717 Harwood is a

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. The building rises . Completed in 1980, the building has 34 floors spanning approximately 850,000 square feet. 717 Harwood currently stands as the 22nd-tallest building in the city. The building is well known for its sloping exterior glass walls, which slant inward from the building's top floor to ground level. 717 Harwood is owned by Dalan Real Estate, a

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–based real estate investment firm (formerly SKW Funding). The building formerly housed the Dallas offices of

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, until their move in 2015 to the new KPMG Plaza tower. 717 Harwood is home to the headquarters of HilltopSecurities, which is a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc. Other tenants include

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, Active Network,

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, Omnitracs, HOK, ReelFX, Asuirty Mortgage and McCall Parkhurst and Horton. JLL handles the office leasing, Edge Realty Partners handles the retail leasing and

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handles the Property Management. 717 Harwood was certified LEED Gold.

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