{"id":1004158994,"date":"2016-11-15T06:11:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004158994"},"modified":"2020-05-12T23:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:51:19","slug":"hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"HOK Chooses 717 Harwood for Dallas HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By IvyLee Rosario<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dallas<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/wccapitalgroup.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">World Class Capital Group<\/a>, a national real estate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/investment\/\" target=\"_blank\">investment<\/a> firm, announced it has welcomed architecture and design firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hok.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HOK<\/a> to 717 N. Harwood St. in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas<\/a>. HOK has signed a 76-month lease to make the building its new Dallas headquarters, occupying 8,000 square feet of office space on the 33rd floor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004159015\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004159015\" data-attachment-id=\"1004159015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/717-harwood-ps\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"717 N. Harwood St. in Dallas, TX\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;717 N. Harwood St. in Dallas, TX&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg?w=600\" class=\"wp-image-1004159015 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\" alt=\"717 N. Harwood St. in Dallas, TX\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg?resize=225,300 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004159015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">717 N. Harwood St., Dallas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Offering panoramic views of downtown, the 34-story, 844,326-square-foot property originally built in 1980 offers a fitness center, 2,526 parking spaces and a 2,000-square-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/retail\/\" target=\"_blank\">retail<\/a> spot on the first floor, which will be occupied by Snappy Salads in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we purchased 717 Harwood, we set out to reimagine it as a fully modern, design-focused tower that would help define the future of downtown Dallas,&#8221; said Nate Paul, president &amp; CEO of World Class Capital Group, in prepared remarks. &#8220;HOK&#8217;s decision to call 717 Harwood home is an affirmation that we&#8217;ve built something special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>World Class Capital extensively renovated the tower in 2014 after purchasing the property from Wells Fargo Bank for $43 million, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardimatrix.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Yardi Matrix<\/a>. <\/em>The owner will be completing upgrades and renovations to the ground floor of the building within the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our move to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/kpmg-centre-to-gain-high-tech-transplants-from-san-diego\/\" target=\"_blank\">high-profile downtown location<\/a> supports our belief in sustainable, vibrant and walkable urban environments and high-performance workplaces,&#8221; said Ben Crawford, design principal for HOK&#8217;s Dallas office, in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After shelling out $43 million for the tower, World Class Capital extensively renovated the property in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":746,"featured_media":1004159015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,1586,21742,21747],"tags":[39429],"class_list":["post-1004158994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-dallas","category-latest","category-office","tag-dallas"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HOK Chooses 717 Harwood for Dallas HQ - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HOK Chooses 717 Harwood for Dallas HQ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After shelling out $43 million for the tower, World Class Capital extensively renovated the property in 2014.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-15T14:11:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-13T07:51:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"IvyLee Rosario\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/\",\"name\":\"HOK Chooses 717 Harwood for Dallas HQ - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-15T14:11:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-13T07:51:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f2094ece0e063845f848c7f1c7b84780\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hok-chooses-717-harwood-for-dallas-hq\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/11\/717-Harwood-PS.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"717 N. 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