Downtown Dallas' landmark Fountain Place skyscraper is adding pickleball and other attractions to lure tenants.
Construction is set to start next month on the 14,000-square-foot, $5 million addition to the Ross Avenue office tower, according to planning documents filed with the state. The new tenant facilities, which include a lounge bar area, is set to open early next year.completed a major overhaul of the tower
built in the 1980s. In 2014, Goddard paid almost $200 million for the 1.2 million-square-foot high-rise. But the skyscraper has been challenged to up its occupancy levels because of large blocks of sublease space and downtown workers heading home during the pandemic. Only about 60% of office workers are back at their desks in the Dallas area,Advertisement
RaShad Raynor, the self-described "Voice of DFW,” plays a demonstration game with Carlos Aguirre, director of racquet sports at Stonebriar Country Club, on the pickleball court at Tower Club Dallas on the 48th floor of the Santander Tower in Dallas on Friday, June 30.recently constructed a pickleball court on the 48th floor of the 50-story Elm Street high-rise, where work is also wrapping up on the first of 228 apartments added to the office building.
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