Amazon takes big office block at Dallas Galleria complex

After more than a year of cruising Dallas North Tollway looking for an office location, Internet retailer Amazon has finally landed at the Galleria complex.

Amazon has rented 88,615 square feet of office space in the Two Galleria Tower at 13455 Noel Road, according to a copy of the lease filed in Dallas County records.

The company is taking about five floors in the office high-rise, which is located just north of LBJ Freeway and next door to the Galleria Dallas shopping mall. Amazon also has an option to rent additional office space in all three of the Galleria office towers, according to the lease documents.

Representatives with Amazon did not respond to requests for details about what operations would be housed in the building.

The retailers office lease is one of the largest such recent transactions in the LBJ Freeway corridor, which lost businesses during the last few years reconstruction period.

Amazon originally looked at an office building in West Plano but backed out of that deal at the last minute.

Earlier this year the company refocused its attention on buildings in Far North Dallas and Addison, leasing agents say.

Commercial real estate firm JLL represented Amazon in its hunt for office space and negotiated the Galleria lease with Colliers International.

The timing for Amazons lease at the Galleria couldnt be better. FedEx Office another major tenant in the buildings recently announced it would leave for a new headquarters next door to Toyota Motors campus location in West Plano.

Amazon has been expanding its presence in North Texas with two new distribution centers.

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Amazon takes big office block at Dallas Galleria complex