City Center Fort Worth has signed five additional tenants to fill about 25,000 square feet of office space. City Center Fort Worth includes Bank of America Tower and Wells Fargo Tower in Downtown Fort Worth.
Chief Executive Johnny Campbell says City Center used the pandemic to promote its office space, leading to a spike in interest now.
"There's been a flight to quality," he says. "There's also a flight to quality management, moving to a place where the management and amenities and quality of life in the workplace is really high."
Campbell says his staff has promoted different amenities available at City Center, which include an on-site club and fitness center. He says the availability of restaurants and nightlife within walking distance has also drawn more interest.
"All of Downtown Fort Worth is walkable. What ends up happening is all the things that are immediately around City Center together with the places we've filled in, with the private club, a 90,000 square foot health club in the basement, a couple options for cafes, all of that really fits together," Campbell says. "People are beginning to realize the workday is a little better when you can step outside and enjoy the fresh air, go eat and be entertained all in the same spot."
According to City Center, the companies that are moving in or plan to include:
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, known as BNY Mellon, is an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City. BNY Mellon was formed from the merger of The Bank of New York and the Mellon Financial Corporation in 2007. They opened a Fort Worth office with 6,270 square feet of space last month in the Wells Fargo Tower.
The law office of Brown PC has opened for business in the Wells Fargo Tower last month with 2,650 square feet. The boutique law firm represents clients in complex, tax and white-collar defense litigation.
Daniel, Moore, Evans, Biggs, Decker, and Smid, an association of Fort Worth criminal defense attorneys, has leased more than 4,300 square feet of space in the Bank of America Tower and is expected to move in by the end of November.
Alston & Bird LLP is an international global law firm with more than 800 lawyers in 13 offices throughout the United States, Europe, U.K., and Asia. Alston & Bird’s Fort Worth office in City Center will occupy 5,700 square feet in the Bank of America Tower. They are scheduled to move into the space in January 2022.
Truist Bank/CRC Group is the leading wholesale specialty insurance distributor in North America with more than $23.5 billion in annual written premiums, 4,300 employees, offices across the United States and Canada, and more than 90 years of delivering insurance solutions. The Fort Worth office in City Center’s Bank of America Tower will occupy 5,868 square feet. They plan to move into their new space in January 2022.
The leases cover about 25,000 square feet total. Campbell says Downtown Fort Worth has hotel rooms, and the convention center can host large events, but small and mid-size offices can help diversify the city's economy.
"We're just as happy hitting singles and doubles, so to speak, to win the baseball game, as we are hitting the home run," he says. "The great thing is a lot of diversity creates stability in a marketplace. That diversity is like diversifying any kind of investment."
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