{"id":221830,"date":"2026-03-26T18:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221830\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T18:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:53:08","slug":"24-story-dallas-north-tollway-tower-gets-new-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221830\/","title":{"rendered":"24-story Dallas North Tollway tower gets new owner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A 24-story office tower at LBJ Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway has a new owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Estein USA and Vanderbilt Office Properties acquired<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbre.com\/properties\/properties-for-lease\/office\/details\/US-SMPL-88886\/pinnacle-tower-5005-lyndon-b-johnson-freeway-dallas-tx-75244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cbre.com\/properties\/properties-for-lease\/office\/details\/US-SMPL-88886\/pinnacle-tower-5005-lyndon-b-johnson-freeway-dallas-tx-75244\"> Pinnacle Tower<\/a> from New York Life earlier this month. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the partnership secured a $100 million mortgage loan from Goldman Sachs to fund the deal, records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Calls to Estein USA and Vanderbilt representatives were not returned before publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The roughly 550,000-square-foot tower in Farmers Branch is  88% leased. JLL Senior Managing Director Blake Shipley, Managing Director Gini Rounsaville and Senior Vice President Ashley Curry will handle office leasing for the property located at 5005 LBJ Freeway.<\/p>\n<p>D-FW Real Estate News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest real estate news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cPinnacle Tower\u2019s strategic location at the epicenter of Dallas\u2019 incredible growth story is what sets it apart from other offerings,\u201d Lance Fair, COO and CIO at Estein USA, said in a statement. \u201cIts sustained ability to attract and retain corporate users is a testament to a level of excellence that withstands the test of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The tower was built in the late 1980s. New York Life Investors and Dallas\u2019 Encore Enterprises <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/2016\/10\/04\/bright-idea-occidental-tower-redo-on-dallas-north-tollway-to-include-light-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/business\/real-estate\/2016\/10\/04\/bright-idea-occidental-tower-redo-on-dallas-north-tollway-to-include-light-show\/\">acquired the property in 2016<\/a> for about $95 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The owners then spent $9 million on major renovations to the property. The high-rise was previously called Occidental Tower. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The property is one of several high-rise office towers to change hands in recent months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">In December, Crescent Real Estate purchased the 19-story high-rise at 2100 McKinney Ave. from the seller, a joint partnership between Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and New York Common Fund.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The sales price wasn\u2019t disclosed, but Crescent obtained $170.4 million in loans to fund the deal, records show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Crescent also purchased the Texas Capital Center at 2000 McKinney Ave. in October from German-based seller Union Investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The tower sold for just shy of $300 million. It was the largest office transaction last year in Dallas-Fort Worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 24-story office tower at LBJ Freeway and the Dallas North Tollway has a new owner. 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