Leasing Activity

NEW YORK CITY — Ambassador Theatre Group has signed an office lease expansion and extension in Midtown Manhattan. The theater operator is essentially doubling its footprint to 19,380 square feet on the fifth floor of the 13-story building at 630 Ninth Ave., which is known locally as The Film Center Building. Rocco Laginestra of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matthew Mandell of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord on an internal basis.

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CHICAGO — Adams Street Partners LLC, a private markets investment management firm, has signed a long-term lease for roughly 46,000 square feet at 120 South Riverside Plaza, relocating its headquarters from One North Wacker in Chicago. The firm is expected to move into its new space in summer 2027. The new headquarters will span the entire 20th floor and a portion of the 21st floor. John Goodman, Eric Feinberg, Brandon Nasatir and Isabell Schwartz of Savills represented the tenant. Kelsey Scheive of CBRE in partnership with the Hines asset management team represented the landlord, La Caisse.

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PASADENA, CALIF. — Meridian has acquired 55 East California Boulevard, a medical office building located adjacent to Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, for approximately $13.3 million. Concurrent with the purchase, Meridian finalized a long-term lease with The Huntington Physicians, an affiliate of Huntington Health and Cedars-Sinai Health System, for the entire second floor of the 32,052-square-foot property. Meridian entered escrow on the property in September 2025 and worked with the City of Pasadena to update its zoning code to permit medical office use as a conforming use within the applicable zoning district. As part of the repositioning effort, Meridian has arranged a new 10-year lease with The Huntington Medical Foundation covering approximately 10,619 square feet on the building’s second floor. Angie Weber of CBRE represented Meridian, while Jackie Benavidez and Damon Feldmeth of CBRE represented Huntington Medical Foundation in the lease transaction. Mark Shaffer and Cody Chiarella of CBRE represented Meridian in the sale transaction.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Jorstin Transportation Services has signed an industrial lease expansion in Fort Worth.The Texas-based freight company now occupies 95,982 square feet at Everman Trade Center, a four-building, 457,745-square-foot development. Kash Knutson of Growe 3PL Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matt Carthey and Trey Goodspeed of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Boston-based Cabot Properties.

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PITTSBURGH — Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney has extended its 115,335-square-foot office lease in downtown Pittsburgh. The law firm will remain the anchor tenant at the Union Trust Building, a historic property located at 501 Grant St. Gerry McLaughlin of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jason Stewart and Jackie Bezek of JLL represented the landlord, Boston-based owner-operator The Davis Cos., which acquired the building in 2017 and subsequently executed a $100 million redevelopment.

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NEW YORK CITY — Centerbridge Partners has signed a 75,826-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The investment management firm will relocate from a nearby location to the entire 22nd and 23rd floors of 345 Park Avenue, a 1.9 million-square-foot building that was constructed in 1969, via a 15-year lease. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, Rudin, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Neil Goldmacher, Brian Goldman and Matthew Lorberbaum of Newmark represented Centerbridge.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Alcon Research LLC, which supports innovation in the field of eye care, has signed an industrial lease renewal and expansion in Fort Worth. The address was not disclosed, but the company’s new footprint is roughly 385,000 square feet. Allyson Yost of Colliers represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matt Carthey and Trey Goodspeed with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Boston-based TA Realty.

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HONOLULU — GGP has signed leases with four new tenants at Ala Moana Center, a 2.4 million-square-foot open-air center located in Honolulu. Kaikoa Gallery, NARA and POP MART are set to open this month. Kids City Adventure will join previously announced tenants BB Wellness and Molly Tea, which are all scheduled to open in October. Recently opened tenants at the center include Ali‘i Coffee Company, gorjana, Lume Harmony, MINISO and Studs. Crocs will also reopen at the center in September, and Tiffany & Co. will relocate temporarily while its permanent location undergoes renovation. Originally opened in 1959, Ala Moana Center features more than 350 stores and restaurants and is anchored by Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Macy’s and Target.

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PIKE COUNTY, OHIO — OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform best known for ChatGPT, has signed a 20-year lease agreement to be the customer at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus, an AI data center redevelopment of the decommissioned Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, located in southern Ohio’s Appalachian region. The size and cost of the campus has not been released, but The New York Times reports that it will be among the world’s largest data centers and that the build-out could cost as much as $500 billion. SB Energy, a data center and power infrastructure company backed by Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp., will build, own and operate the campus. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), a hardware manufacturer of semiconductors and networking systems for AI data centers, will provide the full build-out at PORTS-Pike Technology Campus using its DSX AI factory platform — encompassing all aspects typical to an AI-ready data center, including GPUs (graphics processing units), CPUs (central processing units), servers and infrastructure software. Nvidia has secured land, power and shell (LPS) rights at the Pike County project through a partnership with SB Energy. Nvidia will immediately invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy to support the project’s build-out. SB Energy and …

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Base Power Inc. has signed a 32,375-square-foot industrial lease in Frisco. The provider of home batteries is taking space within Building 3 at Frisco Trade Center. Brett Lewis, Taylor Stell and George Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the locally based landlord, Dalfen Industrial, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.

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