Activision Blizzard is not rage-quitting North Austin anytime soon. The gaming giant has renewed its lease at 9825 Spectrum Drive, keeping control of Building 1 at the Davis Spring Corporate Center in the Avery Ranch area and staying put in a part of town where office landlords are sweating every renewal.
Lease renewal confirmed
According to CoStar, the renewal was logged by local commercial real estate trackers, confirming that Activision Blizzard will remain the sole tenant in Building 1. The deal lists Davis Bass of HPI Real Estate Services & Investments and John Childers of JLL as the industry contacts tied to the transaction.
Property snapshot
HPI’s own page for Davis Spring Corporate Center 1 presents the address at 9825 Spectrum Drive and shows Building 1 as “100% Leased,” while circulating a full-building flyer advertising roughly 65,365 square feet of office space. The listing identifies Davis Bass as the local broker and places the property in Austin’s Far Northwest submarket, a pocket that still leans heavily on big-name tech tenants.
Earlier lease records
Before the renewal surfaced, public marketplace listings had flagged Activision Blizzard’s lease as expiring on Oct. 29, 2025, which suggests the new deal was struck at or near that rollover date. CityFeet shows that Oct. 29, 2025 lease-end date for the tenant at 9825 Spectrum Drive.
What it means for Austin
The move highlights the split personality of Austin’s office scene right now. Some blue-chip tech names are locking in local hubs, even while plenty of square footage sits waiting for a tenant. CoStar has chronicled recent tech expansions in the region, and research from AEW, published via AEW research, places Austin among U.S. markets with higher office availability in the third quarter of 2025.
Terms of Activision Blizzard’s renewal have not been made public. What is clear is that the deal keeps one of the world’s biggest gaming employers firmly planted in North Austin at a time when local landlords are laser-focused on hanging on to every major tenant they can.
