Hillwood
Hillwood on Friday announced the launch of The Campuses at Circle T, a corporate destination comprised of six corporate campuses in the heart of the historic Circle T Ranch, a “cherished core” of Hillwood’s 27,000-acre, master-planned, mixed-use development AllianceTexas.
“For more than 30 years, we have preserved Circle T Ranch, with only limited and thoughtful development during that time,” says Ross Perot Jr., chairman of Hillwood, in a statement. “The ranch has been a special place for the Perot family and Hillwood, and we’ve put a lot of work into making sure it retains its natural beauty and heritage. Today, we are sharing our ultimate vision for the ranch, providing corporate residents with a unique and natural environment that doesn’t exist anywhere else in North Texas.”
Each of the campuses has unique qualities dictated by the land. “This distinctive land is an open canvas for companies to design their next corporate campus based on the unique demands of their business and employees, with the opportunity to connect adjoining lands as required,” according to a news release coinciding with the announcement.
The campuses are united by 230 acres of parkland, a shared space for gathering and activity on any of the 10 miles of walking, running, and biking trails that wind through four restored ecosystems: savanna, prairie, bottomland, and cross timber forest. The parkland was designed by world-renowned and award-winning landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz.
“Following the pandemic, we are seeing huge demand for companies to rethink their office environments, with a particular focus on providing employees with traditional state-of-the-art workspace as well as a connection to the outdoors,” says Steve Aldrich, senior vice president of Hillwood. “The Campuses at Circle T are a rare enclave of expansive and untouched land in the fastest growing area of North Texas, and they provide companies looking for a flexible space with proximity to nature and an invigorating environment that you simply cannot manufacture.”
AllianceTexas is home to 559 companies that have created more than 63,000 direct jobs and has approximately 53 million square feet of developed commercial real estate assets. The development’s cumulative impact since 1989 is an estimated $100.6 billion for the North Texas region, according to development officials.