JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Four new food-and-beverage (F&B) operators have signed leases at apartment buildings in Jersey City’s Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood. Breakfast café Eggs Up will open a restaurant in the 24-story Atlas high-rise building. MochiDough and BoberTea, both of which are Japanese concepts, have committed to Starling, a rental building with 39 units. Cheeky’s, a concept known for New Orleans-style sandwiches, will open at The Hazel, a 201-unit building. All openings are slated to occur before the end of the year. A partnership between between locally based developer Fields Grade and New York City-based Alpine Residential owns the buildings.
Leasing Activity
CHICAGO — Expansive, a flexible workspace solutions provider, has opened its newest location at 3838 N. Ravenswood Ave. in Chicago. Co-developed by Landrosh Development and Macon Construction, the apartment and office property is named The Opus Chicago. The building is situated between the Lincoln Square and Roscoe Village neighborhoods and is 1.5 miles from Wrigley Field. The first two floors of the property are dedicated to modern, flexible workspaces. Expansive operates nearly 4 million square feet of workspace for owned properties and landlord partners with over 40 locations across 32 U.S. cities.
DALLAS — Hari Mari has opened a 4,500-square-foot office in the Deep Ellum district of Dallas. The apparel and footwear retailer is relocating from 208 Haskell St. to 2616 Main St. Rhett Miller and Ryan Evanich of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Charlotte-based Asana Partners, in the lease negotiations. Austin Studebaker and Chelby Sanders of Cresa represented Hari Mari.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Three retailers have signed leases at Atlantic Station, a mixed-use development located in Stamford. Lovesac, Golf Lounge 18 and Fresh & Co. will occupy 28,000, 9,000 and 3,000 square feet, respectively. RXR owns the property, which features 650 residences and 82,000 square feet of retail space. Brian Scruton of Cushman & Wakefield represented Lovesac in the lease negotiations; Tim Rorick and Janey Steinmetz of Newmark represented the landlord in conjunction with internal agents. Tyler Lyman of True Commercial represented both parties in the Golf Lounge 18 deal. Lyman also represented the landlord in lease negotiations with Fresh & Co., with Sabre representing the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — ENT and Allergy Associates (ENTA) has opened a 10,000-square-foot healthcare clinic in the Flushing area of Queens. In February, ENTA signed a long-term lease expansion and renewal at the property, expanding its medical footprint from 1,800 square feet. Jonathan Serko of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Miles Mahony of RIPCO Real Estate represented the landlord, Simone Development Cos.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 19,780-square-foot office lease renewal at One Ridgmar Centre in Fort Worth. The 10-story, 177,199-square-foot building will soon undergo a capital improvement program that will upgrade the tenant lounge, lobby, conference rooms and common corridors. Jake Neal, Matt Carthey and Vic Meyer of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Frontier Equity, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, Nine Energy Services, was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Khaadi, a women’s apparel retailer based in Pakistan, has opened a 4,700-square-foot store at Houston’s Galleria Mall. The store will be the second in the United States for the brand, with the other being located in Tysons, Va. Eric Lestin and Michael Burgower of Cushman & Wakefield represented Khaadi, which is also in talks to open stores in the New York City and Chicago areas, in lease negotiations. Simon Property Group owns the mall.
NEW YORK CITY — Local haircare providers amika and Eva NYC have signed a 10-year, 19,000-square-foot office lease for shared headquarters space in Brooklyn. The brands will both operate out of 25 Kent, a mixed-use waterfront building in the Williamsburg neighborhood. Sam Seiler of JLL represented the landlord, Rubenstein Partners, in the lease negotiations. Michael Berman and Whitten Morris, also of JLL, represented the tenants, which plan to take occupancy of their new space this fall.
IRVING, TEXAS — Western Pacific Building Materials has signed a 101,900-square-foot industrial lease at Prologis Freeport Distribution Center Building 2 in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the building, which was constructed on 10.6 acres in 1985 and renovated in 1998. Joe Santaularia of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jeremy Kelly of Stream Realty Partners, along with internal agent Mitchell Pruitt, represented Prologis. The 227,394-square-foot building is now fully leased.
IRVING, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 22,601-square-foot office lease in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 3660 Regent Blvd. was constructed in 2000 and totals 158,728 square feet. John Dickenson and Paul Hernandez of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Houston-based investment firm Wedge Group, in the lease negotiations. Brendan Kelley of Avison Young and Mike McElwee of Hughes Marino represented the tenant, Power Home Remodeling Group.