Construction crews were high up overlooking Klyde Warren Park on Tuesday morning installing windows, and concrete is being poured for the 24th floor of a $433 million high-rise that will be soon be Uptown Dallas’ tallest tower.
Bank of America Tower at Parkside is expected to reach its highest point in June, and construction on the high-rise will likely finish in March 2027.
The 500,000-square-foot tower is expected to be a new landmark for the Dallas neighborhood that is establishing itself as the region’s new financial district.
“We think Klyde Warren Park is becoming the cultural and economic center of gravity for Dallas,” said Billy Prewitt, CEO of Pacific Elm, which co-owns the tower.
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As the name suggests, Bank of America will serve as the tower’s anchor tenant. The investment bank and financial services firm will occupy more than 238,000 square feet on floors 19 through 27.
Bank of America plans to have its roughly 1,000 Dallas employees moved to the new tower by the end of 2027.
Roughly 250,000 square feet remains on the open market, Pacific Elm said. Negotiations are ongoing with potential tenants.
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KDC is the project’s developer. Joining Pacific Elm on the venue is the Miyama family, which owns the site. Sixth Street Capital is also part of the venture.
New York-based Kohn Pedersen Fox is the project’s architect, and OJB, the designers behind Klyde Warren Park, will handle Parkside’s landscape architecture.
Plans for the project have been long in the works. KDC first announced plans for the tower in 2020. Demolition began in late 2023. The building was designed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that’s informed at least part of the high-rise’s design.
The tower will feature a MERV 13 hospital grade filtration and floor-by-floor fresh air intake.
“It was … a thoughtful design element maybe more relevant in 2023 than it seems today but could become very relevant again in the future, so it was something we decided to keep,” Prewitt said.
Amenities at the site include a 12th-floor sky lobby, golf simulator, four terraces as well as a coffee and cocktail bar. The tower will feature 10 levels of parking above ground and seven below. Roughly 7,000 square feet of retail will be on the ground floor.
The development group is seeking LEED Gold certification for the site — a globally recognized, high-level green building rating determined by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The tower will feature rainwater and greywater reuse and high-efficiency chillers. A green wall will cover a sliver of the tower’s lower segment, a nod to the massive 5.2-acre park it calls a neighbor.
Prewitt said his firm has plans for a second phase that would be roughly the same size as Bank of America Tower at Parkside. Plans currently call for an office only project, but other uses could be mixed in.
Pacific Elm has no timeline regarding the second high-rise as they search for an anchor tenant.
“This is continuing to solidify Dallas as the largest financial services hub outside of New York,” said Sara Terry, Pacific Elm’s chief marketing office and executive vice president of leasing.
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