Fremont plans to hire up to 330 employees for the 2901 KinwestParkway center, says Serge Vishmid, senior vice president in theWest Los Angeles office of Grubb & Ellis Co., who teamed withKevin McGovern, senior vice president in Dallas, to run the search.Vishmid tells GlobeSt.com that other cities were considered earlyin the search, but once the deal became destined for Dallas thatthe Las Colinas submarket was "the preferred location."

Vishmid says three buildings made the short list, with 2901Kinwest's location, parking, ready-to-go data center and dense userspace helping to shore up the win for the New York City-based owneriStar Financial Inc. The deal was further steeled by "a veryaggressive economic package," he says, adding the outcome is astair-stepped rate with annual bumps. He says Fremont, whichnaturally got expansion rights, is taking over the first-floor datacenter and space on the top floor of the three-story building.

Rodney Helm and Chris Taylor with Capstar Commercial Real EstateServices in Dallas hold the assignment for the 178,123-sf building,which has 103,597 sf sitting empty. According to the North TexasData Exchange, the class B office space is being marketed at $15per sf plus electric.