Stonelake Capital Partners is gearing up to punch another hole in the Uptown Dallas skyline, with ground-breaking on a 17-story Class A office tower at 2626 McKinney Avenue planned for this summer after closing on construction financing. The developer is projecting roughly a 19-month build, targeting an early 2028 completion and expecting the first tenants to roll in later that year.
What’s Planned
The project calls for about 182,000 square feet of Class A office space anchored by amenities aimed squarely at tenants who like their offices with views and extras. Plans include a 12,245-square-foot amenity floor about 11 stories up, outfitted with indoor and outdoor lounges plus conference rooms, along with open-air terraces on multiple levels, according to the 2626 McKinney website. The design also makes room for ground-floor restaurant and retail space and a 3,451-square-foot, hospitality-driven lobby meant to feel more like a hotel arrival than an old-school office vestibule.
Financing And Timeline
With the construction loan in place, Stonelake says crews will use two tower cranes to assemble the shell of the building, a process expected to run about 19 months from the start of work. As reported by The Dallas Morning News, Bank OZK is providing the construction financing and Brasfield & Gorrie will serve as general contractor.
State filings show the tower as a 17-level project designed by Beck Architecture and registered in 2023. Those documents are available through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Where It Fits In Uptown
The building site sits directly across from the Uptown Whole Foods, dropping the future tower squarely into one of McKinney Avenue’s busiest stretches and into a broader wave of office and mixed-use projects reshaping the corridor. Stonelake assembled pieces of the block in 2021, according to a 2021 notice posted on the firm’s site, and early concepts for the high-rise were later detailed by The Real Deal.
The tower will rise in a submarket where city leaders have been willing to put skin in the game. Officials approved an $18.5 million incentive package in a bid to land Morgan Stanley for a nearby office tower, a move reported by the AJC.
Leasing And Next Steps
On the leasing front, public listings show a recent shuffle. An older posting on LoopNet names HPI Real Estate Services as the contact, while current marketing materials now feature CBRE’s Tommy Nelson and Lauren Napper as the leasing agents. LoopNet currently carries those updated contact details.
Stonelake is pitching the high-rise as a speculative office play and says it is already in talks with multiple potential tenants. Permitting and site work are expected to ramp up in the coming weeks, according to The Dallas Morning News, setting the stage for construction cranes to join the Uptown skyline later this year.
