The world’s largest online dating service is making a move. Match has signed to occupy 73,110 square feet in NorthPark Central at 8750 N. Central Expressway in Dallas. About 350 employees will relocate next August from the company’s current home at 8300 Douglas in Preston Center.
JLL’s Jeff Staubach, president, and Kimarie Ankenbrand, vice president, represented the company in its search and lease. Transwestern’s Fletcher Cordell, principal, and Duane Henley, managing director, represented the property owner, Chicago-based Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers.
Staubach said the deal gives Match the opportunity to strategically relocate its operations to a location that will provide the company with many benefits—not always an easy task in a landlord’s market. “The local economy is driving healthy demand across all industries, and this is easily one of the tightest office markets Dallas has seen in years,” he said.
NorthPark Central is a Class A office property located next to The Shops at Park Lane. An extensive capital improvement program was recently launched to upgrade the building’s lobby, tenant lounge, fitness center, and conference center.
Match relocated Dallas from San Francisco in 1999. It’s part of an online division of IAC, which includes 45 online dating brands around the world, including Match.com, OKCupid, OurTime, and Tinder.
