Leasing Activity

Westphalia-Town-Center

UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — Walton Global has signed Sprouts Farmers Market to anchor a 140,000-square-foot retail development under construction in Upper Marlboro, about 21 miles outside of Washington, D.C. Situated within the 480-acre master-planned community of Westphalia Town Center, Sprouts Farmers Market will occupy roughly 23,000 square feet. The store is currently anticipated to open in the second half of 2028. Upon completion, the overall Westphalia Town Center will include residential neighborhoods, retail and dining, as well as community services. Heritage Partners is handling leasing for the retail component of the project.

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BARTLETT, ILL. — Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has moved into a 60,050-square-foot industrial space at Blue Heron Business Park in Bartlett, culminating a seven-month site selection, lease negotiation and space build-out process. The property is located on the southeast corner of Kenyon Road and Illinois Route 25. Dan Brown and Mike Antonelli of Brown Commercial Group represented the developer and owner, Cratos Industrial. The duo is marketing the additional space in the 166,573-square-foot development for lease. ITW is utilizing the space for its Electronic Component Solutions group and will have 60 employees at the site. The ITW Formex and ITW Lumex brands operate out of the new facility, creating specialized safety and technology products and solutions for global companies in the electric vehicle, data center, appliance and other sectors.

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NORTH CANTON, OHIO — Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a 55,754-square-foot store at 6687 Strip Ave. NW in North Canton near Akron. Greg Guyuron and Tori Nook of Anchor Retail represented the retailer, which is actively seeking additional Ohio locations. Anchor Retail serves as Academy’s representative across northern Ohio and Columbus and has assisted the tenant in opening four Ohio locations over a three-year period. Academy, which is targeting 20 to 25 new store openings in fiscal 2026, operates more than 300 stores across 21 states.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Hightech Grafix has signed an industrial lease expansion and extension in Arlington. The provider of screen printing services now occupies 18,000 square feet within North Commercial Industrial Park, a newly renovated development. Jeff Jackson of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Todd Lambeth and Cade Navarro of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the undisclosed landlord.

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ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — Keyence Corp., a provider of automated factory equipment, has signed a 20,000-square-foot office lease renewal in the Northern New Jersey community of Elmwood Park. The space is located within the building at 669 River Drive, which according to LoopNet Inc. was constructed in 1984 and totals 83,620 square feet. Mike Nicholson of Acclaim Realty represented Keyence in the lease negotiations. Accordia owns the building.

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DALLAS — Balfour Beatty has signed a 35,139-square-foot office lease in the Victory Park area of Dallas. The construction and infrastructure development company is taking space at One Victory Park, a 20-story, 435,606-square-foot building. Matt Schendle and Carrie Halbrooks of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, New York City-based investment firm Clarion Partners, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Cheney of Lee & Associates, along with Phil Puckett and Harlan Davis of CBRE, represented Balfour Beatty.

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NEW YORK CITY — Betches Media has signed a 23,028-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The female-led producer of digital content is relocating from 43 W. 24th St. to the entire sixth floor at 360 Park Avenue South, a newly renovated, 440,000-square-foot building. Shay Bolton, Kirill Azovtsev and Jim Wenk of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.

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JOLIET, ILL. — Dick’s House of Sport is slated to open at Rock Run Collection, a mixed-use development in Joliet. The City of Joliet approved a strategic investment to support the retailer’s addition to the property. Dick’s House of Sport is an interactive, experience-driven concept designed to engage athletes, families and the broader community. The store offers a climbing wall, multiple golf bays and multi-sport cages that can be used for baseball, softball and soccer. Rock Run Collection, developed by Cullinan Properties, is a 300-acre mixed-use project located at the intersection of I-55 and I-80.

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HOUSTON — Local brokerage firm Final Group has negotiated a 12,500-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The deal is for the entirety of the building at 6770 Bourgeois Road, which according to LoopNet Inc. was constructed in 2012 and renovated in 2024. Christian Villarreal and Tyler Holt of Finial Group represented the tenant, Firetrol Protection Systems, in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.

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ATLANTA — Choate Construction has signed a lease to relocate its corporate headquarters to Terraces, a 1 million-square-foot office campus in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The locally based general contractor will move its more than 200 employees to the two-building campus in first-quarter 2027. The 57,000-square-foot lease brings Terraces to 80 percent occupancy. Brooke Dewey and Glenn Aspinwall of JLL represented the landlord, MetLife Investment Management, which manages Terraces on behalf of an undisclosed client. Jeff Heller and John Winter of Stream Realty Partners represented Choate Construction. Smallwood is providing interior design services for the tenant’s new space, as well as branding and graphic design services.

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