MICHIGAN — Chick-fil-A has unveiled plans to open approximately 25 to 30 new locally owned and operated restaurants across Michigan by the end of 2028. The new restaurants will create over 2,500 jobs across the state. Chick-fil-A first opened in Michigan in 2015, and currently operates 28 locations in the state. In metro Detroit, Chick-fil-A plans to open in Chesterfield Township, Roseville, Taylor and Fort Gratiot this fall or winter. Additional growth includes a licensed location in the First National Building, and locally owned and operated restaurants in Detroit, Auburn Hills, Lincoln Park, Orion Township, Clinton Township, Canton and Ann Arbor. Two restaurants are slated to open in 2025 in Lansing/Jackson, as well as one restaurant in Saginaw and another in Benton Harbor. Chick-fil-A is the third largest quick-service restaurant company in the United States with more than 3,000 restaurants across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
HOUSTON — Olympia Tools International has signed a 95,288-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The California-based hardware manufacturer is taking space at the building at 11330 Tanyard Creek Drive, which was developed as part of Phase I of Pinnacle Logistics Park. Tyler Maner, Wes Hunnicutt, Matt Moore and Will Mason of Stream Realty Partners represented Olympia Tools in the lease negotiations. Jeremy Lumbreras and Heath Donica, also with Stream, represented the landlord, Hillwood. The deal brings Phase I of Pinnacle Logistics Park to full occupancy.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has negotiated an office lease renewal in North San Antonio for Spectrum Association Management. The locally based homeowners association (HOA) property management firm is reducing its footprint at North Park Corporate Center, an 86,400-square-foot building, from roughly 27,000 square feet to 19,738 square feet. Larry Mendez, Yobana Castillo and Brad Kaufman of CBRE represented Spectrum, which has been a tenant at the building since 2008, in the lease negotiations. An entity doing business as TLO TX2 Investments LLC owns the building.
BEVERLY, MASS. — Rucker Investments has expanded its office footprint in the northeastern Boston suburb of Beverly. The family-owned firm has essentially doubled its commitment at 500 Cummings Center following a custom build-out that delivered a conference room and a full kitchen. Cummings Properties owns the property. No third-party brokers were involved in the lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — Sunday Riley Modern Skincare has signed a 97,222-square-foot industrial lease at in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 11720 North Gessner Road was constructed in 2014 and totals 155,400 square feet. William Carpenter and Jeremy Lumbreras of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, institutional investment firm Bentall GreenOak, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was self-represented.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Unilever (NYSE: UL) has signed a 111,000-square-foot office lease in Hoboken for its new U.S. headquarters. The British conglomerate will occupy three full floors at 111 River Street, which is part of the three-building, 1.5 million-square-foot Waterfront Corporate Center complex. CBRE represented Unilever in the lease negotiations. New York City-based SJP Properties owns Waterfront Corporate Center, which is also home to tenants such as Lipton, Walmart and Newell Brands.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 10-year, 26,000-square-foot office lease expansion in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The tenant, e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF), will now occupy 39,000 square feet across three full floors at 16 West 22nd Street, where the cosmetics provider has been a tenant since 2020. Jonathan Schindler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Barbara Yagoda of GFP Real Estate represented the landlord, Meysar Realty Corp.
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Old Navy, Ulta Beauty, Ross Dress for Less and PetSmart have recently opened their doors at Beaufort Station, a new power shopping center underway in Beaufort, a city in coastal South Carolina. The Morgan Cos., through its affiliate firm Beaufort Station Partners, developed the property and will continue to oversee its management. Reynolds Robinson of Principal Partners is responsible for leasing at the center. Other recent openings include Mattress Firm, Hobby Lobby, T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods, Rack Room Shoes and Five Below. America’s Best Eyeglasses, Chicken Salad Chick, Panda Express, Surcheros Fresh Mex and Fifth Third Bank plan to open at Beaufort Station in the coming weeks. Additionally, Parkers Kitchen is also under construction and a new ALDI grocery store will start construction this fall.
ST. LOUIS — CBRE has negotiated 15 leases totaling nearly 105,000 square feet at Peabody Plaza, a 400,000-square-foot office tower in St. Louis. Rick Messey and Whitney Allen of CBRE represented ownership, New York-based Briar Meads Capital. The leases were completed within the last 18 months. The tenants include Goldstein and Price LC, Citizens for Modern Transit, Sandberg Phoenix and Von Gontard PC, Gray Ritter Graham, Hinshaw Culbertson LLC, SWMW, Consolidated Grain and Barge, Nahon, Saharovich & Troptz, Mueller Counts LLP, Fernandez Law, Brian Stokes PC and Law Offices O’Driscoll LLC, Vinciguerra Jewelers, UKraft, Keefe and Griffiths PC and Simon Law Group PC. Occupancy at the building has risen from 70 percent in 2020 to over 85 percent in 2024. Located at 701 Market St., Peabody Plaza features a top-floor conference center, 7,000-square-foot fitness center, onsite restaurant, underground parking, 24-hour security and onsite management.
HOPKINS, MINN. — StarCycle, a cycling studio, has signed a lease to open at the new Hallon development in Hopkins, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. The property is located at 8594 Excelsior Blvd. Mary Lindell of Christianson & Co. Commercial Real Estate Services represented the tenant. Jackie Taylor is bringing the StarCycle franchise from Oregon to Minnesota.