The building will deliver in September 2001, with plans to startthe 200,000-sf second phase three months later. The project's finalstage--another 200,000 sf--tentatively is set for a July 2002start. The buildings will be a combination of two-story office andsingle-story office/flex structures. She says full build-out callsfor six or seven buildings on the parcel.

Friday, Jackson-Shaw had announced the land acquisition atCentral Plano Business Park from Union Pacific Railroad Co., whichhas sold all but 33 acres of its holdings in the park. The PlanoParkway property is located near Shiloh Road in a rapidly growinghigh-tech section of East Plano, which is north of the new TX 190and Richardson's Telecom Corridor.

Jackson-Shaw's affinity for East Plano is its proximity to theTelecom Corridor. "There's just a lot of synergism among thehigh-tech companies who want to stay close to Richardson's TelecomCorridor, which is just out of space," says Carter.