CHICAGO — CBRE has negotiated five new retail leases for QDOBA Mexican Eats in the suburbs of Chicago. The locations are in Vernon Hills, Wheaton, Downers Grove, Bloomingdale and Elmhurst. CBRE’s Phillip Golding represented the fast-casual restaurant. The 2,000-square-foot location at 700 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Vernon Hills is within The Marketplace at Vernon Hills, a retail center owned by Kimco Realty. Danada Square West in Wheaton is a grocery-anchored center owned by DLC. The 2,000-square-foot location in Downers Grove is within a property owned by Vic Mehta. LFI is the landlord for the Bloomingdale and Elmhurst properties. Holy Moley Guacamole is the franchise business for the new locations.
ITASCA, ILL. — The RDI Group, a manufacturer of engineered systems for the roofing, construction, power, metal coil processing and medical industries, has leased a 25,141-square-foot industrial building at 1070 W. Ardmore Ave. in Itasca. Jeff Janda and Chris Nelson of Lee & Associates of Illinois represented the owner, Town & Country Distributors, as well as the tenant. The facility will serve as a satellite warehouse for RDI Group’s primary location at 1025 W. Thorndale Ave. in Itasca.
SALEM, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has negotiated the $11.6 million sale of a 170,000-square-foot distribution facility located in Salem. ReaderLink Distribution Services LLC, the country’s largest book distributor to mass merchandisers and other non-bookstore outlets, fully occupies the facility and has been a tenant at the site for 25 years. Bo McKown of Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. Davis Stoneburner of Thalhimer’s Industrial Services Group will lead leasing efforts for the new ownership.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Resource Realty of Northern New Jersey has negotiated a 52,606-square-foot, full-building industrial lease in Clifton. The names of the tenant and landlord were not disclosed. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1155 Bloomfield Ave. was originally constructed in 1952. Building features include a clear height of 24 feet, five loading docks and 12,000 square feet of office, showroom and tech space. Greg Sabato of Resource Realty negotiated the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Courier Health Inc. has signed a 15,038-square-foot office lease in Manhattan’s NoMad district. The locally based healthcare technology company will occupy the entire third floor of 135 Madison Avenue, a 175,200-square-foot building that was originally constructed in 1911. Max Koeppel of Koeppel Rosen represented the landlord in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. Jacob Wolkenfeld of Norman Bobrow & Co. represented Courier Health.
MINNEAPOLIS — Zimmerman Reed has signed a long-term renewal of its 15,179-square-foot lease at IDS Center, a Class A office building in downtown Minneapolis. Kevin Salmen and Danny Callahan of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the law firm, which has been headquartered at IDS Center since 2011. The firm plans a full-scale renovation of its space. Jon Dahl of JLL represented the landlord, Accesso.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CoCoTiv Coworking, a French-American cooperative workspace provider, has signed a 25,244-square-foot lease at Whitehall Corporate Center IV in Charlotte. Christianna Williams and Zach McLaren of Cresa represented CoCoTiv in the lease negotiations. This lease marks CoCoTiv’s second location in the Charlotte market. Built in 2007, Whitehall Corporate Center IV, a 210,000-square-foot office building owned by American Asset Corp., is situated within the 700-acre master-planned community of Whitehall. Whitehall Corporate Center features six office buildings, along with a technology park, corporate center, retail district, various residential communities and a nature preserve.
BOSTON — Global private equity firm KKR has signed a 15-year, 132,529-square-foot office lease at Two International Place in downtown Boston. International Place is a 1.8 million-square-foot complex that was built in phases between 1987 and 1992 and is currently in the midst of a $100 million renovation. JLL and Cushman & Wakefield co-represented KKR in the lease negotiations. Newmark represented the landlord, The Chiofaro Co., which owns International Place in partnership with PGIM.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Asensus Surgical, a leader in digital surgery and minimally invasive surgical systems, has signed a 63,000-square-foot lease at The Stitch, a life sciences and research-and-development (R&D) property in Morrisville. Located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle region, the 248,456-square-foot facility is an adaptive reuse of a former outlet mall. The Stitch is located at 1001 Airport Blvd., approximately one mile from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Eric Forshee, John MacDonell and Ashley Ingram of JLL represented the landlord, Related Fund Management, in the lease transaction. Ryan Lawrence and Joe Judge, also with JLL, represented Asensus Surgical. The deal represents the largest R&D life science lease in the Triangle since 2022, according to JLL.
DALLAS — Accounting giant EY has signed an office lease renewal at One Victory Park, a 17-story, 435,606-square-foot building in Uptown Dallas. The square footage and term of the lease were not disclosed. Matt Schendle and Carrie Halbrooks of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Clarion Partners, in the lease negotiations. Glenn Dyke, Phil Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE represented EY.