The space marks the third location in 16 months to accommodate a rapidly growing legal staff tailored for high-tech companies. The 21-attorney staff presently is housed in more than 10,000 sf at 1600 N. Collins St. in Richardson.

Dallas-based Thompson Realty has broken ground on a 10-acre office development at 1301 E. Lookout Dr., which is expected to deliver in September 2001. Lookout Plaza's phase one is a three-story, 150,000-sf building and phase two, a five-story, 100,000-sf structure.

The Telecom Corridor office will be the firm's third largest workspace in Texas, equaling the size of its Ft. Worth operation at 201 Main St. The law firm also plans to hire 19 more attorneys when the relocation is complete. Three years ago, the firm had decided to relocate the high-tech segment of its business to Richardson so it would be closer to its growing client roster, William L. Boeing, partner-in-charge of the Telecom Corridor office, tells GlobeSt.com.