SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Newmark has negotiated a 157,642-square-foot office lease for AT&T at Travelers Tower II, a 13-story office building in Southfield. Daniel Canvasser and J.P. Champine of Newmark represented the landlord, Time Equities Inc., which completed extensive capital improvements. AJ Weiner and Dave MacDonald of JLL represented the tenant. Travelers Towers comprises two interconnected office buildings totaling 810,460 square feet. Tenants include Lucid Motors, R1, MetLife, Willis Towers Watson, RXO and S&P. Roughly 33,786 square feet remains available for lease.
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GRANDVILLE, MICH. — Eleven new tenants are joining RiverTown Crossings in Grandville. The leases total 33,208 square feet. Throw it Back Dirty Soda opened its first permanent storefront Aug. 15 on the lower level next to Vito’s Sports Shop. Opening Nov. 15, Sweet Kisses Bakery will be located on the second level near JC Penney. Coming this fall are Addiour Perfume, Summit Comics and Games, Katie’s Heart & Home, Ventrora Perfume, Kako Claw and Cell Repair Xpert. MooZoo Slime Shop has a grand opening scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 17. Opening in winter 2026 are JD Sports and Snack’d. RiverTown Crossings is an indoor shopping and entertainment destination in west Michigan.
HASLET, TEXAS — Joby Aviation Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), a manufacturer of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft for commercial passenger transportation, has signed a 45,000-square-foot industrial lease in Haslet, located north of Fort Worth. The space is located within Alliance Air Trade Center, which is part of Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.
FULTON, MD. — Bozzuto, a national real estate development and management firm, has signed a 57,837-square-foot office lease in Fulton, a city in Howard County that’s roughly 23 miles southwest from Baltimore. The company will relocate its corporate headquarters, including 225 employees, from Greenbelt to 8160 Maple Lawn Blvd. during the first quarter of 2027. The new headquarters is situated within Maple Lawn, a 605-acre mixed-use community developed by Greenebaum Enterprises Inc. and St. John Properties Inc. David Fields and Charlie Carroccio of CBRE, along with Lou Christopher of Stream Realty Partners, represented Bozzuto in the lease transaction. Bill Jautze of St. John Properties represented the landlord internally.
LIBERTY, MO. — Opus has completed the lease-up of Liberty Heartland Logistics Center in the Kansas City suburb of Liberty. Opus developed and built the three-building, 1.6 million-square-foot industrial park. Recent leasing activity includes Wagner Logistics, a third-party logistics provider that leased 317,000 square feet in Building B, and Dakota Bodies, a custom utility and service truck manufacturer that leased 173,000 square feet in Building C. Opus developed Liberty Heartland Logistics Center in two phases. The first phase included an 847,475-square-foot build-to-suit distribution center for Hallmark, which began operations in the facility in March 2023. The second phase added two speculative buildings totaling 812,000 square feet. TAB USA, an international manufacturer of industrial batteries, began leasing 66,700 square feet in Building C in April 2024. Animal Health International, a global distributor of animal health products, began leasing 255,000 square feet in Building B in April 2025. Liberty Heartland Logistics Center is a joint venture between Opus and Washington Capital Management. Opus was the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer of record on the shell buildings and handled the tenant improvement construction for TAB USA, Animal Health and Dakota Bodies. Michael VanBuskirk, Mark Long, John Hassler and Scott Bluhm of Newmark …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Neveon USA, a provider of upholstery, foam and insulation products, has signed a 59,000-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion in northeast Fort Worth. The space is located within Riverbend Business Park, a 32-building, 1.4 million-square-foot development. Grayson Fleitz and Matt Carthey of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Riverbend Properties, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed, but Newmark represented Neveon in its previous lease for 50,000 square feet at the property in 2023.
SAN ANTONIO — Dhanani Private Equity Group, a Houston-based owner-operator, has welcomed several new tenants to the 635,000-square-foot Park North Shopping Center in San Antonio. The deals include leases with Cajun seafood restaurant Surfing Crab (5,200 square feet); Mexican restaurant and bar Panfila Cantina (5,000 square feet); and a 2,000-square-foot expansion for Escapology Escape Room. Taroko Sports, Hummus Republic, ArTea Café, Pet Supplies Plus and Oyin by Mulberry Prime will also soon open at the center. Vicki Adelstein of Partners Real Estate represented the landlord in all lease negotiations.
NEW YORK CITY — Loeb & Loeb has signed an 18,908-square-foot office lease expansion and 16-year extension at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The law firm is taking partial space on the 13th floor of the 1.9 million-square-foot building, where it has been a tenant since 1993, bringing its total footprint to 178,959 square feet. Lewis Miller, Ken Rapp, Michael Wellen and Alex Kucera of CBRE represented Loeb & Loeb in the lease negotiations. Robert Steinman represented the landlord, Rudin, on an internal basis.
DUBLIN, OHIO — JLL has negotiated a 15-year lease for 75,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at Bridge North in Dublin. The tenant is Northwest Bank, a subsidiary of Northwest Bancshares Inc. The lease encompasses the development’s entire office component, with Northwest Bank expected to relocate its corporate headquarters from Easton by the first half of 2029. Clayton Davis of JLL represented Northwest Bank, which plans to more than double its central Ohio workforce to 300 employees by the time it moves into the new headquarters. Bridge North, owned by Daimler Group, is a mixed-use development that will feature office, retail and other uses.
CHICAGO — Morningstar Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a provider of independent investment insights, has unveiled plans to relocate its global headquarters to the Thompson Center in Chicago’s Loop. Morningstar will co-anchor the building alongside owner Google and will occupy more than 275,000 square feet. The company plans to move to the property in late 2028. The lease marks Chicago’s largest downtown office transaction in 2026 to date, according to Morningstar, which has been headquartered in Chicago since its founding over 40 years ago. Morningstar currently employs over 1,500 people in Chicago. Located at 171 N. LaSalle St., the Thompson Center is one of the city’s highest-profile revitalization projects. Google announced plans to acquire the 1.2 million-square-foot property in 2022 and recently shared new design renderings for the renovation. The all-electric building will feature direct access to public transit, large floor plates, a 17-story atrium with food-and-beverage and retail offerings, as well as onsite employee amenities. Famed Chicago architect Helmut Jahn designed the Thompson Center, which opened in 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. The property was later renamed to honor Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson. Alongside its headquarters move, Morningstar plans to donate $5 million over the next five years …
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