Willkie Farr & Gallagher Files $6.9M Buildout at The Quad in Dallas

Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Dallas office is adding a connecting staircase between its existing ninth-floor space and a newly built-out tenth floor at The Quad in Uptown Dallas, under a $6.9 million buildout the building’s ownership registered with the state this month. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing, dated Oct. 14, 2026, lists a 15,500 sq ft scope covering interior finish-out of office, conference and lounge space plus a “monumental stair” linking levels 9 and 10 of the Howell Street tower.

Why it matters

Willkie Farr launched its Dallas office in May 2024 and later took a full floor at The Quad, part of the wave of national law firms chasing Texas private equity and finance work along the city’s “Y’all Street” corridor. Adding a second floor and an internal staircase connecting the two means the firm now occupies contiguous, multi-level space rather than a single floor, the kind of footprint expansion that signals headcount growth has outrun the original lease. For landlords and brokers in Uptown Dallas’ office market, a tenant adding floors rather than relocating is a retention win in a submarket still working through excess supply.

The numbers

The TDLR record lists an estimated cost of $6,892,000 across 15,500 sq ft, registered Oct. 14, 2026. The filing names the property owner as SRPF B/Quadrangle Property LLC, the entity behind The Quad at 2699 Howell St. The scope covers office, conference and lounge finish-out plus the stair connecting the ninth and tenth floors. An earlier TDLR filing, TABS2025008040, covered the firm’s original full-floor tenant improvement on the ninth floor of the same building at 26,000 sq ft.

What’s next

A TDLR registration is a state accessibility-compliance filing tied to a project’s estimated cost, not a City of Dallas building permit. The next public record to watch is the Dallas building permit tied to the same address and scope, which would confirm construction has started on the tenth-floor connection. Coverage of Dallas-Fort Worth’s office market will track the permit when it posts.