TOMBALL, TEXAS — Black Bear Diner will open a 5,250-square-foot restaurant at the intersection of State Highway 249 and the Grand Parkway in the northwestern Houston suburb of Tomball. Andrew Alvis represented the landlord, NewQuest Properties, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Matt Parsons of JLL represented the tenant. A tentative opening date was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Room 11 Hospitality has signed a 23,000-square-foot retail lease in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg district. The space at 25 Kent, a 511,000-square-foot mixed-use building, will be an event and catering venue for Room 11 affiliate La Sirena Events. Sam Seiler and Joe Whitten Morris of JLL represented the landlord, Rubenstein Partners, in the lease negotiations. Seiler also represented the tenant in conjunction with Joseph Sipala of JLL. The venue is scheduled to open next spring.
DETROIT — Law firm Jacobs & Diemer PC has signed a 5,286-square-foot office lease at 211 W. Fort St. in Detroit. The law firm has more than 70 years of experience as an appellate specialist in the state of Michigan. Andrew Bower of Friedman Real Estate represented the tenant, which is relocating from 500 Griswold St.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Seattle-based specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open its first store in Kentucky this fall in Louisville. The new 31,100-square-foot store will be located at Paddock Shops, a 353,665-square-foot open-air shopping center owned by CBRE Investment Management and Fairbourne Properties. Situated in the city’s northeast corridor just off I-265 and I-71, the store will offer a wide assortment of outdoor gear and apparel and feature a full-service bike shop, buy online-pickup in store (BOPIS) options and curbside pickup service. The closest REI stores are in Cincinnati (95 miles away, opened 2012); Castleton, Ind. (130 miles away, opened 2012); Beavercreek, Ohio (150 miles away, opened 2024); Brentwood, Tenn. (196 miles, opened 1999); and Knoxville, Tenn. (243 miles away, opened 2014).
SOMERSET, KY. — NAI Isaac has signed Ace Hardware to a 14,000-square-foot lease at Tradewinds Shopping Center, a retail property located at 370 S. Highway 27 in Somerset, about 75 miles south of Lexington, Ky. According to LoopNet Inc., the 144,000-square-foot shopping center was built in 1966 and is located on a 15-acre site. Paul Ray Smith Jr. and Zach Smith of NAI Isaac represented Ace Hardware in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.
IRVING, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated a 3,527-square-foot lease at Skyview Centre Building 1, an industrial flex property in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 1982 and spans 40,600 square feet. Leigh Richter of Bradford represented the tenant, High Value Signs, in the lease negotiations. Samantha Seelig Dewan and Troy Alexander Dewan of Harkinson Dewan Management LLC represented the landlord.
PRINCETON, N.J. — Galapagos, an international biotechnology company, has signed a 15,000-square-foot lease in Princeton. Galapagos will take space at Princeton Point, an office and life sciences complex located at 600 and 650 College Road E. Todd Elfand and Kevin Carton of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Nuveen Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. CBRE represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — Tigerhawk Logistics has signed a 328,048-square-foot industrial lease expansion at Portside Logistics Center, a 1 million-square-foot speculative development by Stream Realty Partners and Principal Asset Management that is located near Port Houston. After initially taking 135,285 square feet at Building 2 last winter, Tigerhawk is more than doubling its footprint at the property by taking space at Building 1. Grant Hortenstine and Pearce Martens of CBRE represented Tigerhawk in the lease negotiations. Tyler Maner and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream represented ownership on an internal basis.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Cypressbrook Co. has negotiated an 8,343-square-foot healthcare lease renewal in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4840 W. Panther Creek Drive was built in 1999 and totals 33,000 square feet. Kimberly DeVos of Cypressbrook represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Eduardo Pages represented the landlord, Texican Realty, on an internal basis.
NEW YORK CITY — Savills has brokered a 27,761-square-foot office sublease at 250 Hudson St. in Manhattan’s Hudson Square area. The subtenant, EvolutionIQ, a platform that serves the insurance industry, is relocating from a 10,705-square-foot space at 27 W. 24th St. Zev Holzman, Christopher Foerch and Will Joumas of Savills represented EvolutionIQ in the lease negotiations. Holzman and Foerch also secured a subtenant for EvolutionIQ’s old space. Gabe Marans, Mitti Liebersohn and Maxine Rosen, also with Savills, represented the sublandlord, TMRW Life Sciences. Jack Resnick & Sons owns 250 Hudson Street.