CHICAGO — Mintel has signed a 30,000-square-foot office lease at 203 N. LaSalle, a 27-story office tower totaling 624,724 square feet in Chicago’s Central Loop. The global market intelligence agency has relocated from its 26,000-square-foot office at 333 W. Wacker Drive in the West Loop. The Chicago office is the only address that the organization maintains in North America. Kathleen Bertrand, Eric Myers and John Nelson of Transwestern represented ownership, Sumitomo Corp. of Americas. Transwestern handles leasing and management of the building. Michelle Wiedman of Wiedman Real Estate represented Mintel.
Leasing Activity
NEW YORK CITY — LaGuardia Community College has signed a 10-year, 210,334-square-foot office lease extension in the Long Island City area of Queens. The educational institution will continue to occupy four of the eight floors at Queen’s Atrium, a 425,300-square-foot building located at 30-20 Thomson Ave. that was originally built in 1914,. Ira Schuman of Savills represented LaGuardia Community College in the lease negotiations. Randall Briskin represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, on an internal basis.
BEDFORD PARK, ILL. — Food manufacturer Snyder’s-Lance Inc. has renewed its 72,956-square-foot industrial lease at 5025 W. 73rd St. in the Chicago suburb of Bedford Park. Jeff Janda and Brian Vanosky of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed landlord. Sally Macoicz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.
ADDISON, TEXAS — CheckSammy has signed a 45,098-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. The waste management services provider is taking an additional 22,549 square feet at The Madison, a 288,000-square-foot building located at 15851 N. Dallas Parkway. Travis Boothe, Hanna Henley and Robbie Baty of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Michael Foster and Chris Andler represented the landlord, Property Advisers Realty, on an internal basis.
DALLAS — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 12,600-square-foot industrial lease at 5131 Sharp St. in the Brookhollow neighborhood of Dallas. Hanes Chatham Jr. and Graham Dressel of Partners represented the tenant, McMahan’s Flooring Inc., in the lease negotiations. Turner Peterson with Mercer Co. represented the landlord, locally based investment firm CanTex Capital.
TAUNTON, MASS. — Quality Custom Distribution, a logistics company based in metro Dallas, has signed a 135,000-square-foot industrial lease in Taunton, located south of Boston and east of Providence. The space is located within Taunton Trade Center, a 584,640-square-foot development that features a clear height of 40 feet, 112 loading docks, 546 car parking spaces and 132 trailer stalls. Philip Verre and Pete Whoriskey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Martignetti Cos., in the lease negotiations. Chon Kantikovit, also with Cushman & Wakefield, represented the tenant.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Inspira Financial has renewed its 51,000-square-foot office lease at Commerce Plaza in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. Jon Springer and Gary Fazzio of CBRE represented the tenant, which is a health, wealth, retirement and benefits services provider. Located at 2001 Spring Road, Commerce Plaza is a 510,000-square-foot, Class A office campus made up of three interconnected buildings. Inspira plans on modernizing its space.
LOMBARD, ILL. — Aldi has opened a 22,951-square-foot store at Roosevelt Plaza, a shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. An affiliate of Next Realty LLC owns and manages the property. Aldi leased the space that was formerly home to X-Sport Fitness and joins tenants Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight Tools, Fruitful Yield, Roadhouse 38 and Starbucks. The tenant build-out involved installing freezer and cooler spaces and removing the locker room facilities used by the previous tenant.
Four Office Tenants Sign Leases at Station at LoSo Mixed-Use Development in Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four office tenants have signed leases at The Station at LoSo, Beacon Partners’ mixed-use development in the Lower South End (LoSo) of Charlotte. Dwell Design Studio will occupy 4,876 square feet at the property’s Station 3, beginning this quarter, and an additional, undisclosed tenant has also signed a 10,075-square-foot at Station 3, bringing the building to full occupancy. Gambling.com Group has also leased 10,413 square feet at the development, with plans to begin occupancy in the second quarter of this year. Chris Schaaf, Ross Howard and Conor Brennan of JLL represented Gambling.com Group in the lease negotiations, and Griff Sims of Lee & Associates and Mary Allison Mitchell York of NewLeaf Brokerage represented Dwell Design Studio. Additionally, Beacon Partners will move its headquarters into a 12,254-square-foot space within Station 4. Situated with direct access to the Rail Trail, The Station at LoSo comprises 350 residential units, as well as 200,000 square feet of office and retail space. Retail tenants at the development include The People’s Market, Taco Boy and Salata Salad Kitchen.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CHEP USA, a provider of pallets and containers for a variety of industries, has signed a 155,200-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 5301 Alliance Gateway Freeway in North Fort Worth. The site spans 11.4 acres, and the facility, which was built in 1996, features 26-foot clear heights, 122- to 125-foot truck court depths and parking for 102 cars and 93 trailers. Canon Shoults and Maddy Canty of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Brookfield Properties, in the lease negotiations. Greg Lance of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant.