DALLAS, July 8, 2025 – Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development, and management company, and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW), a publicly-traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”), today shared that McKinney & Olive, a mixed-use project in Uptown Dallas offering 507,000 square feet of Class-AA office space and 50,000 square feet of retail space, won the 2025 BOMA International TOBY Award for the 500,000 – 1 million square feet category. The award was announced at the BOMA International Conference & Expo in Boston on July 1.
The Outstanding Building of the Year Awards (TOBY) recognize quality and excellence in building management, operations, sustainability and community impact. McKinney & Olive won the prestigious award after winning the local BOMA Greater Dallas TOBY award and the regional BOMA Southwest Region TOBY award earlier this year. In addition, the building has won the local and regional awards twice before, in 2019 and 2020. This is the first time McKinney & Olive has won the international accolade, further enhancing its reputation as one of the most desirable office buildings for industry-leading companies.
“On behalf of Granite and Highwoods, I want to thank BOMA International for recognizing our Property Experience team with this prestigious award,” said Jessica Warrior, Director of Property Management, Granite Properties. “We’re proud of our talented team for providing an outstanding work environment at McKinney & Olive and supporting the success of our customers. We thank them for their hard work and dedication to enhancing the performance and value of our building and creating an environment where our customers can flourish,” she added.
McKinney & Olive is managed by Granite Properties and designed by internationally acclaimed architect, Cesar Pelli. The landmark building is LEED Gold and Fitwel certified and owned by Granite Properties and Highwoods Properties. Amenities include a two-and-half-story lobby, a fifth-floor terrace connecting to a lounge, fitness center and conference center as well as Granite’s signature customer engagement program, TogetherWeConnect. Shops, restaurants and a one-acre piazza connect customers to the community in Uptown Dallas.
Conveniently located at 2021 McKinney Avenue, the building provides easy access to the Dallas North Tollway, Woodall Rogers Freeway, I-75, and public transportation. Customers enjoy being steps away from popular restaurants, retail, The Ritz-Carlton, Hotel Crescent Court, Stanley Korshak, and 23Springs, Granite and Highwoods’ new Class-AA office development on the corner of Cedar Springs Road and Maple Avenue.
In 2024, McKinney & Olive earned BOMA 360 Performance Program designation certifying operational excellence and adoption of best practices in commercial real estate. This year, McKinney & Olive also won the Kingsley Excellence Award, which recognizes commercial real estate organizations who continually exceed industry standards and consistently deliver an outstanding tenant experience.
About Granite Properties
Granite Properties is a privately held commercial real estate investment, development and management company founded in 1991. The firm owns 11 million square feet of high-quality office space in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Southern California, Boston and Nashville. Granite is an established investor, developer and manager with a focus on sustainable, highly amenitized projects. It has completed more than $10 billion in real estate transactions and more than 30 million square feet of real estate development and acquisitions. Currently, Granite is developing 23Springs – a 642,000 square-foot building located in a mixed-use environment in Uptown Dallas. Granite focuses on creating extraordinary customer experiences through mixed-use environments, rich amenities, customer-centric service, and innovative wellness features. Granite, NAIOP’s 2022 Developer of the Year, was named one of Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces nine times, ranking #8 on their 2022 Best Workplaces in Real Estate list. For more information, visit: graniteprop.com.
About Highwoods
Highwoods Properties, Inc., headquartered in Raleigh, is a publicly-traded (NYSE:HIW), fully-integrated office real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. Our vision is to be a leader in the evolution of commercial real estate for the benefit of our customers, our communities and those who invest with us. Our mission is to create environments and experiences that inspire our teammates and our customers to achieve more together. We are in the work-placemaking business and believe that by creating exceptional environments and experiences, we can deliver greater value to our customers, their teammates and, in turn, our shareholders. For more information about Highwoods, please visit our website at www.highwoods.com.