Since the early September ground-breaking, McCarthy has pushedthe five-acre project to the extent that it will top out inDecember and is prepping to start two complementary parkinggarages, Chris Peck, McCarthy's business development director,tells GlobeSt.com. "We're moving quickly," says Peck. "In fact,we're a couple of days ahead of schedule. Right now, it's a perfectjob." The project is ticketed for a March 2001 completion.

The third phase of the existing 500,000-sf Nortel campus willresult in full build-out of the site that is leased from KollCorporate Development. But, says Peck, there is a land option onproperty across the street that could accommodate up to another onemillion sf of office space.

This is McCarthy's first office project in Richardson's TelecomCorridor although it has completed some industrial projects in thehigh-tech corridor. The development site is situated alongInterstate 75, just north of its intersection with CampbellRoad.