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Craft Commercial Real Estate DFW industrial & flex tenant rep specialists. Led by Albert Berry, CCIM (TREC #628147-B). Licensed TX Broker.

Lease negotiation, site selection & tenant representation across North Texas.

09/21/2026

Assignment and subletting rights don't feel important until your business needs change — a lease that restricts them can leave you locked into space you no longer need, or facing a landlord's approval process at the worst possible time. It's a clause worth negotiating up front, not discovering later. Has anyone reviewed what your lease allows if your space needs shift mid-term?

09/18/2026

Found the space yourself and figure you don't need a tenant rep? Representation isn't about finding the listing — it's negotiation, market comps, and deal structure, and in most deals the landlord pays for it either way. Going it alone after doing the legwork is one of the more common ways tenants leave value on the table. Found the space yourself? That doesn't mean you should negotiate it yourself.

09/16/2026

Everyone's talking about DFW's data center boom in square footage. The number that actually matters is power. One hyperscale campus between Dallas and Fort Worth just energized its first phase in May, with a 1.8 GW switchyard planned on site and the first 500 MW tranche already approved through ERCOT. Stream's Wilmer campus is building toward 240 MW of critical capacity backed by an up-to-372 MW Oncor substation. Prometheus Hyperscale is bringing roughly 250 MW online this year.

For data center and heavy-power industrial users, that's the real site-selection filter — not clear height, not square footage. A building can check every other box and still not work if the utility infrastructure can't deliver the load, or if ERCOT approval isn't already in hand.

Know the power capacity — and its approval status — before a site makes your shortlist.

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09/14/2026

A Letter of Intent isn't just a formality before the lease gets drafted -- it's where the real economic terms get set. Rent, TI, term, and options are far easier to negotiate before signatures than after, once the LOI becomes the template for the lease itself. Sending a thin LOI to save time usually costs more later than it saves now. Has your LOI actually been negotiated, or just accepted as offered?

09/11/2026

Signing your first commercial lease is different from anything in a residential lease -- personal guaranties, CAM charges, escalations, and assignment clauses all show up for the first time. Most first-time tenants don't know what's negotiable until it's too late. What's felt the most unfamiliar so far?

09/09/2026

Q4 planning season starts now. If a lease decision -- renewal, expansion, or relocation -- is on your radar for early next year, the site selection and negotiation work needs to start well before then. Is your space part of next year's budget conversation yet?

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day. DFW's industrial and flex spaces are where a lot of that work actually happens -- the warehouses, distribution centers, and shops that keep the region moving. We'll be back to regular hours tomorrow. Hope you get a real day off.

09/04/2026

DFW industrial vacancy fell to 9.3% in Q2 -- the seventh straight quarterly decline. Net absorption hit 17.9 million square feet in the first half of the year, the strongest of any industrial market in the country. Rents are following: average asking rent is now $8.99/SF, even with 31.2 million square feet still under construction.

What that means for tenants: a tightening market compresses your options and your leverage at the same time. The space that fits your spec today may not still be available -- or priced the same -- in 90 days. If a lease decision is anywhere on your horizon, the cost of waiting is going up.

We track this market daily so our clients don't have to guess. Ready to see what's actually available for your specs?

📞 817-210-4040 | craftcre.com

09/04/2026

A realistic industrial or flex site search runs 60-120 days from kickoff to signed lease -- longer if permitting or buildout is involved. Starting the process assuming it'll move faster than that is how businesses end up scrambling. Where does your timeline actually put you?

09/02/2026

Most brokers at the negotiating table are working for the landlord, even when it doesn't feel that way. Tenant representation means the person across the table has no ties to the building owner — just your outcome. Who's representing you in your next deal?

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