VStructural, a Hanover, MD-based manufacturer of post tensioningand specialty reinforcement systems, has bumped occupancy to 91% inGranite Properties' building A, a 145,400-sf front-park, rear-loaddesign at 15600 Trinity Blvd. The occupancy boost has come justweeks before the Dallas-based developer delivers the park's secondbuilding--a 355,328-sf cross-dock spec.

Mark Collins, a local broker with Cushman & Wakefield ofTexas Inc., says VStructural's search and negotiations lasted atleast six months, with the hunt focused on the Great SouthwestIndustrial District from US Hwy. 360 north to CentrePort BusinessPark beside Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Up againststiff competition in the submarket, RiverPark won the nod becauseit meant "an improved image and allowed VStructural to consolidateand expand," he says. "It's a good corporate image with highvisibility." The company now occupies space in two buildings at1609 109th St. in Grand Prairie.

Jeff Jackson, Granite's industrial leasing manager, tellsGlobeSt.com that the deal, like others in today's market, didinclude free rent. "We just felt like we couldn't let this deal go.We didn't want to lose it," he says. "With a great credit company,this size of a deal and they'll be there a long time, we werefortunate to get the deal."