Dallas, TX (17 September 2010) PageSoutherlandPage will be relocating to the historic Mercantile Building in Downtown Dallas by early 2011. The architecture and engineering firm will occupy 34,000 square feet of the former banking building on the first and second floors, including the mezzanine overlooking the second floor.
“PageSoutherlandPage is looking forward to being connected with the city at its roots and being an active part of the rejuvenation of downtown; we are excited to move downtown to an urban environment and create a sustainable office space in a circa 1940’s building that has a rich history in the City of Dallas,” says Mattia J. Flabiano III, AIA, Principal at PageSoutherlandPage. “The move will allow us to design a LEED Gold office space that will be an incubator for new ideas in a collaborative atmosphere.”
“PageSoutherlandPage’s relocation creates a high-profile presence in an iconic property in the heart of Downtown, which is yet another testament to the value of a Downtown address,” says John F. Crawford, President and CEO of Downtown Dallas, Inc. “We are thrilled to welcome an architectural firm of this caliber to the Downtown community.”
“The building is ideal for a company that wants to embrace the history yet transform the space to the contemporary needs of today’s work place,” says Jim Truitt of Forest City. “We are very pleased that PageSoutherlandPage saw the potential in the space and will soon join the ever increasing population of tenants and residents in Downtown Dallas.”
“This is a classic adaptive reuse because you have an old bank building that’s going to be revitalized by a national architectural firm,” says Matt Heidelbaugh, Senior Director of Cushman & Wakefield of Texas. “PageSoutherlandPage is a great addition to the building and neighborhood.”
Matt Heidelbaugh and Billy Gannon with Cushman and Wakefield represented PageSoutherlandPage; Jack Gosnell with Urban Commercial Realty represented Forest City.
About the Mercantile Building
Built in 1943, the 31-story iconic skyscraper features Moderne styling from the Art Deco era. It was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager and christened as the Mercantile Bank Building. The Merc was the only skyscraper completed in the country during World War II. It was once Dallas' tallest building but sat empty for over a decade before Forest City Enterprises, Inc. took on the challenge of restoration and revitalization. Today, The Merc serves as the cornerstone of the Mercantile Place on Main Street development and has become instrumental in helping establish a vibrant residential presence in downtown.
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