Leasing Activity

ATLANTA— Lincoln Property Co. has signed three retailers to join Echo Street West, its 19-acre mixed-use project currently underway in west Atlanta. Food-and-beverage concepts El Gordo Taqueria by Fuego Tortilla, Fresh Squeezed Mini Bar and Le Macaron will occupy 2,430; 1,917; and 895 square feet, respectively. Situated on the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail, Echo Street West is being constructed in phases, with the initial development comprising 300,000 square feet of creative office space, 50,000 square feet of retail space, 292 residential units and 3.4 acres of outdoor entertainment and greenspace. Plans for the property include additional offices, shops, residences and hotel rooms.

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EAST CHICAGO, IND. — Mazzella Lifting Technologies Inc. has signed a 51,318-square-foot industrial lease at 4400 Homerlee Ave. in East Chicago. Ed Wabick and Marc Hale of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented ownership, The Missner Group and RealTerm Logistics. The tenant, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial lifting products, is relocating from Romeoville to a newly constructed building that offers tax savings in Indiana, according to DarwinPW. Completed in 2022, the 249,600-square-foot property features a clear height of 32 feet, 20 exterior docks, 35 trailer parking stalls and 286 car parking spots. National Lease Advisors Inc. represented Mazzella in the lease.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Curry Real Estate Services has completed the lease-up of Windmill Square shopping center in Overland Park. The newest tenants, Gather Home + Estate and 200Main Vintage, opened in mid-September. The vintage furniture and décor businesses came together as two like-minded operators to collaborate and share the responsibility of a showroom space for their respective collections. Curry completed exterior renovations to the nearly 50,000-square-foot Windmill Square this year. It was built in 1974.

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CHICAGO — Advocate Commercial Real Estate Advisors has relocated its Chicago headquarters to 145 S. Wells in the West Loop. The commercial real estate firm will occupy 5,980 square feet on the 14th floor. Moceri + Roszak designed, developed and owns the 20-story building, which totals 210,318 square feet of rentable office space. Amenities include a penthouse amenity lounge with pool, ping-pong and foosball tables, a café and cocktail bar, golf simulator, outdoor deck, conference center and fitness center. Mark Bâby and Matt Lerner of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.

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NEW YORK CITY — Ramp, a provider of automated finance products and services, has signed a 66,000-square-foot office lease in 28-40 W. 23rd St. in Midtown Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The company is relocating to and expanding from a space the Union Square area to the entire second floor of the two-building, 561,000-square-foot complex. Michael Mathias and R.J. Johns of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mac Roos, Andrew Roos, Michael Cohen and Jessica Verdi of Colliers represented the landlord, Williams Equities.

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NEW YORK CITY — Four new tenants have opened stores at Kings Plaza, a 1.1 million-square-foot enclosed mall in Brooklyn. Target, Primark, Zara and Burlington have debuted in a space formerly occupied by Sears. The property has also undergone capital improvements, such as the brightening of the attached parking deck, as well as the addition of new lighting, furnishings and flooring in the center’s second level. Los Angeles-based Macerich owns Kings Plaza.

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DALLAS — Market research firm Fieldwork has signed a 14,102-square-foot office lease at Providence Towers, a 524,143-square-foot complex in North Dallas. The property is currently undergoing a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program. Kim Brooks, Justin Miller, Scott Walker and Laney Delin of Transwestern represented the landlord, California-based investment firm KBS, in the lease negotiations. Jonathan Hill of Morrow Hill represented the tenant.

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DALLAS — Southern California-based office furnishing company Tangram Interiors has opened an 12,000-square-foot showroom at 300 S. Pearl Expressway in the East Quarter area of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building was constructed in 2021, rises seven stories and totals 194,672 square feet. About 40 of Tangram Interiors’ 75 employees will work at the showroom.

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NEW YORK CITY — Marketing and media agency Canvas Worldwide has signed an 18,000-square-foot office lease at One Hudson Square, a 1 million-square-foot building in Manhattan. The building was originally constructed in 1929 and offers a newly renovated lobby, outdoor amenity terrace and a coffee shop. Nick Farmakis of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Falk, Pete Shimkin, Jonathan Fanuzzi, Jon Franzel and Brittany Silver of Newmark represented the landlord, Hudson Square Properties.

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Randy Dowis NAI Industrial Colorado Springs

Industrial activity runs a wide gamut in Colorado Springs. Situated on the busy I-25 corridor, the Centennial State’s second-largest city is a key distribution point to Northern Colorado and surrounding states. But distribution is only part of the story. Thanks in part to Fort Carson Army base on its southern edge and the U.S. Air Force Academy to its north, the seat of El Paso County is home to an assortment of aerospace and defense manufacturers, as well as other industry clusters ranging from medical equipment makers to suppliers of semiconductor components. “It’s a military-friendly community that offers a lot of support for entrepreneurs and families just separating from their respective branches,” says Megan Mechikoff, an associate broker specializing in industrial real estate at NAI Highland Commercial Group. “That generates a lot of startups that work directly for the Department of Defense or attach themselves to a larger brand like Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman.” Colorado Springs attracts employers with its highly educated workforce, affordable cost of living and excellent quality of life, which includes mild winters on the protected Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and proximity to outdoor activities and winter sports, Mechikoff says. What Colorado Springs lacks, …

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