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The City of Mountain Home issued 20 business licenses in February. Those 20 licenses include a hardware store, nine home-based businesses and a food truck. The
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Dallas and Oklahoma investors joint venture on Allen office buy Steve Brown, The Dallas Morning News
Investors have snapped up a high-profile Allen office project.
Dallas-based Pillar Commercial teamed up with Oklahoma-based Hall Capital to purchase the One Bethany East office building, which is located in the Watters Creek development near U.S. Highway 75.
Built in 2018, the five-story, 120,000-square-foot office building has been up for sale since last fall.
It’s next to Allen’s new Watters Creek convention center.
“One Bethany East is a premier Class A office project with strong tenancy,” Manny Ybarra, Founder and CEO of Pillar Commercial, said in a statement. “It is representative of the City of Allen’s impressive work to grow its corporate tax base with high-quality office and mixed-use developments.”
Dallas and Oklahoma investors team up on Allen office buy
The One Bethany East office building is near U.S. 75.
The One Bethany East building is home to Credit Union of Texas and other tenants.(Pillar Commercial )
Investors have snapped up a high-profile Allen office project.
Dallas-based Pillar Commercial teamed up with Oklahoma-based Hall Capital to purchase the One Bethany East office building in the Watters Creek development near U.S. Highway 75.
Built in 2018, the five-story, 120,000-square-foot office building has been up for sale since last fall.
It’s next to Allen’s new Watters Creek convention center.
“One Bethany East is a premier Class A office project with strong tenancy,” Manny Ybarra, founder and CEO of Pillar Commercial, said in a statement. “It is representative of the city of Allen’s impressive work to grow its corporate tax base with high-quality office and mixed-use developments.”