in such dramatic style. The reason behind all this is that the city’s most prominent buildings were only established relatively recently, using modern materials and typically in a modern or post-modern style.
Even stand-out buildings like Fountain Place and the Bank of America Plaza, currently the tallest in the city, have office space available and we can help you find the right deal if you’re looking to expand or to start doing business in Dallas.
Like every major city in America and in most of the world, the economic downturn sparked by the credit crisis of 2007/8 had a damaging impact on employment in Dallas and on the strength of its office space markets. Nonetheless, the quality of office space available for rent in Dallas remains high and the latest indications are that vacancy rates stabilized during 2012 and should see some reductions in 2013. All of which means now could be a great time to secure a deal on rented office space in Dallas.
Economy
Throughout much of the early 20th century, Dallas was regarded as the capital of American cotton production and its capacity in that regard took it to the very forefront of the world market. The city’s collective exploits in the cotton industry, however, were soon outshone by the rise to prominence of the Texan oil industry, which saw an incredible boom after initially getting started in the 1930s. Ever since that time, Dallas has been seen as the glamorous city at the heart of America’s oil industry and with good reason.
In still more recent times, Dallas and its surrounding areas have developed an extremely strong reputation as a hotbed of telecoms innovation and success, with Fortune 500 companies like Texas Instruments and AT&T head-quartered in office space around the city. Along with other household names and enormous multi-nationals like Nokia, Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks, the operating bases of these firms have grown into something of a ‘Silicon Prairie’, as the Dallas suburb of Richardson has become known.
Major manufacturers and retailers, as well as nationwide airlines, international banking groups and Exxon Mobil, the most profitable business in the world, are all based in or close to downtown Dallas.
Tourism, culture and business travel
With upwards of 25 million people estimated to visit the Dallas and Fort Worth area on an annual basis, there are now hundreds of attractions to be seen across the two cities and the region is the biggest draw for tourists heading to Texas. Among the main sites of interest to tourists visiting from around the world are those linked to the killing of the US President John F Kennedy, who was infamously assassinated along Dealey Plaza back in 1963.
There are a number of impressive monuments dotted around the city, including the JFK Memorial, which was built in 1970 and Dallas is home to some of the most spectacular and well-stocked shopping malls in the entire country. For a more historic or cultural experience, there is always plenty going on in the arts district, where there are several of the most renowned galleries, theaters and performing arts centers in Texas.
When it comes to business travel, few destinations in America are more appealing than Dallas, partly because the city boasts one of the largest convention centers in the world and partly because of the enormous range of business travel accommodation that is typically available. In fact, Dallas is now among the most popular business travel destinations in America, behind only the two giant cities of the east and west coasts respectively.
Sports
The sporting reputation of Dallas and Texas as a whole has been primarily built on the incredible success of its flagship American football franchise – the all-conquering Dallas Cowboys. Despite now playing their home matches in nearby Arlington, the Cowboys have a massive following in Dallas and they’ve managed as many as eight Superbowl trips and five wins since their founding in 1960. The franchise is the most lucrative and valuable in American sport and is among the best-known sporting brands in the world.
So Dallas is primarily a football town but the Stars and the Mavericks attract fanatical supporters in their thousands to their home games each week as they take on all comers in North America’s biggest ice hockey and basketball leagues respectively. Other less well-established sports like soccer, rugby union and even cricket are being increasingly played in various parts of the city and its surrounding areas.
The biggest event on the Texan sporting calendar at the moment, however, is, without doubt, the Superbowl XLV, which is to be staged at the Cowboys’ Stadium in February 2011.
Transport
The Freeways are the primary routes in and out of Dallas and the best way to get from one part of Texas to another but there are inter-state railways and bus services that function perfectly well throughout the year.
Any international travellers making their way to North Texas will likely find themselves heading into either of the area’s two main airports, namely the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the delightfully named Dallas Love Field, both of which are close to Dallas’ central business district.
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