Landmark Projects

In 1976, Austin Commercial contracted its first project with Dallas developers Sanders Campbell and Dick Mullen. Austin Commercial was hired to build a gold mirror-glass high rise at Campbell Centre - the first building ever to be constructed with merit shop labor west of the Mississippi. Fortunately, the 20-story tower had a twin, allowing for an exact comparison of traditional measures like cost and schedule. Campbell Centre II was completed six months faster and at a cost $1 million less than the original. Campbell said the tower was the highest quality of construction he had seen in years of commercial construction in Dallas.

Austin Commercial was also recognized for its second major project – the 1,000-room Loews Anatole Hotel for developer Trammell Crow. Other landmark projects followed including Williams Square in Irving, Texas, and the 72-story InterFirst Plaza, now Bank of America Plaza, in downtown Dallas.

Other landmark projects followed, allowing the company to make its mark as a leader in commercial construction in North Texas. In the early 1980s, Austin Commercial was contracted for two of the largest building projects ever constructed in the Dallas area - Williams Square in Irving, Texas, and the 72-story InterFirst Plaza, now Bank of America Plaza, in downtown Dallas.

Since its inception, Austin Commercial has been profitable. Diversification proved to be the key to weathering the near collapse of the commercial office building market in the late 1980s. The company survived diligently finding other opportunities to put its people to work by developing knowledge of business segments that continue to be an important part of Austin Commercial’s current business.