Dallas-based shared office firm Common Desk is headed to downtown's West End historic district for a new location.
Common Desk is teaming up with developer Granite Properties to open a coworking center in the Factory Six03 building at Market and Munger streets. The former West End Marketplace building has been converted by Granite Properties into first-class office space.
Common Desk will set up shop in more than 18,000 square feet in the century-old building.
"The Factory Six03 building has always been one of my favorite buildings in Dallas, and we are excited to expand into this location with Granite Properties," Nick Clark, founder and CEO of Common Desk, said in a statement. "As we continue to grow and evolve our branded amenity offerings, we've become experts on programming and activating common areas in office buildings.
"We're excited to show that off with Granite Properties to provide an unmatched tenant experience."
The West End coworking space is Common Desk's second recent deal downtown. The shared office company is also locating a coworking center in the Trammell Crow Center office tower on Ross Avenue.
The West End location in Factory Six03 will open early next year and will have access to the building's rooftop deck and food hall.
Along with Common Desk, Factory Six03's major tenants include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and retailer Sam's Club's technology center.
Granite Properties spent more than $75 million to convert the brick-and-timber building into office space. Built in 1903, the 237,000-square-foot building originally housed a bakery and warehouse for Brown Cracker & Candy Co.
Starting in the 1980s, the historic building was the West End Marketplace, a retail, restaurant and entertainment complex.
In 2015, Granite Properties purchased the 7-story building, which has been sitting vacant since around 2006.
"With Factory Six03, we took a 115-year-old historic warehouse and turned it into a modern office space that's ready to match innovative and creative users in the neighborhood," Will Hendrickson, managing director of Granite Properties, said in a statement. "Together with Common Desk, we'll be able to offer additional amenities that foster a vibrant and productive work environment, attract and retain a wider range of customers, and help them attract skilled talent."
Six-year-old Common Desk has four coworking locations in the D-FW area, including one at Granite Properties' Granite Park office campus in West Plano.
