In the coming weeks, Advanced Excelsior will relocate from a smaller building from within the heart of the Great Southwest Industrial District to the Koll Development Co. park, taking the sublease space for the next five years in a 79,000-sf building to preserve expansion space for the Denver-based communications giant, Robert O. Fulford II, vice president in Dallas for Grubb & Ellis Co., tells GlobeSt.com. Qwest occupies the balance of the building at 14850 FAA Blvd. in Fort Worth.

Qwest is in the third year of a 15-year lease in the structure, owned by Boston-based AEW Capital Management LP, according to Lindsey who brokered the deal along with his partner, Gary V. Lindsey, senior vice president for Grubb & Ellis. The inbound tenant was represented by Jim Ferris of Dallas-based Bradford Cos.

The locally based tenant is taking space that Qwest brought to market at the start of 2003. About 1,300 sf is being retrofitted with office space, with the balance dedicated to the production line. Lindsey says the deal was four months in the making due to a required state permit for the tenant's foam packaging operation and the "aggressive" negotiations needed to win the nod. The move, though, will coincide with the lease expiration at its existing location.