Music licensing firm renovates north Fort Worth building

The former Wilks Masonry Co. building on Harmon Road in north Fort Worth will soon become the site for a music-licensing company relocating from the city’s near south side.

The Music Bed, founded four years ago by local photographers/videographers Daniel McCarthy and Nic Carfa, is moving from Magnolia Avenue to 9555 Harmon Road after buying the building in November and renovating it for their business.

The Music Bed represents about 600 artists, licensing their music for television and film.

The company started on West Seventh Street with two employees, moved to the Magnolia Media Group building and then down the street to 158 W. Magnolia. McCarthy said the company has grown to 25 employees and will jump to 35 when it completes its move to north Fort Worth in the coming days.

McCarthy bought the property through his McCarthy Capital group, deed records show. It was sold by Harmon Heritage Road, which owned the property since 2001. The seller was represented by Bruce Baucum with Baucum Properties. Harry Wynne III represented McCarthy.

The property, built in 2000, includes an 8,400-square-foot, two-story office building and a 7,700-square-foot warehouse. It is on the southwest corner of Harmon Road and Heritage Trace Parkway.

New industrial leaseson Franklin Drive

Leggett & Platt, a pioneer in sleep technology and manufacturing, has leased a 60,120-square-foot industrial building at 2107-2113 Franklin Drive in Fort Worth.

Becky Thompson with Lee & Associates represented Leggett & Platt. Bob Scully with CBRE represented the landlord, JaGee Holdings.

And at 2301 Franklin Drive, Universal Recycling Technologies leased 44,170 square feet of industrial space from Kensington Realty. Jeff Givens and Tracy Georges with Transwestern represented the landlord.

Nominations sought forEndangered Places list

Historic Fort Worth is looking for endangered places and buildings.

The organization, committed to preserving Fort Worth’s historic sites, is seeking nominations for its annual Endangered Places list, published since 2004.

Nominations are due to Historic Fort Worth by noon March 13. Nomination forms are available on the group’s website, HistoricFortWorth.org.

The 2015 list will be announced May 6 at Thistle Hill, 1509 Pennsylvania Ave. in Fort Worth.

Transactions

906 Fountain Parkway, Arlington

Gallaher Project Services leased 8,618 square feet from Jarco Group. Will Dillard with Bradford Commercial represented the tenant. Jim Hazard with E. Smith Realty Partners represented the landlord.

1470 Avenue T, Grand Prairie

Fort Worth-based Conti Warehouses has bought a 102,732-square-foot industrial building from NTA Holdings. Michael Spain and Jim Ferris with Bradford Commercial represented the seller. Conti was represented in-house by Ryan Wood.

1213 Avenue J, Grand Prairie

Unistrut International leased 5,000 square feet of warehouse space from 1201 Avenue J GP. Michael Spain and Brendan Smith with Bradford Commercial represented the landlord. Brian Gilchrist with CBRE represented the tenant.

4206 NE 28th St., Haltom City

A Salvadoran restaurant has leased this 2,865-square-foot property from S.F. Waranch Co. Waranch, a Dallas-based commercial real estate firm, bought the building in November from Saher Legacy Enterprises in Colleyville, deed records show. Scott Lowe and George O’Reilly with Waranch were involved in the sale and leasing of the property.

6605 Precinct Line Road, North Richland Hills

Lentz Endeavors bought this 5,238-square-foot office building in Nob Hill Centre. LeAnn Brown and Debra Perryman with Silver Oak Commercial represented the seller, Precinct Line Partners. John Lucas with Century 21 Mike Bowman represented the buyer.

940 Kimball Ave., Southlake

TearLab Corp., ophthalmology specialists based in San Diego, has leased 7,661 square feet of office space. Lisa Amend with Champions DFW represented the landlord.

This story was originally published February 28, 2015 at 3:29 PM with the headline "Music licensing firm renovates north Fort Worth building."