Upgrades and redesigns don't come cheap, and owners of older office buildings need to be nimble, flexible and creative to level to playing field.

The $30.167 million construction and permanent loan was provided by Eastern Bank and was arranged by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.

"The fact that the City of Fort Worth put its own economic development funds into developing the mixed-use complex was an uncommon situation."

Absorption has matched supply for years, and 2018's second quarter national vacancy rate of 4.6% almost equals 2015's second quarter low of 4.5%.