BALA CYNYWD, PA. — Pep Boys has signed a 37,000-square-foot office lease expansion in Bala Cynwyd, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia-based automotive services company now occupies more than 70,000 square feet at One Presidential Boulevard, a four-story, 133,115-square-foot building. Michael Monahan and Brian Smyth of CBRE represented Pep Boys in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Convene Hospitality Group will open a 26,000-square-foot immersive event venue at 120 E. 23rd St. in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Known as The Aperture, the venue will feature one of New York City’s largest projection-mapping environments and will be housed across two floors of the building, which is owned by Williams Equities. A tentative opening date was not announced.
PLANO, TEXAS — Yardi has signed a 70,106-square-foot office lease in Plano. The real estate technology firm is taking space at 7900 Windrose, a 19-story, 1 million-square-foot building. Matt Schendle, Travis Boothe, Carrie Halbrooks, Mary Frances Burnette, David Harris and Tom Wille of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Randy Cooper, Wills Bauer and Nate Hruby of Stream Realty Partners represented Yardi.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Pottery Barn Outlet will open a 25,027-square-foot store in Grapevine, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. The store will be situated within one of the anchor spaces at Grapevine Towne Center. Jennifer Chandler, Lynn Van Amburgh, Ben Terry and Avery Frisbie of Weitzman represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. Katie Rambie of SHOP Cos. represented the retailer.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Cousins Properties has signed tech giant Oracle to a 116,000-square-foot office lease in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. Oracle will move into its space in the second half of the year within the Neuhoff mixed-use development, which Atlanta-based Cousins owns in a 50/50 joint venture with an unnamed institutional investor. Oracle’s offices will overlook the construction of its new global headquarters campus that is being developed on the other side of the Cumberland River. At completion, Neuhoff will connect to the Oracle campus via a pedestrian bridge. Neuhoff comprises 395,000 square feet of office space, 55,000 square feet of retail space and 542 apartments. According to Cousins, the office portion of Neuhoff is currently 84 percent leased, the retail component is 46 percent leased and the apartments are 92 percent leased. Atlanta-based New City Properties is developing Neuhoff on behalf of the ownership group.
NEW YORK CITY — EliseAI has signed a 10-year, 109,000-square-foot office headquarters lease in Midtown Manhattan. The startup that serves the housing and healthcare industries will relocate from a nearby location to the 240,000-square-foot building at 401 Fifth Avenue. Evan Margolin, Valentin Stobetsky, Calum Waddell, Will McGarry and Hale King of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Brian Waterman, David Waterman and Alex Kesseler of Newmark represented the landlord, The Chetrit Organization.
NEW YORK CITY — United Hospital Fund has renewed its 22,083-square-foot office headquarters lease in Midtown Manhattan. The nonprofit organization is relocating from the 12th to seventh floor of 1411 Broadway. Josh Kuriloff, Matthias Li and Heather Thomas of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Paul Amrich, Neil King and Emily Chabrier of CBRE represented the landlord, La Caisse.
MEQUON, WIS. — Kolberg-Pioneer Inc., a division of Astec Industries, has signed a lease with St. John Properties Inc. for 8,353 square feet at Donges Bay Office Center in the Milwaukee suburb of Mequon. The two-story office building totals nearly 36,000 square feet. The company, which provides equipment servicing the infrastructure, aggregates and mining industries, plans to relocate approximately 20 employees to the building at 10375 N. Baldev Court later this year. Greg Fax represented the landlord on an internal basis, while Brett Garceau of Colliers represented the tenant. St. John Properties acquired the building in 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — Watershed Technology Inc. has signed a 15,180-square-foot office lease in Manhattan’s NoHo district. The provider of software that tracks sustainability data will occupy the entire fifth floor at 440 Lafayette Street, which is part of a larger, three-building complex. Sacha Zarba and Conor Krup of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Silver, Anthony Sciacca and Brittany Silver of Newmark, along with internal agent Neith Stone, represented the landlord, GFP Real Estate.
PLANO, TEXAS— C&S Electric Services, a Michigan-based company, has signed an 18,302-square-foot lease in Plano. The space is located within the 82,600-square-foot industrial flex property at 2600 Technology Drive. Brian Pafford and Jared Laake of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Kennington Commercial, in the lease negotiations. Casey Hilbun and Sara Fredericks of Newmark represented the tenant.