CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Three new tenants have signed leases at Carlsbad Arcade in the Village, a retail center comprising 13,000 square feet in Carlsbad, roughly 35 miles north of San Diego. Village Florist Co., Carlsbad Golf Carts and Joey Snow Design Co. will occupy 1,180; 1,250; and 1,060 square feet, respectively. Serena Patterson and Luke Holler of Urban Property Group represented both the tenants and the landlord, Carlsbad One LLC, in the leasing transactions.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Mega Markdowns has signed a 14,814-square-foot retail lease in Gateway Plaza in Fort Wayne. Dave Horacek of Bradley Co. represented the landlord, an entity doing business as FSCM Gateway LLC. The property is located at 1551 Goshen Road.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — USI Insurance Services Inc. has signed an 8,321-square-foot office lease at Summit Office Park in Fort Worth. The two-building, 242,000-square-foot development is located on the perimeter of the downtown area. Jake Neal, Vic Meyer and Matt Carthey of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Albany Roads, in the lease negotiations. David Walters of CBRE represented the tenant.
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. — Strides Pharma Inc. has signed a 57,197-square-foot industrial lease in Pearl River, located along the New York-New Jersey-border. The Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer will occupy the entirety of two buildings within Hudson Valley iCampus, a 207-acre development. James Schroeder of JLL represented Strides Pharma in the lease negotiations. Robert Lella, Sheena Gohil and Charles Hatfield of Colliers, along with internal agent Jamie Schwartz, represented ownership.
IRVING, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated a 13,000-square-foot industrial flex lease at Las Colinas Distribution Center 5 in Irving. The lease term is six years. Brian Pafford of Bradford represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Las Colinas AAA Investment LLC, in the lease negotiations. Chris Shilling of Minerva Realty Group represented the tenant, automotive maintenance and service provider Repairify.
HOUSTON — Civic Heart Community Services, a social services organization serving southeast Texas, has signed a 13,028-square-foot office headquarters lease in Houston’s Historic Third Ward. Civic Heart is relocating to One Emancipation Center from an office on nearby Elgin Street, where it had operated for the past 18 years. The term of the new lease is 10 years. John Guess of The Guess Group represented Civic Heart in the lease negotiations.
SALT LAKE CITY — Workbox, a member-driven coworking company, is set to open its first location outside of the Midwest in Salt Lake City. The new coworking space will be in the historic Orpheum Theater, which formerly served as a CommonGrounds Workplace location. Workbox offers shared kitchen spaces, private conference rooms and programming events.
Technology, like commercial real estate, becomes increasingly vulnerable to the need for replacement and updates over time. Just as multifamily landlords can update properties by periodically replacing outmoded flooring and fixtures to suit the latest occupier preferences, technology must also keep up with the latest trends. For the best renter experience, multifamily properties need Internet connectivity that will serve residents as their technological needs grow and their tolerance for frequent outages diminishes. Disruptions associated with repairs or network upgrades can threaten customer satisfaction and renewal rates. Unfortunately for many landlords who rely on traditional telecommunications lines for their properties’ Internet, modern usage is straining older infrastructure. Booming wireless technology use is gobbling up bandwidth to connect everything from consumers’ phones and laptops to fitness monitors, smart TVs and other household appliances. As a vice president of product catalog who has worked for over a decade at broadband service provider Pavlov Media, John Danner understands the problem of limited Internet bandwidth all too well. He is eager to see technological improvements that will replace these old systems. “The old copper infrastructure can’t meet the requirements of the next generation of wireless connectivity,” explains Danner. “With fiber-optic connections, the sky is the …
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Construction firm Webber LLC has signed a 46,164-square-foot office lease renewal at Hughes Landing, a 79-acre campus located about 30 miles north of Houston in The Woodlands. Jerrod McQuain, Paul Penland and Mark Reilly of JLL represented Webber in the lease negotiations. Robert Parsley, Norman Munoz and Jillian Fredericks of Colliers represented the landlord, The Howard Hughes Corp.
SAN DIEGO — Fruit juice concept Sip Fresh has entered a three-unit franchise agreement with operator Kevin Tam for locations in metro San Diego. The deal includes the acquisition of an existing store located in the Westfield UTC Mall and plans for two additional locations in the area. Tam’s previous experience includes concepts Wetzel’s Pretzels and Sweetgreen, as well as other quick-service restaurant brands and food trucks. Sip Fresh plans to sign 35 new franchise agreements by the end of the year.
