AUSTIN, TEXAS — Zoocade has signed a 32,9000-square-foot retail lease in North Austin. The space is located at 11000 Middle Fiskville Road and will house an entertainment venue that will feature lifelike animal encounters, adventure rooms, an arcade and holographic photos, as well as spaces for private events and parties. Nick Naumann, James Van Trease and David Ruwwe of Weitzman negotiated the deal. The landlord was not disclosed.
MISSION, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has completed the lease-up of Mission West Shopping Center in Mission. Recent deals with Atlas Autism Health, Levant Bakery and a golf simulation lounge completed the final phase of leasing at the property, which had more than 20,000 square feet of vacant space. Other tenants at the center include Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Rally House and Slim Chickens. The leasing team included Block & Co.’s Grant Summers, Paul Massali, Max Kosoglad and David Block.
PORTLAND, MAINE — Local healthcare provider InterMed has signed a 102,557-square-foot healthcare lease expansion and extension in Portland. The lease term is 16 years, and the space spans 10 stories at the building at 84 Marginal Way, at which Intermed is now the sole occupant. Katie Breggia and Tom Moulton of The Dunham Group represented InterMed in the lease negotiations. Davis, a healthcare real estate firm based in Minneapolis, owns the building.
MERIDEN, CONN. — UniUni Logistics Inc. has signed a 43,104-square-foot industrial lease in Meriden, located roughly midway between Hartford and New Haven. The space is located within the 119,775-square-foot building at 45 Gracey Ave. Mark Berkowitz of local brokerage firm O,R&L Commercial represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Damon Bowers of Cushman & Wakefield represented UniUni Logistics.
HOUSTON — Arnold & Porter has signed a 22,718-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The law firm is taking space at 811 Main, a 974,884-square-foot office building. Eric Anderson and John Heard of Transwestern represented the landlord, Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Kevin Saxe and Wyatt McCulloch of CBRE represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — CIGNA has signed a 32,700-square-foot office lease renewal at 2 Grand Central in Midtown Manhattan. The insurance giant is relocating its offices at the base of the building to two full upper floors. Anthony Dattoma of CBRE represented CIGNA in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King, Meghan Allen, Alexander Golod and James Ackerson, also with CBRE, represented the undisclosed landlord.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC Group), one of Japan’s largest financial institutions, has announced it is bringing approximately 2,000 new jobs to Charlotte. The Tokyo-based banking firm is investing $50.5 million over the next six years to establish its second North American headquarters, according to the office of North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein. The governor and North Carolina economic development officials met with SMBC leadership at a Tokyo conference in fall 2025 as part of the deal. Specific details of the new hub were not disclosed, but Charlotte Business Journal reports that SMBC Group will occupy more than 200,000 square feet of office space at 301 South College, a 42-story tower in the city’s Uptown district formerly known as One Wells Fargo Center. The outlet reports that SMBC will sublease space that Wells Fargo vacated in 2024.
DETROIT — F.H. Paschen, an infrastructure construction company, has signed an office lease totaling more than 8,500 square feet at the Talon Center at 100 RiverPlace in Detroit. The Class A property is situated along the Detroit riverfront. The lease provides triple the space of the firm’s current location. Andrew Bower of Friedman Real Estate represented the tenant, while Steve Eisenshtadt and Peter Jankowski of Friedman represented the undisclosed landlord.
By Taylor Williams The American office market remains awash in change as both tenants and landlords continue to grapple with now-familiar quandaries, from devising ideal hybrid work schedules to rightsizing inventory to putting forth the best mix of amenities, all while negotiating down to the last nickel of rent and last day of term. There are no right or wrong answers to these dilemmas outside of what works best for a particular company or building. Aside from flight to quality, there are very few common denominators across the spectrum of office usage from the tenant perspective. And aside from certain “must have” amenities and features, from the landlord perspective, there is no one-size-fits-all formula for wooing tenants back into buildings. For Texas cities with growing populations and well-located, obsolete office buildings, there are rarely obvious, cost-effective options for revitalizing or converting those structures. And above all else, there’s not a lot of clarity on the future of office utilization as a whole. So in the meantime, all that tenants and landlords — and their brokers — can do is try to make the smartest deal possible based on the information they have today. “In today’s market, every deal has …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Stream Realty Partners has inked five leases over the past two months at 5 City, a newly delivered, 344,000-square-foot office tower in Nashville. Chicago-based Convexity Properties is the owner and developer of the 15-story tower. National law firm Dickinson Wright signed a 16,116-square-foot lease, relocating from its previous office in downtown Nashville, while investment management and financial advisory firm Nephila Advisors signed a 9,954-square-foot lease. Additional tenants include Jay-Bee Oil and Gas, which is opening its first Nashville office; Precision Field Services, a mortgage services and property preservation business; and a San Francisco-based music label and publisher. The five leases total approximately 35,000 square feet. Charlie Gibson, Stewart Lyman and Maddy Sickels of Stream Realty manages the office leasing efforts at 5 City for Convexity. Liz Craig of Foundry Commercial oversees the property’s retail leasing. JLL represented Dickinson Wright and Nephila Advisors in their lease transactions, while CBRE represented Jay-Bee Oil and Gas and Precision Field Services. Kasa Real Estate represented the music label and publisher. Designed by Goettsch Partners, 5 City offers a mix of amenities including an outdoor terrace space; a tenant lounge; training and conference center with seating for up to 100 people; an onsite …
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