Leasing Activity

CHICAGO — JLL represented Oil-Dri Corp. of America (NYSE: ODC) in a long-term lease renewal at the Wrigley Building, where the company has been headquartered since 1993. Oil-Dri will now relocate within the building to a newly built-out floor totaling 20,000 square feet. Oil-Dri was founded in Chicago in 1941 by Nick Jaffee and has grown from a local startup into a publicly traded consumer products company. Nicole Becker, Sarah Silva and Bess Cooney of JLL represented Oil-Dri in the lease. Erica Marshall and Katie Hull of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Mansueto Properties. Global design firm Perkins&Will also recently renewed its lease at the property for 47,700 square feet through 2038. Holly Duran and Jeff Mulder of Colliers represented Perkins&Will.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — MEI Rigging & Crating has signed a 603,638-square-footindustrial lease in West Fort Worth. The space is located within West Worth Commerce Center, a newly constructed, 71-acre development that comprises 991,038 square feet across four buildings. David Cartwright and Charley Dickenson of Apex Industrial represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matt Carthey, Canon Shoults and Trey Goodspeed of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Forefront Commercial Real Estate, which developed the property in partnership with Ares Management.

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DALLAS — PGIM has signed a 16,479-square-foot office lease in Uptown Dallas. The New Jersey-based asset manager is taking space on the 11th floor of 23Springs, a newly constructed, 26-story building, Rachel Gorney and Scott Hage of JLL represented PGIM, which plans to take occupancy next spring, in the lease negotiations. Robert Jimenez, Burson Holman and Elizabeth Fortado internally represented the landlord, Granite Properties, which owns the building in partnership with Highwoods Properties.

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WAYNE, PA. — BNY has signed a 42,000-square-foot office lease in Wayne, about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The global financial services company will occupy the entire second floor of a three-story building within Chesterbrook, a 14-building office campus. Whit Hunter, Mike MacCrory and Doug Newbert of JLL represented the landlord, Rubenstein Partners, in the lease negotiations. JLL also represented BNY.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Hines and Urban Street Development (USD) have signed two new office tenants to join T3 FAT Village, a mass-timber office building within the $500 million FAT Village mixed-use redevelopment project in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler Village. GXO Logistics Inc. will open a new 35,000-square-foot office at the six-story, 180,000-square-foot office building, and workplace furniture provider CBI Workplace Solutions will move its Fort Lauderdale operation to the property from Las Olas Boulevard. The companies are the first committed tenants at T3 FAT Village and will open their offices next year. Blanca Commercial Real Estate handles the office leasing assignment at T3 FAT Village. Christina Jolley, Chris Harak and Kevin Carrasco of Blanca CRE represented GXO in the lease negotiations, while David Hillegas and A.J. Belt of Cushman & Wakefield represented CBI Workplace Solutions. Hines and USD plan to announce the property’s ground-level retail and restaurant tenants later this year.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — The Karahan Cos. has inked deals with seven new retailers and restaurants at Fields West, a 55-acre mixed-use development located north of Dallas in Frisco. The tenants include Boll & Branch, Evereve, Flower Child, lululemon, SusieCakes, Tecovas and Warby Parker. Previously announced tenants at Fields West include Crate & Barrel, Gorjana, Pottery Barn, Sweetgreen, Williams Sonoma and [solidcore]. The project’s retail component, which is scheduled to come on line next year, is now 75 percent preleased via 44 signed leases.

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DALLAS — King & Spalding has signed a 52,826-square-foot office lease in Uptown Dallas. The Atlanta-based law firm is taking the entire 12th and 13th floors of 23Springs, a newly constructed, 26-story building. John Izard, Carla Williams, Tom Sutherland and Ryan Hoopes of Cushman & Wakefield represented King & Spalding, which plans to take occupancy in the second quarter of next year, in the lease negotiations. Robert Jimenez, Burson Holman and Elizabeth Fortado internally represented the landlord, Granite Properties, which owns the building in partnership with Highwoods Properties.

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HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated a 20,046-square-foot industrial lease renewal in North Houston. The space is located within the building at 15360 Vantage Parkway W.  Sam Marnoy and Matt Rogers of Oxford Partners represented the tenant, M&C Pump Americas LLC, in the lease negotiations. Will Clay and Angela Watford of JLL represented the landlord, Old House Capital.

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NEW YORK CITY — Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC) has signed a 25,268-square-foot office lease in The Bronx. The deal comprises 12,891 square feet of second-floor space and 12,377 square feet of outdoor space at 1200 Zerega Avenue, a two-story, 95,646 square-foot building. Josh Kleinberg of Colliers represented QSAC in the lease negotiations. Mathew Diana of DY Realty Group, in conjunction with in-house leasing agents, represented the owner, Simone Development Cos.

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MINNEAPOLIS — CBRE has signed three new office leases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. The brokerage firm signed a 15,586-square-foot lease at Arcadia in Edina for its advisory employees. CBRE’s John Ferlita and John Lorence represented the company. Opus is constructing the 118,000-square-foot, six-story building. CBRE is among the initial tenants scheduled to occupy the property upon delivery. CBRE also signed a 5,871-square-foot lease at U.S. Bancorp Center at 800 Nicollet Mall to provide a downtown option for its advisory employees. CBRE’s Brandon Megal represented the company in the transaction. The U.S. Bancorp Center is a 937,000-square-foot, 32-story building owned by Piedmont Realty Trust that has recently undergone extensive renovations. Additionally, CBRE inked a 27,331-square-foot lease at One Meridian in Richfield to house its BSO, property management accounting and investment accounting and reporting businesses. CBRE’s John Lorence represented the company in the lease. The 204,862-square-foot, eight-story building, also owned by Piedmont Realty Trust, is undergoing renovations. CBRE employees will relocate from Two MarketPointe in Bloomington into the three new office spaces in the first half of 2027. The new offices are part of CBRE’s Workplace360 program, which showcases the company’s “Future of Work” space standards, including technology and collaborative spaces …

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