SAN ANTONIO — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 44,258-square-foot office lease at City View, a 221,373-square-foot building in northwest San Antonio. The 10-story building was constructed in 1986 at the corner of Interstate 10 and Huebner Road. Lindsey Tucker of Partners represented the landlord, California-based investment firm KBS, in the lease negotiations. Steve Garza, also with Partners, along with Mark McGranahan of Avison Young, represented the tenant, Wells Fargo.
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BEDFORD, TEXAS — The United Football League (UFL), the entity created by the merger of semi-professional football leagues XFL and USFL, has signed a 19,768-square-foot office lease in the central metroplex city of Bedford. The building at 3301 Airport Blvd. spans 69,556 square feet, and the space will house the operations of two of the league’s eight teams, the San Antonio Brahmas and Michigan Panthers. Dean Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the UFL in the lease negotiations. Trevor Brown and Theron Bryant of Transwestern represented the landlord, SkyWalker Property Partners.
KATY, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated a 17,250-square-foot industrial lease in the western Houston suburb of Katy. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4245 Clay Business Drive was constructed in 2001. Stephen Hazen, John Harris and Rob Adams of Oxford Partners represented the tenant, Perdomo Distribution, in the lease negotiations. Lina Chow of RE/MAX Fine Properties represented the landlord, ARK Real Estate Management LLC.
ANDOVER, MASS. — A partnership between Boston-based developer Celera Properties and Connecticut-based investment firm True North Management Group has completed Phase I of Andover Technology Park, a life sciences redevelopment project in metro Boston suburb. The first phase of the redevelopment of the 250,000-square-foot campus entailed the core and shell repositioning of the building at 600 Federal St. Ownership subsequently inked 42,000 square feet of new leases at the property. CBRE is the leasing agent for Andover Technology Park. VIVO Arch served as the project architect, and Timberline Construction was the general contractor.
NEW YORK CITY — The Feil Organization has negotiated a 30-year, 142,308-square-foot office lease with the Archdiocese of New York at 488 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The space spans the entire third through seventh floors of the 447,000-square-foot building, which was originally constructed in 1949 and overlooks St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Andrew Weiner internally represented The Feil Organization in the lease negotiations. Mary Ann Tighe and Lauren Crowley Corrinet of CBRE represented the archdiocese. The building is now 90 percent leased.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — The Connell Co. will open a 25,000-square-foot fitness facility at The Park, the locally based developer’s 185-acre mixed-use redevelopment in the Northern New Jersey community of Berkeley Heights. The facility will be known as FIELDHOUSE and will offer fitness regimens such as Pilates, yoga and boxing. Members will also have access to a game room, a meditation room, nap and recovery rooms, a health bar and personal trainers and in-house nutritionists. The opening is slated for March.
NEW YORK CITY — French skincare company Caudalie Inc. has signed a 14,000-square-foot office lease at 381 Park Avenue South in Midtown Manhattan. Caudalie relocated from 70 W. 36th St. to a full floor at the 17-story, 228,000-square-foot building earlier this month. Jonathan Moss of M&M Retail Luxury Consulting Inc. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Tunis, Kyle Berlinsky and Joseph Mangiacotti of Colliers represented the landlord, ATCO Properties & Management.
BALTIMORE — Armada Hoffler has signed global law firm Duane Morris LLP to a nearly 10,000-square-foot office lease at Wills Wharf, a 325,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor District. The office building is a component of Harbor Point, Armada Hoffler’s waterfront mixed-use campus. Peter Jackson, Tony Gross and Rob Freedman of JLL represented Armada Hoffler in the lease transaction, which brings Harbor Point’s office occupancy to 97.1 percent. David Fields of CBRE represented Duane Morris, which employs more than 900 attorneys in the United States and globally. Other tenants at Wills Wharf include Franklin Templeton, Transamerica, EY, Jellyfish and Bright Horizons. The building also houses a Canopy by Hilton hotel.
DALLAS — Arbor Diagnostics, which provides lab testing services for women, has signed a 22,392-square-foot lease renewal at Westwood Business Park, a 12-building industrial flex campus in North Dallas. Jason Finch of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was also not disclosed. Westwood Business Park spans 277,077 square feet and is 93 percent leased.
LITTLE FERRY, N.J. — Launch Entertainment will open a 31,842-square-foot indoor trampoline park in the Northern New Jersey community of Little Ferry. The entertainment operator will backfill a space formerly occupied by grocer HMart within a 155,444-square-foot shopping center at 260 Bergen Turnpike. Marta Villa of CBRE represented the landlord, Bergen Ferry Associates LP, in the lease negotiations. Brian Wherty of Equity Retail Brokers represented Launch Entertainment.