It looks like the upcoming Bank of America Tower at Parkside in Uptown will be a cornerstone of Y’all Street, with the Texas Stock Exchange inking a lease at the property — pending some signage approval.
TXSE, which is currently officing out of Weir’s Plaza in Knox-Henderson, has big plans for its permanent home. In addition to executive office space, TXSE plans on putting together a conference center, a broadcast studio, and a Texas business museum in what the exchange is calling the Texas Market Center.
It also wants to plant a public-facing flag in the form of a 10-foot-tall live LED ticker wrapped around the corner of Woodall Rodgers and Harwood Street at an elevation of 28 feet above grade. TXSE will need approval from the city council for the continuous scroll feature of the signage, and its lease at Bank of America Tower at Parkside can be broken without penalty if council members decline to give it.
A spokesperson for the exchange said there were still a “number of critical remaining items that are essential to finalizing the location of the Texas Market Center.”
TXSE previously said it wanted to sink its roots downtown, and stakeholders identified the exchange as a possible tenant for Bank of America Plaza on Main Street. Instead, TXSE opted for the new construction at 1919 Woodall Rodgers Fwy, just outside the central business district and adjacent to Klyde Warren Park. Once completed next year, Bank of America Tower at Parkside will stand 30 stories with more than 500,000 square feet of rentable space…