Hines T3 FAT Village Lands First Tenants in Fort Lauderdale

Hines and Urban Street Development signed the first two office tenants at T3 FAT Village, their mass timber building rising in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village and FAT Village district. GXO Logistics is taking 35,000 square feet, and CBI Workplace Solutions is relocating its Fort Lauderdale office from Las Olas Boulevard, both set to move in during 2027.

Why it matters

Las Olas has been the default answer for a Fort Lauderdale office tenant with a lease to sign. CBI’s move off that corridor into a six-story, 180,000-square-foot mass timber building a mile and a half away is the first hard evidence that a district-play product, not a trophy tower, can pull a tenant out of the established submarket. Developers weighing a non-Class-A-tower site now have a real data point: exposed timber, ground-floor retail and a walkable arts district can compete on more than rent. GXO’s 35,000-square-foot commitment adds scale to that case, showing the building can land a logistics-sector user, not just a design-forward local firm. Marketed as Florida’s first mass timber office building, T3 FAT Village was always a bet that sustainability and character could substitute for a downtown address. Two signed leases, more than a year before delivery, start to prove it.

The numbers

T3 FAT Village totals 180,000 square feet across six stories, with ground-level retail built in. GXO Logistics has committed to 35,000 square feet, roughly a fifth of the building. CBI Workplace Solutions, a Herman Miller dealer, is relocating from Las Olas Boulevard; its exact footprint was not disclosed. Blanca Commercial Real Estate is handling office leasing for the building, while Cushman & Wakefield represented CBI in its lease negotiation. Both tenants are scheduled to move in during 2027. The building sits inside the roughly $500 million FAT Village mixed-use redevelopment, where Hines and Urban Street plan to announce ground-floor retail and restaurant tenants later this year.

What’s next

With two anchor commitments in hand well ahead of a 2027 delivery, Hines and Urban Street have leasing momentum to market against the remaining space at T3 FAT Village, and a retail and restaurant tenant roster still to fill out under the wider FAT Village plan. For other developers watching the South Florida market, the open question is whether GXO and CBI prove to be early adopters or the start of a broader pull from Las Olas and Fort Lauderdale’s traditional core toward district-scale, sustainability-branded office product.